A member of the Democratic Party, he later served as the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma from August 2011 to June 2020.
In 2010, a bill requiring the ownership of social media accounts to be part of deceased person's estate was also signed into law by Henry.
[2] After leaving the state house, Kiesel joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma as their executive director on August 30, 2011.
[4] He left the ACLU in June 2020, and entered private practice and lobbied for medical marijuana groups.
[7] He was also a regular guest on KOSU's This Week in Oklahoma Politics hosted by Michael Cross for 12 years.