Chickasaw Business & Conference Center
Mr. Joe Dougherty earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Villanova University and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Mr. Dougherty retired from a career that began in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche and culminated with Investment Management in Dallas, Texas. Most recently, he was president of Pyxis Capital LP in Dallas, Texas and a partner at Highland Capital Management, LP, where he spent most of his career starting as a portfolio analyst, also in Dallas. Prior to this, he was an investment analyst at Sandera Capital Management in Dallas, a business development manager at Akzo Nobel in Dallas, and worked in middle-market services for Deloitte & Touche in Dallas. Mr. Dougherty brings a wealth of experience in accounting and finance to this position that will complement the Accounting Department&rs quo;s academic expertise.
Department - Position
- Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business - Accounting Instructor and Chair of Accounting
Mrs. Byers earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Business Administration degree from Cameron University. Mrs. Byers has been employed at Connors State College, and for the last four years has been an instructor in business. She was the advisor for Phi Beta Lambda (PBL), the business club at Connors for five years. She also taught at Southern Nazarene University and Bacone College as an adjunct professor in business. In addition to her collegiate experience, she has ten years of professional experience in marketing and public relations at the University of Oklahoma . Prior to her work at OU, she worked in sales and marketing for Apple Computer, Inc. for eight years where she earned the Sales Impact award. She has managed several product marketing projects, trade shows and events, and training projects as well as developed marketing materials.
Department - Position
- Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business - Adjunct Professor
Dr. Stacey Bolin earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree from ECU. After working as a web programmer for several years, she earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma in 2004. In 2015, she earned a Doctor of Business Administration degree in Technology Entrepreneurship from Walden University. While attending OU, Dr. Bolin worked in her family’s growing business. Dr. Bolin and her husband, Brandon, successfully added two ATV and UTV lines to better serve the needs of an ever-changing agricultural customer base. In 2008, she became the sales manager for a six-store, $40 million John Deere dealership servicing eastern Oklahoma and actively led and trained a growing sales force, managed seasonal inventory levels, and developed and implemented the corporate marketing strategy. Dr. Bolin and her husband also started, ran, and then sold another business venture. Dr. Bolin returned to academics in the fall of 2011 ready to share her education and experiences with the students at ECU. She was named the George Nigh award winner and was named to the USA Today All-American Academic Team during her senior year at ECU. As the Director of the Wilburn L. Smith Center for Entrepreneurship in the Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business, Dr. Bolin started the Tiger Tank Pitch Competition for high school and college students and coaches ECU teams for the Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup (formerly the Oklahoma Governor’s Cup) competition, where ECU students have earned success every year since 2012. Dr. Bolin chairs the executive committee for Oklahoma Business Week and directs the one-week high school camp each summer. Dr. Bolin and Dean Godwin led US Africa Business Week in Uganda in August 2019 in partnership with two ECU SSB alums for 90+ Africans from three countries. In addition to participating in the activities of the Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators, she also serves as the webmaster for the organization. Dr. Bolin serves on the national ACBSP Digital Media committee and actively participates in ACBSP regional and national events as a presenter. Dr. Bolin helped secure grant funding to host ECU’s Explorations in Computer Science and Robotics Summer Academy that she also co-directed, from 2012-2014 and 2016. Dr. Bolin serves on the Pontotoc County 9th Grade Career Discovery Day committee and the Ada, Byng, and Latta Schools Business Technology Education Advisor Committees.
Department - Position
- Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business - Associate Professor and Wilburn L. Smith Center for Entrepreneurship Director
Department - Position
- Police Department - Police Officer
Department - Position
- Police Department - Chief of Police
Department - Position
- Police Department - Police Officer
Deanna Hartley-Kelso is an Assistant Professor at East Central University in the Stonecipher School of Business, teaching Business Law and Employment Law Classes. She is also an adjunct professor in the MJIL program at the Tulsa University College of Law, teaching Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country and Principles of Federal Indian Law.
She was appointed as the District Judge of the Chickasaw Nation District Court in March of 2020, hearing family, civil and criminal matters. She previously served the Court as a Special Judge from 2018 to 2020 and a Court Advocate from 2015 to 2018.
She worked for the Chickasaw Nation from 1997 to 2014. During her tenure, she served as attorney general as well as an executive officer and administrator of the Nation’s division of justice from 2004-2014. She served as general counsel from 2001-2004 and legislative counsel from 1997-2001.
Department - Position
- Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business - Associate professor
- Business Administration - Boswell Endowed Professor
Department - Position
- Police Department - Police Officer