President – Benjamin Curry, RPL
Supervisor – Public Safety Communications
City of Edmond, Oklahoma
Benjamin.Curry@EdmondOK.com
First Vice President – Christina Brown
Communications Manager
Shawnee Police Department
COldham@shawneeok.org
Second Vice President – Ben Smith
Assistant E911 Director
City of Woodward, Oklahoma
BSmith@cityofwoodward.com
Immediate Past President – Shaun Barnett
Assistant City Manager
City of Woodward, Oklahoma
SBarnett@cityofwoodward.com
APCO International Board of Directors – Matthew J. Stillwell, RPL, ENP*
Director of Public Safety Communications and Emergency Management
City of Edmond, Oklahoma
Matt.Stillwell@OKAPCO.org
Executive Council – Lisa Poarch
Communications Supervisor
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Lisa.Poarch@DPS.OK.gov
Secretary – Becky Bruce
Dispatch Supervisor
Midwest City Emergency Management
BBruce@MidwestCityOK.org
Northeastern Representative – Valerie Barger
Communications Training Coordinator
Miami Police Department
VBarger@miamiokla.net
Northwestern Representative – Jeanie Pharis
Emergency Communications Center Supervisor
Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma
jpharis911@gmail.com
Southeastern Representative – Kelly Kidwell
Dispatch Supervisor
Chickasaw Lighthorse
Kelly.Kidwell@chickasaw.net
Southwestern Representative – Dale Thompson
Director
Grady County Emergency Management
gradyema@gmail.com
Frequency Advisor – Gene Thaxton
Telecommunications Manager
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
gene.thaxton@dps.ok.gov
Corporate Committee Advisory Member – Robert A. Stolz, ENP
President
Stolz Telecom Companies
Rob@StolzTele.com
* Denotes Life Member