Sen. Carri Hicks selected for prestigious CSG Henry Toll Fellowship

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Council of State Governments has announced that Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City, has been chosen to participate in the 2024 CSG Henry Toll Fellowship. Bringing together 49 individuals representing 34 states and U.S. territories and all three branches of state government, the Henry Toll Fellowship is the nation’s premier leadership development program for state government officials.

“It is a tremendous honor and an amazing opportunity to be among the 49 public servants chosen from throughout the U.S. for this leadership program,” Hicks said. “I am committed to collaboration, communication, and bipartisanship to find real solutions to the challenges facing my fellow citizens. Toll Fellows participate in an intensive bootcamp to hone these and other skills aimed at empowering members to become even more effective leaders.”

Toll Fellows are nominated by their peers and selected by alumni of the program. The selection committee seeks leaders who have already demonstrated excellence in public service and show promise for continuing to make a difference in the future.

“While the CSG Henry Toll Fellows come from every region of our nation, from both political parties and all three branches of state government, they share one thing in common – they are all committed to improving the lives of the people they serve,” said CSG Executive Director/CEO David Adkins, a former Kansas state senator and 1993 CSG Henry Toll Fellow alumnus. “Toll Fellows are selected based on their demonstrated commitment to solve problems, to work collaboratively to get things done, and their belief that state government can and must be a force for good.”

The Council of State Governments is the nation’s only organization serving all three branches of state government. CSG is a region-based forum that fosters the exchange of insights and ideas to help state officials shape public policy. The Toll Fellowship honors the founder of CSG, Henry Toll, who, as a former state senator from Colorado, was the driving force behind the creation of CSG in 1933.

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For more information, contact:  Sen. Carri Hicks at 405-521-5543 or Carri.Hicks@oksenate.gov.