News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2007
Tulsa Area United Way Announces 2007 Campaign Cabinet
The Cabinet members for the 2007 Tulsa Area United Way Campaign, which will kick off this fall, held their first meeting April 5. This year’s chairperson, Gary Paxton, CEO of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, welcomed and challenged the group, saying, “I’m delighted to head up such a dynamic leadership team with such a critical mission. Together, our efforts will impact thousands of lives through a successful 2007 campaign which kicks off in September. Each of our 65 member agencies and the community is counting on us to work tirelessly to achieve our goal.”
As 2007 Campaign Chair, Paxton will be responsible for leading the Campaign Cabinet and thousands of volunteers. The first responsibility of the newly announced Cabinet will be to recruit the rest of the volunteers needed for the fall campaign.
“As we begin our planning, we will consider the continued upswing in our community along with the growing need for our United Wayagencies’ services,” Paxton said. “TAUW’s Community Investments volunteers are in the process of determining how to best meet these needs.They will bring their Allocations recommendation to the Campaign Cabinet next month. Based on this recommendation and their analysis of the community-wide potential, the Campaign Cabinetwill develop theirrecommendationwhich they will take to the TAUW Board of Directors for approval on June 19. ”
The Campaign Cabinet has five basic responsibilities according to Kathleen Coan, President and CEO of the Tulsa Area United Way. “We begin byasking the Cabinet to recruit their own teams, develop campaign strategies division by division and provide motivation and direction for implementing the campaign in the fall. They are responsible for bringing in the final results and lastly, celebrating the services and the lives changed right here in our community.”
United Way’s area-wide campaign kicks off with the annual Day of Caring on Sept. 7, when an estimated 4,000 company volunteers will work throughout the six-county TAUW service area to complete projects for the 65 agencies. The official campaign closing date is November 7.
Paxton announced his Unit Chairs and Division Heads recruited to date. They include: Unit I Chair - Jim Bender, Williams and his Division Chairs Chuck Pollard, Omni Air International – Aerospace; Steve Alter, Matrix Architects, Engineers, Planners, Inc. and Dave Kollmann, Flintco Companies, Inc. – Construction; and Bruce Heine,Magellan Midstream Partners, LP– Energy.
Unit 2 Chair – Tom Baker, City of Tulsa Mayor’s Office. Division Chairs are Tony Cellino, Tulsa Municipal Courts – City; Randi Miller, County Commissioner assisted by Linda Johnston, Social Services and Terry Tallent, Personnel Office – County; Kathy Ervin-Johnson, United States Postal Service Tulsa Postmaster – Federal (CFC); Jim Hall, CompSource – State; and Pam Richardson, The Bridges Foundation– Organizations.
Unit 3 Chair - Paula Cotten, QuikTrip. Division Chairs areMichael Thompson, Bank of Oklahoma, N.A. - Business Retail; Daryl Woodard, Woodard Technologies and Investments – CommTech; Stuart Sullivan, QuikTrip - Food/Beverage/Lodging; Mike McVey, TD Williamson – Manufacturing; and Brian Tims, Vanguard Car Rental – Transportation.
Unit 4 Chair - Bill Grant, The Holmes Organisation, Inc. Division Chairs are John Eaton, Ernst & Young – Accountants; Dave Keglovits, GableGotwals – Attorneys; Will Richardson, Citizens Bank – Finance; Kirk Bailey, Chubb & Son – Insurance; and Greg Roberson, Trammell Crow - Real Estate.
Unit 5 Chair – Scott Shepherd, ONG. Division Chairs areLisa Remy, The Remy Companies – Bixby; Greg Graham, First National Bank – Broken Arrow; Teri Bowers, Oklahoma Aquarium, and Pam Vreeland – Jenks; Mike Bradley, Matrix Service Company - Port of Catoosa; Bob Green, BancFirst - Sand Springs; and Jim Korn, Community Volunteer – Sapulpa.
Special leadership Unit Chairs include David Hogan, Hogan & Slovacek - Foundations; John Wiscaver, State Farm Insurance Companies - Loaned Executives; Frank Janowski, UAW Local 952 - Labor Chair; and Fred Fleischner, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. - Marketing Chair.
The Tulsa Area United Way provides services to over 640,000 annually through its 65 member agencies in Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Wagoner and Tulsa counties. It is the largest non-government funder of health and human services in Oklahoma.
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