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Becky Busch Collins

Becky Collins became President and CEO of Tulsa Global Alliance (TGA) in March, 2007, and retired July 1, 2015. Tulsa Global Alliance is a non-profit located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, dedicated to increasing global understanding and linking people and institutions worldwide. TGA is a member of Global Ties>US, a non-profit located in Washington DC, working on international exchanges with the U.S. State Department of Education and Cultural Affairs. TGA is also a member of Sister Cities International (SCI), a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network that creates and strengthens partnerships between U.S. and international communities. As President and CEO, Becky led TGA to expansion of outreach through new programs, including two Fulbright grant programs, board structure and by-law changes, increased fund-raising and grant awards, two awards from SCI for Best Overall Program for a Sister City in our population category, and production of four of the biennial Kids’ World International Festivals, with outreach to more than 14,000 Oklahomans each time. Increasing global understanding includes leading delegations to all of Tulsa’s eight Sister Cities, visiting and/or working in dozens of other countries, and providing home hospitality for visitors and friends from countries in every part of the globe.

She is a certified public accountant (CPA) and her diverse career includes working in the oil and gas industry, owning a tax practice, teaching (14 years) at the University of Tulsa as an accounting instructor in the College of Business and as an adjunct instructor in the College of Law, teaching in other countries and serving as VP of Finance and Administration of Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma (10+ years). Responsibilities while VP of Finance included management of accounting and billing functions, annual audit, human resources, purchasing, all properties in two states and information technology.

She has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Hungary, and New Zealand and has traveled extensively. She was privileged to represent the State of Oklahoma on a visit to our sister-state of Kyoto, Japan. While in Hungary, working through a USIA grant in the 1990’s, she taught Hungarian business people and professors about capitalism—and she co-authored a book with J. Markham Collins, About Finance and Accounting, which was published in English and in Hungarian. Her education includes a MS of Accounting from the University of Tulsa and a BBS from the University of Houston.

Volunteerism, family, travel and education are key components in her life. Becky is currently a Master Gardener for the Oklahoma State University Extension Center in Tulsa, is an active church volunteer, and she and her husband, J. Markham Collins, are often a host family for international visitors. She was an instructor and chaperone for University of Tulsa Global Scholars in Europe in the spring of 2016. She is currently a board member for World Neighbors and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma. Past commitments include Girl Scout leader, treasurer for Boy Scout Troop 20, and political campaign volunteer. She has three children and two grandchildren and married J. Markham Collins in 1971.

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