Our Servant Team
Mary Ogle
Chief Executive Officer and President• mogle@anewleaf.org
Mary has served as our Chief Executive Officer since 2011. In her time with us she has taken A New Leaf from an $800,000 organization to a $12.4M organization, from 20 employees to over 280 employees and from $1,000,000 in net assets to over $22,000,000. Before coming to A New Leaf Mary worked for the American Red Cross, serving for 15 years across the country.
Mary is originally from Ohio and has a master’s degree in comparative politics, is a member of Leadership Oklahoma Class XXI and has lived and studied in Tel Aviv, Israel. She currently lives in Claremore with her dogs and horses, and her hobbies include running, reading and, of course, gardening!
“I choose to work at A New Leaf because people who are neuro-diverse deserve the same rights and access to employment, housing, health care and belonging in the community as their neuro-typical community members. ”
Kate Schlichter
Chief Administration Officer • kate.schlichter@anewleaf.org
Kate is our Chief Administration Officer and oversees both Human Resources and Operations. She has worked in the local and national nonprofit community in administration and executive leadership for over 20 years in Oklahoma, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. Kate’s passion is helping employees find their personal career paths and grow professionally. During her time at A New Leaf, Kate has grown our employee footprint from 80 employees to over 280 employees and has also grown our organization’s physical footprint by 125%.
Kate has called Oklahoma her home for 18 years, raising her two daughters as Okies with her husband of over 20 years. In her free time, Kate enjoys time with her family and can usually be found running from one sports/robotics activity to another, or as she likes to say, ‘I’m a free Uber driver for my kids!’
Nicki Soma
Chief Financial Officer • nicki.soma@anewleaf.org
Nicki has been with A New Leaf since 2016 and serves as our Chief Financial Officer. In her role, Nicki oversees all the accounting and financial functions of our organization. She holds both a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Science in Accounting and Financial Analysis from Northeastern State University. Nicki began her career at a large corporation where she worked in many different accounting roles over 17 years before transitioning to the nonprofit sector. She is honored to work for A New Leaf and to help make a difference in the lives of the wonderful people we serve.
Nicki is an Oklahoma native and is raising two teenage boys. In her spare time you can find her spending time with her family, on the golf course or supporting her boys in their many sporting activities.
Tammie Lewis
Chief Program Officer • Tammie.Lewis@anewleaf.org
Tammie is our Chief Programs Officer and has been with us since 2013. Tammie oversees our Residential Services, Vocational Services, Behavior Support Services and our Transition Academy. After spending several years working in the horseracing industry, Tammie has worked in the nonprofit sector for the last 24 years in both local and national organizations, and the last 17 of those years in senior leadership roles. She is passionate not only about serving our clients, but also by being a servant leader to our staff who work so diligently to help our clients live their best lives!
Tammie has been married for 30 years to her husband Ben. They have three children, two amazing grandchildren, two horses and a donkey. Tammie is passionate about decorating her home with help from Hobby Lobby!
“I love that each and every day I am able to see a direct impact of my work. Seeing our clients who have faced tremendous adversity persevere and achieve their goals is incredibly rewarding. Knowing the lifelong challenges and barriers they have faced, yet still maintain such positivity is so inspiring.”
Maranda Figueroa
Chief Development Officer • maranda.figueroa@anewleaf.org
Maranda is currently the Chief Development Officer of A New Leaf. She has served in the nonprofit sector in development and executive leadership for 14 years working in both national and local organizations. During the past six years at A New Leaf, she has established and grown a development team of 5 and scaled fundraising from $750,000 to $2.4M annually plus co-led a capital campaign with our CEO, Mary Ogle of $20M+ for The Village.
Prior to her work in nonprofit, she was a food scientist with Sara Lee and Schwans. A graduate of Oklahoma State University (Go Pokes!) and an avid music fan, she enjoys time with her husband and three children usually at their activities including baseball, volleyball, softball, and karate. After serving in development roles at national nonprofits for a number of years, an opportunity presented itself to make an impact within A New Leaf, a Tulsa area nonprofit.
Board of Directors
One hundred percent of A New Leaf’s Board Members contribute to the organization.
James Langster
ONE Gas, Inc.
Vice President, Information Technology
ANL – Board Chairman
Brian Vogt
Williams Energy Resources
Director, New Energy Ventures
ANL – Board Treasurer
Sara Momper
Helmerich & Payne
Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President
ANL - Board Secretary
Joshua Cole
Security Bank
CFA/Vice President, Commercial Lending
ANL – Past Chairman
Dave Cleveland
Corporate Performance Group
Partner
ANL - Past Chairman, Development Chair
Rita Garrison
Arvest Bank
Senior Vice President, Marketing Manager
Angela Byers
Byers Creative, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner
Scott Sterbens
QuikTrip Corporation
Tulsa Division Manager
Tim Sullivan
GableGotwals
Shareholder
Phillip Bell
Financial Planning Resources
Partner & President
Dr. Leslie Clark
Tulsa Tech Owasso
Director, Campus
Lisa Korner
Retired Magellan Executive
Mark Moore
Retired UCO Executive
Greg Lusardi
ONEOK
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Dana Baldwin
BOK Financial
Senior Vice President & Senior Trust Advisor
Dan Burnstein
Omni Air Transport
Chairman