Councilor District 7

Anna America has long been committed to helping make Tulsa an
even better place to raise her family, and has worked toward that
goal in both her professional and personal life.
A University of Tulsa graduate, Anna started as a newspaper
reporter with the Tulsa Tribune, where among other beats she
covered City Hall. She worked as a journalist for several different
publications, then did communications for the City of Tulsa, and
eventually moved to the nonprofit world.
Anna is the Chief Executive Officer of the Child Abuse Network,
working to help victims of abuse receives services and assistance
they need. She served as executive director of Tulsa
nonprofits Up With Trees and Communities in Schools, and also was
elected to the Tulsa School Board. In 2014, she was elected to
represent southeast Tulsa on the Tulsa City Council. In 2016, she
was re-elected without opposition and served as City Council chair,
leading the largest group of women -- five -- ever to serve on the
9-member Council.
An active community volunteer, Anna is the proud mom of two
children. Her daughter is a sophomore at Booker T. Washington High
School, and her son is a student at Washington University in
St. Louis. She is also wife to Tulsa environmental leader Michael
Patton who is the director of Land Legacy, an Oklahoma conservation
nonprofit.
Contact Councilor America via email: dist7@tulsacouncil.org.