About OUES

Who We Are

OUES broadens the University of Oklahoma’s reach by designing, growing, and sustaining innovative online offerings that meet the evolving needs of learners and industries. We provide comprehensive education services that ensure every learner has access to opportunities to reach their full potential. By refining and elevating the learning experience, we aim to position the University of Oklahoma as a leader in online education.

What We Do

OUES assists the University of Oklahoma in market research for existing and new online programs, marketing online programs, enrollment, and student success coaching. OUES also supports faculty in developing and maintaining online courses to ensure academic excellence and a positive student experience.

Our Origin

OU Education Services (OUES) is a not-for-profit organization established in 2024 and approved by the OU Board of Regents to nurture and expand online learning at the University of Oklahoma. This new model for delivering online programs provides OU the flexibility needed to innovate for the future and meet rising student demand for more accessibility to OU courses, programs and degrees.

OUES supports both the university’s priority to increase access to OU degrees through online education and OU’s goal to become the regional leader in online education. The university’s focus on providing high-quality courses, designed and delivered by world-class faculty, and best-in-class student services has resulted in an average semester-to-semester retention rate of 81% across all online programs.

“Broadening the path for more students to pursue a top-rate education is undeniably our highest priority at the University of Oklahoma, and our online programs have significantly enhanced our ability to do so,” said OU President Joseph Harroz Jr. “We’re remarkably proud of our achievements in the online learning space, but to ensure our upward momentum, we must reimagine the organizational structure to fuel our growth while continuing to offer the very best to our students.”

Our People

Executive

Sanam Raza, Chief Executive Officer

Sara Mottern, Executive Assistant

Academic Innovation

Adam Croom, Senior Vice President

Angie Calton, Director of Design & Development

Account Executives

Kate Murphy, Account Executive

Open Position

Educational Technology

Keegan Long-Wheeler, Lead Educational Technologist

John Stewart, Educational Technology Manager

Instructional Design Team

Jane Baber, Lead Instructional Designer

Rachel Daugherty, Lead Instructional Designer

JerMara Davis Welch, Instructional Designer

Ashley Etchart, Instructional Designer

Seung Gutsch, Instructional Designer

Wendi Iacobello, Instructional Designer

Jeff Kosse, Instructional Designer

Lynn MacKenzie, Instructional Designer

Damis Melton, Instructional Designer

Katrina Ruggs, Instructional Designer

Sephra Scheuber, Instructional Designer

Monica Wheeler, Instructional Designer

Adam Yeargin, Lead Instructional Designer

Stacy Zemke, Instructional Designer

Course Development Team

Clarissa Anderson, Course Development Manager

Sanoj Doddapaneni, Course Developer

Syeda Hassan, Assistant Course Developer

Jane Mason, Course Developer

Quinton Webb, Course Developer

Rebecca Whalen, Course Developer

Media

William Farrell, Media Manager

Blake Hardman, Media Specialist

Albert Hellebuick, Media Specialist

Enrollment

Nicole Diel, Director of Enrollment

Devin Feil, Enrollment Coach

Missy Heinze, Senior Enrollment Coach

Jaime Ladd, Enrollment Coach

Marketing

Christa Berry, Director of Marketing

Tami Althoff, Content Lead

Traci Fuller Jimerson, Creative Lead

Catherine Kerley, Web Specialist

Mitchell Lewis, Graphic Designer

Michael Mahaffey, Content Specialist