We empower Black and minority-owned businesses and economic interests across central Oklahoma by sharing resources, building relationships, and advocating for equal opportunity and equitable outcomes.

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Founded on the desire to empower Black and minority-owned businesses and unite the community at large, the Oklahoma City Black Chamber of Commerce exists to serve as an economic and professional resource, relationship builder, and advocate for the common good of a growing metropolitan area.

Through our memberships, we connect entrepreneurs and business owners with progressive-minded organizations and individuals across the region who invest their time, energy, and financial resources for the benefit of unified community development.

Empowering businesses and uniting communities.

Oklahoma City Black
Chamber Foundation

The OKC Black Chamber created a Non-Profit Foundation 501(c)3 so that our partners and supporters are able to make tax-deductible donations towards the Foundation to support our community through philanthropy and service with opportunities for scholarships to invest in our youth. We are also able to provide additional grants and resources to our partners.

OKC Black Chamber Staff

  • This is Dr. Carlos

    Dr. Carlos M. Robinson, MBA

    PRESIDENT & CEO

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  • This is Patrice

    L. Patrice Bell

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Board of Directors

  • Masood Abdul-Haqq, Chair

    Author, Community Organizer, Speaker

  • Dr. Teara Flagg Lander, Vice Chair

    Founding Executive Director,

    University of Colorado- Denver

  • Spencer Browne, Secretary

    Community Affairs Manager,

    OG+E

  • Devon Smith-Dunn, Treasurer

    Financial Analyst,

    Love's Travel Stop and Country Stores

  • Zo Apetor

    Pickbury Investments / Districts Attorney's Council

  • Shalondra Harrison

    Independent Consultant

  • Anthony Humphery

    Strategic Account Specialist,

    Cox Business

  • Natalie Poole

    Meeting & Event Planning Engineer,

    Exceptional Occasions LLC

  • Dr. Markus Smith

    Founder & CEO,

    The Markus Smith Real Estate

  • DesJean Jones

    DesJean Jones

    President/CEO,

    Opportunities Industrialization Center of Oklahoma County, Inc. (OIC)

  • Jonathan Hall

    Jonathan M. Hall

    CEO,

    Jonathan M. Hall Consulting, LLC

  • Tiffani Veal

    Tiffani Veal

    Assistant Site Director AC/BTC,

    Metro Technology Centers

  • Jeff Trevillion, Jr. Esq., CPA

    Trial Attorney, Trevillion & Associates

  • The Community Engagement Committee of the Oklahoma City Black Chamber of Commerce exists to connect the Chamber, its members, and the broader community. We create opportunities that amplify Black-owned businesses, foster collaboration, and build lasting partnerships.

  • The Education & Empowerment Committee of the Oklahoma City Black Chamber of Commerce exists to equip Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs with the knowledge, resources, and connections needed to grow, sustain, and scale. We provide innovative and culturally relevant workshops, trainings, and initiatives that span the full spectrum of business needs, including contracts and financial literacy to branding, marketing, government contracting, and global positioning.

  • The Finance Committee of the Oklahoma City Black Chamber of Commerce exists to maintain transparent financial practices and provide strategic fiscal oversight that empowers the nonprofit to fulfill its goals.

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