Our mission is to help Oklahoma organizations improve results and to become more competitive through performance excellence.
The OQF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that began in 1993 as a partnership between the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Oklahoma Business Roundtable. The OQF is the only official program in Oklahoma to determine the level of an organization’s performance and provide public recognition to recipients on its level of accomplishment. We administer the three-tiered Oklahoma Quality Awards program of Commitment, Achievement and Excellence Level, all patterned after the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The award program promotes performance excellence, recognizes achievements of Oklahoma companies and organizations, and provides a vehicle for sharing successful strategies. Criteria for the award helps provide a framework for designing, implementing and assessing a process for managing all of the organization’s operations.
We are the only official program in Oklahoma that works to determine the level of an organization’s performance and in turn, provide public recognition to award recipients based on their level of accomplishment.
2011 Board of Directors
Chair
Yash Fozdar
Consultant
Chair Elect
Danene Vincent
Associate Superintendent/Chief of Staff, Metro Tech
Nominating Chair
Clay Cockrill
Director of Business Development, Boldt
Marketing Co-Chair
Sandra Payne
Network VP, Marketing and Communications, SSM Healthcare
Marketing Co-Chair
Sarah Seagraves
Senior VP Marketing, i2E
Rocky Flick, President/CEO, Blitz USA
Karla Graham, Director, Quality Improvement, Department of Commerce
Mike Nash, President/CEO, Argent Global Services
Jennifer Puckett, Attorney-at-Law, Community Volunteer
Connie Schlittler, CIO, Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Dave Smith, Jr., Vice President, Administration, MTM Recognition
Steve Soule, Shareholder, Board of Directors, Hall Estill