Why we’re here

Alongside residents and City staff, we identify areas of opportunity within the City, generate creative ideas, experiment and evaluate potential solutions, and support the implementation of the most promising changes. What we work on varies widely in size and scope, but all encourage us to think beyond the traditional confines of local government so that the City can better serve its residents.

Our work is sometimes highly experimental – while some projects may fail, every project results in crucial lessons learned. Sometimes our projects will be exciting and highly visible, while others will be transformative in ways that are hard to see. Whether our work makes the front page or is entirely behind the scenes, happens in City Hall or at your neighborhood park, we strive to make sure our City takes one more step in the right direction every day.

Mission

Our mission is to create a culture focused on resident delight and innovative, people-centered solutions. We seek to connect residents, City staff, and data in ways that empower all to develop and share ideas that make the City’s delivery of services more efficient, effective, and equitable.

Vision

Oklahoma City’s Office of Innovation exists to be a conduit for Oklahoma City’s continual improvement in all aspects.

Mantra

We just want stuff to work. 

What we do

Services include, but are not limited to:

• Idea generation
• Process mapping
• Stakeholder engagement
• Project scoping
• Cross-departmental facilitation
• Support identifying technological, operational, and data-informed solutions
• Pilot development and testing
• Process and outcomes evaluation
• Trainings and Education

Who we are 

Kelly M. Williams, PhD

Dr. Kelly Williams joined The City of Oklahoma City as their first Chief Innovation Officer in April of 2023. In this role she helps solve problems and improve efficiency across the city. She began her career as Oklahoma City University’s Director for Institutional Research, where she supported data-informed decision making and strategic planning across campus. She then served in a variety of leadership roles at the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, including a year as the agency’s Director, helping ensure that the Authority ran smoothly to support more than 350,000 licensed patients and more than 12,000 commercial licensees. After leaving OMMA, Williams served as the COO at the United Way of Central Oklahoma, supporting over 50 local non-profit partners addressing OKC’s most pressing needs.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude with her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Oklahoma City University before earning Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Quantitative Psychology from the University of Oklahoma. Williams currently serves on the Board of Directors for Leadership Oklahoma City’s YLX program, which is dedicated to supporting rising youth leaders in the city, and as Co-Chair of the 2023-2024 cohort of their Leadership Skills program. Previously, she served five years on the Board of Directors at Family Builders, an agency focused on healing families that have experienced abuse, with terms as Board Vice President and President with the organization. She also served four years on the United Way of Central Oklahoma's Research and Community Initiatives Board.

Williams is a life-long Oklahoman and currently resides in Oklahoma City with her husband, two children, and three dogs. She and her family enjoy cooking and traveling together, and she also enjoys reading and the occasional art project.

Bailey Siber

Bailey Siber serves as a Senior Program Manager for the City of Oklahoma City's Office of Innovation. Her two-year position is made available at no cost to the city through the Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellowship.

Bailey recently graduated with highest honors from the Harvard Kennedy School, earning a Master of Public Policy and a certificate in Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences. During her graduate studies, Bailey was a Rappaport Public Policy Fellow at the City of Boston’s civic innovation and design team, MONUM. Prior to graduate school, Bailey worked as a technologist at several rapid scale startups, and as a director for a nonprofit that expands access to economic mobility for women and nonbinary people of color by offering onramps into tech careers. Bailey graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science from Tufts University in community health and psychology, with a concentration in computer science.