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2012 Officers & Directors
OKRHA is excited to have lots of new faces on the OKRHA board with a good cross section of non pros, long time reining participants and people new to the sport. If you have any questions, concerns, ideas or compliments, please feel free to contact any of the members below.

1st row (left to right) Tami Wagman, Cheryl Lauder, Carole Hoffman, Heidi Arvidson, Leslie Harrison.

2nd row (left to right) Kenny Gardner, Steve Hudson, Myrna Cooksey-Watson, Jeff Tuttle, Dee Dee Boeckman, Sherman Lauder, Todd Holbrook.



2012 Officers

Jeff Tuttle, President
tuttle-associates@sbcglobal.net, 918-381-0704
Jeff has been a member of OKRHA on and off since its inception. He has been showing in reining classes since 1997. He and his wife, Barbara, live on their ranch in Coweta, Oklahoma where they raise horses bred to rein. Jeff is also a licensed pilot who owns and flies his own plane. His hobbies include, but not limited to: flying, old cars, Lionel trains, old buses, poker, and of course reining competitions. In his spare time he is a licensed Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor who owns his own company.

Cheryl Lauder, Vice-President
cusparkle@sbcglobal.net
A retired Medical Technologist with additional certifications in Microbiology and Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine.
Her career was served in Tulsa hospital laboratories in both management and technical positions.  She is a graduate of Oklahoma State University.  She and husband, Sherman, live in Leedey, Oklahoma. Cheryl loves horses and riding reiners!

Carole Hoffman, Treasurer
cjh@acronusa.com, 918-688-5124
Carole has been a member of OKRHA since 2003 and held the office of Treasurer since 2004.  She and her husband Bart live in Collinsville, Oklahoma where they breed and raise quarter and paint horses.  Bart trains and shows reining horses as a Non Pro.  Carole, who is an NRHA and AQHA certified show secretary,  acts as show secretary for all the OKRHA events in addition to being the Treasurer. Professionally, she has been the Controller for a Commercial Real Estate management and acquisition company located in Tulsa for 9 years and an accounting professional in the commercial real estate industry for 25 years.

Tami Wagman, Secretary
twagman@aol.com, 918-857-2725
Tami and her husband, Marc, and sons Ben (8) and Dylan (5) live in Talala, Oklahoma. They have been raising, training and showing reining horses for over 20 years. Tami works as a business attorney and has been on the OKRHA board since 2005. Tami serves as Chairperson for the Ariat Tulsa Reining Classic and looks forward to continuing to help OKRHA grow its membership and improve its events.

Heidi Arvidson, Past President
arvidsonreiners@msn.com, 405-527-3922
Heidi, husband, Todd, an NRHA professional and judge, and son Gage live in Purcell, Oklahoma where they own and operate Todd Arvidson Reining Horses. In addition to helping Todd with the business side of things, Heidi also runs a breeding and foaling operation, oversees the care of the 75 head of horses they are responsible for, and shows in the non pro when time permits. Heidi is looking forward to helping OKRHA continue to flourish.


Youth Directors

Marc Wagman
mdwagman@aol.com

Todd Holbrook (co-youth advisor)
todd.c.holbrook@ok.state.edu
Todd, his wife Vickie, and their daughter Emma live in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They raise Quarter Horses and Angus cattle. Todd and Vickie purchased their first reining horses shortly after they were married in 1996. As a family, they continue to breed, raise, and show reining horses. Emma is also active as a youth officer in both the OKRHA and NRHyA Organizations. Todd is a veterinary professor at OSU specializing in equine medicine, and Vickie teaches special education in the local school district. Todd is looking forward to working with the youth members as an advisor, and the other OKRHA members this year.


Board Members

Dee-Dee Boeckman
boeckman5@yahoo.com
Dee-Dee Boeckman lives in Kingfisher, OK where her and her husband, Bart, own and operate Boeckman Ford Inc.  They also raise cattle and enjoy farming.  They have three children Brooke (15), Brock (14) and Bryce (9) who all are involved in football, basketball, and track.  When not chasing kids they are chasing cattle!  Of course, Dee-Dee will do anything that involves a horse.

Kenny Gardner
Reinerdad62@att.net, 918-521-3289
Kenny and his wife Nina live in Claremore and have been married for 26 ½ years. Kenny is the proud father of Maegan, thirteen, and has been a member of OKRHA for three years. Kenny's profession consists of being a heavy equipment operator and has been a minister for fifteen years. Kenny enjoys spending time with his family and helping Maegan get ready for the shows. We are looking forward to the upcoming year with OKRHA.

Leslie Harrison

Steve Hudson
lopeslo413@aol.com

Sherman Lauder
cusparkle@sbcglobal.net
Sherman has two grown children, Ryan and Stacy, and three grandsons. Sherman lives in Leedey, Oklahoma and is a retired school administrator. He was an AQHA judge from 1986-1997 and has been involved in the horse industry since the 1960s. He enjoys raising wheat, cattle and a few horses. He looks forward to meeting more OKRHA members.

Tim McCay
timmccay@yahoo.com

Myrna Watson
okreiners@gmail.com
Myrna is retired from 30 years in the insurance business, where she attained the level of Vice President of a major company. She is also a licensed Realtor. She is married to Ron Watson who is also a retired insurance executive. Myrna has been showing reiners since 1999, and is currently in the Limited Non-Pro. Ron also enjoys showing in Green Rider. They have recently relocated to Cashion, Oklahoma, after living in Coweta for 12 years.


Event Coordinators

Tulsa Classic
Tami Wagman
918-857-2725

Winter Slide

Ride & Slide I and II
Carole Hoffman
918-371-6968