How An Entire Community is Transformed – Teleseminar with Wes Lane, Founder, SALLT

Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Wes received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Oklahoma.

Wes served for over two decades as an Oklahoma County prosecutor. During his tenure, he accumulated an exceptional trial record, winning about 95% of his jury trials. His service to Oklahoma County began in January of 1981 as a law student legal intern for the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office. In July of 2001, Governor Frank Keating appointed Wes to fill the unexpired term of retiring D.A. Robert H. Macy. Wes stood for election in the fall of 2002 and was honored to be elected District Attorney by the voters of Oklahoma County, serving another four years in that capacity.

Honored as “Prosecutor of the Year” in 2003 by the Oklahoma Gang Investigator’s Association and for “Courage in the Pursuit of Justice” by his fellow District Attorneys across the state, Wes served as the President of the Oklahoma District Attorney’s Association in 2005 and as Vice-President of the National District Attorney’s Association.

In January of 2008, Wes became President of the Burbridge Foundation, a Christian foundation dedicated to networking solutions to problems impacting our families and our culture. In early 2009, he brought to Oklahoma the methamphetamine television documentary “Crystal Darkness” which had between 1.5 and 2 million Oklahoma viewers and spawned community town hall meetings across the state on the subject of substance abuse prevention. In the same year, along with other Oklahoma City leaders, he founded (and now leads) Salt and Light Leadership Training, Inc. (www.SALLT.com), a Christian leadership development program dedicated to helping Christian leaders maximize their service to God and their city. In 2010, he released “Amazingly Graced”, an autobiographical account of God’s purposeful activity in the marketplaces of our lives. From 2011-2012, he served as Chairman of the governing board of the state’s largest agency, the Department of Human Services.

Wes is married to Dr. Lori Hansen Lane, a facial plastic surgeon. They have one son, Derrick, an Oklahoma County deputy sheriff who has served his country on two tours of infantry duty in the Middle East and is now on his third tour flying Chinook helicopters for the Army National Guard. Derrick and his wife, Soniya are parents to Wes and Lori’s granddaughter, Talia.