Written by Kelly Hall
SNU Media Strategies Intern

Southern Nazarene University graduate, Shawn Null (’96), was announced as one of OKCBiz Magazine’s 2009 Forty under 40 award recipients.  The Forty under 40 program is sponsored by Cox Business and recognizes individuals in Central Oklahoma who are under 40 and have both excelled professionally and given back to the community. This year, the 40 award recipients were chosen out of nearly 150 nominations.

Null graduated with a degree in accounting from SNU and went on become a CPA. Currently, he works as the Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending at First National Bank of Oklahoma.

Null has made his mark in the community through volunteering in organizations including Oklahoma City First Church of the Nazarene, YMCA, and Boys and Girls Club. Null states that youth are the future and that he hopes to be able to invest in them in order to help them be successful.

Shawn is also a member of the Plaza District Association board, the Oklahoma Compassionate Ministries board, the Oklahoma Society of CPAs, Providence Homeowners Association, and the Executive Council for the South Central Nazarene Youth International.

To read more about the award: OKCBiz Forty Under 40