At-Large Board Member
John D. Groendyke is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Groendyke Transport, Inc., the fifth largest motor carrier of bulk commodities serving the continental United States, Canada and Mexico.
Mr. Groendyke graduated from Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Missouri, where he attended high school and junior college. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business from Oklahoma State University and his law degree from the University of Oklahoma. He served as a Captain in the U. S. Army, and after a two-year tour of duty he returned to Enid, Oklahoma, to join the family trucking operation, which was founded by his father, H. C. Groendyke, in 1932.
Mr. Groendyke serves on the OGE Energy Board of Directors, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the Board of the Wentworth Military Academy Foundation, Lexington, Missouri, and the Board of the National Tank Truck Carriers. He is presently serving his sixth term as Commissioner of District #8 for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, being first appointed 33 years ago. John serves as a Trustee for the Oklahoma Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Grand National Quail Foundation and Grand National Quail Club, having served as a past President and Chairman of the Board.
John has two daughters, two sons and seven grandchildren. He and his wife, Virginia, reside in Enid and are involved in many community activities. When John is not trucking, his energies are in wildlife conservation, farming and ranching, real estate and collecting and showing antique automobiles.
