Learn more about the participants and the academy’s expectations:
The front-line leader academy has a lot of expectations for its participants. Outlined below are those expectations as well as a list of each participating member for each class.
Academy participants can expect to:
- Attend the expectation setting Kick-off meeting.
- Actively participate in instructor-led, in-person learning events, each with a Call-to-Action that directs intentional practice of learning.
- Respond to all Call-to-Action follow-up surveys to share how learning is applied.
- Engage in Legal Brief sessions that introduce the lawful aspects of leadership (in conjunction with an instructor-led event).
- Engage in open dialogue, using a webcam at the virtual Consortium meetings; openly share in a facilitated discussion to reveal successes, barriers and opportunities of newly learned skills and tools (participants will be expected to use a webcam – scholarships are available for those that do not have one).
- With a group of other participants, complete an in-class capstone project that encompasses all learning.
- Celebrate growth and development at graduation.
- Pay a one-time $25 stipend.
Academy participants can expect:
- To develop leadership strength, consistency, and stability.
- To be challenged and stretched, never embarrassed.
- To gain confidence as a leader.
- To build strong, trusting relationships with Cohort group members.
- Open, encouraging communication with your facilitator.
- Lunch at each in-person event, compliments of OMAG.
Cheryl Adams | Assistant General Manager | MESO |
Steven Bray | Streets Manager | City of Midwest City |
Duncan Brittain | Water Superintendent | City of Woodward |
Scott Dawson | Lieutenant Supervisor | City of Midwest City Police Department |
Jason DeLonais | Chief of Police | Town of Fletcher |
Dustin Downey | City Planner | City of El Reno |
Jamie Hoffman | Utility Billing Clerk | City of El Reno |
Matt Jacobson | Accounting Manager | OMAG |
Terrence Ley | Lieutenant Supervisor | City of Midwest City Police Department |
Lisa Malone | Deputy Clerk | City of Pryor Creek |
Matt McCollough | IT Director | City of Bartlesville |
Hannah Moore | Clerk I, HR Director | City of Pryor Creek Municipal Utility Board |
Julie Mowdy | HR Manager | City of Tuttle |
Susan Mullendore | Utility Supervisor | City of Midwest City |
Christian Rinehart | Associate General Counsel | Oklahoma Municipal League |
Jayne Spies | Claims Manager | OMAG |
Craig Stokes | Assistant City Manager of Operations | City of Collinsville |
Jerry Summers | Solid Waste Manager | City of Midwest City |
Melissa Whitlock | Human Resources Director | City of Collinsville |
Frank Wilson | Human Resources Director | City of Ponca City |
Rachel Bernish | Community Development Manager and Emergency Manager | City of Chickasha |
John Cobb | Director | Central Oklahoma Economic Development District |
Dakota Davis | IT Director | City of Woordward |
Caleb Dawes | Property Maintenance Inspector | City of Cushing |
Brad Dublehead | Claims Supervisor | OMAG |
Shannon Duran | City Clerk | City of Bixby |
Kim Eden | Code Enforcement Officer | City of El Reno |
Willie Green | Superintendent | City of Cushing |
Ryan Hafen | Assistant Director Parks & Recreation | City of Ponca City |
Robert Hancock | Route Coordinator | City of Midwest City |
Marcie Hoskins | Utility Service Trainer | City of Midwest City |
Shamia Jackson | City Manager | City of Spencer |
Lisa Jones | Utility Billing Office Manager | City of Ponca City |
Edward Marsh | Assistant PWA Supervisor | City of Broken Bow |
Susan McDaniel | City Clerk | City of Chickasha |
Angela McGinnis | City Clerk | City of Collinsville |
Eric Mumma | Senior Supervisor Water & Wastewater | City of Bartlesville |
Amber Riley | Parks & Events Manager | City of Tuttle |
Bobby Robinson | Park Supervisor | City of Bartlesville |
Randel Rutledge | Assistant Street Superintendent | City of Broken Bow |
Sarah Sharp | City Clerk | City of Claremore |
Chris Smith | Utility Superintendent | City of El Reno |
Lori Stephens | Treasurer | City of Collinsville |
Chris Whatley | Plan Advisor & Portfolio Strategist | Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund |
Travis Willis | Assistant General Manager | City of Pryor Creek Municipal Utility Board |
Alicia Shelton | Accounting & Finance Supervisor | City of Bartlesville |
Amber Hall | City Clerk | City of Marlow |
Amee Oblander | Payroll/Benefits Specialist | City of Woodward |
Amy Smith | Field Services Director | City of El Reno |
Ashley Geddes | Assistant Parks and Recreation Director | City of Yukon |
Cecilia Taft | City Clerk/Office Manager/Treasurer | City of Spencer |
Donny Jackson | Water department supervisor | City of Collinsville |
Harold Call | Fire Chief | City of Bartlesville |
Jamie Scrivner | Dir. of Finance/HR | City of Catoosa |
Jesse Beck | Environmental Services Director | City of Ponca City |
Jessica Green | Senior Code Enforcement Officer | City of Chickasha |
Kevin Reber | Assistant Public Works Director | City of The Village |
Lacy Creech | Human Resources Generalist | Tahlequah Public Works Authority |
Lindsay Porter | Recordkeeping Manager | Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund |
Loran Mayes | Mayor | City of Wilburton |
Micah Snyder | Senior Planner | City of Bartlesville |
Sara Johnson | Deputy City Clerk | City of Yukon |
Sandra Albright | Payroll Clerk | City of Lindsay |
Season Nix | Court Clerk | City of El Reno |
Shirley Grose | HR Director | City of Anadarko |
Steve Sullivan | General Manager Electric Utilities | City of Ponca City |
Tera Shows | Communications Manager | City of Muskogee |
Teresa Coplen | Animal Welfare Manager | City of Midwest City |
Zachariah Taylor | Water Superintendent | City of Woodward |
Bill Stith | Supervisor Public Works | City of Spencer |
Cindy Cooper | City Clerk | City of Krebs |
Crystal Poage | Public Works Office Specialist III | City of Tuttle |
David Dalton | Claims Director | OMAG |
Dian Jordan | Mayor | Town of Hochatown |
Dustin Wilson | Assistant Police Chief | Town of Fletcher |
Elizabeth Sloat | City Clerk | City of Lindsay |
Jean Ann Wright | Mayor | City of Stilwell |
Kelly Danner | City Clerk-Treasurer | City of Nicoma Park |
Kyle Waid | Insurance Services Director | OMAG |
Lisa Lewis | Deputy City Clerk | City of Lindsay |
Lucy Christian | Billing Supervisor | City of Bixby |
Makynlee Young | Parks & Recreation Supervisor | City of Broken Bow |
Melissa Douglas | Member Relations Specialist | Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority |
Sheri Van Dorn | Utility Billing Supervisor | City of Woodward |
Terry Adams | Lab Tech | Pryor Creek Municipal Utility Board |
Thomas Buckley | Manager, Dale Robertson Senior Center | City of Yukon |
Ty Admire | Wastewater Superintendent | City of Woodward |
Zane Norris | Wastewater Treatment Supervisor | City of Sapulpa |
Anthony Smallwood | Water Treatment Plant Manager | Durant |
Brian Henry | Development Director | Perry |
Charlene Avila | Town Clerk/Court Clerk/Code Enforcement Officer | Fletcher | Chris Cathey | Assistant Street Superintendent | Broken Bow | Dale Griffith | Fire Chief | Spencer | Donald Cummins | City Council Ward 1 Seat 1 | Waynoka | Janey Rowden | Chief of Staff | CLEET | Jim Fairbanks | City Engineer | Ponca City | Jody Shahan | Golf Course Superintendent | Bartlesville | Katrin Burton | Code Enforcement Officer | Chickasha | Kenneth Bradley | Building Official | Ponca City | Kevin Darrow | Retirement Administrator | Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund | Kristina Warta | City Clerk | Broken Bow | Lisa Rogers | Deputy City Clerk | Claremore | Marcus Thurman | Chief of Police | Spencer | Matthew Burleson | Multimedia & Branding Specialist | OMAG | Mitchel Reida | Superintendent, Streets, Parks, Cemetery | Tuttle | Paul Cottrell | City Planner | Durant | Phillip Hightower | Public Works Director | Durant | Regina Jones | City Clerk | Anadarko | Robin Betts | HR Director | Bartlesville | Robin Murray | HR Director | Piedmont | Ryan Conner | City Planner | Mustang | Ryan Williams | Superintendent of Parks | Woodward | Santiago A. Lechuga | Deputy City Clerk-Treasurer | Altus | Saresa Green | Deputy City Clerk | Nicoma Park | Shannon Green | Accounts Payable/Assistant Payroll | The Village | Shawn Bush | Assistant Director of Broadband | Ponca City | Shawn Strange | Emergency Management Director | Anadarko | Tiffany Tillman | Town Administrator | Hennessey | Travis Merritt | Superintendent of Building Maintenance | Woodard | Tobey Kendall | Streets & Parks Supervisor | Collinsville |