Former OKC Mayor and Author Mick Cornett to Speak at Northwestern

November 3, 2022

Mick Cornett will address the community over the topic of leadership at Northwestern Oklahoma State University on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. in Education Center 109. His presentation, “Lessons in Creative Leadership,” will inform and entertain. It is free and open to the public.

Cornett will also be speaking to student leadership groups earlier in the day.

Cornett is a former TV personality, businessman, and 4-Term Mayor of Oklahoma City. In 2018, he was named to Fortune Magazine’s list of the The 50 Greatest Leaders in the World.

His latest book, “The Next American City,” was published by Penguin/Random House. He now spends his time traveling to speak about his book and consulting for a diverse group of businesses.

Cornett spent 20 years as a television sportscaster/news anchor/sports play-by-play broadcaster. Following the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, he diverted his attention to public service and served as a full-time college professor before winning a seat on the Oklahoma City Council in 2001.

In 2004, he won the city-wide election for mayor and thus began a series of record-setting political victories. His re-election percentage of 87% in 2006 is the highest in city history. During his tenure, Oklahoma City experienced an economic renaissance that is still in progress.

Cornett is best known for helping to bring an NBA franchise to Oklahoma City and for addressing the community’s shortcomings in areas of health and wellness. His leadership to pass the transformational MAPS 3 initiative has spurred an enormous amount of private investment into the city.

Newsweek called him one of The 5 Most Innovative Mayors in America. The European-based World Mayor Organization named him the second-best Mayor in the World. And Governing Magazine proclaimed him a Public Official of the Year. He was the President of the United States Conference of Mayors in 2016-17.

In 2018, he chose not to run for a fifth term as mayor.

Cornett has a Journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from New York University.

For more information about Cornett speaking at Northwestern, contact him at mickcornett@me.com, or Dr. James Bell, vice president for academic affairs, at (580) 327-8406 or jlbell@nwosu.edu.

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