Zearley To Head OPEA

The new executive director of the Oklahoma Public Employees Association (OPEA) is Sterling Zearley, north regional director of state parks in the Tourism and Recreation Department.

Zearley follows Gary Jones, whose employment was terminated last summer after questions arose about his personal use of a credit card, OPEA's poor financial condition and more than $50,000 in federal tsx liens filed against OPEA for failure to pay payroll taxes.

OPEA was founded 32 years ago; it as about 10,000 current and former state employees as members.

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