About the Assessor

Todd Mathes has been Washington County's Assessor since May of 2001. He succeeded long-time Washington County Assessor Elmer Bright, who retired earlier that year. Mathes, who is the former news director at KWON/KYFM radio in Bartlesville, came to the Assessor's Office from the Washington County Sheriff's Department where he served as public information officer and civil deputy for 2-1/2 years. He served for four years as an officer in the County Assessors Association of Oklahoma and served as president of the statewide organization in 2008.

Mathes graduated from Labette County High School in Altamont, Kansas in 1988 and received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1993. Todd lives with his wife, Sarah, and children in the historical Johnstone Heights Addition of Bartlesville and attends church at Tuxedo Assembly of God in Bartlesville. His parents are Jim and Maxine Mathes of rural Bartlett, Kansas.