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Longwalk Oklahoma - About Us
Dec. 16, 2008
Posted by Tom S. Hammack
We are proud to be the representatives and leaders for Longwalk Oklahoma. We
hope all who enter here will find the neccessary information to help them
understand our goal with the LongWalk Oklahoma Backpack Challege program.
Executive Director
Mike Morris
Executive Director and Lead Guide
LongWalk Oklahoma
Mike Morris has joined our team as Executive Director and Lead Guide. He
will be a full time employee teaching leadership through the experience of
learning how to backpack. He will be guiding trips of increasing difficulty
to train young men and women how to make the decisions necessary to lead others
to safety.
Mike received his degree in Psychology and Sociology, focusing on Adolescent
Development, from OSU in 1977. Since graduating, he has been the owner of
subcontracting firms specializing in construction of school facilities. As an
avocation, he has spent the last 25 years coaching a variety of youth and high
school sports teams.
Loving the outdoors, Mike began backpacking throughout the region in the 1970's
and expanded into the Colorado Rockies in the 1980's. He has been on several extended
solo trips into the wilds. Introducing both adults and young people to the challenge
of backpacking, he has taken dozens of teams into (and out of) the wilderness of
Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Colorado.
Our Board of Directors
Reuben Davis
Of Counsel
McAfee & Taft
Reuben Davis is a veteran trial lawyer whose practice focuses on litigation of complex business cases to include
employment litigation and products liability. He has tried cases, arbitrations and administrative proceedings in
state and federal courts in Oklahoma. Over the years this has included oil and gas matters, intellectual property,
products liability, environmental, securities fraud, personal injury and other general litigation issues.
His achievements as a trial lawyer have earned him inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and Oklahoma Super Lawyers
and induction into the Society of Outstanding Lawyers of America. He has also been inducted as a Fellow in the Litigation
Counsel of America. In 2009, Reuben was recognized for his professional and civic contributions to the state by being named
to The Journal Record's list of Leadership in Law honorees.
Prior to embarking on his legal career, Reuben attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where
he was a distinguished military graduate. He accepted a regular U.S. Army commission upon graduation and
later attended the artillery officer’s basic course, airborne and ranger schools, and special weapons
schools. Reuben rose to the rank of captain serving in Germany as a unit commander and intelligence officer
and in Vietnam as a battery commander and brigade liaison officer with the 101st Airborne Division. He later
taught Tactics at Fort Sill before going on to earn his Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma in 1972.
While in law school, he served as managing editor of the Oklahoma Law Review and was named to the Order of the Coif.
Active in the community, Reuben is a deputy sheriff with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office and serves as an operator
on the agency’s Special Weapons and Tactics Team. He also serves on numerous local boards and foundations and is actively
involved with the Boy Scouts of America. He currently serves as a senior vice president of the Indian Nations Council of
Boy Scouts of America; member of the board of directors of the Southern Region, Boy Scouts of America; member of the board
of birectors (Ranch Committee) of Philmont Scout Ranch; and member of the Nation Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He
is an Eagle Scout, as are his two sons, and has previously served as a Scout Master.
Shane Fernandez
Executive Vice President
Crafton Tull Sparks
Shane Fernandez now leads a regional Architectural and Engineering firm as the Executive Vice President and the Corporate
Director of Integrated Architecture of Crafton Tull Sparks. The company has seven offices within central United States and
represents design efforts for half a billion dollars worth of construction nation wide. Additionally, Shane owns two small
businesses in the commercial cleaning and residential/commercial development industries.
Shane Fernandez is a transplant to Tulsa, Oklahoma from Los Angeles, California. He came to Oklahoma to earn his Bachelors
in Architecture and Masters in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Oklahoma. Shane is married to Marnie
Fernandez and together they share 4 children; Jade, Tristan, Nicholas, and Josie.
Shane is extremely passionate about the community and is a member of The Tulsa Metro Chamber Executive Committee and Board,
The Oklahoma Conference for Community and Justice Board, The Up with Trees Board, Long Walk Board, Leadership Tulsa Class 30,
and was the 2008 Chairman of Tulsa’s Young Professionals. He currently Chairs the Tulsa Metro Chamber’s Council of Diversity.
His volunteer efforts focus on inspiring youth and he has donated many hours with Youth at Heart, Youth Services of Tulsa,
Street School, and Youth Leadership Tulsa.
Tom Hammack
Owner and C.E.O.
Wizzert Solutions
Tom Hammack has been in the technology field for 15 years, and has a passion for all things
"geek". He is the Owner and C.E.O. of Wizzert Solutions, a technology consulting firm in Tulsa,
Oklahoma that specializes in website design, programming, and support. Wizzert Solutions specializes
in technology assistance and support for religious and not for profit organizations.
Tom was born in Riverton, Wyoming, and moved to the Claremore area when he was very young.
He moved to Massachusetts at age 6, and lived there until moving back to Texas at
12 years old, where he graduated from Seminole High School in Seminole, Texas. Tom holds
numerous certifications in technology related areas from Microsoft®, Network Appliace®, and VMWare®.
Tom and his wife Jo Ann are active in the Celebrate Recovery ministry, and also serve
in the CR-Inside Prison Ministry at Southern Hills Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tom
is also the current Oklahoma State Representative for the Missing in America Project. Tom
also enjoys woodworking, home improvement projects, and cooking for family and friends.
Trevor Hudgeons
Vice President
Bonvoy Adventure Travel
Trevor serves as Treasurer for LongWalk Oklahoma, and has been on the Board of Drectors since June, 2010.
He oversees accounting and operations as Vice President of Bonvoy Adventure Travel, and is also currently
sitting for the CPA Exam. Trevor previously worked in public accounting for a great Tulsa firm, Cross and
Robinson.
Trevor was born in Williston, North Dakota and moved to Oklahoma at age five. He graduated from Woodward
High School, and then went on to earn two degrees from Oklahoma State University in Accounting and Finance.
He was recently married to his best friend Ashley, and they have a great dog named Ellie!
Trevor is a member of Asbury Methodist Church, and is an avid runner who enjoys doing the occasional half,
full or ultra marathon. In the summer of 2008 he completed the Gobi March in China, which is a 150 mile
foot race through the Gobi Desert. Each competitor had to be fully self supported and the race took 6 days
to complete. Time magazine ranks it as the 6th toughest endurance race in the world. He loves Oklahoma State
University sports and attends as many events as possible. He also enjoys going to the movies, hanging out with
friends, and trying new restaurants.
"I believe LongWalk Oklahoma is an organization that can teach kids leadership skills and confidence they may never
get otherwise. It is a great opportunity to reach kids from all different walks of life and to allow them to
interact with each other, and to learn from one another." - Trevor Hudgeons
Patrick Jackson
Associate Pastor of Children
Southern Hills Baptist Church
Patrick joined the staff of Southern Hills Baptist Church as Associate
Pastor of Children in May, 2007. His responsibilities include the Elementary
and Preschool Ministries on Sunday morning, Worship Care, and the overseeing
of the Weekday Preschool, Confident Kids, and Childcare programs.
Patrick grew up in Tulsa and is a graduate of Booker T. Washington
High School. He earned his BA in Family Relations and Child Development
at OSU and a Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky.
Patrick worked in camping and adventure ministries throughout college
and seminary. Patrick enjoys photography, hiking, cooking, and eating
what he cooked (most of the time).
David Morris
President - Indirect Lending
Arvest Bank
David Morris was born in New York and grew up in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. He graduated
from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, and earned his Business Degree from Oklahoma
State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. David is President of Indirect Lending for Arvest
Bank, based in Tulsa.
David and his wife Leslie live in Tulsa, and have been married for 20 years. They are
the proud parents of two teenage boys, Ethan and Elliot. David is a fan of NASCAR, and
professional soccer.
David's role as President of Indirect Lending for Arvest Bank, the group which handles
consumer financing for local auto dealerships, allows him to act as a valuable financial
accountability resource for LongWalk Oklahoma, as well as providing key business leadership
for our organization.
Ginger Morris
Employee Development Manager
Flint Energy Services Inc.
Ginger Morris was one of six children, raised in a military home in numerous locations. She
attended Southeastern College in Lakeland, Florida where she received her BA degree in Bible
and Missions and her MSM degree from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. She
also has completed additional graduate work in Adult Education with an emphasis in Human
Resources Development from Oklahoma State University.
Ms. Morris is currently the Human Resources Manager for Flint Energy Services Inc. in Tulsa,
Oklahoma and is an active member of TAHRA, the Tulsa Area Human Resource Association. She has
worked in various capacities in the Human Resources field in a Corporate environment over the
past 28 years, with significant experience in developing and delivering leadership, management
and team building curriculum in a business environment. Ms. Morris also teaches a variety of
Management, Leadership, Team Building and HR courses at Universities in the Tulsa area in the
evenings and has for the past eight years.
Ginger has raised 4 children; a daughter and son who presently live in the Tulsa area and two sons
who are full time Air Force. She currently resides in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma with her 2 beagles,
Sammy and Bella. Ginger has taught Sunday School over the past 30 years and particularly enjoys
her time teaching adults. She has taught several Bible Studies through Precept Ministries and has
developed her own curriculum for Bible studies as well. She currently attends Church on the Move
in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Sheryl Spirlock
Child Welfare Specialist
Cherokee Nation
Sheryl Spirlock grew up in the Oklahoma City area. She graduated from Midwest City High School.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at UCO in Edmond, Oklahoma. She then attended Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas where she earned a Master of Arts in Religious Education
specializing in Early Childhood Education.
Throughout her career Sheryl has worked with children of all ages in various roles. She is active in
the Celebrate Recovery ministry as a Team Leader and participant at Southern Hills Baptist Church. She
is also a certified trainer of Mental Health First Aid.
Sheryl Spirlock is employed with Cherokee Nation. She is a Child Welfare Specialist for Indian Child
Welfare. At her current position she certifies foster and adoptive homes.
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