Sean Burrage
Sean Burrage currently serves as the Vice President for Executive Affairs at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.
Sean Burrage | |
|---|---|
| President of Southeastern Oklahoma State University | |
| In office July 1, 2014 – October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Larry Minks |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Newsom |
| Oklahoma Senate Minority Leader | |
| In office January 15, 2012 – May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Rice |
| Succeeded by | John Sparks |
| Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 2nd district | |
| In office November 2006 – May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Stratton Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Marty Quinn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 20, 1968 Durant, Oklahoma |
| Nationality | American Choctaw Nation |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Norman, Oklahoma |
| Alma mater | University of Oklahoma |
| Profession | Attorney |
Burrage was named as President of Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma on May 15, 2014, by the Regional University System of Oklahoma Board of Regents. He began his duties on July 1, 2014. An Antlers native, Burrage completed his second term as an Oklahoma State Senator (District 2) in May 2014. He did not seek a third term in office.
On July 7, 2014, an overflow crowd officially welcomed Burrage to Durant with a reception at the Choctaw Event Center. Among those in attendance were numerous elected officials, higher education regents and presidents, business leaders, and university and community representatives. Burrage is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
President Burrage was appointed to the Governor's Education Advisory Committee in 2015, and the State Regents’ Task Force on the Future of Higher Education in 2017. He also serves on the Oklahoma Ordinance Works Authority and the Oklahoma Board of Juvenile Affairs.
Burrage served as Vice Chairman of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Council of Presidents (Oklahoma). He served as Chairman of Imagine Durant, member of the Durant Industrial Authority Board, and member of the Durant Economic Development Council.
Burrage received his accounting and law degrees from the University of Oklahoma.