About White Surveying Company:

White Surveying was established in 1940 by W. Kirk White. Kirk grew the business until his death in 1956, after which his family formed a partnership with Earl Denton. The company was renamed Denton & White Surveying.

Upon Earl’s death in 1964, Kirk’s widow, Lorraine White, and his son, David C. White, established a partnership and returned the company to its original name. Following Lorraine’s death in 1975, David became the sole owner of White Surveying.

Paula Koehn and John Libby moved from the Dallas/Fort Worth area to Tulsa in 2013 to be closer to family and founded Route 66 Surveying. About the time it became obvious they needed to make a major step up in size to continue to serve their growing client base, Paula and John learned about the possibility of acquiring White Surveying Company.

With its 80-year history, long-time loyal employees, and deep ties to the community, Paula and John decided this was an opportunity they had to take advantage of. In September of 2020 they purchased White Surveying from David White.

Our Staff:

John L. Libby, Jr., PLS, CFedS

Owner and President

John has over 35 years of experience in boundary, design, and topographic surveys for multi-family developments, commercial, retail, office and manufacturing sites. He is a Professional Land Surveyor in both Oklahoma and Texas and a Certified Federal Surveyor. He spent seven years in the oil and gas industry, determining lease lines and preparing exhibits for permitting gas wells on approximately 25,000 acres. John has performed route surveys and aerial control surveys for multiple highway projects and over 150 miles of light rail projects, as well as design, right-of-way and as-built surveys for approximately 36 miles of pipeline. He has experience with construction layout surveying for residential streets and utilities, multistory office buildings and retail sites.

Professional Registrations:

  • Oklahoma Professional Land Surveyor #1806
  • Texas Registered Professional Land Surveyor #6120
  • Certified Federal Surveyor #1578

Professional Associations:

  • Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors
  • Texas Society of Professional Surveyors

Education:

  • Bachelor's of Science, Mathematics, University of Texas at Dallas, 1991

Randy K. Shoefstall, PLS

Vice President and Project Manager

Randy has been with White Surveying since July 1991 and is the Vice President and Project Manager. He oversees daily operations of the Survey Division. Randy has over 35 years of experience on ALTA, boundary, and topographic surveys.

Professional Registrations:

  • Oklahoma Professional Land Surveyor #1676, 2007

Paula D. Koehn

Owner and Office Manager

Paula has over 35 years of diversified experience in management, accounting, payroll, finance, human resources, database management and market research.

Education:

  • Master's of Business Administration, Texas Christian University, 1983
  • Bachelor's of Business Administration, Texas Christian University, 1983