Since founding the company in 2001, Cothran has managed hundreds of national & local fundraising efforts, national & state trade associations and has developed and ensured the ongoing success of nonprofits & political committees around the country. She currently acts as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director to multiple state and national industry trade groups and non-profits and has served as a finance consultant to various statewide and federal office holders- including U.S. Presidents and Members of Congress. 

 

She was named a Rising Star in Politics by Campaigns and Elections magazine and is an active member in the Association Management Company Institute, The American Society of Association Executives and is a certified administrator of the MBTI®. Locally, she is a past president and board member of the Ada City Schools Foundation, former Harold Hamm Diabetes Center board member, and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Mama T’s Homeless Shelter and TLC Therapeutic Riding Center. Because of her passion for education, in 2015 she was appointed by former OK Governor Mary Fallin to serve on the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board.

 

Cothran was a member of Leadership Oklahoma Class XVII, named an Oklahoma Achiever Under 40 in 2012 and was an Oklahoma “Woman of the Year” finalist for two consecutive years. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of Tulsa and a Master’s Degree in Human Relations and Organizational Development from the University of Oklahoma.