Rick Buchanan
Chief Deputy
E-mail: rbuchanan@oklahomacounty.org
Phone: (405) 713-1503

Rick Buchanan serves as the Chief Deputy for District 3. Oklahoma law requires Rick to assume the duties of Commissioner in the absence of Commissioner Vaughn.

Rick’s professional career includes almost two decades in television news, programming, marketing, and advertising.  For five years, he served as Press Secretary to Frank Keating, Oklahoma’s 25th Governor.  He also served as the Public Information Officer for the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Executive Producer of the Department’s “Discover Oklahoma” television program.  Rick started working at Oklahoma County in 2005, serving as the Public Information Officer for County Clerk Carolynn Caudill.  He also coordinated Special Projects for Treasurer Butch Freeman before joining Commissioner Vaughn’s administration in January 2007. 

Rick was born and raised in Oklahoma City.  He is a graduate of Northwest Classen High School and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Oral Communication from Baylor University.  Rick has two daughters, Sha’, who is 25, and Paige, who is 14.  He has lived in Edmond, Oklahoma since 1993 and attends LifeChurch.