Oklahoma Transportation Secretary Tim Gatz selected Jessica Brown to serve as Director of Strategic Communications for the Oklahoma Transportation Cabinet agencies, which include the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission in June 2021.

In this newly created position, Brown will engage in all aspects of public relations and marketing to unify the communications and messaging among the Transportation Cabinet. She will report directly to Secretary Gatz. The position was developed as an effort to modernize the cabinet and transportation services.

For 18 years Brown has been in state public service in a communications role and has more than a dozen years in broadcast journalism.

Brown earned a Master of Journalism from the University of North Texas, a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the Texas A&M University and has completed more than 100 hours of continuing education while working in state government communications.