Oct. 17, 2024

5:15-6:15 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Tom Evans, Encompass Financial Services, Inc.

Location: Spears School of Business, Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (BU 130)

A native Oklahoman, Tom has a B.S. in Business Administration from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and a M.B.A from Marylhurst University. He is a director of GuideStone Funds, one of the nation’s largest screened mutual funds; and has experience as a trustee on several non-profit foundations, and is the past Chair of Leadership Oklahoma.  He lives in Oklahoma with is wife Cheryl and has two daughters, Cara and Christa.

March 6, 2025

5:15-6:15 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Lisa Riley, Pinot's Palette

Location: Spears School of Business, Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (BU 130)

Lisa Riley graduated from Oklahoma State in 1998. Riley worked in the oil and gas industry for many years until she decided to branch out on her own. She owns 4 Pinot’s Palette franchises and House of Style Foods. The native Oklahoman was the 2020 Oklahoma Small Business Person of the Year. Riley lives in Oklahoma with her husband Ben and son Keaton. She is a proud Oklahoma State graduate!