Author

Julie Bisbee

Julie Bisbee has served as the Executive Director of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust since 2019. She has been with the agency for more than a dozen years and served in a variety of roles, including the director of public information and the agency’s legislative liaison. Prior to coming to TSET, she served as the policy director at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy.

Julie is a graduate of the School of Journalism and Strategic Communication at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She was an award-winning journalist for 12 years before beginning a career in public service. She worked at The Oklahoman’s Capitol Bureau, The Associated Press in Oklahoma City, and The Monitor in McAllen, Texas. Julie continues to write a monthly column in The Journal Record in Oklahoma City. She is a member of several organizations including Oklahoma City downtown Rotary. Julie and her husband, Mark, have two sons and live in Edmond.

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Hall of Fame Inductee

Julie Bisbee
was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in
.

Recent Publications

Adult

The Battle Against Big Tobacco and the Birth of TSET Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust

Created by Oklahoma voters in 2000, the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) is a grant-making trust fund that receives the majority of Oklahoma’s share of a 1998 nationwide settlement against tobacco companies. Funds are invested by a Board of Investors, and only the earnings from those investments are used by a Board of Directors to support efforts to improve the health of Oklahomans. The mission of TSET is to fund programs that reduce tobacco use and obesity—the leading causes of preventable chronic disease—and by funding research that improves treatment and saves lives.