(Enid, OK) Governor Kevin Stitt has selected Enid native and former staffer for Congressman Frank Lucas, Christina Gungoll Lepore, to serve as director of Gov. Stitt’s new office in Washington, D.C.
Lepore will be based in Washington D.C. to help advance state-based initiatives and help ensure a strong state-federal partnership, according to a release Tuesday from the governor’s office.
Lepore worked for several years in Washington D.C., as a staffer for Congressman Lucas, a staff director to the office of Senate Republican Conference Vice Chairman Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and press secretary for Tom Bliley (R-VA), the former chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee.
Lepore will work to identify ways to include Oklahoma in federal grant opportunities, assist the governor’s office and cabinet secretaries in communicating the state’s needs, and work with the offices of other governors on issues of mutual concern, according to the press release.
