Debby Hampton
Community Volunteer

Debby Hampton retired from the United Way of Central Oklahoma as president and chief executive officer in 2024. During Debby’s tenure at United Way, over $278 million had been raised by staff and leadership volunteers to support disaster relief and programs of nonprofit partner agencies providing health and human services in Central Oklahoma. Prior to her appointment at United Way of Central Oklahoma, Debby served as president and chief executive officer of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits for four years. Debby spent 16 years with the American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma, serving the latter four years as chief executive officer.

A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Debby has also completed course work at Harvard Business School as well as a year-long curriculum of United Way Worldwide’s Executive Leadership Program. Debby has served on the United Way Worldwide US Membership Accountability Committee and the United Way Worldwide National Presidents’ Roundtable.

An active leader in the community, Debby currently serves on the boards of: Leadership Oklahoma City, The Alliance of Economic Development of Oklahoma City, OKC-County Health Department, Committee of One Hundred, and St. Luke’s Methodist Church. She is a proud alum of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City and Leadership Tulsa’s Executive Series.

Debby has been recognized as a Byliner Honoree by the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Association of Women in Communications, and she received the 2013 Community Service Award from the Conference of Churches. The Oklahoma Hall of Fame honored Debby as the 2015 recipient of the Lee Allan Smith Oklahoma Legacy Award. She received the 2016 Distinguished Leadership Award from Leadership Oklahoma City and the 2016 Compassionate Citizen of the Year Award from Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled, Inc. In December of 2019, Debby was named Oklahoma Cityan of the Year by OKC Friday Newspaper.

In June of 2021, Debby received the Neighborhood Services Organization Good Samaritan Award. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Commerce & Industry Hall of Honor by the Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University in October of 2021. In April 2022, Debby received the inaugural Rainbolt Leadership Award from Pivot – A Turning Point for Youth, in celebration of their 50th anniversary. That same month, she became the first to receive the Trailblazer Award from A Chance to Change.

Teresa Rose
Executive Director, One Heartbeat Foundation

Teresa Rose is the executive director of One Heartbeat Foundation where she works to fulfill the vison and mission of the Foundation. She has spent her career serving others and improving her community, holding a variety of executive positions, including executive director of Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, senior leadership roles at Oklahoma City Community Foundation and Chesapeake Energy Corporation.

Her expertise in community relations, government affairs, philanthropy, and legal matters, combined with her heart for giving, enable her to provide guidance for the Foundation to make the greatest impact aligned with the Foundation’s priorities.

Teresa earned both her bachelor’s and her law degrees from Oklahoma City University. She practiced law for several years, traveling the state and representing school districts in 150 different communities. Teresa has been active in numerous civic and community organizations throughout her career. In addition to serving as the chair of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, she serves as the chairperson of the MAPS 4 Citizens Advisory Board, chairperson of Philanthropy Southwest, board member of Curbside Enterprises and chairperson of SidexSide.