Tulsa County Assessor John A. Wright  has appointed former state legislator Mark Liotta as Chief Deputy County Assessor, effective immediately.  Chief Deputy Liotta succeeds Leisa Weintraub, who will continue in her role as General Counsel to the Assessor.

Liotta joined the Tulsa County Assessor’s office in September 2021 and immediately assumed the human resource director responsibilities. Just before joining the Assessor’s Office, Liotta completed a six-year term as Commissioner and Chairman of the Oklahoma State Workers’ Compensation Commission.

Additionally, Liotta served in numerous leadership positions in Tulsa County and with the State of Oklahoma, including being elected to five terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, where he represented northeast Tulsa from 1996 to 2006 and served as the elected House Republican Caucus Chairman.

Liotta will participate in the certification classes offered by OSU which are required of all County Officers and Chief Deputies.

The Tulsa County Assessor’s Office employs 85 staff members whose primary task is to annually appraise all 271,199 business, agricultural and residential parcels in Tulsa County for ad valorem purposes and apply property tax exemptions. They office in the Tulsa County Headquarters at 6th and Denver in downtown Tulsa, but operate several sub-offices at various times throughout the year.  Wright has served as the elected Assessor since 2018, after having served with the previous Assessor, Ken Yazel, for nearly a decade.