Greenwood Legacy Corporation was formed with a Founding Board of five (5) members. All five members served on an Advisory Committee that was selected earlier this spring following a public application process. 

Eugene Harris

Mr. Harris was born and raised in Tulsa and is a resident within the Kirkpatrick Heights-Greenwood Master Plan boundaries. Mr. Harris retired after working for ONEOK/ONE Gas for over 42 years. He has served on numerous boards and authorities and represented the University Park Homeowners Association as a member of the Community Governance Working Group. Mr. Harris brings his skills in nonprofit leadership and employee development to the committee.

Joshua Roby

Mr. Roby has lived in Tulsa for more than twenty years and brings twenty-five years of banking experience to his current role as Senior Vice President at Grand Bank. He has founded, served on, and chaired multiple boards across the Tulsa community. He serves as a Director and member of the Executive Committee for Family & Children’s Services (FCS) and chairs FCS’s Real Estate Asset Committee. He is also a past chair and current member of Tulsa Public Schools’ Bond Development and Oversight Committees. His prior leadership includes service as a Director and Construction Committee member for Iron Gate, President of the Oklahoma Aquarium Foundation, and Founder and Chairperson of Tulsa’s Young Professionals.

Beyond his banking tenure, Mr. Roby has extensive experience in management, business development, real estate, financial and credit risk analysis, and community engagement. He and his family have been proud residents of North Tulsa for more than fifteen years.

Dr. Lana Addison-Turner

Dr. Turner-Addison was born and has lived in Tulsa all her life. She owns and operates a business, Pine Premiere Childcare, located within the Kirkpatrick Heights-Greenwood Master Plan boundaries. She served as a Co-Chairperson of the Master Plan Leadership Committee and as a member of the Community Governance Working Group. She currently serves as a member of the Planning Commission and previously served as the Human Rights Director for the City of Tulsa. She is also a former member of the Tulsa Public Schools Board and is a founding member of the North Tulsa Economic Development Initiative.

Interim Executive Leader & Strategic Advisor

Tawanna Black

Tawanna A. Black is providing interim executive leadership and strategic support to Greenwood Legacy Corporation (GLC) as the organization advances implementation of the Kirkpatrick Heights/Greenwood Master Plan and prepares for its next phase of permanent executive leadership.

Black is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Living Truth Enterprises, Inc., a strategy and management consulting firm supporting organizations and leaders working to build more inclusive economies, institutions, and communities. She brings more than 25 years of executive leadership, economic and community development, organizational strategy, philanthropy, and systems-change experience across the public, private, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors.

Prior to founding Living Truth Enterprises, Black founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Economic Inclusion, where she led the development of a nationally recognized organization focused on advancing shared economic prosperity through cross-sector partnerships with businesses, government, philanthropy, and community. Her career has also included executive leadership in community and economic development organizations and initiatives in Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kansas.

Black’s work has centered on helping organizations move from vision to implementation, strengthening governance and organizational infrastructure, developing cross-sector partnerships, mobilizing resources, and building strategies that translate community priorities into measurable economic and institutional change.

Her relationship with Greenwood Legacy Corporation predates this interim assignment. Through Living Truth Enterprises, Black has previously supported GLC’s organizational development and capacity-building work and has been engaged in broader efforts supporting equitable development and economic opportunity in North Tulsa and Greenwood in contract with Partner Tulsa, Tulsa Regional Chamber, and the Greenwood Trust. The knowledge gained and relationships built through those engagements allow her to provide continuity while working alongside the GLC Board, community partners, and stakeholders during this important period of organizational transition.

In her interim role, Black is supporting executive operations, governance, organizational and financial infrastructure, resource development, strategic partnerships, and implementation capacity as GLC continues its stewardship of the community’s vision for the redevelopment of Kirkpatrick Heights/Greenwood.

Black is a nationally recognized strategist, executive, facilitator, and speaker whose work focuses on building the leadership, institutions, partnerships, and systems necessary for communities to thrive.