Patricia Downey — President

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Candace Drumm — Vice President

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Michael Kimball —Treasurer

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Vacant — Secretary

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​Chris Frederick — Board Member

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Chad Previch — Board Member

 

Vacant — Three Board Member SeatsSt.

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Board Member Bios

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Patricia Downey, Board President​

Patricia and her husband, Matt, have resided Gatewood since 2008. She first served on the board as a regular member and is currently the board president. Her passion for historic homes and Gatewood has inspired many projects and tours over the course of her terms.

 

Patricia was born and raised in OKC and graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School. She is an alumni of Oklahoma State University where she earned a bachelor's of science and a master’s of science. She has worked for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission as a regulatory manager for 18 years.  

 

You can find Matt and Patricia walking their two dogs through the neighborhood or enjoying the Plaza District. After her term, they look forward to volunteering in future activities and hope for the continued betterment of the neighborhood. 

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Candace Drumm, Vice President​

Candice Drumm is a lifelong resident of Oklahoma City and has called the Gatewood neighborhood home for over 35 years. Her passion for historic homes brought her to Gatewood, where she and her husband of 48 years, Clipper, raised their three children.  

 

Candice studied Literature at the University of North Dakota before beginning her career at the Oklahoma County Courthouse, where she served as a Judge’s Clerk for 20 years. After retiring, she turned her focus to community service, contributing her time and talents to numerous nonprofit boards.  

 

As a proud member of the Gatewood community and its board, Candice is committed to preserving and enhancing the neighborhood and is excited to see all of the board’s projects soon come to life.  

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Michael Kimball, Treasurer 

Michael Kimball has lived in Gatewood since 2022 and in OKC for most of his adult life. He and his family — wife Susanne and daughters Grace and Emily — previously lived nearby in Linwood Place, where Michael was also on the neighborhood board.

 

Michael is a communications professional with 20 years of local experience in journalism and public relations. He and Susanne met at the University of Oklahoma and married a few years after graduating.

 

The Kimballs attend church and school in Gatewood at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Rosary Catholic School. Michael had many hobbies and traveled widely before children, but is now a chauffeur and below-average volunteer assistant youth sports coach. It was while living in Gatewood that he completed ownership of all three pillars of the Dads’ Holy Trinity of Outdoor Cooking: a grill, a smoker and a griddle-top.

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Chris Frederick, Board Member​

Originally from Ada, Chris and his wife, Christi, relocated to Gatewood in 2023. For 25 years, Chris taught visual art at Lone Grove High School, just outside of Ardmore, where he developed a dynamic art department offering a wide-ranging curriculum that included painting, ceramics, drawing, sculpture, photography, cinematography, computer graphics and animation. Under his guidance, his students earned hundreds of awards from across the state, and the Lone Grove High School Art Department became widely regarded as one of the best in the state.

In recognition of his dedication, Chris was honored as the 2022 Teacher of the Year for both Lone Grove High School and the Lone Grove School District. Additionally, he was named the 2022 Teacher of Today by the Masonic Fraternity of Oklahoma. Currently, Chris serves as the visual art teacher at Harding Charter Preparatory High School in Oklahoma City. Beyond his teaching role, he is involved in various school initiatives, including sponsoring the Art Club, serving as president of the Good Vibes Committee and mentoring many of the school's younger teachers.

Chris is a professional musician signed with Lamon Records, a division of Sony in Nashville. In 2019, he began collaboration with three other Ada High School alumni and the International Documentary Association of Hollywood to produce a high-profile documentary about the remarkable number of professional musicians hailing from Ada. The film is set to premiere in the summer of 2025.

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Chad Previch, Board Member

Chad is a public relations and corporate communications professional with more than 20 years of experience in the industry and journalism. He and his husband, Jordan, have lived in Gatewood since 2019. He works at Oklahoma Natural Gas as a public relations manager. Before joining Oklahoma Natural Gas, he was public relations supervisor at a publicly traded technology company, overseeing media relations and reputation management. He also held communications leadership positions at Devon Energy and Love’s Travel Stops, managing internal and external communications. He’s a former print reporter who covered business, crime and politics in Oklahoma and Michigan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Michigan State University and has won numerous awards from the Public Relations Society of America, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Michigan Press Association.

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