Myers named George Nigh Executive of the Year
Five
Oklahomans recently received honors for outstanding service to
their profession and for their support of the Oklahoma
Society of
Association Executives.
Dean Myers, executive vice president of the Sheet Metal and Air
Conditioning
Contractor's National Association of Oklahoma (SMACNA), was
awarded the group's highest honor, The George Nigh
Association Executive
of the Year.
The award is named for the former governor who was the first president
of OSAE in 1963.
Myers thanked other association executives for mentoring him when he
began
his career.
"I am very honored to receive the George Nigh Association Executive of
the
Year Award," said Myers, "and I am proud to share the award with so
many association executives who have
dedicated their careers to
association management and public service."
Myers graduated from
Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of
Science degree and a Master of Science degree in Trade and Industrial
Education.
Myers is also executive vice president of the Oklahoma Environmental
Balancing Bureau
and a Certified Manufacturing Technology Engineer.
"I congratulate all of our award winners,"
said Sheri Penner, CAE, OSAE
president and executive director of the Oklahoma Society of Professional
Engineers.
"We are inspired by their career achievements and their
service to OSAE."
OSAE,
founded in 1963, provides continuing education and training to
employees of the state's trade associations, professional
societies,
foundations, chambers of commerce, convention bureaus and their
affiliates.
