Chip Keating

Francis Anthony Keating III, better known as Chip Keating, is an American businessman who served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Public Safety between 2019 and 2020.

Early life, education, and family
Francis Anthony Keating III was born to Francis Anthony Keating II and Catherine Heller Keating. He and his siblings were raised Catholic. He worked for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol between 2001 and 2004. Between August 2004 and March 2007 he worked as a commercial real estate broker for Trammell Crow Company. He graduated from Bishop McGuiness Catholic High School and Southern Methodist University before marrying Brittney Ann O’Kelley in October 2005. The same year unsuccessfully ran for the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Between March 2007 and March 2010 he worked for Chesapeake Energy as the Real Estate Development Manager. He has owned Keating Investments since March 2010.

Oklahoma Secretary of Public Safety
Despite supporting Todd Lamb during the 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election, Keating was appointed Oklahoma Secretary of Public Safety on February 21, 2019, by Governor Kevin Stitt. He resigned December 31, 2020.