OSCPA's September Lunch + Learn: A Look into the Impact of Positive Tomorrows
1.00 Credits
Member Price $0
Non-Member Price $40
Overview
Join the OSCPA for our monthly Lunch + Learn event over topics important to Oklahoma CPAs. Learn about all the different ways to make a difference in the life of a family experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma from President and CEO Margaret Creighton. As part of your OSCPA membership your registration for this event is FREE*.
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*Must be a member in good standing at the time of the course. Members are not automatically registered and must sign up to attend as registration is available. Find more information here.
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
Oklahoma CPAs
Objectives
- Learn about Positive Tomorrows' mission of partnering with families experiencing homelessness to educate their children and create pathways to success.
- Explore creative and tax savvy ways to a mutually beneficial donation supporting a cause you can really get behind.
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Margaret Creighton, President and CEO, Positive Tomorrows
Margaret Creighton is the President & CEO at Positive Tomorrows, Oklahoma’s only school and social service agency specifically serving children and families experiencing homelessness. She received her B.S. in Dance Management from Oklahoma City University in 2002. Shortly after graduation Margaret moved to New York City to pursue a career in dance. Margaret figured out she hated auditioning for jobs and valued things like steady health insurance, so she used the management portion of her degree to begin working in fundraising for nonprofit organizations. In 2004, Margaret moved back to Oklahoma and pursue her M.B.A., also from Oklahoma City University, and graduated in 2006. After 9 years of fundraising for the arts in NYC and OKC, Margaret was looking for a job that she felt made a deeper impact in the life of the community. Margaret was hired as Development Director at Positive Tomorrows in 2013 and was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2020, then President & CEO in 2022 and has never been more fulfilled.
During Margaret’s 12-year tenure at Positive Tomorrows, the operating budget has more than tripled, as has the number of students served annually. Additionally, a $15 Million building project was successfully funded, built and opened to triple the number of students and families served by the organization.
Margaret was named one of the Journal Record’s Most Admired CEOs and the Journal Record’s Nonprofit Power list. Margaret was also previously named one of the Journal Record’s Achievers under 40, OKC Gazette’s 40 under 40, OKC Friday’s Most Powerful Young Professionals and completed Leadership Oklahoma City’s Signature program in class 36. Margaret serves on the Federal Reserve of Kansas City’s Federal Reserve Economic Education Advisory Council, Oklahoma City University Meinders School of Business and Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management Advisory Committees, the Oklahoma City Chamber’s Education Policy Committee and Leadership OKC’s Alumni Board.
Margaret resides in Oklahoma City with her husband, Shaun, and their two children, Liam (14) and Lyla (12).
Non-Member Price $40
Member Price $0