Current source roster
River Parks Authority
River Parks trustee
Listed term April9,2022–April8,2028
Scheduled term end; outdated vice-chair seat label superseded by authority roster.
People / Government & civic life
Elizabeth Hall
River Parks trustee and philanthropic foundation executive
A foundation leader whose work connects public recreation, accessible play and the coordination of community services.
Elizabeth Hall serves on River Parks Authority and leads the Sanford & Irene Burnstein Family Foundation. Her documented civic work includes Tulsa Area United Way leadership, historical homelessness-coordination service and support for accessible public recreation.
Outdoor education and a return to Tulsa
A March 2023 Housing Solutions nomination biography describes Hall as a native Tulsan who returned in late 2018 after more than a decade at the National Outdoor Leadership School in Wyoming. It identifies her later position there as senior development officer, working with donors to support wilderness education and leadership programs. By the time of that nomination she directed programming for the Burnstein foundation. The account establishes a professional sequence without providing exact dates for every earlier job or independent verification of academic degrees.
Career & public service
- Before late 2018
Outdoor leadership fundraising
More than a decade at NOLS, according to her 2023 nomination biography.
- Late 2018
Returns to Tulsa
Return dated by the Housing Solutions biography.
- April 9, 2022
River Parks appointment
Date listed in the City roster.
- March 2023
Funder representative nomination
Nominated to the homelessness Leadership Council; later minutes document service.
- 2024
Program leadership
Foundation tax return identifies program director employment.
- July 2025
United Way expansion
Named to the expansion implementation task force.
- March 2026
Foundation executive director
City identifies the title at the Bales Park celebration.
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.
personElizabeth Hall
organizationRiver Parks Authority
Collective trustee oversight, separate from staff administration.
personElizabeth Hall
foundationSanford & Irene Burnstein Family Foundation
placeBales Park
Employment connects Hall to the funder; the grant is institutional, not a personal contribution.
personElizabeth Hall
nonprofitTulsa Area United Way
Board and committee work within an organization’s collective processes.
Documented relationships
7 documented relationships · Historical and current roles remain distinct.
Current source roster
Sanford & Irene Burnstein Family Foundation
Foundation executive director
Executive director documented March2026; exact promotion date unavailable
Historical record
National Outdoor Leadership School
Former senior development officer
More than a decade before late2018 return
Current source roster
Tulsa Area United Way
United Way board and collaborative initiatives service
Current board roster; expansion task force2025
Historical record
Housing Solutions
A Way Home for Tulsa funder representative
Documented2025; self-reported endOctober2025
Council coordinated by Housing Solutions; not staff employment there.
Historical record
Animal Welfare Commission
Animal Welfare commission service
Documented June2026; listed term endsSeptember11,2026
Continuation after listed end not verified; historical status does not assert resignation.
Historical record
Sanford & Irene Burnstein Family Foundation
Reported foundation investment in inclusive playground · Bales Park
Reported March30,2026
Foundation institutional support, not personal gift by Hall.
$750,000 · City-reported project investment; payment dates and ledger not independently reconciled.
Dated public records
Compensation & campaign finance
Reported foundation compensation
$120,112
Calendar year 2024; filed November 17, 2025
USD; Form 990-PF, page 6, Part VII, line 2, column (c). Historical reported compensation, not current salary or public-board pay.
The current trustee role
The City roster lists Hall as a County-appointed River Parks trustee, with an April 9, 2022 appointment date and an April 8, 2028 term end. That roster’s seat label still says vice chair. River Parks’ own current page instead names David Stratton as vice chair and lists Hall as a trustee. The authority’s current officer list is the basis for her title here. Her professional self-description connects that board service to her foundation career and describes a vice-chair term in 2024–2026; exact officer-transition dates remain unconfirmed.
Animal welfare service and the limits of dated records
In June 2026, the City identified Hall both as an Animal Welfare Commission member and as foundation executive director when announcing Fix It, Tulsa, a spay-and-neuter outreach initiative. Her statement emphasized community participation. The City roster lists a commission term ending September 11, 2026. Because continued service or reappointment after that date has not been established, this profile describes the documented June role without extending it indefinitely. The campaign announcement records a launch and stated objectives; it does not establish that later shelter-intake outcomes resulted from Hall’s work.
From program leadership to executive director
Family & Children’s Services identified Hall as the foundation’s senior program director in December 2024, when it described a holiday bicycle partnership with Bike Club Tulsa. The City identified her as executive director at the March 2026 Bales Park celebration, and an October 2026 Association of Fundraising Professionals program used the same title. Those dated records document the progression in title without establishing the precise promotion date. The professional association describes the foundation’s focus as Tulsa-area education, youth development, safety-net services, civic opportunity and quality of life. These are institutional priorities, not evidence that every grant decision is hers alone.
A concrete connection to public recreation
At Bales Park, the City celebrated a new inclusive playground and Bike Club headquarters in March 2026. It credited the foundation with a $750,000 investment in the playground and quoted Hall describing its commitment to accessible public spaces. That figure is the City’s reported project investment, not Hall’s personal donation or an independently reconciled payment schedule. Oklahoma Eagle reporting described accessibility features and the participation of caregivers and adaptive-recreation advocates in design recommendations. Their role matters: the project arose through public administration, philanthropy and community input. River Parks Authority and the City’s Tulsa Parks department are distinct institutions; the Bales project is not presented here as a River Parks trustee vote.
Connecting funders through United Way
Tulsa Area United Way listed Hall among its nominees for a new three-year board term in February 2024. Its current board page identifies her with the foundation and names her Collaborative Initiatives chair. In July 2025, United Way also named her to the task force implementing expansion into Rogers, Mayes and Delaware counties after board approval. The organization described a volunteer review process for funding decisions. This places her in an institutional process for coordinating services and resources; it does not establish that she personally selected every recipient or controlled the expansion.
A funder’s place in homelessness coordination
Housing Solutions nominated Hall for the invited funder-representative seat on A Way Home for Tulsa’s Leadership Council in March 2023. July 2025 meeting minutes subsequently list her in that role. Her own professional account dates the service through October 2025, so the older minutes are treated as historical evidence rather than proof of a current seat. The position connects a private foundation with the wider homelessness-response system. It is distinct from running Housing Solutions or providing day-to-day housing services.
What the financial filing actually reports
The foundation’s calendar-year 2024 Form 990-PF, filed November 17, 2025, lists Hall as program director and reports $120,112 in compensation, with zero in the separate benefit/deferred-compensation and expense-allowance columns. This is compensation reported for 2024, not a current salary rate, campaign money or public-board pay. The same filing lists Irene Burnstein separately as trustee. Keeping those roles separate avoids treating an employee, the named family foundation and its trustee as interchangeable. The filing index showed no newer 990-PF at this check; that does not guarantee that every amendment has been indexed.
Interpretation
How these connections fit together
Hall’s record links fundraising experience, foundation administration, public recreation and coordination among service organizations. The practical question is how those institutions translate priorities into projects: published appointments identify public authority, grant announcements identify institutional support, and meeting records identify participation. These connections warrant attention without implying ownership, coordination on every issue or misconduct. A fuller assessment of her public influence would require individual votes, grant-decision procedures and project outcomes over time.
Check the record
Sources & corrections
Research checked 2026-11-03. 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 authorities and boards roster ↗
primary · Checked 2026-11-02
River Parks Authority, Seat04: Aaron Wing, mayoral appointment August26,2026, expiry April1,2027. Current authority website corroborates membership.
- River Parks board and public meeting notices ↗
primary · Checked 2026-11-02
Current trustee list; seven-member board, private fundraising and executive-director operational responsibilities. Appointing-body wording retains obsolete TMAPC name; not relied upon.
- Housing Solutions: March2023 leadership nominations ↗
primary institutional record · Source date 2023-03-21 · Checked 2026-11-03
Funder representative nomination biography: native Tulsan, NOLS career, late2018 return, foundation programming.
- Elizabeth Hall professional self-description ↗
self-description · Checked 2026-11-03
Foundation professional lists River Parks, Animal Welfare, United Way and historical housing leadership. Self-description corroborated with official records.
- Burnstein Foundation 2024 Form990-PF ↗
primary institutional record · Source date 2025-11-17 · Checked 2026-11-03
Calendar2024, p6 PartVII line2: Hall program director,40hours, compensation120112USD; benefits/deferred0 and expenses0. Original e-file visual table inspected. Irene Burnstein separately listed trustee.
- Burnstein Foundation filing index ↗
primary institutional record · Checked 2026-11-03
Newest990-PF displayed is calendar2024 filedNov17,2025; no newer/amendedPF shown. Index may not capture all amendments.
- City: Bales Park opening celebration ↗
primary institutional record · Source date 2026-03-30 · Checked 2026-11-03
City identifies Hall executive director; reported750000USD foundation investment, public opening and partnership.
- Oklahoma Eagle: Playgrounds for all ↗
independent reporting · Source date 2026-03-27 · Checked 2026-11-03
Kimberly Marsh; independent accessibility reporting, caregivers and adaptive advocates. No child identities reproduced.
- Tulsa Area United Way board and cabinets ↗
primary institutional record · Checked 2026-11-03
Hall Collaborative Initiatives chair, foundation affiliation, board listing and identified portrait.
- United Way expands to three counties ↗
primary institutional record · Source date 2025-07-14 · Checked 2026-11-03
Hall on expansion task force following board approval; Rogers,Mayes,Delaware counties; volunteer review described.
- United Way2024 nominee slate ↗
primary institutional record · Source date 2024-02-06 · Checked 2026-11-03
Hall nominated for new three-year term; nomination alone not election proof.
- A Way Home for Tulsa July2025 minutes ↗
primary institutional record · Source date 2025-07-08 · Checked 2026-11-03
Hall listed as invited funder representative; historical evidence, not current membership inference.
- City: Fix It Tulsa launch ↗
primary institutional record · Source date 2026-06-16 · Checked 2026-11-03
Explicitly identifies Hall as Animal Welfare commissioner and foundation executive director; service documented June2026, listedterm endsSeptember2026.
- Family & Children’s Services holiday bikes ↗
primary institutional record · Source date 2024-12-13 · Checked 2026-11-03
Hall senior program director; foundation support through Bike Club partnership, participant account.
- AFP Eastern Oklahoma October8,2026 program ↗
primary institutional record · Checked 2026-11-03
Program identifies executive director and foundation priorities; schedule is not proof of attendance.