Current source roster
City of Tulsa
Public Advocate
Current October 2026
Dated source observation. An appointment is separate from employment; historical service does not establish a current role. County effective start remains unresolved.
People / Government & civic life
Keri Fothergill
Public Advocate, City of Tulsa; mayoral designee, TARE
A constituent-services and municipal-administration career connecting City Hall, county government and public boards.
Keri Fothergill is Public Advocate for the City of Tulsa and serves as the mayor’s designee on the Tulsa Authority for the Recovery of Energy. Her career includes development liaison work, service as Karen Keith’s county chief deputy and appointment by G.T. Bynum as chief administrative officer. The advocacy role focuses on helping residents navigate problems across City departments.
Government service and private-sector experience
The City’s appointment biography dates her Council legislative-aide work to 2004–2008 and her Williams & Williams Auction employment to 2008–2012, as commercial project manager and government liaison. It identifies a University of Oklahoma-Tulsa liberal-studies bachelor’s degree focused on administrative leadership and conflict resolution. Sandite Pride’s 2020 county announcement describes additional constituent-service, recycling and development-liaison assignments. Those roles place her work at the interface between government procedures and the people using them; they do not establish ownership of the auction business.
Career & public service
- 2004–2012
Legislative and commercial work
City biography dates Council aide and auction-company employment.
- 2020–2022
County chief deputy
County role documented; precise start differs across sources.
- July 2022
City administrative appointment
Bynum announces departmental oversight assignment.
- 2023
Citizen Advocate
Annual report records the new assignment.
- March 2025
TARE appointment
City roster records mayoral-designee appointment.
People, institutions and the relationships between them
Following the connections
Each step below represents a documented relationship. Dates and roles belong to the individual links; a path can span different periods.
personG.T. Bynum
personKeri Fothergill
governmentCity of Tulsa
The 2022 appointment and current advocacy employment are distinct stages of service.
personKeri Fothergill
public trustTulsa Authority for the Recovery of Energy
A mayoral designee seat in a collective governing body.
Documented relationships
4 documented relationships · Historical and current roles remain distinct.
Historical record
G.T. Bynum
Chief Administrative Officer appointment
July 2022
Dated source observation. An appointment is separate from employment; historical service does not establish a current role. County effective start remains unresolved.
Current source roster
Tulsa Authority for the Recovery of Energy
TARE mayoral designee
Appointment recorded March 18, 2025; current roster October 2026
Dated source observation. An appointment is separate from employment; historical service does not establish a current role. County effective start remains unresolved.
Historical record
Karen Keith
County chief deputy
2020–2022; exact start unresolved
Dated source observation. An appointment is separate from employment; historical service does not establish a current role. County effective start remains unresolved.
Dated public records
Compensation & campaign finance
Historical salary listing for development and constituent-services liaison
$67,646
2018–2019 directory; stated information date July 26, 2019
Directory salary listing in U.S. dollars, printed page 12. The publisher says most salary data came from Tulsa World databases compiled from public records and some salaries could not be confirmed. The entry does not establish actual annual earnings, benefits or present compensation; no payroll-period reconciliation or separate filing date is supplied.
Working for a county commissioner
A February 2020 Sandite Pride staff report announced Fothergill as Keith’s District 2 chief deputy. The City’s 2022 biography instead dates her county service from May 2020. The sources establish the role but leave its exact effective start unresolved. The staff report also quoted praise from City and home-builder representatives; those statements describe their assessments, not independently measured results or evidence of a financial relationship.
From departmental management to advocacy
Bynum’s July 2022 announcement assigned Fothergill oversight of Customer Care, Human Resources, Information Technology, Municipal Courts and Working in Neighborhoods, effective July 25. The 2023 annual report subsequently records her selection as Citizen Advocate. The earlier departmental portfolio should therefore be read as a historical assignment, not a description of her present authority.
Interpretation
A separate role in solid-waste governance
The City’s current board roster records Fothergill in TARE’s mayor/designee seat with a March 18, 2025 appointment date. It describes a seven-member authority responsible for receiving trash, recycling available materials and disposing of the remainder. Her place in this collective governing body is distinct from her employee role as Public Advocate. Membership establishes participation in governance; it does not by itself show how she voted on a contract or prove control of the authority’s decisions. The September 29, 2026 meeting agenda illustrates the matters brought before TARE: review of prior meeting minutes and the monthly financial report, commercial waste-hauler cost calculation and fee setting, and appointment of a secretary. These were items for possible action. The agenda does not establish Fothergill’s attendance, position or vote, or the outcome of any proposal.
Planning and homelessness institutions
Sand Springs Planning Commission minutes list Fothergill present in August 2018. This is documented historical participation in a land-use institution; it does not establish a current seat or identify her position on later development proposals.
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Sources & corrections
Research checked 2026-10-08. Roles and financial figures retain their source dates. Sections appear only when supported material is available; an omitted section is not a finding that no such relationship exists.
- City of Tulsa · Mayor’s management team ↗
Primary source · Checked 2026-09-30
Named management and department-head entries. Rechecked September 30, 2026: Anna America still has combined deputy/director title despite reported August reassignment; Dennis Larsen succession remains separately held for October 1 verification.
- City announces Walton as chief of staff ↗
primary · Source date 2025-03-03 · Checked 2026-10-07
Dana Walton section; advisory role and promotion
- City - library commission roster and powers ↗
primary · Checked 2026-10-08
Library Commission section: York mayor/designee from12/31/2024; systemwide governing powers,11members, displayed seven City seats only.
- City of Tulsa — 2022 Fothergill appointment ↗
primary · Source date 2022-07-11 · Checked 2026-10-08
Appointment effective July 25; prior positions, degree and historical affiliations. County start date conflicts with contemporary reporting.
- Sandite Pride — county chief deputy appointment ↗
reporting · Source date 2020-02-05 · Checked 2026-10-08
Staff report, appointment announcement and attributed endorsements; not an independent performance audit.
- City of Tulsa — 2023 annual report ↗
primary · Source date 2023 · Checked 2026-10-08
Printed/PDF page 4: Citizen Advocate selection and conflict-resolution function.
- Sand Springs Planning Commission — August 2018 minutes ↗
primary · Source date 2018-08-20 · Checked 2026-10-08
Attendance and roll call identify Keri Fothergill as commissioner; dated evidence only.
- League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Tulsa — 2018–2019 government directory ↗
reporting · Source date 2019-07-26 · Checked 2026-10-08
Cover/page 1: information current July 26, 2019; salaries generally from Tulsa World public-pay databases, some unconfirmed. Printed/PDF page 12: Fothergill development and constituent-services liaison salary listing. Original visually inspected; no filing date stated.
- TARE — September 29, 2026 regular meeting agenda ↗
primary · Source date 2026-09-28 · Checked 2026-10-08
Filed September 28, 2026, 1:36 p.m.; pages 1–2, items 3, 5, 6 and 8. Agenda describes possible action, not attendance or votes. Original PDF inspected.