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Prior to becoming Chair, Alicia served as the Secretary of the Tulsa County Democratic Party while working as a licensed REALTOR™. Her involvement in politics results from her desire to “do something” to make a difference in the world. This desire has evolved into her life motto:

Everyone should have access to the ballot box, be educated when they get there, and have confidence that their vote will count.

She comes from a family of doers and firsts. As the first state party chair of either recognized party of African-American descent, she recognizes both the obligation to make it count and the need to acknowledge those who paved the way. Being the first is not enough. Alicia feels it incumbent upon her to get beyond the first and do something. Currently, that ‘something’ is improving the political discourse in Oklahoma.

Alicia is an active member of the DNC and Association of State Democratic Committees, serving on the Executive Committee as the Vice President of the Midwest Region, the Co-Chair of the Training Committee, and a member of the steering committee of the Rural Council.

Alicia has been featured on CNN, FoxNews, BBC, various Oklahoma-based television stations, Sirius XM, and NPR radio, and in print both internationally and domestically, from the New York Times to the Urdu News in Pakistan.

Alicia is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Following graduation, her work focused on organizational redesign.

Nana Dankwa was born and raised in Oklahoma City. He attended K-12 in the Putnam City School district. After high school, he worked at Dean McGee Eye Institute as a Surgical Technologist for 9 years. After earning his bachelor’s degree in Political Science at UCO, Nana pursued his dream of becoming an attorney. He was admitted to Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2014 and graduated with his Juris Doctorate in 2017. He also obtained his M.B.A. a year later from the Oklahoma City University’s Meinders School of Business.

Nana is a husband, and a father of two raising his family on the Northwest side of Oklahoma City. He is a licensed attorney working in regulatory compliance for financial institutions, including Midfirst Bank and Citigroup.

Kalyn Free is an American attorney, former political candidate, and a tribal citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Free is a graduate of Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma College of Law. After she graduated from law school, she began her legal career with the United States Department of Justice. At the time of her employment, she was the youngest attorney ever hired by the Department of Justice.

There, Free prosecuted federal environmental laws across the country with a special emphasis on tribal lands and even became the first Native American to serve as a supervising attorney in the department.

In 2004 Free ran for U.S. Congress in Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District.

In 2005 she established a political action committee devoted to electing Native American progressive candidates at the local and state level, INDN's List (Indigenous Native Democratic Network).

Kalyn has been our National Committeewoman since 2019.