For Immediate Release: August
28, 2003
Senate
President Pro Tempore
Cal Hobson
Roberts Appointed to Oklahoma Health Care Authority
(Oklahoma City) Senate President Pro Tempore Cal
Hobson has appointed Anne M. Roberts of Norman to a four-year
term on the governing board of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
Roberts is the executive director of the Oklahoma Institute for
Child Advocacy, a non-partisan statewide organization committed
to improving the lives and life chances of children and youth
through system change at the local and state level. She has held
that position since 1989.
“Anne’s experience as an advocate for children and
young people in Oklahoma will serve the Oklahoma Health Care Authority
and the people of Oklahoma well. She is a seasoned leader and
will be a real asset to the Health Care Authority board,”
said Hobson, D-Lexington.
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is the state’s Medicaid
agency and oversees health care programs for low-income Oklahomans,
including 342,000 children.
Roberts is a member of the board of directors of the National
Association of Child Advocates and the Kids Count Advisory Council
of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. She is the former vice chairperson
of the National Advisory Council on Maternal and Child Nutrition.
She is also an adjunct professor at St. Gregory’s University
in Shawnee. She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, from
which she holds a bachelor’s in music degree and master’s
in business administration. Roberts, who has studied music abroad
in Austria, expects to complete a master’s in music degree
at OU in December.
For more information, contact:
Senate
Communications Division
- (405) 521-5605
