About PCYS
A little bit about who we are
Payne County Youth Services was established in 1972 to provide programming for youth and families struggling with issues of adolescence. From a humble but important beginning of 2 dedicated and professional staff, PCYS has grown to be a respected and well-known resource for children, youth and families in the Payne County area, employing approximately 22 people. PCYS is a Designated Youth Services Agency, and Member in Good Standing of the Oklahoma Association of Youth Services. PCYS is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities (CARF), and is certified by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. PCYS enjoys a robust relationship with social service providers and the educational community throughout the area. We are the only agency in the area that provides services with no restriction to services based on the service recipient's inability or refusal to pay for such services.
Program services include individual, family, crisis intervention, and group counseling for both mental health and substance abuse issues. Intervention, prevention, and diversion services include anger management, the First Offender/Skills for Success program, parenting education for parents of adolescents, substance abuse group psychoeducational program, Jumpstart WIA program, Victims of Crime (VOCA) counseling and advocacy services, Safe Place program, Community At-Risk (CARS) home-based counseling, outreach counseling provided in the public schools, and emergency sheltering for youth. Please click here for more about information our programs and services.
Payne County ranks in the top 20 counties in Oklahoma for child abuse and neglect confirmations. PCYS operates the only emergency youth shelter in Payne County. Each year, we provide for approximately 250 young people.
Many families with adolescents need counseling but cannot afford the cost. PCYS is the only agency in Payne County that has no restriction of access to services based on the services recipient's inability or refusal to pay for such services.
A survey indicated that 37% of high school seniors admitted to getting drunk in the last 30 days. 21% of high school seniors have used marijuana in the last thirtJamie Payney days. PCYS provides free outpatient substance abuse counseling for youth in Payne County.
Staff
Janet Fultz, NCC, MS, LPC
Job Title: Executive Director
Ms. Fultz is a Stillwater native, and earned her degrees at Oklahoma State University. Janet holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and a Masters of Science in Community Counseling. Janet has been employed at PCYS since 2000 in various capacities as a Nationally Board Certified, Licensed Professional Counselor, most recently serving as the Clinical Director before stepping into her present position. She is the proud mother of fur daughters and grandmother of four grandchildren.
Wesley Horne, BS
Job Title: Business Manager
Mr. Horne is a 2000 Stillwater H.S. graduate. In 2005, Wes received his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from Oklahoma State University. He joined PCYS staff in 2007. Leisurely activities he enjoys are spending time with his family, reading, athletics and watching movies.
Kimberly Simmons Coates, MS
Job Title: Shelter Director
Mrs. Simmons-Coates is a native of Wewoka and a graduate of Oklahoma State University where she received her BA in Family Relations & Child Development and a MA in Child Development. In the past, Kimberly worked with the First Offender Program, WIA and TLP programs at PCYS. She has recently returned to be the Shelter Director. She and her husband enjoy OSU athletic events and are avid supporters.
Brad Epperson, NCC, MS, LPC
Job Title C:linical Director
Mr. Epperson is a native of Southwestern Oklahoma. In 2003 Brad earned his Bachelors of Science in Psychology followed by his Masters of Counseling in 2006, both from Oklahoma State University. He was hired in February 2008 at PCYS. Brad brings 3 years pervious experience working with children age 12 -18. Aside from working with adolescents, Brad enjoys movies, reading, fishing, and spending time with his wife and two dogs.
Paige LoVoi
Job Title: Youth Guidance Specialist
Mary Ellen Holley
Job Title: Shelter Nurse
Kelcyn Griffith
Job Title: Youth Guidance Specialist
Chris Wait
Job Title: Youth Guidance Specialist
Elizabeth Noordyke
Job Title: Youth Guidance Specialist
Taylor Barnet
Job Title: Youth Guidance Specialist
Andrea Drain-Langston
Job Title: Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Drain-Langston attended Oklahoma State University and received a BFA in Graphic Design. Raised in Stillwater for most of her childhood, Andrea has been with PCYS since 2004. She enjoys the small hometown pace, being with her family, traveling, reading and anything technological.
Jonathan Stein
Job Title: WIA Coordinator
Deborah Eck, MS, LMFT Candidate
Job Title: Youth & Family Counselor
After graduating from Oklahoma State University in May 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology, Ms. Eck went on to acquire a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from OSU in December 2008. Deborah was a therapy intern for PCYS from January 2008 until being hired as a clinical staff member in January 2009. Deborah is the Youth and Family Counselor at PCYS and also leads the Parenting Group.
Angie Freeny, BA, MS
Job Title: Skills for Success Coordinator, Safe Place Coordinator, SWAT Coordinator
Mrs. Freeny is a native to Stillwater and a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and a Master of Science Degree in Education. Angie has been with Payne County Youth Services since September of 2005. Angie has been married to Duane for 10 years and they have one son.
Loretta Hendrix
Job Title: Youth Guidance Specialist
Linda Parks
Job Title: Administrative Assistant/Personnel
Mrs. Parks graduated from Drumright HS and NEO A&M College in Miami. Linda was employed by Cities Services Oil Company in Tulsa for 18 years before moving to Atlanta, GA in 1988. In 1998 she and her husband, Robert returned to Oklahoma and settled in Stillwater. She has been with PCYS since 2008. Some of her personal enjoyments are being a part of For His Purpose southern gospel quartet and co-hosting a monthly gospel singing in Stillwater, “Gospel With A Purpose”. .
Irene Riccio
Job Title: Youth Guidance Specialist
Laci Campbell
Job Title: Counselor
Sherre Davidson
Job Title: Early Childhood Development Specialist
Laura Shellhammer
Job Title: Early Childhood Development Specialist
Ann Marie Butler
Job Title: VOCA Counselor.
Board of Directors
Jamie Payne (Director)
Mrs. Payne is a life-long Oklahoman who has dedicated her life to serving others. Jamie has many years of human Resources experience and is currently employed as a Human Resources Director for the OSU Foundation. Jamie is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a degree in Business Administration and is certified as a Professional in Human Resources Management. She is a long-term member and past president of Stillwater Area Human Resources Association and has served on the Payne County Board of Directors since 2000. Jamie is married to Tony and they have three beautiful children. Jamie enjoys traveling, gardening and OSU sports.
David Spivey (Vice Chair)
Owner, Texas Roadhouse
Jim Lauerman (Director)
Norman McNickle (Treasurer)
Mr. McNickle is currently Director of Public Safety for the City of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Norman started his career with the police department in 1976 and was promoted to Chief in 1987. In 2011, Norman was promoted to director of Public Safety. He graduated from Oklahoma State University and attended the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Norman is active in numerous civic and law enforcement organizations, and has resided in Stillwater for 40 years.
John Mills (Board Member)
Mr. Mills has been a part of PCYS since 1978. A retired public school educator and principal of the Stillwater Middle School, John has taught at various locations including OKC, Liberia (W. Africa), Ripley and Stillwater. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. John enjoys being active in community affairs and is active with a number of boards and memberships including Stillwater Sister Cities.
RuthAnn Sirbaugh (Board Member)
RuthAnn McCarthy Sirbaugh is the Director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at OSU, College of Education. Prior to joining the College of Education, Sirbaugh owned and operated a tutorial center in Stillwater, serving a diverse population of clientele. She administered grant programs through the Workforce Development initiative that offered school sessions for those teenagers adjudicated delinquent or deprived; and worked with area school children. Sirbaugh also volunteered with Juvenile Services for 3 years.
Sirbaugh also worked as an academic advisor at OSU for Athletic Services for eight years. She hired and trained the tutorial staff, assessed reading and math levels of at-risk student-athletes and developed prescriptive remediation services for over 350 student-athletes per semester.
Sirbaugh holds a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology from Oklahoma State University.
Debbie Lindley (Director)
Debbie (a native New Yorker) and her husband Richard moved to Stillwater in 1999 from Dallas, TX after Richard’s retirement from the oil & gas industry. Stillwater has been the perfect fit for Richard’s avid enthusiasm of OSU sports and Debbie’s passion for horses. For the past 22 years, as an at-home mom, Debbie has been involved with civic volunteer efforts. While in Dallas, Debbie held a variety of positions of leadership in her church such as Deacon and Moderator - Liaison between the church board and the on-site day care center. Since moving to Stillwater, Debbie has been an avid supporter and volunteer for the OSU Women’s Equestrian Team, she has participated in the youth group leadership of First Presbyterian and First Christian Church, served as the volunteer coordinator for Payne County American Red Cross, served on the board and as the President of the Stillwater High School Orchestra Booster Club and has been a volunteer for Turning Point Ranch, where emotionally and physically disadvantaged children receive therapy on horse back. Debbie currently volunteers at the Saint Andrews Thrift Store and participates with the women’s group at Saint Andrews known as the “e-Saints” who have joined with PCYS to assist with the Evening To Remember Valentine Dinner and are also on call to provide birthday cakes and gifts for children who reside at the PCYS youth shelter.
Lee Denney (Board Member)
Dr. Denney attended Oklahoma State University and received a BS in Agricultural Economics and a DVM in Veterinary Medicine. She currently serves in the House of Representatives for District 33 (Rep). She has served in many positions including serving as Assistant Majority Floor Leader, on committees for Arts & Culture, Education & Energy, and others. Dr. Denney is currently the Chairman of Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. She has two children.
Jessica Knights (Director)
Justin Minges (Director)
Justin graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2006 with a BS in Finance. Upon graduation Justin moved to Indianapolis to work for FORUM Credit Union. Upon the birth of his son, Oliver, in January of 2011 Justin and his wife, Lissette, decided they wanted to move back home to Oklahoma. In May of 2011 Justin started with Arvest Bank and is currently a Senior Branch Manager overseeing both Stillwater locations. Justin is also active with Young Professionals of Stillwater and the Chamber of Commerce. When not at work you can probably find Justin on his bike training for his next Triathlon.
Gerald Meraz (Director)
Gerald is currently employed as a Financial Consultant with AXA Advisors. He has a BA in Mathematics from Cameron University and a MS in Statistics from Oklahoma State University. He has lived in Stillwater on three different occasions, this time since 1999. He enjoys spending time with his wife Tracy and their dogs Maxwell and Sergio, golfing, visiting with friends, and reading.
Advisory Board for Sustainability and Public Awareness
Bob Burk
Reared in Denver, Colorado, Mr. Burk attended and graduated from the University of Arizona, where he met his wife, Norma. He has two children, and four grandchildren. Bob worked for Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartsville for 8 years and was self-employed with Burk Oil Co. for 35 years. Currently, Bob is a management consultant. Bob previously served on the PCYS Board of Directors for 29 years.
Anne Greenwood
Anne is an avid OSU supporter and is active in many philanthropic activities. As Chair of the Women for Oklahoma State University Leadership and Philanthropy Council, Anne is very familiar with the needs of the community and how one person can make a difference. Anne and her husband, Mike, moved to Stillwater in 2007 happily settling into her retirement after 30 years of being a corporate accountant.While in Tulsa, she served for 7 years on the Tulsa Area United Way Fund Distribution Committee, on the board of Tulsa Speech and Hearing Association including learning sign language and chairing a Christmas party for the children with a Santa who could sign and communicate with the deaf kids.Mike and Anne are life members of the OSU Alumni Association and members of OSU-Tulsa President's Council. Anne serves as a Board member for Friends of the OSU Library and Executive Committee member for Coaches vs. Cancer here in Stillwater We are grateful that Anne has decided to make PCYS a part of her giving spirit by serving on our Board of Directors.
Kelly Burley
Kelly Burley serves as Executive Director of KOSU, the NPR station serving central Oklahoma at 91.7 and northeastern Oklahoma at 107.5. Burley received his BS in Broadcast Journalism, News and Public Affairs, from Oklahoma State University in 1990, and an MS in Mass Communications from OSU in 1998. Kelly first joined KOSU in 1990, first as a reporter, then news director and program director. During that time, he won three national Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio Television News Directors Association, the National Journalism Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation and two national awards from Public Radio News Directors Inc., a national organization that supports public radio news professionals. Kelly also taught broadcast news writing and radio production at Oklahoma State University in 1998-99. He also served as Associate State Director for AARP Oklahoma from 2003-2007. Kelly lives in Stillwater with his wife, Lisa. They have two children, Clint and Kara
Ann Caine, Ph.D.
The Stillwater Board of Education approved the selection of Dr. Ann Caine as Superintendent of Stillwater Public Schools on February 25, 2008. Dr. Caine earned bachelor and master degrees from Kansas State University and her doctorate in Educational Administration from Oklahoma State University. She has been an educator for 31 years as a teacher, principal and administrator with Putnam City and Moore, Oklahoma school districts. She began her teaching career in Junction City, KS.
Dr. Caine has been married to her husband, Tracy for 30 years. They have two children: daughter, Laura, a 2005 graduate of OSU who currently works in the oil and gas field, and son, Chris, who graduated in sports management from OSU last December.
Shyla Eggers
Shyla Eggers is the Director of Public Relations for Stillwater Medical Center. Shyla grew up in Enid, OK and moved to Stillwater in 1986 to attend OSU, where she graduated with a degree in journalism in December 1990. She has been the Director of Public Relations for Stillwater Medical Center since October 1999.
Shyla has served on the United Way Board of Directors, the Richmond Parent Teacher Organization and the Leadership Tomorrow Planning Committee. She is a graduate of Leadership Stillwater Class 14.
In her spare time, Shyla enjoys going to the lake with her family. She has been married to her husband, Rick, for 20 years and they have two children, Alexandra, age 16 and Emily, age 10.
Ann Halligan
Ann received her BS in Business Education at Texas Tech University. Her work experience includes being a legal secretary, a high school business teacher and a licensed real estate agent. She has served on the Boards of Stillwater Medical Center, Stillwater Area United Way, Tulsa Ballet, Girls Scouts, Stillwater Medical Center Foundation, OSU Friends of Library, and OSU Friends of Music. She has also been a sorority financial advisor and on the KOSU advisory board.
Ann is married and has 3 married sons and 8 grandchildren. Her hobbies include walking, gardening, music and travel.
Ann Hargis
Ann Hargis became the "First Lady", or "First Cowgirl", of Oklahoma State University when her husband, Burns, took office as the 18th President of the OSU System on March 10, 2008.
Mrs. Hargis is an active and successful ambassador for OSU. In addition to partnering with President Hargis on many activities, she is active across the campus and community. On the OSU campus, Ann is involved with Friends of the Library, Friends of Music, Lahoma Club and she is sharing her love for physical fitness by teaching a yoga class to OSU faculty and staff.
In the Stillwater community, Mrs. Hargis is active with the Stillwater Public Education Foundation, Make-a-Wish Foundation State Board, the Stillwater Children's Museum and Payne County Youth Services.
A native of Dallas, Mrs. Hargis earned her bachelor's degree in math and Latin from the University of Texas. She worked a number of years in the information technology industry and advertising and marketing.
Prior to coming to Stillwater, Ann was actively involved in various community and volunteer work in Oklahoma City in an assortment of areas, including health and children's issues and the arts. She was a member of Leadership Oklahoma Class V.
Mrs. Hargis and her husband have two married children - son Matt and his wife Michelle, and daughter Kate Haas and her husband Richard; and three grandchildren - Peighton, Preston and Oliver.
Kent Houck
Owner, Houck Agency
Carrie Winterowd, Ph.D.
OSU Associate Professor, School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology
Jarrod Marcum Noftsger
A resident of Payne County since 1988, Jarrod Marcum-Noftsger is Assistant Director of Human Development and Family Science within the College of Human Environmental Sciences at Oklahoma State University. Jarrod studied at Oklahoma State earning a Bachelors degree in History and a Masters degree in Counseling and Student Development. He specializes in undergraduate education with an emphasis in the education of college freshmen. His wife Wendy is an 18 year veteran teacher with Stillwater Public Schools and they have two children, Aaron 12 and Alec 10. Jarrod and Wendy are Life members of the OSU Alumni Association.
John Bryant
John Romans, Ph.D.
John S. C. Romans, Ph.D. is the Head of the School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology in the College of Education at Oklahoma State University, and is a licensed HSP Psychologist in the state of Oklahoma. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kansas, a Masters degree in Counseling from the University of Iowa, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Iowa State University. He moved to Stillwater with his wife Connie in 1990 to join OSU faculty in the Counseling Psychology program. He has served in a variety of administrative roles at OSU including Counseling Area Coordinator, Associate School Head, and Associate Dean. Dr. Romans' research interests include stalking and interpersonal violence, counseling with adolescents, and clinical supervision. He has enjoyed working with the PCYS staff over the years, and has supervised many of the student interns at the agency. He lives in Stillwater with Connie, and teen children Andrew and Sarah.
Glade Topham, Ph.D., LMFT
Glade L. Topham, Ph.D. is the Program Coordinator for the Marriage and Family Therapy Program in the department of Human Development and Family Science at Oklahoma State University, and is a licensed Marital and Family Therapist in the state of Oklahoma. He received his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University in Marriage and Family Therapy and his Bachelor of Science degree in Family Science and his Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Brigham Young University. Dr. Topham's clinical and research interests are focused on the parent-child relationship. Specifically, he is interested in the influence of parenting in the development of child obesity, barriers to engaging and retaining parents and children in parent-child treatment, and predictors of treatment success in parent-child treatment. He and his wife Becky live in Stillwater with their five children.
Cory Williams
Carla Evans Wilsey, M.D.
Carla is a pediatrician at Warren Clinic in Stillwater. She graduated from high school in Helena Oklahoma and received her BS at Oklahoma State University. She received her MD from Oklahoma University and completed her pediatric residency at Oklahoma University, Tulsa. Carla is married to Doug Wilsey, M.D. They have 3 children: Clay, Leah and Amy who is married to Mark and have a daughter Chloe.
Carla is active as a member of Gamma Phi Beta House Corporation Board and is a former board member of Stillwater Domestic Violence. She enjoys marine aquarium, pugs, llamas, sewing, gardening, crochet, and stained glass.
