Patrice Dills Douglas of Edmond, was appointed to the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services Dec. 18, 2002, by Gov. Frank Keating to fill an unexpired term previously held by Oklahoma City attorney Piper John. Commissioner Douglas' term expires Aug. 5, 2009. 

Douglas is president of Air Spiral Manufacturing, which she co-founded with her father. She also serves as vice president and general counsel for ACP Sheet Metal Company and Midwest Fabricators.

Douglas spent 10 years as an attorney for Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Hardy Summers. She worked in the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals before taking that position.

Douglas is a trustee of the Edmond Public Schools Foundation and is active in U R Special, an organization that provides clothes for needy children; the Edmond Economic Development Authority; and numerous other civic organizations.

The Oklahoma City native is a Computer Information Systems graduate of Oklahoma Christian University and holds a law degree from the University of Oklahoma where she received the highest honors in oral advocacy by being inducted into the Order of Barristers. 

She is a graduate of Leadership OKC, Class XIX, and an Oklahoma delegate to the 2002 Women's Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. She served as vice-chair of the Governor's Task Force on Early Childhood Education and on the Junior Hospitality Board of Directors.

She currently serves on the statewide Oklahomans for School Readiness steering committee and helped found Leaders Read, an organization that mentors and reads to at-risk children in childcare facilities.

She is married to Brent Douglas, an electrical engineer, and they have two sons Patrick, 7, and, Phillip, 5. She says hobbies are a thing of the past and any spare time is spent with Brent, Patrick and Phillip. Being the only female in the house, she has become very capable at soccer, t-ball and games of chase. She cherishes this time.