Steve Agee
Dean of the Meinders School of Business, and Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Branch
Air Date, November 4th, 2012
Dr. Agee is an economist specializing in energy policy, banking, monetary theory,
and macroeconomic policy. Having served in the private sector for thirty years
as President and COO of oil and natural gas exploration and production companies,
Dr. Agee has the unique combination of academic and private industry
experience to administer, teach, design and implement new programs and
speaker’s series in the energy field. In addition, having served six years (2006-
2011) on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City
Branch, the last three as its Chairman, Dr. Agee has enormous contacts and resources
in the banking industry, and has taught Money & Banking at Oklahoma
City University.
Dean Agee is President and COO of Agee Energy, LLC, a private oil and natural
gas company in downtown Oklahoma City. Prior to forming his own company
in 2006, Dr. Agee served as President and COO of XAE Corporation, a privately
owned oil and gas company, from 1982 to 2005; and as President and COO of
Lee & Agee, Inc., from 1988 to 2006. Dr. Agee joined the Oklahoma City Branch
of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in March 2006. He concluded a sixyear
stint with the Fed in December 2011, having served the last three years as
Chairman of the Oklahoma City Branch Board. He has served on the Board of
Directors for the following organizations and additionally served as President
of each Board: The Economic Club of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Philharmonic
Society, Petroleum Club of Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma Energy Resources
Board (OERB), the latter for which he served as Chairman for three years. Dr.
Agee also served as Director and past Treasurer of the Oklahoma Independent
Petroleum Association (OIPA). Dean Agee is currently a member of the Oklahoma
City Economic Roundtable and serves on the following Boards of Directors/
Trustees: The Oklahoma City Philharmonic Foundation, Allied Arts, and the
Oklahoma City Community Foundation (OCCF). Dean Agee was recently named
(February 2012) as a member of the Fortune Club, and became a member of the
Board of Directors of Coppermark Bank in August 2012.
