Sherri Coale – OU Women’s Basketball
Sherri Coale – Head Coach OU Women’s Basketball Rare is the coach who embraces the balance of student and athlete like Sherri Coale. Even fewer teams have had success while emphasizing the books on the same level as the sport. The symmetry is a trademark of Coale’s program. She meticulously prepares her athletes to excel […]
No Rotary Meeting
The Luncheon meeting at the Petroleum Club on July 5, 2016 has been cancelled, and no makeup is required. Next scheduled luncheon meeting will be July 12. On July 12, the speaker will be Sherri Coale – OU Head Women’s basketball coach Chair of the Day will be Lesli Massad
President’s Awards Day
86 Awards will be given out at President Tim Strange’s Awards Day to Rotarians who have helped make 2015-16 another very successful year!
Phil B. Albert – Pelco Structural LLC
Phil B. Albert is the President of Pelco Structural, LLC. Albert holds over 27 years of executive operating experience and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA degree in Accounting from Oklahoma Baptist University. Albert started his career working for an accounting firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma and moved to manufacturing in 1981. Albert spent 23 […]
Lora Aurora – OKCPS Acting Superintendent
Aurora Lora is responsible for leading and overseeing Oklahoma City Public Schools 46,000 students and 5,000 staff members. Lora joined Team OKCPS in 2014 and was responsible for developing, implementing and supervising district wide curriculum, working with human resources to train and evaluate staff, and monitoring student achievement and school effectiveness. Prior to […]
Dr. Kate Schecter – World Neighbors
” World Neighbors: the challenges and opportunities of international development in rural marginalized communities.” Kate Schecter, Ph.D., joined World Neighbors as the new President and CEO in June of 2014. She is responsible for managing World Neighbors programs and operations in 13 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. In her previous […]
Gary Peluso-Verdend Phillips Theological Seminary
Gary Peluso-Verdend is the President and Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, OK, an ecumenical seminary affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He previously served at Phillips in several roles. For five years, he was the director of church relations at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL. […]
Dr. Randy Thompson
Born in the Washington, D.C. Suburbs of Maryland, Randy received the Bachelor, Master and Doctors degree in Music from the University of Maryland on scholarship and full fellowship. He became professor of music at the College of Charleston in South Carolina in 1974 where he headed the instrumental music division. While in Charleston he was […]
R. Michael Siatkowski, MD and Lauren Branch
R. Michael Siatkowski, MD is the David W. Parke II, MD Professor of Ophthalmology and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs at the University of Oklahoma/Dean McGee Eye Institute, where he also serves as Residency Program Director. His clinical focus is in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, as well as neuro-ophthalmology, with particular interest in eye movement […]
Cathy Costello
The youngest of two children, Cathy was born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Overland Park. She attended the University of Kansas, obtaining her bachelor’s degree in classical music and opera. While a Junior at K.U., she met “the right fellow,” – student Mark Costello at church, a handsome young man four years her […]
Joshua Snavely
An “Apple” a Day Keeps the Hacker … or the Government … Away? What every business and organization needs to know about the Apple cases and cybersecurity. Presentation Overview: • Understanding the Apple cases and dilemma; • An overview of cyber and data security risks and best practices; • Data breaches and information security: addressing […]
Charles Hanger
Charlie Hanger, the retired trooper who arrested Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh on a traffic stop in 1995, will speak at Tuesday’s luncheon of that experience and talk about the “divine intervention” that occurred. Hanger made a routine traffic stop that ended with the arrest of Timothy McVeigh, who was later charged, convicted and executed […]