Executive Director, Autism Oklahoma
Principal, Trinity Management Group LLC
Melinda Lauffenburger is a principal owner of Trinity Management Group, LLC since 1998.
Trinity Management Group (TMG) provides consulting for leadership development,process design, project management and technology planning for businesses.
Melinda and her husband, Dean, have 2 children--Joy and Sarah. Her daughter, Joy, has high functioning autism and is a public speaker!
Treasurer, Autism Oklahoma
CEO, Consumer Credit Counseling of Central Oklahoma
John Cooper is President and CEO of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Central Oklahoma, Inc.
CCCS provides consumers with financial counseling, housing counseling, debt repayment plans to individuals experiencing financial stress. CCCS also provides financial literacy education to individuals and students throughout central Oklahoma.
Chairman of the Board, Autism Oklahoma
Executive Director, Youth and Family Services, Inc, Yukon, OK, Dee is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Science. She has taught in the post-professional rehabilitation therapy programs for the past five years.
Dee has a 22 year old son with autism, and has been an advocate in the field for the past fifteen years.
She has been a trainer through Special Education Teacher Registry for over 10 years and is a regular speaker/trainer around the state. She is also the Executive Director of Youth & Family Services.
Secretary, Autism Oklahoma
Director, Oklahoma Autism Network
Rene' is the director of the Oklahoma Autism Network at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
She has been with the Department of Rehabilitation Science since 1999 where she has taught in the professional
and post-professional occupational therapy and physical therapy programs. Rene' has worked with families and their
children with disabilities, including autism since 1993 through early intervention, school-based services,
and in clinical settings. She has provided training and technical assistance for providers who support children
with autism and their families in early intervention, educational, and community settings.
VP, Autism Oklahoma
General Counsel, The Funk Companies
Kent W. Gardner is General Counsel for the Robert A. Funk family of companies, executing business investments and ventures on Mr. Funk's behalf, and coordinating all legal affairs for his closely related companies,including his Oklahoma offices of Express Employment Professionals and Express Ranches.
