Board of Directors
Our board of directors are leaders who have made significant contributions to our association; each and every one brings a unique set of skills and expertise to our group.
Judy Hixon
President
Ann Gallagher
Vice President
Jurrii Oesterling
Treasurer
Judy Hixon was born and raised in Oklahoma. She received a B.S. in history from the University of Oklahoma, Masters in Human Relations, OU and post-graduate work in Human Resource Development at Oklahoma State University. She also has worked in retail management, taught in Elementary and Secondary school, been a leader and coach with motivational speaking for an international company and held elective office as Treasurer in a community in Texas. While living in a number of communities in Oklahoma and Texas, she has always been involved in volunteering with the American Red Cross, Meals on Wheels and food banks. Judy is also very active in her church, First Baptist Norman.
Judy has been a permanent resident of Norman since 1991. She is a graduate of the Citizens Police Academy, Class 11 serving as Class Spokesperson. Since that time, she became a Director-At-Large on the CPAAN Board, served as Treasurer and currently is serving as President of CPAAN.
Her interests and joys include all OU sports, reading, NPD, lifelong learning (auditing OU classes each semester), Olli and volunteering. She has one son and two cats.
Ann is a native of New Orleans and moved to Norman in 1976 the day after her wedding and 15 days after completing a Masters of Communication Disorders. After working 20 months at the former Pauls Valley State School, she worked for the Norman Public Schools for 40 years as a Speech-Language Pathologist retiring in June, 2018.
Ann keeps current with city government, previously served on the Parks Board, and currently serves on the Citizen Public Safety Oversight Committee, the ADA Transportation Sub-Committee, and the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office Citizen Advisory Board.
She is married and visits her son and daughter-in-law in Colorado. She enjoys her two large dogs (Tank and Jeep) rescued from the Norman Animal Shelter and their daily walks. Working out at the Cleveland County Family YMCA, volunteering at the Norman Police Department, reading, crocheting, occasionally sewing, and visiting with friends keep her busy.
Ann is a graduate of CPA Class 2 and attends all class graduations and Alumni picnics. She enjoys the Advanced classes and looks forward to each one.
Jurrii resides in Washington, Oklahoma with her husband on a small farm. She graduated from Norman North High School. She is a real estate agent at Whittington Realty and owner of The Daily Offices in Norman. She also helps her sister run Beanstalk Coffee and Sno and Nexus Productions.
She is a graduate of Citizens Policy Academy Class 15, attended the OCPD Community Police Academy 48 and the CCSO Beyond the Badge Academy to better gain knowledge and insight to her husband's law enforcement career.
Jurrii enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, coffee (of course!), all of her many animals, being an aunt to her niece and nephews and also volunteering for the Norman Police Department.
Denise Madole
Secretary
Brett Cook
Director at Large
Patty Edge
Director at Large
Denise moved from California to Norman in 1972. She is a graduate of Norman High School and Rose State College. She has worked for her current employer, a local accounting firm, since 1987.
She attended CPA class 10 in 2016 and has been hooked ever since. She was NPD Volunteer of the Year in 2019 and volunteers in Dispatch pulling recorded calls for the district attorney’s office.
She considers it a great privilege to know and work with the officers and personnel at the Norman Police Department.
She has three grandchildren (Camden, Hudson and Sawyer) and three dogs (Bailey, Hank and Oscar).
Brett is originally from Woodward, Oklahoma. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a BBA in MIS and works in the Career Tech system.
He and his wife Kelly are a blended family with 4 kids - all teenagers. He is a graduate of CPA 15.
Patty was born in Midland, Texas where she lived with her parents, one brother and 4 sisters. Her father was a geologist with Mobil Oil and was transferred to Oklahoma City in 1966.
She graduated from Norman High in 1972 and started working at the University of Oklahoma in the College of Education until 1977. Patty went to work for First National Bank as the Bank President’s secretary. She is currently an Attendance Officer at Jefferson Elementary where I have worked for the last 25 years.
Patty has three children and seven grandchildren. She has a dog named Rachel and a cat named Star, both of whom are rescues. She is a CPA graduate of Class 15.
Sonya Grob
Director at Large
Dustin Merritt
Director at Large
Dennis Wishon
Director at Large
Sonya was born in Waynoka, OK and moved to Norman with her family in 1963. Although she calls Waynoka her hometown, she’s been in Norman forever. She has been married to Don for over 40 years, has three children (Nathan, Amanda & Sam) and two granddaughters (Sophia & Emerson).
Sonya grew up working in family businesses, ventured into restaurant management for a few years and then worked at a family retail store for 18 years while having her own craft business. She has been employed with Norman Public Schools for 23 years and has worked at her current position as receptionist at Alcott Middle School since 2001.
She loves spending time with her granddaughters, cats (Sarah and Lucy), reading for pleasure, and working in her flowerbeds. She is an active member of Summit Church Norman and is proudly half Lebanese. She was able to take a pilgrimage to Lebanon in 2015 and loved it. Her motto of late is ‘Keep calm and let the Lebanese lady handle it!’.
Sonya is a graduate of the class of 2018-14, became a Director at Large with CPAAN Spring 2021, and loves assisting with CPAAN classes and events.
Dustin attended Texas A&M University where he received a firefighter certification and attended classes on and off from 1990-1998 covering many certifications for emergency services including firefighter I, II and III, Hazardous Materials Technician and instructor, basic arson and fire investigations, NICS (National Incident Command System,) mass casualty incidents, high rise rescue, transportation emergencies including Rail and Aviation.
He retired from the fire service in the Houston area and moved to Oklahoma in January, 2000. He went back to school in 2005 and received his Federal Railroad Administration conductor, remote control locomotive operator and track inspection certifications.
He ran a railroad site in Dayton Ohio from 2006 to 2011 that included managing a team of railroad employees, mechanical work on locomotives, track inspection and reporting defects in the track and rail equipment.
He has two dogs, both of them Husky-Border Collie crosses and considers them his kids.
He is a graduate of CPA class 12 and has served on the CPAAN Board since 2018. Dustin considers it an honor to serve the CPAAN Board of Directors and to give of his time supporting the OUTSTANDING men and women, both commissioned and civilian personnel, of the Norman Police Department.
Dennis was born in Pampa TX and grew up in Davenport, OK. After graduation from high school, he attended Central State College in Edmond before entering the service to serve his country in the U.S. Army having served as the NOCIC of the Advanced Overseas Returnees program for a worldwide command (HQ STRATCOM) and held and maintained a high-level clearance.
Upon completion of his military service, he returned to Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University. Upon completion of OSU, he entered the civil service and worked at Tinker for 34 years and worked 22 years with the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office.
Dennis has been retired since 2007 and has enjoyed many miles on the road traveling all over the lower 48, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico as well as enjoying cruises to many places where the sun never stops shinning.
Dennis is an active member with the Hampton Noble Masonic Lodge and Del City Masonic Lodge’s along with holding memberships in the National Rifle Association and the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association.
He married his soul mate Sandy over 50 years ago. They have two children and 6 grandchildren who all have attended Norman and Moore Schools and have 2 who are currently attending OU and one attending the U.S. Military Academy West Point the rest currently in Moore/Norman Public Schools.