2012 NEOK ASTD Board Members
President
Chris Woodard
American Electric & Power
(918) 599-2234![]()
neok.president@gmail.com
Chris has been in the training and development field since 1998. His current role is managing the Training and Quality Assurance group at American Electric Power where he has been employed for over 30 years. Chris has a doctorate in Occupational and Adult Education with Oklahoma State University.
He has served as an adjunct faculty member at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Chris has been on the NE Oklahoma Chapter of ASTD for several years now and has had many roles.
President-Elect
Sam Dutro
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group neok.presidentelect@gmail.com
Sam is Staff Manager of Training and Development for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group where he has worked since May of 2011. His group designs and delivers front-line and operations manager training for all corporate rental locations. Previously, Sam worked as a Quality and Training Specialist for American Electric Power where he designed and delivered a variety of technical and development training in the Customer Solutions Center.
He has a bachelors degree in Business Administration from Oklahoma Wesleyan University and is completing a Masters in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Oklahoma. He and his wife, Linda, have two daughters, Ava and Lydia, and a newborn boy, Levi.
Sam has learned so much from the ASTD organization and is very grateful and honored to serve on the NEOK ASTD board.
Past President
Myra Fanning
John Zink Institute/John Zink Co LLC
(918) 234-5830![]()
neok.pastpresident@gmail.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.
VP of Programs
Teri Aulph
Teri Aulph Consulting, LLC
neok.programs@gmail.com
Teri is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and the principal consultant at Teri Aulph Consulting, LLC. As a speaker, author and consultant, Teri is grounded in proven success in leadership development & training, talent management,
organizational development, change management and operational excellence.
What sets Teri apart is the journey she traveled to ‘Global Vice President in a Fortune 500 company’ in less than three years and the lessons she has gleaned from her experiences. Teri shares this story in her keynote speech, ‘Yanked Up’.
As a consultant, Teri provides cutting edge practices customized for her clients to meet their unique needs. Her primary role is to assist my clients in identifying challenges, developing an action plan and facilitating change to enhance success.
Teri has held executive positions in Fortune 500 companies in the high tech and automotive industries. She is a keynote speaker on various leadership and business topics at global summits in Germany, France and the United States. Teri was a featured speaker at Fortune Magazine.
Her first book was released October 1, 2010, ‘Experience Job Satisfaction.’ Teri also writes a Career Coaching article for Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/career-coach-in-tulsa/teri-aulph
Volunteering has been a mainstay in Teri’s life for many years. In 2011, her volunteer effort has taken a new direction. Teri developed and delivered a leadership curriculum for 4th & 5th grade girls at Rosa Parks Elementary in the after school
Community School program. This program has received national and international attention as a way to begin the development of leadership at the elementary level. As a result, Teri was nominated for the Boren Mentoring Award in 2011.
Teri is VP, Programs on the Northeast Oklahoma ASTD Board, member of TCC’s Business & Industry Advisory Board, & member of Mosaic,Tulsa’s Diversity Board.
918/504-7890
teriaulphconsulting@me.com
http://www.teriaulph.com
VP of Special Programs
Michelle Riggs
Community Care of Oklahoma
neok.specialprograms@gmail.com
VP of Membership
Skip Eller
Cherokee Nation Businesses
neok.membership@gmail.com
William “Skip” Eller is the Manager of Leadership Development for Cherokee Nation Businesses. His responsibilities include leadership development, talent management, and succession planning for each of the CNB business entities. Skip came to Cherokee Nation Businesses four years ago with 15 years’ training and leadership experience in the call center industry both in Tulsa and Springfield, MO. He is a Certified Franklin Covey Facilitator and completed the Hogan Assessments Feedback Certification. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Secondary Education from Drury University in Springfield, MO and is currently working on a Master of Arts in Organizational Development at the University of Oklahoma Tulsa. Skip is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
VP of Accommodations
Jill Easterday
Learning Consultant neok.accommodations@gmail.com
Jill is self-employed and has worked with several national and local clients to develop synchronous and asynchronous education and training programs. She provides project management, curriculum and content development, writing, editing, graphic design, and social marketing.
Although Jill started her career in manufacturing laboratories, it was her skill in technical communications that led to classroom training and training development. To upgrade her computer graphics skills, she returned to the classroom as a learner to earn a BA in Graphic Design at the University of Tulsa.
She and her husband currently reside in Broken Arrow with Buddy, their Labrador Retriever.
Director of Consultant Services
Vera Pell
Evergreen Learning Designs
neok.consultant.directory@gmail.com
Vera is an experienced learning professional with over 24 years in the industry delivering elite custom learning solutions to Fortune 500 companies from all over the world. Her strategies have been used by corporations in media, telecommunications, transportation, financial services, information services and energy services and featured in numerous publications and online entities.
Vera owns Evergreen Learning Designs, a consulting service designed to partner with forward-thinking companies to improve organizational and employee long term performance through green learning solutions. The business position is unique. Vera works as a thought-catalyst with executive management who care about their organizations. These strategic conversations can result in mind-shifts on how to support increasingly complex work with cost effective green learning programs.
An eternal traveler, Vera was a military "brat" born in rural Vermont (the "Green Mountain" state), raised in Seattle, Washington (the "Evergreen" state), and finally settled in a golf course community in beautiful Broken Arrow, Oklahoma ("Green Country") where she lives with her military husband and 2 Shelties. A long time follower of Feng Shui, Vera noticed that the color "green" kept popping up in her locations so it was incorporated into her business. Green is the color for growth, renewal and new beginnings, and the upward energy of opportunity - hence the name of Evergreen Learning Designs and green learning solutions.
A NEOK ASTD member since 2010, Vera also serves on the board of the Tulsa Air National Guard Retiree Association where she has had a volunteer relationship for over 20 years.
Secretary
Susan McMurray ORU
neok.secretary@gmail.com
Treasurer
Walt Hansmann, CPLP (Licensed to Skill)
(918) 938-4485![]()
neok.treasurer@gmail.com
Walt Hansmann has been a workplace learning and performance professional for more than 30 years. His mission is to help people Harness the Power of Knowing™.
Walt began his training career through The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees), where he spent 20 years as a volunteer and more than 10 years as a non-profit executive on the organization’s professional staff where he facilitated communications, leadership, and personal development training in 49 states and 9 countries.
Walt served 10 years as Training Coordinator for U.S. Investigations Services (USIS), facilitating proprietary training through ILT classroom sessions and e-Learning tools for USIS‘s 7,000+ employees.
Currently Walt is an instructional designer with MRC (McJunkin Red Man Corporation). MRC is the largest global distributor of pipe, valves and fittings (PVF), and related products and services, to the energy industry serving the upstream, midstream and downstream markets. Walt creates ILT, VILT, and e-Learning on the topics of business processes, technical skills, compliance, and safety.
A Northeast Oklahoma ASTD and National ASTD member since 1985, Walt earned the training industry’s highest designation as a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) in 2009. Walt is a leader in a variety of non-profit associations and is an active Toastmaster, having thus far earned the designations Competent Communicator and Advanced Leader Bronze.
Tulsa residents for 27 of their 34 years of marriage, Walt and Jan Hansmann are proud parents of two grown children, son Chris and daughter Cathy. Walt and Jan are entrepreneurs with two independent businesses that help people achieve their goals and dreams. Together, they help people Harness the Power of Knowing™.
VP of Marketing & Communications
Stacy Boone, MHR, CPLP
Stacy Boone Consulting
(918) 595-3289![]()
stacyboone@cox.net
VP of Awards & Recognition
Jim Rhea
neok.awards@gmail.com
