Staff
Our Team
Bill Andoe | Executive Director
Mary Ellen Evans | Director of Development
Jacky Escobedo | Director of Social Services
Lexy Benitez | Receptionist
Olivia Berg | Marketing & Communications Manager
Kimberly Deardorff | Director of Volunteer Services & Special Projects
Sherry Doty | Case Manager
Channing Harris | Administrative Assistant
Helen Lazarin | Mobile Services Co-Coordinator
David Monk | Warehouse & Facilities Manager
Mang Nuam | Receptionist
Grant Plaster | Warehouse Specialist & Volunteer Facilitator
Marissa Ramsey | IT Project Manager
Yajaira Rojas Muro | Case Manager
Jennifer Sage | Case Manager
Michael Turner | Assistant Warehouse Manager
Neil Wagner | Front Porch Ambassador
Join our Team
While we may not be actively looking for new additions to our team, we welcome any resume submissions and will keep them on record until we have an open position. In addition to regular staff roles, EIS offers several internship and board membership positions.
Board of Directors
The EIS Board of Directors is a team of appointed professionals from the Tulsa area that dedicates their time and skills to ensure the success of the EIS mission. With their wisdom and guidance, EIS has grown from a small mom and pop operation to a flourishing social services organization.
2023-2024 Members
Andrew Hejtmanek, President | FORVIS
Becky Keesling, Vice President | BOK Financial
Susan Sherwood, Secretary | ONEOK
Julie Weatherly, Treasurer | ONEOK
Jeff Brooks | Muscogee Creek Nation Casinos
Jennifer Buck | Parent Child Center of Tulsa
Eric Burkholder | Burkholder Wealth Management
Louis Coleman | Community Volunteer
Megan Courtney | Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Heather Fuhr | JP Morgan
Sara Gallagher | The Persimmon Group
Dana Haynie | Mercy Health
Rebecca Lewis | Arvest Bank
Becky Lowe | UMB Bank
Christopher Morrow | Williams Companies
Mendi Parker-Treat | QuikTrip
Julie Rethmeyer | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma
Jennifer Ruley | Grant Thornton
Marilyn Mabrey Sulivant | Mabrey Bank
Taylor Levacy, Board Intern | Tulsa Drillers
EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD
Wendy Drummond
Andy Kinslow
Christian Leikam
Kayla Vaughn
Debbie Zinke
Young Professional Board of Directors
The EIS Young Professional’s Board (YPB) was established in 2014 as a way to involve young professionals and to spread awareness about the EIS mission. The YPB sponsors several fundraising events during the year including our annual Citywide Baby Shower and Popping Bottles party. Membership on the YPB is limited to professionals at the start of their post-grad career through age forty.
2023-2024 MEmbers
Amy Crosby | President | State Farm
Dara Drescher | Secretary | Amazon
Sydney Chastine | Citywide Baby Shower Chair | Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma
Haley Kardokus | Citywide Baby Shower Chair | The City Lights Foundation of Oklahoma
Madison Moore | Popping Bottles Fundraising Chair | BOK Financial
Michelle Warden | Popping Bottles Event Chair | Happy Hands Education Center
Abby Biggs | Ennabl
Eleanor Doyle | Hilti
Hope Doyle | Audubon Field Solutions
Malayna Hasmanis | Modus
Emily Haygarth | FORVIS
Taylor Hicks | Bixby Outreach Center
Brandon Jaquis | Warburton Capital Management
Michelle Jones | Community Volunteer
Brooke Messer | Ideal Homes and Neighborhoods
Katherine Morrow | Family & Children’s Services
Lauren Peterson | Barrow $ Grimm, P.C.
Susanna Powell | Catalyst Financial Group
Caroline Rowland | My Little Dollhouse
Chloe Scott | System One
Marci Slaughter | Grant Thornton
BEcome a member
Young Professionals are invited to fill out an application to serve on the YPB by completing and submitting the form below. If you have any additional questions or comments, please contact our Director of Development Mary Ellen Evans at 918-582-2469.
Junior Board of Directors
The EIS Junior Board of Directors consists of high-achieving high school students from across the Tulsa metro area. The Junior Board offers these student leaders a chance to serve their community and learn first-hand how nonprofits operate and the critical role fundraising plays in an organization’s success. They spread awareness of Emergency Infant Services’ mission in high schools and throughout the community, and organize a fundraiser each year.
2022-2023 MEmbers
Calla Andrews | Cascia Hall
Meredith Castleberry | Booker T. Washington
Paola Conteras | Holland Hall
Hannah De Los Santos | Cascia Hall
Bridgette Dieterlen | Holland Hall
Erin Dolan | Holland Hall
Brooke Green | Metro Christian
Elle Kalick | Riverfield Country Day School
Ashlyn Milford | Cascia Hall
Styrling Murray | Cascia Hall
Josie Ogle | Holland Hall
Jesper Ohlson | Jenks High School
Sofia Ohlson | Jenks High School
Gina Parducci | Holland Hall
Sofia Parducci | Holland Hall
Asher Patel | Holland Hall
Annie Schloss | Cascia Hall
Dora Speicher | Booker T. Washington
Bella Stunkard | Jenks High School
Adison Tunnell | Holland Hall
Marissa Veitch | Jenks High School
Athan Lau | Junior Board Mentor | The University of Tulsa
Paige Williams | Junior Board Mentor | University of Kansas
BEcome a member
Young leaders and philanthropists are invited to fill out an application to serve on the Junior Board by completing and submitting the form below. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Mary Ellen Evans at 918-582-2469.