Smirk Founder Named to Leadership OKC Class

Smirk New Media founder, Mike Koehler, was named to Class 37 of the Leadership Oklahoma City (LOKC) Signature Program.LOKC’s Signature Program is considered one of the premier honors for the city’s current and future community leaders. LOKC launched in 1981 and now offers leadership development programs for high schoolers and young professionals. According to the LOKC website, “The programs each use a varying combination of community information, skills for volunteer leadership, networking, and community projects to engage participants more effectively in community service.”Koehler, 45, founded Smirk New Media in 2010. As founder and chief strategist, he oversees business and partnership development for the company, as well as advising on strategic approaches to client projects and company growth alongside Allie Carrick, Smirk president and managing partner.Koehler serves on the board of Skyline Urban Ministry, the American Marketing Association and advises Healthy Minds OK, a group of mental health nonprofits. He is also a member of Midtown Rotary.Below is the complete list of Class 37 participants.David Argueta, Mercy Chief Administrative Officer Jeremy Black, McAfee & Taft Attorney Brian Blundelll, BancFirst-OKC Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer Brian Bogert, The Social Order Dining Collective Founder Jenna Snider Byrnes, OKC Dodgers Senior Vice President Jordan Cash, INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center President Tana Cashion, Devon Energy SVP Human Resources Young Chappell, The Boeing Company Systems Engineer Tim Doty, Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. Senior Manager for Administration Adrienne Ballew Elder, E. B. Enterprises, LLC Consultant/ Special Projects Director Jennifer Fogg, TBS President Randal Gage, KOCO TV 5, Hearst Television Director, Creative Services Diana Galatian, DLGM Consulting LLC Principal Chaunté Gilmore, PARCway Skilled Nursing Facility Physical Therapy Assistant Debbie Hite Stewart, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Senior Executive Director Danielle Leister Hoeltzel, Express Employment Professionals Leadership Consultant Laura Hottel, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (BCBSOK) Director, Network Management/Health Care Delivery Richard Kelley, City of Oklahoma City Fire Department Fire Chief RaLayna Brady Hurley Kennedy ,Mariner Wealth Advisors Senior Wealth Consultant Michelle Keylon, Francis Tuttle Technology Center Deputy Superintendent/Chief Operations Officer Mike Koehler, Smirk New Media Founder and Chief Strategist LaTreece Langston, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) – Aviation Procurement Analyst Mark McCoy, BOK Financial SVP, Corporate Trust Manager Lance McDaniel, deadCenter Film Executive Director Stacy McNeiland, The CARE Center CEO Whitney Cross Moore, Oklahoma City Ballet Director of Development Mark Nelson, Oklahoma City Fraternal Order of Police Vice President Alfonso Nieves, ICF Fox Blocks Sales Executive Joy Omalza Parduhn, Heritage Trust Company Senior Trust Associate Trevor Pemberton, Oklahoma County District Court Oklahoma County District Judge Melissa Pepper, Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma Chief Development Officer Doyle Phillips, Nabholz Construction Executive Vice President Preconstruction Steven Propester, Grant Thornton, LLP Senior Managers – Audit and Assurance Services Darren Ransley, Funk Companies Director of Strategic Communications Tim Rasnic,  Oklahoma Zoological Society Executive Director Jeremy Sanders, Upward Transitions Inc. C.E.O. Rob Schultheis, Allied Arts Foundation Finance Director John Semtner, FSB Architects + Engineers Principal Wayne Snow, The Oklahoman Media Company Vice President Advertising Kim Taylor, Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Oklahoma Criminal Justice Act Supervising Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma Jake Trotter, ESPN Sports reporter Merideth VanSant, 405 YOGA; True U Owner; Co-Founder Michele Varian, Sonic Drive In VP – Supply Chain & Purchasing True Wallace, Oklahoma State University Foundation Director of Regional Development Stacy Willis, Account Management Resources, LLC Director of Operations Gary Wood, Riggs Abney Neal Turpen Orbison & Lewis Attorney Petra Woodard, Millwood High School HS Principal Kristy Werner Yager, The City of Oklahoma City Director, Public Information and Marketing Office