Sponsor: Oklahoma Marriage Initiative and OKDHS Family Support Services Division

About the Speaker

Ron Haskins, PhD, is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program and co-director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution and senior consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, MD. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history, a master’s in education, and a PhD in developmental psychology, from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

Dr. Haskins has served as the Senior Advisor to the President for Welfare Policy at the White House, Majority Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Welfare Counsel for the Republican Staff of the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. He has been a research professor at the UNC, Chapel Hill, a lecturer in history and education at the UNC, Charlotte, NC, and a high school social studies teacher. Dr. Haskins has published books and articles on a number of education-related topics, including intellectual development, day-care policy, federal expenditures on social programs and federal budget and tax policy, including Creating an Opportunity Society, a book that he co-authored with Isabel Sawhill. Dr. Haskins is a senior editor of The Future of Children, a journal on policy issues that affect children and families. His areas of expertise include welfare reform, child care, child support enforcement, family composition and marriage, and child protection.

In 1997, Haskins was selected by the National Journal as one of the 100 most influential people in the federal government. In 2000, Dr. Haskins received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. In 2005, he received the President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Human Services from the American Public Human Services Association.

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December 7, 2010
Noon to 1PM
Oklahoma History Center, Chesapeake Room
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
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Sponsor: OKDHS Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

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Governor Brad Henry appointed George E. Young, Sr. to the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services for a term that expires August 2011. Dr. Young is also the pastor at Holy Temple Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. He holds a Master of Divinity degree and doctorate in ministry from Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa. He holds certificates in church administration and counseling.

Dr. Young has served as a board member of the Red Cross of Central Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma, United Way of Greater Oklahoma City, Phillips Theological University, Latino Community Development Agency, Areawide Agency on Aging, Citizen’s League of Central Oklahoma and Shiloh Youth Camp for the Eagle Ridge Institute.

Dr. Young is a 2002 graduate of Leadership Oklahoma City and graduated from Leadership Oklahoma in December 2005. He participated in the 1999 Oklahoma Aging Advocacy Leadership Academy.

Dr. Young is a trainer and instructor for the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program for the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative and the Becoming Parents Program. He has contributed to Raising Your Child Together: A Guide for Unmarried Parents and Marriage Matters: A Guide for Louisiana Couples for the Office of Family Support, Louisiana Department of Human Services.

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November 19, 2010
Noon to 1PM
Oklahoma History Center, Chesapeake Room
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
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Sponsor: OKDHS Oklahoma Child Care Services

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Gerard Clancy, MD, was named president of the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa in 2006. He is responsible for all OU-Tulsa programs and the development and growth of the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center. Dr. Clancy was named Dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa in 2001.

Dr. Clancy serves on numerous community boards in the Tulsa area. He received the 2002 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Community Psychiatry Award at the national meeting. The Oklahoma State Medical Association awarded him the 2003-2004 Award for Community Service for the development of a community partnership to improve access to care for the medically underserved. Under his leadership, the IMPACT team, a mobile psychiatric team, and the Bedlam Alliance for Community Health, a network of clinics providing free medical care, have become a safety net for the underserved in northeastern Oklahoma.

Dr. Clancy is published in the basic, clinical and educational sciences. He has written a modifiable electronic medical textbook on emergency psychiatry that was recently adapted for use in Spain and on U.S. Navy ships across the world. He continues to work across the country on the development of outreach psychiatric programs for those with refractory severe mental illnesses. He continues to teach students and residents and sees patients regularly.

He attended the University of Iowa for the majority of his formal education. Dr. Clancy received a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, completed an American Heart Association Research Fellowship, and completed his medical degree. Dr. Clancy served as a faculty member of the University of Iowa in the Department of Psychiatry. He was involved in the leadership of several major initiatives at the University including establishing mobile clinics for individuals who were homeless and mentally ill.

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October 7, 2010
Noon to 1PM
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Oklahoma City, OK 73105
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Sponsor: OKDHS Human Resources Management Division

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Lindy Ritz was named the Director of the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City in 1997. The Aeronautical Center is the centralized service and support facility for the Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation and home to over 7,000 federal and contract employees, with an operational budget of $1.2 billion annually. Ritz has been with the FAA since 1979.

In 2008, Ritz served as the Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regions and Center Operations in Washington, DC, and as the Acting Vice President, Technical Training for the Air Traffic Organization. She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and FAA Senior Executive Candidate Development Program, and has completed graduate programs at the University of Michigan and the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. She received a master’s degree in aviation and space from Oklahoma State University in May of 1999. She is a member of the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University aviation advisory councils.

A member of the inaugural class of Leadership Oklahoma, Ritz has served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. She received the Leadership Oklahoma Distinguished Graduate Award for 2000 and the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Community Leadership Association in April of 2001.

The Air Traffic Control Association awarded Ritz the George W. Kriske Memorial Award in October 2007 for an outstanding career which has added to the quality, safety, or efficiency of air traffic control. She received the first FAA Golden Compass Award for Exemplary Leadership in September 2007.

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September 2, 2010
Noon to 1PM
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Oklahoma City, OK 73105
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Sponsor: OKDHS Human Resources Management Division

About the Speaker

Terry Cline, PhD, began his tenure as Oklahoma Commissioner of Health effective June 2009. He was appointed to this position by the Oklahoma State Board of Health. Dr. Cline earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Oklahoma and a master’s degree and a doctorate in clinical psychology from Oklahoma State University.

Dr. Cline recently completed a post as Health Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, where he advised the U.S. Ambassador, Iraqi Minister of Health, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on health-related challenges in Iraq. Prior to that position, he served as Administrator for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration from 2006 to 2008. As SAMHSA Administrator, he directed the $3.3 billion agency that is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity, and effectiveness of the nation’s substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment, and mental health service delivery systems.

In 2004, he was appointed by Governor Brad Henry as Oklahoma’s Secretary of Health, while serving as Oklahoma Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. During this time, Dr. Cline built strong collaborative relationships among multiple constituency groups and government agencies that touch the lives of individuals with substance abuse and mental health issues.

Dr. Cline’s professional history also includes a six-year appointment as a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Chairman of the governing board for a Harvard teaching hospital in Cambridge, MA.

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OKDHS Training Code

CBNRP97629

Sponsor: Oklahoma Therapeutic Foster Care Association and OKDHS Children and Family Services Division

About the Speaker

Charles Wilson is the Executive Director of the Chadwick Center for Children and Families and the Sam and Rose Stein Endowed Chair in Child Protection at Children’s Hospital in San Diego where he oversees a large multi-service child and family maltreatment organization providing prevention, intervention, medical assessment, and trauma treatment services along with professional education, and research. Wilson serves as the director of the California Child Welfare Clearinghouse on Evidenced Based Practice under contract with the state Department of Social Services. He co-chairs the Child Welfare Committee of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and currently serves on the Board of the California Chapter of the National Children’s Alliance. He also served as chair of the California State Prevention Advisory Committee, co-chair the San Diego Child Protection Team, and co-chair California State Child Neglect Advisory Committee.

Wilson was formerly the Executive Director of the National Children’s Advocacy Center in Huntsville, AL. There he oversaw the clinical and prevention programs, the Southern Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, the national training services that include the National CAC Academy and the National Symposium on Child Sexual Abuse, and acted as a consultant in support of the Madison County Multidisciplinary Investigative Team.

Wilson served in a variety of roles in public child protection, from a front line worker to a state Child Welfare Director. He is past President of the American Professional Society on Abuse of Children and past Vice President of the National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators. He co-chaired the APSAC guideline committees on investigative interviewing and on family preservation and is the author or co-author of numerous publications, articles, book chapters, and “Team Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse: The Uneasy Alliance”.

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Sponsor: The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Public Health

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Dr. David Cutler is the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Economics and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Dr. Cutler has developed an impressive record of achievement in both academia and the public sector. He served as Assistant Professor of Economics from 1991 to 1995, was named John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Social Sciences in 1995, and received tenure in 1997.

Honored for his scholarly work and singled out for outstanding mentorship of graduate students, Dr. Cutler’s work in health economics and public economics has earned him significant academic and public acclaim. Dr. Cutler served on the Council of Economic Advisers and the National Economic Council during the Clinton Administration and was senior health care advisor to Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign. Dr. Cutler also advised the Presidential campaign of Bill Bradley. Among other affiliations, Dr. Cutler has held positions with the National Institutes of Health and the National Academy of Sciences. Currently, Professor Cutler is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the Institute of Medicine.

Dr. Cutler is the author of “Your Money or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America’s Health Care System”. Dr. Cutler was recently named one of the 30 people who could have a powerful impact on healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine and one of the 50 most influential men aged 45 and younger by Details magazine.

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Women, INC – Innovate, Navigate, Create

The second annual Women’s Leadership Conference is for women in public service who have a strong interest in achievement, the drive to advance their careers, and an interest in partnering with others to promote women’s leadership. Women, INC will highlight ways to:

Innovate – respond to contemporary challenges, rapidly changing systems, and workforce demographics.

Navigate – an approach to career decision making that allows each of us to navigate our own unique path to personal and professional leadership.

Create – tap into fresh value-creating ideas that inspire, promote, and push the boundaries.

Conference Website

wlc.oucpm.org

Sponsors

• Office of Personnel Management
• OKDHS Data Services Division
• Field Operations Division
• Oklahoma Child Support Services
• Office of Planning, Research, and Statistics
• Office of Volunteerism
• University of Oklahoma Center for Public Management

Speakers

Kim Henry, First Lady of Oklahoma

Angela Monson, Former State Senator and Director of Health Policy Development and Analysis at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center

Kim Holland, Insurance Commissioner of Oklahoma

Carolyn Stager, Executive Director of Oklahoma Municipal League

Heather Rouba, 2009 Mrs. Oklahoma

About the Speaker

John Hockenberry joined NBC in 1996 as a correspondent for Dateline NBC and continued to report for NBC through 2005. During his nine-year tenure, he matched the three Peabody Awards already received for his radio work with three Emmys for stories on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the horrors and redemption of a life with schizophrenia, and a gripping profile of corrupt cult leader Fredrick Lenz. Hockenberry conducted the first and only candid on-camera interview with a family member of two of the 9/11 hijackers in February 2002.

Hockenberry’s work has included an hour-long documentary on the tragedy of the medically uninsured and his investigative work has scrutinized pharmaceutical industry scandals and discrimination against people with disabilities in employment and housing.

While covering breaking news at home and overseas, Hockenberry was also part of live, interactive storytelling segments that allowed the television audience to participate for the first time in a story in real-time. Hockenberry is also the author of “Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence,” a memoir of life as a foreign correspondent and overcoming personal challenges. In 1996, Hockenberry performed “Spokeman,” the one-man, off-Broadway show based on his book. “A River Out of Eden” followed and was Hockenberry’s first novel.

Hockenberry has also reported for The New York Times, The Washington Post Columbia Journalism Review, Metropolis Magazine, Wired, and NPR where the series, The DNA Files received an unprecedented two Peabodys in the same year.

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Sponsors: Accenture & OKDHS Data Services Division

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Accenture connects human services agencies with extensive knowledge, leading practices and positive outcomes gained from more than 25 years of experience helping them realize high performance and transform challenges into positive results for people.

About the Speaker

As the chief scientist of Accenture, Dr. Kishore Swaminathan defines Accenture’s Technology Vision and helps set Accenture’s technology and research agenda. He also directly heads Accenture’s Systems Integration research located in Chicago, IL, Silicon Valley, CA, Sophia Antipolis, France, and Bangalore, India.

Born and raised in Madurai, India, Dr. Swaminathan took an interest in science while studying, ironically, history. “I realized that the ideas of Archimedes and Pythagoras endure but not the empire of Alexander,” he recalls. “It made me want to focus on science to understand the world in a deep way, taking nothing for granted, but questioning everything.”

Dr. Swaminathan he received his Bachelor of Technology in aeronautical engineering at the elite Indian Institute of Technology at Madras, then went on to earn his master’s and PhD in computer science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Over the years, Dr. Swaminathan has worked on more than a dozen research projects and has as many patents to his credit. One of his projects in corporate knowledge management received the Computerworld Smithsonian award for the best application of IT in 2000.

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HVLIZ92265

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