J. Darren Wallis has joined ONEOK, Inc. as senior vice president, communications and community relations reporting to Pierce H.  Norton II, president and chief executive officer of ONEOK. Before joining ONEOK, Wallis was vice president of communications for the North American region of Crop Science, a division of Bayer, the large division and region within the company. In this role, he led all internal and external corporate communications activities including corporate reputation, media relations, employee communications, digital communications and issues management for the region.  With more than 27 years of communications expertise, Wallis has specialized in creating strategic communications campaigns in various organizations and industries, including serving clients at two large international public relations firms. Wallis is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri in Columbia and is a native of southeast Missouri.