Gayla Sherry is president of Gayla R. Sherry Associates, Inc. - a firm specializing in human resources consulting, organizational development, training and facilitation. All projects are customized according to a mutual agreement of the client's needs.

Ms. Sherry's career has spanned 29 years in human resource management, marketing, customer service and bank operations. Ms. Sherry's business experience includes staff positions at General Electric Credit Corporation and senior management positions with the former Liberty National Bank in Oklahoma City and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Branch. Her consulting and training background includes organizational development projects, training seminars and presentations for nonprofit, private and public organizations.

Ms. Sherry is a member of the senior faculty of The University of Phoenix, Oklahoma City and Tulsa Campuses. She is also affiliated with The Center for Nonprofit Management in Oklahoma City as a Training and Consulting Specialist. She is accredited as a Senior Human Resource Professional by the National Society of Human Resource Management and is qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Strong Interest Inventory.

Ms. Sherry has been actively involved as a regional and national leader with the American Society for Training and Development and the American Institute of Banking. She is a frequent instructor, seminar leader and course developer for the Oklahoma Bankers Association schools, and is a past member of the adjunct faculty at Oklahoma City University, Rose State College, Oklahoma City Community College and Francis Tuttle Vocational Technical School. Ms. Sherry is currently a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and The Association of Psychological Type.

Ms. Sherry is an honors graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She holds an MBA in Marketing and a bachelor's degree in Management from the University of Central Oklahoma. Ms. Sherry is also a graduate of the Oklahoma Bankers Association Installment Lending School and the Intermediate School of Banking.