Governor Fallin today announced the appointment of Robert “Brett” Macy and the reappointment of Patricia High and Vanessa Price to the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board.
Macy, a retired Oklahoma City Police Department lieutenant, is the son of the late Bob Macy, longtime Oklahoma County district attorney.
Each member will serve a four-year term. Confirmation from the Oklahoma Senate is not required.
Robert “Brett” Macy, of Newalla, succeeds Dr. Marc Dreyer. Macy is a retired lieutenant from the Oklahoma City Police Department (OCPD). He began his career with OCPD in 1990 and served in several capacities, including patrol officer and detective sergeant in the criminal intelligence unit. He also served as detective sergeant on the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, coordinating special operations in the intelligence unit, and a lieutenant in the investigations bureau and operations bureau.
Prior to joining OCPD, Macy was a deputy for the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office.
During his career in law enforcement, Macy received the Medal of Valor for his actions after the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and the S.R. Bryant Community Service Award for his involvement in community service.
He serves on the executive committee for the Cowboy Crisis Fund, an organization that hosts fundraising events to provide financial assistance to individuals in need of medical treatment.
Macy received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma.
Patricia High, of Oklahoma City, is an attorney with her own law firm. She handles mostly civil cases and also has been appointed in Oklahoma County District Court to serve as a guardian ad litem for infants, minors and others in family and domestic cases.
High previously served as a senior criminal felony prosecutor in the Oklahoma County district attorney’s office from 1989 to 2007. Her duties included being the child abuse and sexual assault division chief and serving as special prosecutor in death penalty cases. She also served as First Assistant District Attorney in the district attorney’s office serving Lincoln and Pottawatomie counties.
High also served on the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training as a certified instructor of sexual assault investigation, First Amendment law, use of force, rules of evidence, and courtroom testifying for police officers.
In 2006, High was recognized as prosecutor of the year by the Oklahoma Gang Investigators Association. She earned a bachelor’s degree and a law degree from the University of Oklahoma.
Vanessa Price, of Moore, is a consultant with her own firm, VP Consulting. Mrs. Price provides consulting services internationally, nationally, and locally which focus on criminal justice alternative programs including drug courts, re-entry programs, veterans courts and drug endangered children. These projects assist local jurisdictions in addressing non-violent criminal justice cases which have a drug nexus to improve outcomes in local communities. The Drug Endangered Children’s Model, which she assisted in establishing in Oklahoma, has become the template for other jurisdictions across the country.
She previously served as a program coordinator and trainer at Save the Children and an inspector for the Oklahoma County Drug Court. She is also a member of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP).
Price previously served as an Oklahoma City police officer, retiring in January 2012 after a 22-year career.
Throughout her career, Price has received numerous honors for occupational achievements as well as community service including being named to Oklahoma Women in Law Enforcement’s Who’s Who in Law Enforcement in 1997; the Kiwanis Club Police Officer of the Year in 2001; the YMCA’s Adult Achiever Award and Youth Achiever Advisor Award in 2003; NADCP’s Drug Court in the Media Award in 2007 and NADCP’s National Drug Court of the Year Award in 2008.
Price received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Central Oklahoma.
