2008 Slate of Officers
Mary Sirkel
President
(BSW International)
t: (918) 295-4185
msirkel@bswintl.com
Past President
Andrew Griffiths
(FW Murphy)
t: (918) 317-4295
agriffiths@fwmurphy.com
Andrew has worked in the field of Training and Development since the mid 90’s when he worked on a project to introduce National Vocational Qualifications into a Department of the UK Government. In 1996, Andrew qualified through the Institute of Personal Development as an internal verifier and assessor for customer service, management and administration NVQ’s. In the late 90’s, he made connections with FW Murphy, a Tulsa based, family owned company with a facility in the UK, in regards to vocational based training. In January 2001, Andrew moved to Tulsa to take up the position of Training Manager with FW Murphy. His key role is in the development of training programs to meet business requirements, the main areas of focus are in building teams, developing a customer service culture and supporting the process of continuous improvement. Andrew became involved with ASTD in 2003 and has served on the board as the Marketing Chair and now as President Elect.
President Elect
Stacy Boone
(Samson)
t: (918) 591-1547
sboone@samson.com
Stacy Boone graduated from OU in 2001 with her Master’s in Human Relations with emphasis on Training & Development. She is married and has 3 children. Stacy is the Training Advisor at Samson, and is responsible for coordinating and developing training programs to meet the needs of Samson’s employees. She is certified in FranklinCovey’s FOCUS and Inscape’s Everything DiSC. Before Stacy began working at Samson in August of 2006, she worked for 7+ years at St. John Health System in Tulsa. At St. John, she worked first in the Human Resources department and then in Information Technology, developing and delivering training programs for the Health System’s 4500 employees.
VP Membership/Communications
Larry Straining
(XETA Technologies)
t: (918) 809-2670
larrystraining@hotmail.com
Larry Straining brings 12 years of training from the technical side of the computer and telecom industry. Larry’s training career started at WorldCom and he is now the Training Manager at XETA Technologies. Larry has also been an adjunct professor at Tulsa Community College since 1998.
VP Marketing
Colette Grayson
Loan Officer
TLS (918) 631-1553
Fax (918) 631-1555
cgrayson@arvest.com
4825 East 36th Street
Tulsa, OK 74135
Colette (January) Grayson lives in her birthplace Tulsa, Oklahoma helping others to develop professionally, economically, socially, and spiritually.
Following the leadership of Pastor Weldon L. Tisdale, Sr., Colette is a member of the Friendship Church Family, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Currently, a member of the Parenting Ministry team, she is learning more about the 21st century children and youth and strategies for effective parenting through the prayer-full focus and efforts of the Friendship Church Family and directed resources. Retooling for spiritual warfare that equips and edifies children today and tomorrow is especially exciting as the experience is built on fundamentals gained by working with children aged 4 years to College in Sunday School and varied youth activities under the leadership of Pastor G. Calvin McCutchen, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Ms. Grayson has enjoyed a successful banking career with one of the city’s oldest banks and now works for one of the most inventive banks. Satisfaction in the professional development of others was her experience working as a training manager, traveling trainer, performance coach, branch manager and adjunct instructor. She has experienced the changing challenges of a career mom parenting two handsome sons.
Community participation has included teaching Sunday school, serving on various Boards, mentoring elementary children, and working with youth redirecting their life choices. A Consumer Loan Trainer and Loan Officer for Arvest Bank, her days are spent in service, facilitating adult learning about loans, and customer service. A weekend gardener, music lover, and bibliophile, Grandma Colette (6 Grandchildren) considers life an adventure and cherishes making memories with her gregarious family and potpourri of friends.
VP Special Programs
Linda Adlof
(University of Tulsa)
t: (918) 631-2784
Linda-adlof@utulsa.edu
Linda came into training quite accidentally when her daughter decided The University of Tulsa was on her short list for college. Just goes to show you can teach an old dog new tricks. Linda began her TU career in the continuing engineering department helping develop and sell petroleum industry training, focusing on in-house programs. As Director of The University of Tulsa Center For Executive & Professional Development in the College of Business, Linda had the opportunity to build the training function from the ground up. Using TU faculty, alliances with national and local consultants and area business leaders, she has developed a strong cadre of programs in project and process management, business management and leadership, human performance, finance, customer service and more. Linda has completed the National ASTD Human Performance Improvement Certificate and the ASTD Designing Learning Certificate, as well as a number of American Management certificates. She teaches communication and listening seminars and is a certified facilitator for Blazing Service, a blended-learning customer service program. Who knew a one-time newspaper reporter, public relations specialist and ghost-author with a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri would end up here. Linda served on the board as VP of Special Programs before becoming VP of Programs this year.
VP Accommodations
Chris Woodard
(American Electric & Power)
t: (918) 599-2234
cawoodard@aep.com
Chris has worked for Public Service Company of Oklahoma in Tulsa since 1978. Currently, he is a Senior Trainer in the call center where he designs, develops, and delivers new-hire training and continuing skills training. He also works with individuals developing their career goals. Chris has a doctorate in Occupational and Adult Education with OSU, and recently passed the PHR exam. He is also an adjunct professor at Oklahoma Wesleyan University teaching courses in Human Resources. Chris has lived in Owasso all his life, where he met and married his high school sweetheart. They have two children and three wonderful grandchildren.
VP Programs
Pauline Harris
t: (918) 663-0242
pha8318822@sbcglobal.net
Founder and owner of Administrative Consultants, that specializes in facilitating organization development, performance management, diversity, and strategic planning training. Formerly employed by AT&T at the directorship level supporting a global workforce in business development and contract negotiation. Teaches human resource management, economics, business management, marketing and African American history at various higher education institutions.
Treasurer
Vicki Anderson
t: (918) 252-1027
vicki@andersonresources.com
Vicki Anderson is an outstanding business consultant, trainer, professional speaker, and author. She works with people to develop leadership skills that matter for peak performance in their teams. Vicki has had a successful impact on the leadership in all types of businesses - from small manufacturers to corporate giants to nonprofit organizations. Vicki has a Masters Degree in HRD from Oklahoma State University and a Bachelors Degree in Speech from the University of Wisconsin. In addition to eleven years as an independent consultant, she spent three years with The NORDAM Group, an international aerospace company, where she developed and directed their corporate university. Vicki also has six years experience in human resource management with a major multi-division manufacturing company both at a manufacturing plant and at corporate. Her experience includes recruiting for a new plant start-up, coaching supervisors on appropriate actions with employees, and providing advice to other human resource managers in the divisions.
Secretary
Myra Fanning
(John Zink Institute/John Zink Co LLC)
t: (918) 234-5830
myra.fanning@johnzink.com
Myra is a native of Wichita KS. She was employed with the Wichita Public Schools for 20 years, and then decided to explore the corporate world. In 1998, she became employed with Koch Industries. Previous roles included: Executive Assistant, Project Administrator, and Staffing Coordinator. In June 2000, she transferred to Tulsa, and is currently the School Administrator/Coordinator/Train-the-Trainer for the John Zink Institute/John Zink Co LLC (a Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC Co).
Myra is a graduate from Wichita State University, BA in Speech Communications. She has served on various professional boards and committees in Wichita, but is fairly new to professional training and ASTD. Since 2000, she has received her ASTD Training Certificate and Training Generalist Certificate from Langevin Learning Services and is looking forward to future development, inspiration, connecting, higher education and improving her market value with ASTD.