Representative Cindy Roe

Cindy Roe serves as a Republican Representative for District 42 in the Oklahoma state legislature.

Roe, a nurse of more than 40 years and chair of the House Public Health Committee, and Stark, a former nurse of 35 years and vice chair of the committee, said their firsthand experience makes the recognition especially meaningful. Born and raised in rural Osage County, Roe graduated from Shidler High School in 1977 and moved to Lindsay in 2003. Roe has been a registered nurse since 1983 and a nurse practitioner since 2000. Throughout her career, Roe has worked in a wide range of medical settings, including interventional cardiology, emergency medicine, critical care, hospital medicine and family practice. Roe is the mother of five children and grandmother to 10.