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Title 10, O.S., fl 7302-1.1 authorizes the Board of Juvenile Affairs (Board) as the governing body for The Office of Juvenile Affairs. The Board consists of seven members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Oklahoma Senate. The term of office for a board member is six years. Appointments are limited to two terms. The Board meets monthly in a manner consistent with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act [Title 25, O.S., fl 301 et seq.]. The Board of Juvenile Affairs was created February 1, 1995. On February 14, 1995, the seven (7) members of the Board were appointed by Governor Frank Keating with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Board of Juvenile Affairs sets broad policy for the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) and is the rulemaking body for OJA. The board is responsible for reviewing and approving the budget, assisting the agency in planning activities related to the priorities and policies of the agency, providing a public forum for receiving comments and disseminating information to the public, and establishing contracting procedures for the agency and guidelines for rates of payment for services provided by contract. |
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T. Hastings Siegfried, Board Chairman - is Vice Chairman of The NORDAM Group, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer of NORDAM’s Transparency Group (NTD). Mr. Siegfried is also NORDAM’s Chairman of the Governance Committee and responsible for Community, Government, and Industry Affairs. As Vice Chairman, Mr. Siegfried directs NORDAM initiatives and committees responsible for the development of NORDAM’s Board of Directors, company policies, ethics and regulatory compliance, company by-laws, corporate services, and charitable giving. In addition, Siegfried represents NORDAM within aviation industry associations and at city, state, and federal government functions. The NORDAM Transparency Group is a leader in the manufacture and repair of transparency components for the aviation industry. NTD has three locations worldwide including two manufacturing facilities in Tulsa, Oklahoma and one repair facility in the United Kingdom. NTD is vertically integrated in the manufacture of cast and stretched acrylic utilized in a broad offering of transparency components. NTD serves the Military, Commercial, Regional, Business and General Aviation, Helicopter and Flight Simulator Markets. Mr. Siegfried attended and graduated from the University of Notre Dame. After graduation, he returned to Tulsa to serve the community in law enforcement as a Tulsa Police Officer. In 1997, Siegfried left the Tulsa Police Department to join The NORDAM Group, but his service in law enforcement still continues as a Deputy in the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office and a member of the SWAT Team. Throughout his career, Mr. Siegfried has taken an active role in his community, city and state government, and the aviation industry. Currently, Mr. Siegfried is involved in GAMA (General Aviation Manufacturing Association), where he serves as a member of the Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Cascia Hall Preparatory School, Board of Trustees for Holy Cross College, Board of Directors of the American Red Cross, and Board of Directors of the Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, serves as President of The Committee of One Hundred-Tulsa, Inc., and is the Chairman of Tulsa Charity Fight Night. He was also appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma to the Board of Directors of the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA). |
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Deanna Hartley-Kelso, Co-Chair - isa native of Fort Worth, Texas, is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and currently serves as its Attorney General and Administrator for the Justice Division. Prior to serving in this capacity, Deanna also served as General Counsel for the Legal Division and was also the first Legislative Counsel for the Chickasaw Nation Legislature. Her prior employment includes general corporate work as Associate Corporate Counsel for Color Tile, Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas and General Counsel for Marketing Investors Corp. in Dallas, Texas. She is a 1993 graduate of Tulsa University Law School where she earned her J.D. and a 1989 graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington where she earned her B.A. in Political Science with a Minor in Business Administration. Deanna is licensed to practice law by the State of Texas and the State of Oklahoma as well as the tribal courts of the Chickasaw Nation and Muskogee (Creek) Nation. She also is a member of the Oklahoma Indian Bar Association, Native American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and a ten-year member of The College of the State Bar of the State of Texas. As for community activities, she is the Vice Chair of the Chickasaw Foundation Board of Trustees, a citizen appointee to the Arkansas Riverbed Authority, an adjunct professor at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, and a previous volunteer for North Texas Legal Services-American Indian Law Project. Deanna also serves on numerous other boards and committees within the Chickasaw Nation as well as representing the Chickasaw Nation at the United Nations Working Group on the Draft Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Edward L. Smith is currently a member of the criminal justice faculty and Director of the Collegiate Officer Program at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. Director Smith has a long and distinguished career in Oklahoma Law Enforcement. Mr. Smith has served over 35 years in Law Enforcement, 21 years as a Chief of Police in various communities in Oklahoma including Nichols Hills and Bethany. Director Smith received his Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Oklahoma City University and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy 182nd Session. Mr. Smith has served as Leadership Assistant (Chief of Staff) to the Minority Leader of the Oklahoma State Senate. In 2002 Edward was appointed by Governor Keating to the OSBI Board of Commissioners. Director Smith has been inducted into the Seminole State College Alumni Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame for City and Town Officials for his many contributions to Oklahoma Law Enforcement including leading the first two Law Enforcement Agencies in Oklahoma to be Nationally Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. He is married to Sharon and they have one daughter, Jennifer and two grandchildren, Mallory and Ella. |
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George W. Lindley spent 30 years serving the citizens of Oklahoma, first as Special Judge and Associate District Judge, before being elected District Judge in 1978. He was Presiding Judge of the Southwest Judicial Administrative District from 1994 until his retirement in December of 2004. In addition, he was Chairman of the Oklahoma Trial Judges Association, Chairman of the Assembly of Presiding Judges, Presiding Judge of the Appellate Court on the Judiciary, a committee chairman for the National Conference of State Trial Judges, a National Center for State Courts faculty member, and an instructor for the National College of the State Judiciary. A Duncan native, Judge Lindley graduated from the University of Oklahoma and obtained his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1970. His wife, Susan, is currently a seminary student. |
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Donnie L. Nero is the president of Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma with campuses in Muskogee. His previous employment includes serving as the provost of Tulsa Community College - Southeast Campus. Nero was employed at Tulsa Community College - Southeast Campus for 15 years where he served in numerous capacities including: member of the development team, coordinator of self-study, coordinator of multicultural education, coordinator of staff development, coordinator of marketing management, instructor of psychology of human relations and dean of student services. Nero earned his bachelor’s degree in health, physical education and recreation at East Central University where he received the distinguished alumnus award in 2002. He earned both his master’s in educational administration and his doctorate in occupational and adult education at Oklahoma State University. Nero has received various awards including the Phi Theta Kappa International Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction and Phi Theta Kappa Distinguished CEO for the Oklahoma/Arkansas Region. He is a founder of the Oklahoma Legal Issues Conference, a graduate of Leadership Tulsa Class XVIII and Oklahoma State Coordinator of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Nero has also served as an Oklahoma Quality Award Examiner, president of the Muskogee Area Educational Consortium, Indian Capital Technology Center and the Muskogee Rotary club. He has also served on the board of the Muskogee Chamber of Commerce, Greater Muskogee Development Corporation, Tulsa Area United Way, Volunteer Center of Tulsa, Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce, Big Brothers and Sisters of Tulsa and numerous other organizations |
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Ms. Janice E. Smith was appointed by Governor Brad Henry to represent Congressional District 3 and is representing the area of education. Ms. Smith has been in education for 20 years. She has served as a classroom teacher school counselor (both elementary and secondary), elementary principal, and as the director of alternative education. Ms. Smith graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford with a master in education. Janice has been married to Dennis for 35 years. He is the District Attorney for District 2. Together they have four grown children; Christy, Lonnie, Lance and Cylie, and five grandchildren. |
