Kathleen Marie Henry

Class of 1968

Kathy Henry, PHS class of 1968, is truly a “person of the world.”

After graduating from the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), she went to work for the state’s largest advertising agency. One of her clients, McDonald’s, hired her and from that point on her career went sky-high. She worked for McDonald’s in Chicago, Detroit, and Houston. While in Detroit, she received the prestigious “President’s Award” from Ray Kroc, Founder and CEO of McDonald’s Corporation, and became the first female regional marketing manager.

Cold winters in Chicago drove her to Paris, France, to direct McDonald’s French marketing campaign. From there she moved to Frankfurt, Germany, then to London. Kathy was the Vice-President for McDonald’s European marketing.

Kathy’s accomplishments include the “President’s Award,” introducing the Happy Meal to Europe, establishing the McDonald’s/ Disney European relationship, European soccer sponsorship (which expanded to global sponsorship and eventually the Olympics), the McDonald’s International Marketing Achievement award, the Ray Kroc “Press On” award, and the “Golden Arch Partner Award.”

Upon leaving McDonald’s, Kathy and her husband developed and constructed Oklahoma’s first “New Urbanism” project in Tulsa at 6th & Peoria which was recognized by both FEMA and the Sierra Club. As President of Zepper Studios, she served as a commissioner for the State of Oklahoma Film and Music Commission working to bring film and TV production to Oklahoma. She then started Henry Jamieson Associates, consulting with clients in China, Vietnam and the Philippines in strategic planning, restaurant design, branding, and marketing. Volunteering throughout her career, Kathy has served as a board member for the University of Central Oklahoma Alumni Association, the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, the UCO Foundation, and the PHS Alumni Association.

Kathy is the daughter of the late Irl W. Henry ’40 and Hulda Duncan Henry Trumbla ’48, and stepdaughter of Thomas Trumbla ‘48. She is married to Jamie Jamieson and is mother to Adam Jamieson and step-mother to Tangye Jamieson. She has two granddaughters.