Kaiser to chair Leadership Oklahoma Board of Directors | The Journal Record

OKLAHOMA CITY (JR) — Management Oklahoma has introduced the election of Phil Kaiser to chair its board of administrators.

Kaiser, who joined the board in 2015, succeeds Tom Evans, president and CEO of Embody Monetary Providers, Inc.

Kaiser has co-founded and operated a number of eating places in addition to a nonprofit music pageant. Born and raised in Tulsa, he moved to Israel in 1985 the place he earned a level in political science from Hebrew College in Jerusalem, acquired married and began a household. After opening Jerusalem’s first Web Bar in 1996 and operating it for six years, he and his spouse, Miranda, bought it and moved their household to Tulsa in 2002, the place they opened Cosmo Café in 2004 and Laffa – Medi-Jap Restaurant and Bar in 2013. Additionally in 2013, Kaiser co-founded Tulsa’s nonprofit Heart of the Universe Competition.

At the moment, Kaiser is engaged in occasion planning geared toward boosting financial improvement and high quality of life for Tulsa, and serves on quite a lot of nonprofit boards and committees centered on Oklahoma and Israel.

“Management Oklahoma is devoted to figuring out leaders of all ages and galvanizing them to dream, study and attain extra to boost the standard of life in our state,” Kaiser stated. “I sit up for leveraging our community of members – together with our group – to form our state’s future with their dedication to creating and selling Oklahoma’s strengths.”

Board members elected to the manager committee for the upcoming yr embody: Vice Chair/Chair-Elect/Chair-Administration, Sammye Cravens, Oklahoma Metropolis; Secretary/Treasurer/Chair-Finance Committee, Janet Cunningham, Alva; Chair-Grownup Program Committee, Laurie Tilley, Tulsa; Chair-Growth Committee, Stephanie Cameron Regan, Tulsa; Chair-Advertising and marketing/PR Committee, Becky Samples, Norman; Chair-Membership Committee, Kerry Alexander, Oklahoma Metropolis; Chair – Youth Program Committee, Jodi Lewis, Oklahoma Metropolis; and Speedy Previous Chair/Chair – Nominating Committee, Tom Evans, Enid.

At-large members of the 2022 – 2023 govt committee are:

Dan Boren, Edmond; Moises Echeverria, Tulsa; Jennifer Ellis, Drugs Park; Melissa Corridor, Stillwater; Rachel Hutchings, (Chair Elect – Grownup Program), Skiatook; Farooq Karim, Norman; Dan Molina, (Chair Elect – Youth Program ), Oklahoma Metropolis; Martie Oyler, Enid; Susan Paddack, (Chair Elect – Membership), Ada.

Different Members of the 2022 – 2023 board of administrators are:

Chris Anoatubby, Ada; Chris Benge, Tulsa; Shella Bowlin, Tulsa; Candace Braddock, Altus; Susan Crenshaw, Tulsa; Mark Davis, Damaged Arrow; Lance Frye, Tulsa; Kim Henry, Edmond; Cody Holcomb, Ada; Alexa Humphries, Woodward; Mary Jenkins, Oklahoma Metropolis; Liz Leaming, Ponca Metropolis; Thomas Lewis II, Oklahoma Metropolis; Marcie Mack, Enid; Mindy Mahaney, Tulsa; Ken Miller, Oklahoma Metropolis; JT Petherick, Oklahoma Metropolis; Lyle Roggow, Duncan; Jordan Shearer, Laverne; Amy Siegfried, Tulsa; Mike Stopp, Tahlequah; Ronna Vanderslice, Lawton; Kevin Wallace, Wellston; Rose Washington-Jones, Damaged Arrow.

Dr. Marion Paden, Oklahoma Metropolis, serves because the president and CEO of Management Oklahoma.