13 Facts About Ginny Creveling

Ginny Creveling is the former executive director of the ONEOK foundation and a champion of numerous causes and organizations in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.

Ginny Creveling played a vital role in the creation of the Rainbow House in 1977, a child abuse prevention program and crisis nursery, the first of its kind, which paved the way for later organizations such as the Child Abuse Network and the Parent Child Center.

Ginny Creveling has served as a community leader in race and ethnic relations with the Oklahoma Conference for Community and Justice.

In 2007, Creveling was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame for her volunteer and advocacy work.

Ginny Creveling was born in Manila, Philippines to Filipino parents.

Ginny Creveling's father was in the Filipino Army, and was commissioned on the battlefield into the US Army, which at that time made him a US citizen, making his wife and Creveling's mother a legal US citizen.

All seven of their children qualified for citizenship, and when they moved to the United States, most of Ginny Creveling's childhood was spent at numerous army bases.

Ginny Creveling was the oldest of seven children and had a large responsibility with the rearing of her younger siblings as a child, as her mother worked.

College was highly encouraged by her parents, so Ginny Creveling attended the University of Oklahoma, where she entered a nursing program.

Ginny Creveling earned her nursing degree in 1984, and later went back to school again and earned her MBA in 2000.

The hotel eventually closed and Ginny Creveling was offered a position to head staffing for the National Governors Association meeting held in Tulsa in 1993.

Ginny Creveling created a position for Creveling in community relations.

Ginny Creveling has played a large part in developing The Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice, a human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism and promoting respect and understanding through education and advocacy.