First Lady Kim Henry has devoted much of her life to education, from her 10 years teaching in the classroom to her and her husband raising three girls. Kim spent most of her teaching career at her alma mater, Shawnee High School, where she taught Oklahoma History, Economics, Government, and Advanced Placement American History. In 1999-2000 she was awarded the Close-Up Foundation¿s Linda Myers Chozen Award for Teaching Excellence in Civic Education. Only five other educators across the nation received the honor that year.
Kim is active on several statewide boards of directors including Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and the Jasmine Moran Children¿s Museum.
Kim has also served on the board of directors for Science Museum Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence.
Kim's civic involvement has led her to receive numerous awards and honors. She was the recipient of the 2004 Award of Distinction, given by the Board of Advocates of the University of Oklahoma, College of Education. She was also honored in 2004 by the Journal Record's 50 Most Distinguished Women and received the Bill Lowry Library Champion Award for her work in literacy. Kim was awarded the Jasmine Award by the Jasmine Moran Children's Museum as a tribute to her unending concern, dedication, and tireless efforts on behalf of Oklahoma's children. And in 2006, she received the National Guard Youth Champion Award for selfless contributions to our Nation's Youth.
In 2008, she received the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy's Champion of Children's Award and was awarded the Honorary Young Mother of the Year Award by the American Mothers, Inc. Kim was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2009.
First Lady Kim Henry is currently serving as the Executive Director of Sarkeys Foundation, a private, charitable foundation dedicated to providing support through gifts and grants to Oklahoma¿s non-profit organizations.
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