Ann Patton
Ann Patton is a Tulsa-based author and consultant with 45 years’ experience in program management, consulting, and writing about community affairs issues. A former Tulsa World reporter, Patton has worked across a broad spectrum of issues, from disaster management to social justice. National clients have included federal agencies and non-governmental organizations.
She is founding director of award-winning local programs in Tulsa, including Tulsa Project Impact, Tulsa Citizen Corps, and Tulsa Partners, Inc. She also volunteers on national and local boards and policy committees. Her focus is on helping create whole communities that are resilient, disaster resistant, sustainable, and committed to justice. She is vice president of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association and the City of Tulsa’s hazard mitigation advisory board.
Patton just published her second book, entitled Dan’s War on Poverty: A Grassroots Crusade for Social Justice, which recounts the story of a crusading priest who fought for the poor in the 1960s. Her first book, Fifty Years Remembered, is an illustrated coffee-table history of water resources in this region. She is working on a third book, Unmasked! The Rise and Fall of the 1920s Ku Klux Klan. Patton has also authored hundreds of articles, technical reports, presentations, and publications.
