Chapter Officers & History

2005 Board of Directors

President: Deborah Behrens

President Elect: Vicki Hudoba

Program Director: Cindy Marolt

Treasurer: Merline Lovelace

Secretary: Jodi O'Shea-Walker

Newsletter Editor: Rinda Elliott

Webmistress:  Kelli McBride

Past President: Terri Schaefer

If you're interested in joining or learning more about OK-RWA, please contact Deborah Behrens.

OK-RWA History

May 11, 1989, twelve Oklahoma City area members of Romance Writers of America (eleven in person, one in spirit) met and formed OK-RWA.  Three more meetings followed, all open to interested RWA members, in which we discussed and decided upon things such as chapter goals, bylaws, and basic policies and procedures.

Three short months later, Oklahoma Romance Writers of America was ready to roll.   We had adopted a set of bylaws, we were in the process of filing for Federal tax-exempt status with the IRS, we were incorporating as a non-profit organization within the State of Oklahoma, we published the first edition of our newsletter, the OK CORRAL, and we had grown to 35 members, 15 of which were already published Romance novelists.

Some of our Founders and Charter Members have left us over the years, but this is who we were when we began:

  Past Presidents