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We provide the education, network, and support to create the environment for Ada’s economy to grow.
How We Support Ada
Rural Innovation
We help Entrepreneurs & Tech grow, invest, and build.
Business Growth
We create ecosystems for local business growth and workforce development.
Community Development
We’re improving Ada through community and economic development.
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Adventures in Crypto: One Man’s Journey from Developer to Influencer
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker A year ago, if you would have told Jake Cantrell that he would be a full-time crypto influencer on Medium and YouTube that goes by the alias JCCrypto, he probably would have called you crazy. But here we are. Since September of 2021, Cantrell...
C3: Cougars, Curriculum, and Camp – Engaging Students with Innovation
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Selena Galbreaith showing off a basic catapult The high school cafeteria bustled with approximately thirty students around age five, and the air buzzed with excitement as they sent brightly colored fuzzy pompoms soaring across their...
What is Ecosystem Building?
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Many of us learned about “ecosystems” when we were in elementary school. We were taught that an ecosystem was an area where living and non-living things interact, or, as the National Geographic Society defines it, “A geographic area where plants,...
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“The Ada Jobs Foundation does so much good for the Ada Area, Southwest Oklahoma, and the State! Glad to have them looking out for employers, citizens, and jobs!”
– Jessika L.
Meet the Team
James Eldridge
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Entrepreneurship
- Digital Economy
- Rural Innovation
- Advocacy
- Attraction
- Grants
Daniel Castaneda
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
- Workforce Development
- Local Business Development
Amy Childers Elliott
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
- Community Development
- Housing
- Neighborhoods
Peggy Saunkeah
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
- Administrative Questions
- Finance