Location: Spirit Bank Tower, Community Room – 1800 S Baltimore Ave, Tulsa, OK 74119
Each month, Oklahoma Behavioral Health Association brings together its Members to discuss current industry trends and news from the organization. OBHA membership meetings are also key opportunities for Members and Partners to network amongst each other, create new business relationships, and stay up to date on developments within their fields. Finally, monthly meetings give Members the chance to meet invited public and private sector leaders, vendors and speakers in a closed, intimate setting. The monthly speaker will be announced prior to each meeting.
Continuing Education credits (1.5 hours) are available for most meetings. Lunch is provided.
Member price: FREE
Non Member price: $35.00
Online registration is available to all members and non-members closing each month on the Friday before the meeting.
Registration for the Monthly Member Meeting.
About Our Speaker
Secretary of Health and Human Services – Steve Buck
Steven Buck serves as secretary of health and human services and as executive director of the Office of Oklahoma Juvenile Affairs (OJA).
Buck has served as OJA’s executive director since February 2016. As executive director, he is responsible for the overall management of the agency’s portfolio of operated and contracted programs and services. He works directly with the agency’s governing board to facilitate agency priorities, planning and operational performance.
He has spent most of his professional career working with mental health agencies and organizations.
As secretary of health and human services, Buck is responsible for about 80 agencies, boards and commissions, including the Department of Human Services, the Oklahoma State Health Department, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
Before joining OJA, Buck served nine years as deputy commissioner for communications and prevention at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. He directed the agency’s prevention and provider certification initiatives.
Buck, a native Oklahoman, he is a graduate of Oklahoma State University.