12:10 to the Top: Brian Bush

Last month Brian Bush, a former member of the U.S.

12:10 to the Top: Kelly Walner Edwards

“Getting information about a business in front of the right people and inspiring them to take action is what it’s all about,” said Kelly Edwards, founder and chief marketing strategist of Lawton Marketing Group, an award-winning marketing and branding agency providing services to firms across the U.

12:10 to the Top: Jared Williams

“There’s just no better feeling than to be able to help people at their most critical times,” said Deputy Fire Chief Jared Williams, Lawton Fire Department. Working alongside his dad and grandfather, Williams became a volunteer firefighter while still in high school.

12:10 to the Top: Brad Cooksey

In order to help boost the local economy, Brad Cooksey, president of Lawton Economic Development Corporation, sets up an inventory of factors that recruit tier 1 jobs to the community while also finding ways to help established businesses thrive.

12:10 to the Top: Brad Boles

“I’m committed to my faith, family, serving the state, growing our businesses, and every once in a while, there may be a hobby,” laughed Rep. Brad Boles, District 51.

12:10 to the Top: Kara Goodknight

Growing up on the family’s small cow/calf operation just outside Skiatook, Okla., Kara Goodknight and her three sisters each participated in showing cattle with the local FFA chapter. Being involved with FFA led her to pursue a degree from Oklahoma State University.

12:10 To the Top: Jacobi Crowley

After college, “I had several different opportunities, and I decided to give back to my community,” Lawtonian Jacobi Crowley said. “I prayed about it, and the notion given to me was, ‘If you’re not going to fix home, who will?

12:10 to the Top: Jennifer Kuykendall Meason

“Southwest Oklahoma has always been home,” said Jennifer Kuykendall Meason, chief executive officer for Cotton Electric Cooperative and Cotton Electric Services Inc.

12:10 to the Top: Waheed Gbadamosi

Waheed Gbadamosi first came to the United States after completing all the requirements for a degree in economics from Olabisi Onabanjo University at Awo-Iwoye in the Nigerian state of Ogun.

12:10 to the Top: Joe Abshere

Although he grew up around the family business, it wasn’t until after college and a brief internship in a Minor League ball club that Joe Abshere decided to carry on the tradition.