Alumni Profile



photo Nancy Leonard
Nancy Leonard

The Oklahoma Experience, LLC


Nancy Leonard (B.A. ’66), like many of our graduates, headed to Washington, D.C., after earning her degree. She first worked for Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen and then the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. When she married Navy Lieutenant Tim Leonard, they soon moved to his home state of Oklahoma where he practiced law and served in the state legislature (he is now a U.S. District Court Judge). Nancy focused on raising three children and volunteering, but she also photographed and interviewed western Oklahoma pioneers, resulting in the book Images of the Past: No Man’s Land. From 1993 to 2006 she served as Executive Director of Leadership Oklahoma, an educational, issue-oriented program for state leaders. In 2007 she was elected Vice Chairperson of Oklahoma’s Centennial Commission and was in charge of event planning. Most recently, she started The Oklahoma Experience, LLC, a company that promotes the state.