Board of Education

Photo of Mr. Michael Brookes-Jimenez, JD

Mr. Michael Brooks-Jimenez, JD

Chairman

Senator Michael Brooks is a proud resident of Southwest Oklahoma City. His family has called South OKC home for four generations. Michael’s mother taught at Oklahoma City Community College, and his father worked for Oklahoma City Public Schools. Michael earned his bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

Led by his entrepreneurial spirit, he opened Michael Brooks-Jimenez, P.C., in South Oklahoma City twenty years ago. Michael and his wife, Jessica started their family in Southwest Oklahoma City. Together they are blessed with two wonderful children. Michael dedicates countless hours every year to the Southwest Oklahoma City community. He serves as a mentor for Oklahoma City students, is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma City, and a member of the South Oklahoma City Chamber.

Outside of his business and work at the Capitol, Michael continues his community service through his volunteerism for several organizations. He currently serves as President of the Board of Santa Fe South Charter Schools.

He is a former Board Chair and current member of the Latino Community Development Agency Board of Directors. He was also named Board member of the year in 2006 by the LCDA. Other boards include the Alliance for Economic Development, Former Boards include: Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. The Brooks family attends St. James Catholic Church in South Oklahoma City.

Tyler Green

Member

Tyler is an intentional creator of opportunities leading to communion and community. He is a builder of relational networks, focused on people-centered and community-formed co-creation. He works to help people move from isolation into togetherness and from competition into cooperation. He is a co-founder of Flourish OKC, a collaborative/creative platform, guided by a desire to see Oklahoma City realized as a city where all flourish. As a true community connector, Tyler has had the privilege of serving and living with an
urban missional community in downtown OKC, working abroad for a year with International Justice Mission in Cambodia, and continues to engage as a community catalyst alongside his extended family, representing Hobby Lobby in the areas of culture and community engagement.

Tyler finds life being outdoors, exploring and finding new cultural spaces, both as an individual adventurer and amidst his family and friends. He is joyfully married to his wife, Kristin, and celebrates his five amazing children, Asher, Isla, Juniper, Jed, and Greyson.

Ericka Flores

Member

Ericka Thomas is an Oklahoma City native, and she currently works in Quality and Safety at a local mattress manufacturer. Coming from a low-income environment, she understands the value of high-quality education. She has eight wonderful children, who are her main reason to approach education with an “optimistic perspective. I believe that each and every student’s health is a main component, especially the learning process.” She encourages her students to strive for self-confidence and to not fear asking for help.

Dr. John (Ed) Frick

Member

Ed Frick has served in public and higher education settings over the past thirty-one years. He earned a master's degree in education from Bucknell University and a doctorate in educational leadership and management from Drexel University. He has held roles as a teacher, building-level administrator, online education manager, senior development partner, clinical instructor, lecturer, assistant professor, and acting dean of academic affairs. His research interests surround connectedness, ethics, social capital, organizational leadership, and virtual networking.

Mrs. Vicky Primeaux

Vice President

For Vicky Primeaux, the South Side of Oklahoma City had always been home. Vicky serves as the director of the Early Childhood Program for Faithworks of the Inner City, a Christian community development agency focused on the Shidler-Wheeler neighborhood in southeast Oklahoma City.

She is also a mentor to local teens. Ms. Primeaux is the Economic Development Director for Shidler-Wheeler Community Thrift Store which offers countless opportunities for teens and families within the community.

She enjoys having the pleasure of serving as secretary on the board for Santa Fe South and is the mother of two Saints.

Susan Agel

Member

Improving the lives of children and families living in poverty is a hallmark of Susan Agel’s professional life. She retired in 2022 as president of Positive Tomorrows, one of the nation’s few private schools solely for homeless children and currently chairs the Homeless Children & Youth Subcommittee of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. She is a Commissioner for the Standards of Excellence program offered by the Oklahoma Center of Nonprofits and a board member of Santa Fe South Charter Schools, Shelterwell, and Tulakes Community Ministries.

Susan was named the 2016 Woman of the Year by the Journal Record newspaper and has also been named a “Most Admired CEO” for three years (2016, 2014 and 2013).

In 2011, Susan was recognized by the FBI with its Director’s Community Leadership Award for Oklahoma. In 2021, she was named Fellow of the Academé of Achievers of Central Christian College of Kansas, the school’s highest award.

Susan served as a member of the Governor’s Interagency Council on Homelessness (2016-2022) and was a member of the collaborative which created the ReMerge prison diversion program. She was a member of the national board of directors for the Free Methodist Church USA (2007-2023), serving as chair for 4 years.

Susan is married to a retired science teacher and has two grown children and four grandchildren.