Friends of The M.e.t. President

Cindy Spitler is an Environmental Specialist at ONEOK, Inc. Her responsibilities include supporting Corporate Sustainability programs, ESG Reporting, and Community Engagement. Cindy has more than a decade of professional experience in Environmental Compliance and Sustainability. Cindy holds a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University as well as a master’s degree in environmental science from Oklahoma State University and Corporate Strategy from Boston College.

Michael Patton has been involved in environmental work for over 55 years starting with organizing litter cleanups at age 11. He has experience in recycling, tree-planting, composting, protecting air and water, and working to build greenspace and parks. He is also a founder of the Oklahoma Recycling Association.

Mike joined the Drillers front office in 1994 as an intern in the Food & Beverage Department after working the 1993 season with the Erie Sailors baseball club, of the New York – Penn League, in Erie, PA.
He was hired on full time prior to the 1995 season and has held Director level roles in F&B, Group Sales, Promotions and Sales and Marketing. 
In 1999, Mike was promoted to Assistant General Manager and then to General Manager in 2006 and remains in that position today.  The title of Team President was added in 2011.  Mike won the Texas League Executive of the Year Award in 2012 and the Drillers Organization has won Texas League Organization of the Year in 2013, 2014, 2017 & 2020 and The Bob Freitas Award for best organization in Double-A baseball 4 times.  Most recently in 2019.
In addition to overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Drillers organization and ONEOK Field, Mike was instrumental in bringing professional soccer back to Tulsa when the Drillers organization bought an expansion franchise in the United Soccer League and began play in 2015 as Tulsa Roughnecks FC.  The team sold in 2019 and was renamed to FC Tulsa.  Also, Mike oversaw the Drillers’ change in affiliation from the Colorado Rockies to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2015.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Marketing Management from Syracuse University (1993)

PERSONAL: Married wife Theresa in 1997.  Has two daughters:  Anna (20) and Maria (19).
Born and raised in Staten Island, New York and currently resides in Tulsa.
Past Chairman of the Tulsa Sports Commission
Member, Tulsa Executive’s Association (TEA) Board
Member, The Metropolitan Environmental Trust Board
Member, VisitTulsa

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Julie Monnot is a lifelong Tulsan. She graduated from Jenks High School in the mid-90s and went onto graduated from Northeastern State University with a degree in Environmental Management and a minor in Safety. Julie has been involved with the M.e.t. since high school for over 30 years. Since graduating from college Julie has worked at Oxley Nature Center and in the water quality department for the City of Tulsa. After moving on from the City of Tulsa Julie has worked for the City of Claremore as the Stormwater Manager and the City of Sand Springs as their Stormwater Project Administrator.
Julie has been in the Tulsa environmental conservation circle for many years. As the years have passed Julie has been delighted to serve on various advisory and conservation boards in the Tulsa area. To date she has served as the TYPROS Sustainability Crew Leader, on the Tulsa County Conservation District Board and has also served as a Trustee for the M.e.t. and on the Friends of M.e.t. board.
In her spare time Julie likes to garden, and go to area lakes and rivers in the warmer months, switching to art and jewelry making when the weather turns cold.

Gary Percefull is a long-time community builder and dot-connector. Employed by Northeast Waste Solutions LLC (dba NeWSolutions) as Community Relations Manager, Percefull has been a long-time collaborator with The M.e.t.

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Jerry started with the City of Broken Arrow in May of 2021.  He says he was not born here but he got here as quick as he could.  He is responsible for the day-to-day planning and operation of residential collections of Solid Waste, Recycling, Green Waste, and Sanitation services.  The city currently runs 23 routes per day 4 days per week and serves 39,450 households.  Jerry has been a municipal employee for 25 years working in Public Utilities, Planning and Development, Code Enforcement, and was an appointed personnel commissioner for 15 years.  Jerry has a BS in business and an MBA from University of Phoenix.  He was a Lead faculty for UOP where he taught organizational development, negotiations, and business courses. Jerry has been a SWANA member since 1995 and is the safety ambassador for the Oklahoma chapter.  He serves on the Oklahoma Recyclers Association (OKRA) as the secretary, is on the executive committee for Keep Oklahoma Beautiful, Keep Broken Arrow Beautiful, and Friends of Metropolitan Environmental Trust (M.e.t.).  Jerry is active in his church.  Jerry has been blessed with a marriage to his high school sweetheart, Kat Schuber, for 35 years this October and has two sons, two granddaughters and two grandsons.