The exhaustion in Oklahoma City Ward 7 Councilwoman Nikki Nice’s voice is palpable. Oklahoma City, along with the rest of the world, is a dozen weeks into the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, followed by sustained nationwide protests and demonstrations over the horrific murder of George Floyd by four former police officers in Minneapolis, and she is running on fumes.

Polly Nichols is a thoughtful, articulate woman whose longstanding work with nonprofits has brought meaning beyond measure to her life and value beyond measure to the organizations she serves. This dedication of hers has been shaped and fostered in various ways, some lovely and some terrifying, over the course of her life, but when all is said and done, this is a woman who wields her influence with confidence and grace.

Tricia Everest is an attorney, a philanthropist, an heiress, a member of one of Oklahoma’s oldest and most prominent families, and the co-founder of two groundbreaking nonprofits dedicated to helping victims of domestic and sexual abuse and to breaking the cycle of incarceration.