Rep. Jeannie McDaniel (R-Tulsa)
April 8th, 2010
Rep. Jeannie McDaniel (D-Tulsa)
A longtime Tulsan, Jeannie McDaniel has worked to better her city for more than thirty years. She worked at the Citizens Crime Commission from 1981 to 1991, serving as director from 1986 through 1991, coordinating programs like Alert Neighbors and Crime Stoppers with the Tulsa Police Department.
In 1991 McDaniel created the full-time position of Tulsa Mayor’s Office for Neighborhoods, working for more than 10 years to empower neighborhoods to grow strong, safe, healthy and vibrant. She registered hundreds of neighborhood associations and built the annual Neighborhood Block Party program.
Before retiring from the City of Tulsa in 2004, Jeannie returned to the college classroom at nights and on weekends to complete an Associate’s Degree from Tulsa Community College and a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies from the University of Oklahoma. In early 2004, McDaniel continued to work with law enforcement in community policing efforts through instruction/consultation with VIPs (Volunteers in Policing Program), coordinated with Oklahoma Regional Community Policing Institute (ORCPI). Jeannie is a member of the Will Rogers Rotary, former chairman of Habitat For Humanity and long time member of the Tulsa Metro YMCA board of advocates. Currently volunteers for Tulsa Public Schools.
Jeannie is married to Joe McDaniel. Joe is retired from Occidental Petroleum and as statistics editor for Oklahoma Runner magazine. (Joe continues to keep Oklahoma running records for United States of America Track and Field, USATF.) They have five grown children, educated in Tulsa Public Schools, and eight grandchildren. She has lived in midtown Tulsa District 78 for twenty five years! She is a member of First United Methodist Church.
