Oklahoma Municipal League Announces Community Leadership Development Class 11 Participants
The Oklahoma Municipal League welcomed the newest class of Community Leadership Development (CLD) at the kick-off event in Enid.
CLD Class 11 consists of elected leaders and municipal professionals from across the State of Oklahoma. CLD is a year-long training program that provides educational opportunities for municipal leaders and is directed at issues that municipalities face on a daily basis.
“This is an outstanding class of municipal leaders,” said Mike Fina, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Municipal League. “CLD takes the best of the best municipal government has to offer and trains them to become more effective leaders. The program provides opportunities to learn from other communities and develop relationships and resources that can help these leaders grow their municipalities.”
The members of the Community Leadership Development Class 11 are:
Robert Newell, Chief Information Officer, Ardmore
Mike Bailey, City Manager, Bartlesville
Christi Gillespie, Vice Mayor, Broken Arrow
Lori Hill, Community Relations Manager, Broken Arrow
Joshua Brown, Director of Community Development, Catoosa
Sara Jane Smallwood Cocke, Senior Government Relations Strategist & Council Member, Choctaw Nation and Wilburton
Chuck Ralls, City Manager, Comanche
Jeremy Brown, Fleet Maintenance Director, Cushing
Shawn Gibson , Chief of Police, Drumright
Darrell Medlock, Service Tech, Drumright
Petra Rodriguez, Utility Billing Clerk, El Reno
Theri Ray, Library Director, Enid
Kyle Davis, City Manager, Frederick
Tera Shows, Communications Manager, Muskogee
Caylee Bohannan, Events and Communications Associate, OMAG
Jennifer Samford, Parks & Recreation Director, Pauls Valley
Morgan Clark, Administrative Assistant, Piedmont
Eric Newell, Director of Parks and Recreation, Ponca City
Cecilia Taft, City Clerk, Spencer
Chris Armstrong, Solid Waste Superintendent, Tahlequah
Travis Mason, Director of Planning and Codes, Tishomingo
Jeff Bemo, Wastewater Dist. Supervisor, Wagoner
Kristen Mallett, Public Relations Officer, Wagoner
Jimmy Cagle, Deputy Fire Chief, Wagoner
Shelli Selby, Mayor, Yukon
CLD consists of six sessions held across the State of Oklahoma. In addition to Enid, the class will also travel to Chickasha, Guymon, Tahlequah, Broken Arrow and graduation will be held at the OML Annual Conference in Tulsa in September.
For more information, visit the CLD website at https://www.oml.org/cld
The Oklahoma Municipal League is the authoritative source for information, training, and resources on effective local government for member organizations and is recognized as the unified voice of Oklahoma cities and towns. Learn more at www.OML.org
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