Kayse Shrum

Kayse Shrum
Shrum in 2021
19th President of Oklahoma State University
In office
July 1, 2021  February 3, 2025
Preceded byV. Burns Hargis
Succeeded byJim Hess (interim)
Oklahoma Secretary of Science and Innovation
In office
March 15, 2019  June 2020
GovernorKevin Stitt
Preceded byKelvin Droegemeier
Succeeded byElizabeth Pollard
Personal details
Born
Kayse Marie Donnelly

(1972-10-27) October 27, 1972
Coweta, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Darren Shrum
(m. 1992)
Children6
EducationConnors State College (AS)
Northeastern State University
University of Arkansas
Oklahoma State University (DO)

Kayse Marie Shrum (/ˈksi ˈʃrʌm/; née Donnelly; born October 27, 1972) is an American physician who was the 19th President of Oklahoma State University from 2021 to 2025. She was the first woman to lead a public research institution in Oklahoma.