Media: Elizabeth Frame Ellison On Building Community & Opportunity With Mother Road Market
Meet Elizabeth Frame Ellison
PäSH Magazine: Women’s History Month Feature (March 25, 2026)
In June 2022, Elizabeth Frame Ellison transitioned from President and CEO to Chair of the Board of Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation (LTFF) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In her years leading LTFF, Ellison has founded Oklahoma’s FIRST food hall, Mother Road Market (2018) as well as Tulsa’s kickstart kitchen incubator, Kitchen 66 (2016). Ellison is also a founding partner of 36 Degrees North (2016), a co-workspace and basecamp for entrepreneurs in Tulsa’s Arts District and a founding board member of Vest (2020).
Ellison received recognition as one of Oklahoma’s 40 under 40 and several awards for small business and entrepreneurial support. She has given several keynote addresses and served as a panelist at a Google conference on the future of food in 2017.
Ellison received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Classical Culture in 2004 and worked for Boren for Congress as the deputy finance director before joining Congressman Boren (OK Dist. 2) as a Legislative Assistant. In 2006, Ellison served as Political Director when her mother, Kathy Taylor, decided to run for Mayor and asked for campaign help. After a successful campaign, Ellison entered Law School at The University of Oklahoma. As the class President, Ellison was honored to give the commencement address at her Law School graduation. In 2012, Ellison was elected to serve as a school board representative for Tulsa Technology Center.
When she isn’t working, Ellison enjoys travel, culinary exploration, true crime novels and athletic activity alongside her husband Chris and their boys Taylor and Wyatt. Ellison lives in Tulsa and San Francisco.
What inspired you to start or lead a nonprofit, and how has your perspective as a woman shaped your approach to service?
I began my career in public service as a Legislative Assistant for Congressman Dan Boren, where I worked closely with constituents, researched legislation, and advised the Congressman on pending votes. While Congressman Boren valued input from the people he represented, the intentional pace and bureaucracy of government often made it difficult to see the immediate impact of our work at the local level.
That experience ultimately led me to the nonprofit sector, where I could pursue the same kind of systemic change but with the ability to test ideas and act more quickly. Through programs I founded, including Kitchen 66 and Mother Road Market, I’ve been able to support entrepreneurs and strengthen our local economy. Building these initiatives has given me a front-row seat to the real and lasting impact that thoughtful community investment can have on people’s lives.
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