This is Not a Ballot
Ballots are due by 11:59 pm, November 30, 2022 through online voting.
The slate of the 2023-2024 Rotary Officers and Directors will be online for the November 2022 election. If you would like a paper ballot, please request one here. You may also email the Rotary office or provide the Rotary office with a written and signed request. Phone calls requesting paper ballots will not be accepted. If no paper ballot is requested, a link will be sent to your email address for voting purposes. Deadline for paper ballots – Nov. 15, 2022 – Noon
Office of President-Elect
Dawn Byram
Year Joined: 2014 Years in Rotary: 8
Attendance: 100%
Perfect Attendance Years: 3
Committees Chaired: Greeters 15-16; Program Co-Chair 16-17/19-20/20-21; Member Engagement 18-19; Social 18-19; Group Chair Special Events 21-22
Awards Received: Rotarian of the Year 6-17/19-20; Presidential Citation 18-19; Club Service 20-21
Offices Held: Director 20-22
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
* I have served on numerous professional and non-profit boards, teaching me best practices in working with diverse individuals toward a common mission, and stewardship.
* I have been actively involved in leadership programs, such as Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Edmond and Leadership Orlando.
* For multiple years, I served as the president of the OU Tip-in Club during which I was instrumental in creating and chairing the Tip-in Club Golf Classic (11 years), which had a waiting list every year.
* Throughout my professional and personal life, I have invested in building true relationships/friendships and stayed involved in the community.
Suzanne Mitchell
Year Joined: 2011 Years in Rotary: 11
Attendance: 77.08%
Committees Chaired: Open World Legal Scholars 12-13/13-14/14-15/15-16/16-17/17-18/18-19/19-20/20-21/21-22; COIL 22-23; Group Chair Club 29 Service Projects 18-19/19-20
Awards Received: Presidential Citation 14-15; Rotary International Service 16-17/17-18/19-20
Offices Held: Director 18-20 / Secretary 22-23
Paul Harris Fellow
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
I’ve chaired or presided over various local and national groups/committees
(Chair, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts’ Magistrate Judges Advisory Group, 2018-present; Member, International Judicial Relations Committee, 2020-present; former President of the OKC Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and the Wm. J. Holloway Inn of Court).
I have run a substance abuse reentry court for several years.
I recently joined Diversion Hub’s Board of Directors.
I actively am involved in a variety of civics education programs, access to justice initiatives, and mentoring programs.
I’ve been a public servant for over two decades.
Office of Treasurer-Elect
David Mayfield
Year Joined: 2005 Years in Rotary: 17
Attendance: 100%
Perfect Attendance years: 4
Committees Chaired: Membership Retention 13-14/14-15; Dictionary 20-21 Membership Group Chair 21-22/22-23
Awards Received: Club Service 12-13; New Generations 20-21
Offices Held: Director 21-23
Paul Harris Fellow
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
I have over 30 years accounting experience in both public and private practice, working with both not-for-profit and for-profit clients. For the last 7 years, I have had my own consulting practice, focused on assisting small business owners and non-profit directors with management of their businesses’ accounting function.
Relevant not-for-profit Board experience:
• Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium – Current Board member and Board Treasurer (2006-2021)
• Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma – Board Secretary (2021-22), Board Treasurer (2017-2020), Finance Committee Chair (2017-2020), Audit Committee Chair (2010-2016)
• The Meadows Center for Opportunity – Board Treasurer (1998-2002)
Joe Fleckinger
Year Joined: 2011 Years in Rotary: 11
Attendance: 100%
Perfect Attendance years: 5
Committees Chaired: Club 29 Breakfast 17-18/18-19/19-20/20-21; Budget 22-23
Awards Received: Club Service 17-18/ Presidential Citation 18-19/19-20
Paul Harris Fellow+1
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
I am a CPA that retired from Deloitte & Touche, International CPA and Consulting firm.
During my professional career I have served on the Board and Financial Officer:
• Allied Arts
• Oklahoma Philharmonic Society
• Executive Service Corporate of Central Oklahoma
• Economic Club of Oklahoma
• Junior Achievement
I currently serve on:
• Board and Finance and Investment Committees of the Center of Family Love
• Finance Council of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma
• Audit Committee of Catholic Charities
• Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of InterBank
Office of Secretary
Ashley Smith
Year Joined: 2013 Years in Rotary: 9
Attendance: 100.00%
Perfect Attendance Years: 8
Committees Chaired: Website 15-16/16-17; Social Media 16-17; Next Generation Group Chair 17-18/18-19; After Hours 19-20/20-21/21-22/22-23; Club Service Group Chair 21-22/Group Chair Special Events/ Social 22-23
Awards Received: President’s 15-16; Presidential Citation 19-20/20-21
Offices Held: Director 17-19 / 20-23
Paul Harris Fellow
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
Ashley is an attorney and lifelong resident of the Oklahoma City area.
Leadership Classes:
– Leadership Oklahoma Class 34, 2021-2022
– Leadership Oklahoma City Signature Class 36, 2017-2018
– Leadership Oklahoma City LOYAL Class IX, 2013-2014
Boards:
– Leadership Oklahoma City Alumni Board, 2015-2017
– YWCA of Oklahoma City Board of Directors, 2014-2016
– IgniteOKC Leadership Team, 2011-2015
Awards:
– Journal Record Achievers Under 40, 2017
Scott Parman
Year Joined: 2015 Years in Rotary: 7
Attendance: 47.91%
Committees Chaired: Program Co-Chair 18-19; 40 and Under 18-19; Group Chair Club Service 22-23
Awards Received: Rotarian of the Year 18-19
Offices Held: Director 21-23
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
Over twenty years of professional experience:
• Organizing, managing and maintaining books and records;• Recording and codifying meeting minutes;• Coordinating and managing team members;• Organizing and executing internal and external company events; and,• Communicating with clients, the community, and vendors using all available media.
Office of Sergeant-At-Arms
Blair Naifeh
Year Joined: 2012 Years in Rotary: 10
Attendance: 100.00%
Perfect Attendance: 7 years
Committees Chaired: Legal Ballot Co-chair 16-17/17-18 Group Chair Community Service 18-19; Group Chair Club Service 19-20; Program Chair 22-23
Awards Received: Presidential Citation 16-17
Offices Held: Director 18-20
Paul Harris Fellow
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
Oklahoma Zoological Society board member – 2017 – Present – Campaign committee chair
Maps 4 Subcommittee on Neighborhoods committee member
Boys and girls club of Oklahoma County 2010 – 2018 – Board chair
John Robberson
Year Joined: 2000 Years in Rotary: 22
Attendance: 100.00%
Perfect Attendance: 16 years
Committees Chaired: Music 02-03/Interational Scholarship 06-07/07-08/Group Chair -Spec Events 13-14/14-15; John Rex School 15-16/16-17
Offices Held: Director 2013-15
Paul Harris Fellow +1
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
Retired Educator
Former Assistant State Superintendent of Schools
Former board member of Canterbury Choral Society and A Chance to Change
Former Director of Education and Prevention for A Chance to Change
Member of the XXVI Class of Leadership Oklahoma City
Co-Chair of the 2010 Festival of the Arts
Former President of Wileman’s Belle Isle Neighborhood Association
Current Board Member of Oklahoma City Beautiful
Current Board Member of Last Frontier Council, Boy Scouts of America
Directors
Steve Kerr
Year Joined: 2011 Years in Rotary: 11
Attendance: 66.66%
Committees Chaired: Teacher of the Month 12-13/ Facility Management 18-19/19-20
Awards Received: Presidential Recognition 18-19
Offices Held: Foundation Director 19-22
Paul Harris Fellow
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
I have served as a director or board member of several non-profit organizations over the years. These include: The Oklahoma City Art Museum Board of Trustees; The Oklahoma Center for NonProfits Board of Directors (2 years as treasurer);Free To Live Oklahoma; SummerStock Productions; Allied Arts; Friends of the SMU Libraries; Oklahoma Children’s Medical Research Foundation among others. I am also Vice President of The Kerr Foundation, Inc. and have served as a trustee of the Rotary Club 29 Foundation.
Kathy Williams
Year Joined: 2013 Years in Rotary: 9
Attendance: 62.50%
Committees Chaired: Care 16-17; Program 17-18
Awards Received: Rotarian of the Year 17-18
Paul Harris Fellow
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
Kathy continues to be involved in the community through several nonprofit organizations. She is currently a Trustee for the OKC Riverfront Redevelopment Authority, Oklahoma City University Trustee, and a Board member for the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofit, Scissortail Park Foundation, Catholic Charities, and Civic Center Foundation. She has served as Chairman for several nonprofits during the past several years and describes her volunteerism as a way of giving back to our community. Her passion is helping make a difference in another’s life. Her favorite Committee with Rotary was Co-Chairing the Program Committee with Gen. Bowden.
Susan Adams
Year Joined: 2013 Years in Rotary: 9
Attendance: 95.83%
Perfect Attendance: 9 years
Committees Chaired: Jr.Rotarians 17-18/18-19; District Grants Co-Chr 20-21
Awards Received: Presidential Recognition 18-19
Paul Harris Fellow
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
My introduction to Rotary started at a young age attending my father’s Rotary Club meetings in Chicago over school breaks. Rotary’s Four-Way Test resonated with me and I later joined my first Rotary Club in the San Francisco Bay area in the 90’s.
My experience includes serving on the boards of the Edmond Public Schools Foundation, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Library Endowment Trust, Women in Cable & Telecommunications Association/Foundation and Ronald McDonald House Charities Global Advisory Council in addition to several others. My involvement in civic leadership has both well-connected and well-prepared me to serve Rotary Club 29.
Janet Vernon
Year Joined: 2015 Years in Rotary: 7
Attendance: 66.66%
Committees Chaired: Membership Recruitment 20-21; Teacher of the Month 20-21/21-22/22-23
Awards Received: Club Service 20-21; Community Service 21-22
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
The Rotary Director position is exclusively more than just a position of prestige. It is an opportunity to execute my ability to deliver a vital duty and high level of support to the organization I have chosen to be a part of.
As the Executive Director of Integrity Consulting, I have written, executed, approved and/or monitored contracts. My annual participation, on the Thornton 205 Federal Programs Auditing team, yields triangulation of data collection, data analyzation and data culmination. I have years of experience in rewriting school policy, managing budgets and reviewing critical documents. I meet the skillset for this position.
Steve Shepelwich
Year Joined: 2014 Years in Rotary: 8
Attendance: 91.66%
Perfect Attendance years: 3
Committees Chaired: World Community Service 15-16/16-17/17-18/18-19/19-20/20-21/21-22/22-23
Awards Received: Rotary Intl’ Service 16-17/21-22; Presidential Citation 18-19/19-20 Robert L. Medley International Service 20-21
Offices Held: Foundation Director 2015-20
District Office Held: District 5750 Peace Fellow Chair
Paul Harris Fellow +1
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
Passion: I love uncovering connections and resources that help individuals and organizations solve problems and reach their goals. We are all better together, and the missing piece can be found in surprising places.
Board Leadership: Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma, executive committee member and incoming chair; Governor’s Council on Workforce and Economic Development, executive committee member; Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council; Malaria Partners International
Community Service: Lead the Federal Reserve Bank’s community and economic development programs in Oklahoma; Oklahoma Medical Relief Corps volunteer; WildCare Foundation volunteer; former Boy Scout leader and Girl Scout volunteer; development experience in East Africa and South Asia
Cori Loomis
Year Joined: 2015 Years in Rotary: 7
Attendance: 100%
Perfect Attendance Years: 7
Committees Chaired: Greeters 16-17; Social 17-18; OnePledge 19-20
Awards Received: 17-18 Club Service; Community Service 19-20
Offices Held: Foundation Board 19-20
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
Served as a board member of the following organizations:
– Crossings Christian School
– The Children’s Center (now Bethany Children’s Health Center)
– Vizavance (formerly Prevent Blindness of Oklahoma)
– Oklahoma Women’s Coalition
– Community Health Charities
Jeanette Nance
Year Joined: 2018 Years in Rotary: 4
Attendance: 100%
Perfect Attendance Years: 3
Committees Chaired: New Member Recruitment 21-22/ 22-23 ; Winter Party 22-23
Awards Received: Club Service 20-21 ; Presidential Citation 21-22
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
UCO Foundation Board Trustee 2022 – Present
Keep America Beautiful State Leader Council, Vice Chair, 2013 – Present
New Member Committee Chair 2021-22/2022-23
American Society of Public Administrators Board of Directors – 2016-2019
Oklahoma ScienceFest Steering Committee – 2016-Present
Solid Waste Assn of N. America Board of Directors – Treasurer 2016-Present
Oklahoma Recyclers Association Board of Directors – 2015-Present
UCO Public Administration Advisory Council – 2014-Present
Green Schools Board – 2014-Present
Keep Oklahoma Beautiful – Board of Directors – 2012-2013
Governor’s Eastern Flyer Passenger Rail Development Task Force – 2012-2013
New Covenant Mission Team to Morogoro, Tanzania, Africa
Evan Walter
Year Joined: 2004 Years in Rotary: 18
Attendance: 100%
Perfect Attendance Years: 3
Committees Chaired: Exchange Student 07-08/08-09/09-10; GSE 11-12; Group Chair Youth Programs 10-11; Program Group Chair 13-14/ 14-15; World Community Service 14-15; Social Media 17-18/18-19; Wings of Rotary 21-22/ 22-23
Additional Rotary Service: Wings of Rotary Team Leader – Japan 2007; Rotary Youth Exchange Student – Japan 1992; Rotary Group Study Exchange Team Member – Czech & Slovak Republics 2002
Awards Received: International Service 07-08/08-09/11-12; Presidential Recognition 9-10/10-11/18-19; Club Service 17-18
Offices Held: Director 2013-15
Paul Harris Fellow +2
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
Throughout my professional career, I have served in the capacity of board member for numerous nonprofit organizations as well as in management roles for several nonprofit organizations and foundations.
In my current role with BOK Financial, I have the privilege of working with nonprofit organizations, State agencies, municipalities, and insurance companies as an advisor in asset management, financial governance, and fiduciary responsibility.
Currently, I serve on the board for Sunbeam Family Services, chairing the Development Committee; the Oklahoma Association of Charitable Gift Planners; and on the finance committee for Freedom City mentoring program.
Mike Coats
Year Joined: 2007 Years in Rotary: 15
Attendance: 100.00%
Perfect Attendance Years: 1
Committees Chaired: Attendance Scanning 17-18
Offices Held: Foundation Director 2020-23
Paul Harris Fellow
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
My experiences in the Oklahoma City area:
United Way of Central Oklahoma
Loaned Executive – Assisted with fundraising events for United Way Campaign
Horizon Circle – Assisted with getting young professionals to get involved with United Way
Member and Trustee of Board of Directors – Serving on various subcommittees
Boys and Girls Club
Member of Board of Directors
Started the Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
City of Oklahoma City
Member of the Residential Building Code Commission
Leadership Oklahoma
Class XXII
Class XXII Ambassador
Thank you!
Jake Krattiger
Year Joined: 2015 Years in Rotary: 7
Attendance: 89.58%
Perfect Attendance Years: 3
Committees Chaired: Legal/Ballot 18-19/19-20/20-21; After Hours 17-18/18-19; Under 40- 19-20/20-21; Domestic Service 22-23
Awards Received: Presidential Citation 18-19; Next Generations 19-20; Vocational Service 21-22
Most relevant experience outside the club that would prepare for your nominated role:
“Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – 2022 Light The Night Executive Committee Member
Federal Bar Association – Oklahoma City Chapter – Director 4 Years (VP Communications and VP Membership)
Leadership Oklahoma City Alumni Board – Director 2 Years
Downtown Club of Oklahoma City – Director 2 Years
Oklahoma Bar Association Litigation Section – Officer 5 Years (Secretary)
Chair of Attorney Recruiting Committee – GableGotwals Law Firm
Oklahoma Lawyers for Children – Past Pro-Bono Advocate and Donor
Personal: 1st/Second Grade Sunday School Teacher; 3-6 Year-Old Soccer Coach
I enjoy improving organizations by recruiting new people and engaging with organizations that serve children.”
2023-2024 Returning Officers and Directors:
President: Lesli Massad
Past President: Wes Milbourn
Treasurer: Mark Neumeister
Directors: Farooq Karim; Dave Ortloff; Miles Pringle; Patrick Raglow; Ted Streuli