ShropTalk: Voices from the Field
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ShropTalk: Voices from the Field features discussions with the compassionate professionals at Oklahoma Human Services who make positive impacts in their communities each day. These individuals are part of a 6,000 person workforce that provides help and offers hope to more than one million Oklahomans each year.
Episodes
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Mary Gail Foster, Records Center
In episode 12, our last episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with Mary Gail Foster, the Records Management Administrator in Support Services. Foster started as a library technician and then became the agency’s official librarian after she finished...
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David Johnson and Dr. Bonni Goodwin, Post Adoption Services
In episode 11 of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with David Johnson, Programs Administrator with Post Adoption and Guardianship, and Dr. Bonni Goodwin who serves as the Statewide Coordinator of Adoption Preservation Services. Dr. Goodwin is also the...
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Terry Benjamin, Case Manager with Developmental Disabilities Services
In the tenth episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with Terry Benjamin, Case Manager with Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS). In this episode, Benjamin articulates the importance of bringing your heart and full self to our work and the…
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Laree Reidenbaugh, Human Resources Management
In the ninth episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with Laree Reidenbaugh, Human Resources Programs Manager II with Human Resources Management (HRM), and our agency’s coordinator for the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). EAP supports employee...
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Sarah Bouse, Adult and Family Services
In the eighth episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with Sarah Bouse, Programs Field Representative with Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Adult and Family Services. As part of the…
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Aviva Harvey and Kellie Reed, Digital Pathways
In the seventh episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with Aviva Harvey and Kellie Reed of Digital Pathways and the Digital Transformation Office. In this incredibly fun installment of the podcast, we learn from Harvey and Reed how raising your hand...
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Esther Rider Salem, Child Welfare Services (retired)
In the April episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with Esther Rider-Salem who recently retired from Oklahoma Human Services after dedicating 44 years to Child Welfare Services (CWS). Rider-Salem served in many progressive roles over the years, most...
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Richard Scifo, Community Living, Aging and Protective Services
In the fifth episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with Richie Scifo, the State Funded Adult Day Services Contract Monitor for Community Living, Aging and Protective Services (CAP). Scifo works daily offer hope and dignity to elder Oklahomans,...
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Scott Price, Digital Pathways
In the fourth episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with Scott Price, Digital Adoption Specialist II with Digital Pathways. Price recently celebrated his 27th anniversary with Oklahoma Human Services, but with many family members having worked and...
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Marla Stripling, Office for Civil Rights
In the third episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with Marla Stripling, Oklahoma Human Services Programs Administrator for the Office for Civil Rights. Celebrating her eighth year with Oklahoma Human Services, Stripling shared how she came to work…
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Catherine Darko, Child Welfare Services
In the second episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field, Dr. Shropshire and Austin Marshall speak with Catherine Darko, Child Welfare Specialist V in Tulsa County’s Permanency Planning team. In this heartwarming episode, Darko teaches us how she uses the science of Hope to support her clients…
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Casey White, Office of Communications
Dr. Deborah Shropshire is the agency director for Oklahoma Human Services and recently announced the recording of a new podcast where she will meet with staff to share their stories and the incredible work they contribute to our agency. The first episode of ShropTalk: Voices from the Field has...
About this show
ShropTalk: Voices from the Field features discussions with the compassionate professionals at Oklahoma Human Services who make positive impacts in their communities each day. These individuals are part of a 6,000 person workforce that provides help and offers hope to more than one million Oklahomans each year.
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