The daughter of a military father, Rogers-Kante was born in California but grew up in Sapulpa, leaving the Creek County town after her ninth-grade year. She established SeneGence two decades ago and is committed to keeping the California-headquartered company around indefinitely.

“From the very beginning, we planned to be around for a long time,” she said. “The original vision was 100 years or more, obviously one generation after the next. Everything we’ve done is to put that structure in place, not only from a corporate point of view but also for our field, for our distributors, for our product line.

“… We make more careful, measured decisions that don’t put our company at risk. We’re not in it for the fast buck. That really is the bottom line.”

SeneGence is expected to start construction in early 2020 on a 241-acre corporate campus near Interstate 44 and Oklahoma 33 in Creek County, Rogers-Kante said. Set to include distribution-manufacturing facilities and executive offices, it is being realized through a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district approved in February by the Sapulpa City Council, City Attorney David Widdoes said.