The mission of 241

Private support is crucial for medical research; OMRF scientists are talented and successful in competing for grants, but we need support to recruit the best and brightest, fund their research, and kick-start innovative, life-changing projects.

All funds raised at 241 support medical research; none is used for administrative expenses. Since its inception in 2012, money raised at 241 has supported a Phase I clinical trial of a new drug to treat brain cancer, groundbreaking research to develop more effective treatments for breast cancer, efforts to better understand the causes of heart attack and stroke, and provided start-up packages for new principal scientists, aiding efforts to bring the best and the brightest in science to Oklahoma. Since its inception, 241 has raised nearly $7.5 million for medical research in Oklahoma.

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2025 241 Committee

Bruce & Sheryl Benbrook (Chairs)
Martin Bautista
Mollie McCurdy
Barbara Braught
Betty Jane & Mike Cawley
Jane & Lonnie Childress
Christy Everest
Ann Felton Gilliland
Beverly & Mark Funke
Virginia Groendyke
Kirk Hammons
Debby Hampton
Judy Hatfield
Karin Holsted
Davis Hudiburg
Scott Inman
Brett Jameson
Sherri & Bill Lance
Ashleigh Robinson
Meg Salyer

2025 Sponsors

Underwriters

Producer

American Fidelity Foundation
Virginia & John Groendyke
Presbyterian Health Foundation
Ronnie Rosenfeld
H.M. Lewis Medical Research Foundation
Glenna & Richard Tannenbaum

Director

Mary K. Chapman Foundation
Jane & Lonnie Childress
Danny Zelisko Presents
Hardesty Family Foundation
William D. Hawley, M.D.
Lezlie & David Hudiburg
Gay & Ed Kirby
Sherri & Bill Lance
Polly & Larry Nichols
Linda & Don Nickles
OG&E