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President
David Nichols - Edmond 2007-9.
- Fifth grade teacher, Ida Freeman Elementary, Edmond
- Founder and coach of the Ida Freeman Chess Club
- Member at large of the OSCO Policy Board, 2003-2004 and 2006-2007
- OSCO Grand Prix and Grade Championship Tournament organizer
- Married to Tish
- Father of 5 grown children
Vice President
Albert Rine - Tulsa 2007-8.
- Founder, faculty sponsor and coach of Foster Middle School Chess Club,
Tulsa, since 1998
- Oklahoma Booster Class State Champion, 2006
- President, Chess Adventure Camp
- Selected Foster Middle School Teacher of the Year, 2006
- United States Army, 1985-1995.
- 1985 Graduate of Northeastern State University
Immediate Past President
Robert Epperly - Midwest City 2007-9.
Robert Epperly - Currently serving as President of OSCO, Robert is in his
11th year of teaching special education for the Midwest City-Del City Public
Schools. He has been the faculty chess sponsor at Carl Albert High School since
1999. Robert is married to wife Susan and has two elementary age children, Hanna
and John. He has organized numerous chess tournaments and events. And he has
coached his team to consecutive high school state championships in 2005 and
2006. Robert is also a member of the National Science Teachers Association and
the Council for Exceptional Children.
Secretary
Mike Swatek - Claremore 2007-8.
- Founder and Organizer of Claremore Central Upper Elementary Chess Club and
Will Rogers Jr. High Chess Club, 2006 State Champion Team for Grades 6-9.
- • OSCO Co-founder in 2003, current Secretary and Webmaster
- Oklahoma Chess Association Secretary
- USCF Senior Level Tournament Director
- Married 22 years to Leslie and father of chess players Shawn and Cassie.
- Charter Secretary and current Board Member of William W. Barnes Children's
Advocacy Center in Claremore.
- BS Mechanical Engineering from
University of Oklahoma 1986
- Principal Engineer at Borets Weatherford ESP
Treasurer
Rod Whitlatch - Jenks 2007-9.
- Coach and leader of the Jenks Scholastic K-12 Community Education Chess
program for the last three years.
- OSCO Treasurer for the last three years.
- USCF Local Tournament Director.
- Chief TD for both adult and scholastic tournaments
- Organized/hosted four scholastic chess tournaments over the last three
years
- OCA member, active in adult tournaments
- IBM employee, Technical Services Professional
- Cum Laude Oral Roberts University, Bachelor of Science in Computer
Science.
- Member of Fellowship Bible Church, Tulsa OK.
- Daughter Valerie was ranked nationally in the top 60 for girls under 13.
Board Member At Large (3 positions)
Julie Luscomb - Claremore 2007-9.
- Claremore Christian Scholastic Chess Club.
- OSCO board member, scholastic chess tournament organizer and club TD
- Married to Tom Luscomb 21 years and mother of three wonderful children
- Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems, Tulsa Community College
- Coordinated Chess Adventure summer chess camp with the best group of
volunteers in the world!
Dan Wade - Oklahoma City 2007-8.
- Coach of Wilson Chess Club since 2003, with an average of 45 students per
week.
- Father and uncle of scholastic players.
- Organized the Grade Championship in 2004, the Wilson Open in 2006, and the
inaugural Wilson Blitz in 2007.
- Baseball and soccer coach for Wilson.
- Civil Engineer for the City of Oklahoma City
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