HJ Reed roasting Coleman at PTC Foundation Dinner  

The annual Pioneer Technology Center Roast, set for April 2, will feature H.J. Reed.

This year’s “Roastee” will be Sen. Bill Coleman, who is also the owner of Team Radio Marketing Group which consists of seven radio stations in North Central Oklahoma.

This entertaining event raises funds for the Pioneer Tech Foundation and will be held at The Summit located in the City Central building in downtown Ponca City. The evening starts with a social/cash bar at 5:30 p.m., followed at 6:30 p.m. with dinner prepared by the PTC Culinary Arts program. The roast begins at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $50 each or reserved tables for 8 are $500.

Reed is the Manager of Government Affairs for Phillips 66. He is responsible for legislative, regulatory and political activities in 14 states in the Mid-Continent region of the United States. He is a graduate of Leadership Bartlesville and Leadership Oklahoma Class of XII. He is also a member of the P66 Bartlesville Leadership Team.

Reed is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the State Chamber of Oklahoma. He holds Board of Director memberships on the Oklahoma 2030 Board, Oklahoma Achieves, the Environmental Federation of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Society of Professional Advocates and is a member of the Board of Governors for the Oklahoma State University Foundation.

Reed serves his local community as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors for the Edmond Chamber of Commerce, where he is the Co-Chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee. He is also a member of the Economic Club of Oklahoma.

Most recently Reed served as Chairman of the Refinery Group for the Oklahoma Oil & Gas Association and as a Trustee on the Edmond Economic Development Authority. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma State University Alumni Association.

Reed and his wife Gail, a former first-grade teacher in the Bartlesville Public School system, reside in Edmond. They have two daughters; Chelsea, an elementary teacher in Edmond, and Melissa, a graduate student at Reed’s Alma Mater, Oklahoma State University.

For online ticket sales visit www.pioneertech.edu/about/foundation or call (580) 762-8336 to reserve seats.