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Lewandowski named GRDA chair
By : Journal Record Staff//September 16, 2020//
Listen to this articleVINITA – Mike Lewandowski, of Afton, will serve as chairman of the Grand River Dam Authority board of directors.
He was appointed to the GRDA board in August 2018 by Gov. Mary Fallin. He succeeds outgoing chairman Jim Richie of Tulsa.
Dwayne Elam, Wagoner City administrator, will serve as chair-elect for the next year.
Lewandowski has a bachelor’s degree in wildlife management from Southwest Missouri State University. He started working for McDonald’s Corp. in 1980 as a supervisor for a licensee. In 1986, he and his wife, Julie, became owner-operators of a McDonald’s. They owned and operated a McDonald’s restaurant for 31 years, selling the family business in July 2017.
Elam joined the GRDA board in January 2018 and represents municipal customers, as the designee for the Oklahoma Municipal Alliance. An Oklahoma native, he has a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah and holds four Class A licenses from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.
