Proper leadership can truly change an entire culture. Mary Blankenship Pointer, of Oklahoma City, OK, exemplifies that notion. With what seems to be an endless resume, Pointer has been involved in just about everything.

Mary Blankenship Pointer is a senior vice president and commercial loan officer of Frontier State Bank. She has spent her entire career working in the banking industry. She believes that she can serve the community in banking and volunteering.

Remarkably, Pointer is currently serving on more than one dozen local, state, national and international boards. What is even more remarkable is the fact that she is an active and willing participant for each of those committees. Pointer’s involvement is authentic. She doesn’t do it because of name recognition; she does it because she truly cares.

Known as a “network maven,” Pointer has forged relationships and used her connections to better her community.

Pointer is at the forefront of a multitude of issues.

Whether it is her work with organizations such as Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Prevent Blindness, Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Red Cross, Community Literacy Center, or Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, or her efforts to feed over 6,000 people and provide toys to children during the holidays, Pointer is always helping improve the quality of life for those in Oklahoma and beyond.