By Mary Klett, ASA Communications Team

With free education sessions (ever been to a “Do’s and Donuts” with an attorney to ask questions about contract law?), golf tournaments, silent auctions, expos, murder mysteries, and tailgate parties, ASA of Oklahoma chapter is known throughout the state as the “fun” association. 

With 70,000 square miles and a population of 3.7 million, that’s a lot of ground to cover for our chapter Executive Director, Libby Hardy. But Libby, along with ASA’s other executive directors, is proud of her members and is a master at bringing the community together for the benefit of all. And with that breadth of territory, networking events are vital.

Most of the activities take place in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and just this year (so far), ASA of Oklahoma has welcomed 23 new companies into the chapter. They’ve done this by being super busy: A “Death of a  Gangster Murder Mystery Party in January; in March, their 11th annual GC Expo (Hilti was their headline sponsor); in April, their annual Tulsa Golf Tournament at the Canyons at Blackjack Ridge, plus monthly lunch meetings and speakers in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. That’s a lot of networking going on!

The monthly lunch meetings with speakers on important topics – upcoming work, economics, safety, suicide prevention, marketing, negotiation tactics regularly attract dozens of attendees from the entire region. But their biggest event is by far the Subcontractor Expo, which draws more than 300 people.

Later this year ASA of OK is organizing a tailgate party specifically for their suppliers and service providers at “Bedlam”, the traditional Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State football game, being held for the last time in 2023. It WILL be bedlam. 😉