Our Staff, Your Problem Solvers

Our staff are here to support you.
​Have a question? See below to learn which team member can help:

Chapter Leadership

Brian Schlise
​​​​President
[email protected]
​O: (937) 521-1588   |   ​C: (937) 414-2408

​Contact Brian for:
– Point of contact for contractors
– ​Inquiries from community or press about contractors, industry, region, etc.

Wendy Harris
​Vice President of Education
​[email protected]    |    (937) 521-1580

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​Contact Wendy for:
– Apprenticeship general inquiries
– Professional Development
– Leadership
– Other educational opportunities​

Membership & Events

Angie Lucas 
Membership Success
[email protected]   |   ​​(937) 521-1573

Contact Angie for:
– Membership inquiries
– ​Event questions​

Maria Wheeler 
​Director of Finance & Accounting
​[email protected]   |   ​(937) 521-1570

​Contact Maria for:
– ​Accounting: receivables & payables

Claire Schoenfeld 
​Marketing & Communications Coordinator
​[email protected]   |   ​(937) 521-1576

​Contact Claire for:
– Next Gen Leaders
– Marketing or promotional materials
– Social media
– Dayton Canstruction Build Competition

Education, Safety, & Workforce Development

Samantha Ballard
Mid-America OSHA Ed. Center Director
[email protected] | (937) 521-1574

​Contact Sam for:
– Mid-America OSHA & OSHA classes
– Contract courses
– ​Safety training & Safety Peer Group

Trudy Willis
Safety Coordinator
​​[email protected]   |   ​​(937) 521-1571

​Contact Trudy for:
– Certificates or OSHA cards
– OSHA class date/status
– OSHA class materials
– Registration or login troubleshooting
– ​All other administrative OSHA questions​​

Nick Smiley 
​TOOLS Program Foundation Director​
​[email protected]   |   ​(937) 521-1577

Contact Nick for:
– TOOLS Program Foundation
– Workforce development​​

Vickie Palmer
​Apprenticeship Coordinator
​[email protected]   |   (937) 521-1581

Contact Vickie for:
– Apprenticeship

Karen Basso
Safety Resource Coordinator
[email protected]
​(937) 521-1582

​Contact Karen for:
– ​Safety Resources

John Dennis
​Instructional Problem Solver
​​[email protected]   |   (937) 521-1575

​Contact John for:
– ​Core instruction
– VR implementation