Lee Ann Bratten DeArman, a proud 1992 Academic All-Stater from Midwest City High School, serves as president of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Board of Trustees.
DeArman joined the OFE Board of Trustees in 2001 and is a longtime member of the foundation’s executive committee.
DeArman currently leads talent and employee engagement initiatives for the University of Oklahoma Foundation.
She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in economics before heading to Scotland as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar and earning a graduate degree from the University of Glasgow.
Upon her return to Oklahoma, she worked at OU before moving into the corporate sector, holding various communications roles at Sonic and Chesapeake Energy. After a brief return to OU, she re-entered the corporate world in communications and culture roles with Enable Midstream Partners and VSP Vision.
DeArman serves as treasurer for the Leadership Oklahoma City Alumni Board and is an active member of its JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) Committee. She and her husband Ryan are avid world travelers and enjoy attending Thunder basketball games, OU sporting events and OKC Broadway.
Andrew J. Morris, 2022-2024 (Academic All-State alum)
Jami Rhoades Antonisse, 2020-2022 (Academic All-State alum)
Cathryn Render, 2018-2020
D. Craig Story, 2016-2018
Anil V. Gollahalli, 2015-2016 (Academic All-State alum)
Linda K. Neal, 2014-2015
Les Risser, 2013-2014
Patti Mellow, 2012-2013
Susie Thurmond, 2011-2012
Dow R. Hughes, 2010-2011
Charles L. Oppenheim, 2009-2010
Stephen B. Holton, 2008-2009
Loyd Benson, 2007-2008
C. Kendric Fergeson, 2006-2007
Teresa B. Adwan, 2005-2006
Bert H. Mackie, 2004-2005
Tony Zahn, 2003-2004
Linda R. Rodgers, 2002-2003
Bruce T. Benbrook, 2001-2002
Barbara D. Sturdivant, 2000-2001
H. E. Rainbolt, 1998-2000
Frank A. McPherson, 1997-1998
David L. Boren, 1986-1997
