DVIS Leadership & Boards

 

Tracey Lyall has been the CEO of DVIS in Tulsa, Oklahoma since 2007. She brings over 25 years of supervisory and management experience as well as years of direct service and advocacy for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Tracey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Tulsa, a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Oklahoma, and is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW). In 2013 she led the organization’s $24 million capital campaign to build a new shelter, transitional housing and counseling office for DVIS. Tracey has worked in the areas of poverty, domestic violence, crisis intervention and mental health throughout her career.

Tracey is a member of the Mayor’s Commission on Domestic Violence and Tulsa Executive Exchange. She is a graduate of Leadership Tulsa Class 43 and was recognized in 2008 as one of Tulsa’s Young Professionals in Oklahoma Magazine’s 40-Under-40. She was named a Williams’ Women of Inspiration nominee in 2014 and 2015, a 2016 recipient of the YWCA and Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women – Woman of the Year Pinnacle Award and recipient of the 2016 Dr. Margaret Hudson Award and a 2017 Journal Record, Woman of The Year.

 

 

DVIS Leadership

Rose Turner, MSW, LCSW
Chief Administrative Officer
Lindy Whorton
Chief Financial Officer
Cathy Wilkie
Chief Development Officer
Amy Hossain
Chief Human Resources Officer
Margaret Black, LPC-S
Vice President Clinical Services
Lori Gonzalez, MS, LPC-S
Vice Pres. Advocacy Services
Jordan Gustin, LPC-S, IMH-E® III
Vice President Clinical Services
Ashley Henson
Vice Pres. Quality/Systems
Samantha Smart, PsyD
Vice Pres. Safe Housing

 

Board of Directors Associate Board

Board meetings are generally held the fourth Tuesday of each month at 11:30 a.m.
at 3124 E. Apache St., unless *specifically stated otherwise.

2025/26 Meeting Dates
July – No meeting
Aug 26 – Agenda
Sept 23
Oct 28
Nov – No meeting
Dec 2* – (first Tuesday)
Jan – No meeting
Feb 24 –
March – No meeting 
April 28 –
May 19* – (third Tuesday)
June 23 – Annual Meeting
2024/25 Meeting Dates
July – No meeting
Aug 27 – Agenda, Minutes
Sept 24 – Agenda, Minutes
Oct 22 – Agenda, Minutes
Nov – No meeting
Dec 3* – Agenda, Minutes
Jan – No meeting
Feb 25 – Agenda, Minutes
March – No meeting 
April 22 – Agenda, Minutes
May 20*Agenda, Minutes
June 24 – Agenda, Minutes
2023/24 Meetings
July – No meeting
Aug 22 – Agenda,Minutes
Sept 26 – Agenda, Minutes
Oct 24 Spcl S – Agenda, Minutes
Nov 28 – Agenda, Minutes
Dec – No meeting
Jan 23 – Meeting Cancelled
Feb 27 – Agenda,Minutes
March – No meeting
April 23 – Agenda, Minutes
May 21 – Agenda, Minutes
June 25 – Agenda, Minutes

 

 

Board Officers

Barbara Knowlton
President

Rosemary Harris
Vice President

Brittani Jones
Secretary

Michael Chromy
Treasurer

Barbara Abercrombie
Past President

Heather Flynn Earnhart
President-elect

Associate Board

  • Amber Bain
  • Leah Bowles
  • Lyndsy Byrd
  • Mandy Carney
  • Rachel Curtiss
  • Jenée Day
  • Erika Estes
  • Tawni Herburger
  • Carissa Hon
  • Kelly Huber Harper
  • Lisa Mogelnicki
  • Becca Povlock
  • Kristi Ryan
  • Amina Switzer
  • Kensey Wright
  • Angela Yelich

Advisory Board

  • Mary Ellen Bridwell
  • Patty Cappy
  • Dee Jakubowski
  • Marilyn Keller
  • Bill Knight
  • Paula Marshall
  • Al Sowards
  • Barbara Thornton
  • Steve Turnbo
  • Donna Witt

Board Members

  • Belinda Butler
  • Don Henderson
  • Chelsea Herring
  • Quincy Jones
  • Jeff Paden
  • Robert Ream
  • Dina Schultz
  • Josh Showman
  • Cynthia Simmons Taylor
  • Jeff Snodgrass
  • Rhiannon Thoreson
  • Mike Thornberry
  • Kimee Wind-Hummingbird

Board Members Emeritus

  • Sharon Bertram
  • Scott Bonnallie
  • Kendall Carpenter
  • Erica Dorwart
  • Mary Frances Edmonds
  • Charles “Lee” Eslicker
  • Don Henderson
  • Paula Huck
  • Rachel James
  • Jill Jones
  • Ann Lowry
  • Katie Mabrey
  • Laura Nelson
  • Adam Paluka
  • Mari Ramsey
  • Roni Rierson Stacklin
  • Liz Ross
  • Daniel Schmidt
  • Stacey Schmidt
  • Jeff Snodgrass
  • Kari Taylor
  • Susan Thomas
  • R. Alan Weeks