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Kim Neese Belt, Terry Neese Personnel Services
April 8th, 2010 Posted by admin
Kim Neese, Terry Neese Personnel Services

Kim Neese, Terry Neese Personnel Services

Kim Neese is owner/president of Terry Neese Personnel Services. Since joining the firm in 1998, revenue has increased by more than 75 percent. The firm is a recipient of the 2006 and 2007 Oklahoma City Chamber Top Metro 50.

The company was established in 1975 by her mother, Terry Neese. Kim oversees all company staff and operations. She is actively in-tune to labor issues specific to the Oklahoma market, and works with local and national companies, as well as, government agencies.

Kim is a survivor of the Oklahoma City Murrah Bombing, as she was working in the Oklahoma Water Resources Board just north of the Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. She was a team member of the initial planning for the Oklahoma City National Memorial.

She is on the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma State Chamber, is a member of the Women’s Presidents Organization, the National Association of Women Business Owners, Women Impacting Public Policy, Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Oklahoma Staffing Association, Francis Tuttle Advisory Board, Economic Development Generating Excellence (EDGE) Committee and the Oklahoma City Downtown Rotary Club,

Active with causes of March of Dimes, the Salvation Army, American Heart Association, various political campaigns, and served as Co-Chair of the Oklahoma City Sports Headliner Banquet for several years and is a volunteer for the Canadian Valley Football Club.

She is married to Buddy Belt and is the mother of two daughters, Emily and Erin who attend Yukon Public Schools.

Kim Neese is a native Oklahoman, with Cherokee ancestry. She received a bachelor of arts in public administration from the University of Central Oklahoma.

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