The American Red Cross Kansas and Oklahoma Region serves nearly 6 million people living across Kansas and Oklahoma. The region provides vital services to the area 365 days a year — responding to home fires in local neighborhoods, helping military families and veterans, teaching lifesaving skills, and helping maintain the national blood supply.
We’re able to provide these services thanks to the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors. Volunteers make up 90% of the Red Cross workforce, and we’re proud that an average of 90 cents of every dollar we spend is invested in delivering care and comfort to those in need.
There are 4 chapter locations serving the Oklahoma Region. Click below to find a chapter near you.
The services we provide to our communities are possible only through the work of volunteers and generous financial donations from companies, foundations and individuals and we are grateful for all of those who support the American Red Cross and its humanitarian mission.
Brian has been an employee with the American Red Cross for more than a decade. Serving in multiple roles within the American Red Cross over the years has served him well in his current role. Brian has been in roles such as Public Relations, Fundraising, Disaster Services and Services to the Armed Forces during his time with the organization. Also, he has served on leadership roles in different capacities for multiple national disaster events such as Hurricane Katrina, the 2013 Oklahoma Tornadoes and Hurricane Harvey.
As Regional Disaster Officer, Shelly Webb is responsible for implementing disaster services, from relief operations to emergency preparedness programs.
Shelly is no stranger to the American Red Cross, having joined as a volunteer in 2015 before stepping into a paid position as a Disaster Program Specialist in March of 2016. Energized by challenges and driven by an authentic desire to serve others, Shelly was promoted to the Disaster Workforce Engagement Manager role in 2018, followed by a transition to Senior Disaster Program Manager in April of 2020 with the Kansas-Oklahoma region merger.
Before coming to the American Red Cross, Shelly was a master trainer for a federal grant managed through the University of Washington. For over 15 years, she trained hundreds of volunteers and employees across the nation in data-driven decision-making skills, volunteer engagement principles and leadership development.
In her spare time, Shelly is an avid heirloom gardener. She lives on a quaint homestead in rural Oklahoma with her husband of 27 years.
Marama Bayles-Raleigh serves as the Regional Director for Service to the Armed Forces and International Services. Marama is a proud Oklahoman and loves getting to serve our military members, their families, and our veterans.
She has spent over a decade in the nonprofit sector working to build community resources and collaboration. Before taking on this role she spent over 3 years doing volunteer recruitment for the American Red Cross. Connecting volunteers to volunteer opportunities that fit their interests and skills was a highlight of that time. Marama came to love the mission of the American Red Cross during high school and college when she had the opportunity to be an event volunteer during some major disasters.
She and her husband have one daughter and several animals. She enjoys nice nights at home with her family watching tv or a movie, trying new foods, and exploring the local zoo and aquarium.
Kellie Keith was the Regional Volunteer Services Officer for the American Red Cross Central Appalachia Region before moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in January 2023.
Kellie first worked alongside the Kansas-Oklahoma team at Sound the Alarm 2023. Kellie has a love for the mission of the Red Cross, which further deepened during her disaster relief operation deployment to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.
Kellie attended Arizona State University and has enjoyed a long career focused on nonprofit management. Kellie worked at Special Olympics and the Alzheimer’s Association prior to joining Red Cross in November 2016.
Kellie has had a passion for volunteering her entire life and loves sharing her enthusiasm with others.
Matt Trotter joined the Red Cross in 2021 after covering local, state, regional and national news in Tulsa for nearly a decade. For most of that time, he was a reporter and then news director for the NPR affiliate Public Radio Tulsa.
Matt's first real exposure to Red Cross disaster relief was as a TV news field producer during the 2013 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, and he’s proud to now be part of this leading humanitarian organization. As Regional Communications Director, Matt oversees Red Cross media relations and social media strategies in Kansas and Oklahoma, advises in the development of communications to external stakeholders and partners, and takes a lot of photos and videos.
Matt lives in Tulsa with his wife and son. When he’s not with them, you’ll find him on a soccer field somewhere as a nationally certified assistant referee.
The American Red Cross serving Oklahoma is able to provide the immediate disaster relief to neighbors in need due to continued and generous support of businesses small and large across the state, including many across the nation with and without local connections. Their support is provided through financial donations directly or through employee and customer giving programs and with event sponsorships.
Donations of professional services through employee volunteer programs, as well as the donation of specific in-kind items enable Red Cross to deliver immediate disaster relief to residents across the state after disasters.
We thank our disaster partners for their concern of all of our neighbors, the recognition of the need to be prepared for response before disaster strikes and for their incredible support and expertise to keep the Red Cross prepared and ready to respond to the call for help where ever and whenever it comes.
Bartlesville Regional United Way
Bartlesville
Lake Area United Way, Inc.
Muskogee
Tulsa Area United Way
Tulsa
United Way of Eastern Frontier Country
Shawnee
United Way of Payne County
Stillwater
AmeriCorps engages more than 75,000 members in intensive service annually to serve through nonprofit, faith-based, and community organizations at 25,000 locations across the country. These members help communities tackle pressing problems while mobilizing millions of volunteers for the organizations they serve. Since 1994, more than 900,000 Americans have provided more than 1.2 billion hours of service to their communities and country through AmeriCorps. For more information, visit NationalService.gov. AmeriCorps is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that engages more than 5 million Americans in service through its AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Social Innovation Fund, and Volunteer Generation Fund programs, and leads the President's national call to service initiative, United We Serve.