Investing in Tulsa’s future – Maggie Hoey

Welcome to Tulsa Talks presented by Tulsa Regional Chamber. I’m your host Tim Landes. The voice you just heard is Maggie Hoey. For the past few years, she’s served as the executive director of TYPROS, one of the largest, most organized young professional organizations in the nation. In that role, she she’s worked to provide young professionals from all professions with opportunities to build relationships with community, business and government leaders and give a voice and outlet for creating change. We dive right into the initiatives and tactics TYPROS is using to recruit and retain young professionals as the organization enters its 15th year.  

Maggie does a great job explaining how the organization uses data-driven strategies and how TYPROs has evolved and adapted much like our city has over the same timespan.  

A couple weeks after our interview Maggie announced she had changed roles. Starting in January, she will be the assistant director of the Downtown Coordinating Council. She will be responsible for developing and executing an annual programming and activation plan for Downtown and will oversee communications and outreach initiatives. She will also support strategic and organizational planning initiatives for Downtown and the DCC.

As you’ll hear in our conversation, we talk about the importance of downtown’s continued revitalization and the role it plays in creating a successful future for Tulsa. It just goes to show why she’s the perfect fit for her new role. We’re lucky to have her working as hard as she does to make Tulsa a better place.

Maggie is a native of Sand Springs and now lives in midtown Tulsa. She graduated with a bachelor’s of science from Oklahoma State University and earned her master’s in public administration at OU-Tulsa. Prior to her time with TYPROs Maggie worked in development and marketing for local nonprofits, including the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, Tulsa Habitat for Humanity and Iron Gate. We discuss her career and her hobbies, which includes her passion for reading. I had a great time getting to know Maggie and learning from her. The future is bright for her.  

Following that conversation, I’m excited to bring on Tulsa Voice editor Blayklee Freed and Voice Digital Editor Kyra Bruce to talk about the changes occurring in the new year. Starting in January, The Voice will merge with TulsaPeople Magazine to create an expanded magazine with even more arts and entertainment coverage plus an even stronger presence online at TulsaPeople.com. As part of those changes, I’m excited to be bringing Kyra on to curate the songs we share at the end of each episode. 

Speaking of music, closing out this final episode of 2019 is the excellent new song “Rattlesnake Kate” by the Carter Sampson Trio. You’ll definitely want to give it a listen. More on them later. 

It’s been a great year, and I really appreciate you listening. We’re already deep into planning next year’s episodes and will get it going on New Year’s Day.

Alright, let’s get this going. This is Tulsa Talks.