Though he’s five months from taking office, Tulsa mayor-elect G.T. Bynum has named two key members of his administration.
"There were a couple people that as soon as we knew that we'd won the election, I wanted to approach about coming to work in the administration, people who are amongst the most effective folks I've ever met in public service," Bynum said.
Former policy adviser to Sens. Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn, Michael Junk served as Bynum’s campaign manager. Junk will be Bynum's deputy mayor.
"My right hand on anything and everything, and then whatever I can't — you know, if there's two things, and I can't be in two places at one time, Michael's as familiar as anybody is with my thinking on where I want the city to go," Bynum said.
Junk, who hadn't managed a campaign before Bynum's, will also help with state and federal government relations.
Current city council policy administrator Jack Blair has been named Bynum’s chief of staff.
"People outside of city hall may not know Jack very well, but people inside city hall universally respect him," Bynum said. "He's really led, behind the scenes, virtually every significant policy initiative that has come out of the city council, at least since I've been on it."
Bynum takes the mayor's office in December.
