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Big Vision. Big Execution. Big Results

A full-service Association Management Company (AMC) partnering with you and your organization to increase efficiencies and reduce operating costs.

23

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

140

HAPPY CLIENTS

700

MEETINGS  AND EVENTS

30

NEW ASSOCIATIONS FORMED

...and counting

"Working with Cothran Development has enabled us to obtain four high level staff members for the cost of one. Not to mention, the revenue growth and overall communications operation is top notch!"

Tim Barrick
President, Oklahoma Pharmacists Association

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  Full-Service   Management

We provide everything to make your industry trade association or non-profit successful: from membership & finances to marketing & event planning/management.

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 Select Services

Only need one or two services? We provide many different select services to meet your organizational needs.

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Corporate

Services

Filling gaps to create more profitability 

OUR TEAM

The Leadership of Cothran Development Strategies, Inc. 

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Somerlyn Cothran
President & CEO

 

580.332.4710 ext 103

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Since founding the company in 2001, Cothran has managed hundreds of national & local fundraising efforts, national & state trade associations and has developed and ensured the ongoing success of nonprofits & political committees around the country. She currently acts as Executive Director to multiple state and national industry trade groups and has served as a finance consultant to various statewide and federal office holders- including U.S. Presidents and Members of Congress. 

 

She was named a Rising Star in Politics by Campaigns and Elections magazine and is an active member in the Association Management Company Institute, The American Society of Association Executives and is a certified administrator of the MBTI®. Locally, she is a past president and board member of the Ada City Schools Foundation, former Harold Hamm Diabetes Center board member, and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Mama T’s Homeless Shelter and TLC Therapeutic Riding Center. Because of her passion for education, in 2015 she was appointed by former OK Governor Mary Fallin to serve on the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board.

 

Cothran was a member of Leadership Oklahoma Class XVII, named an Oklahoma Achiever Under 40 in 2012 and was an Oklahoma “Woman of the Year” finalist for two consecutive years. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of Tulsa and a Master’s Degree in Human Relations and Organizational Development from the University of Oklahoma.

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Jamie Whitefield
Senior Vice President

& COO

580.332.4710 ext 101

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Ann Cook
Vice President & Senior 
Association Manager

580.332.4710 ext 110
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Hannah Pope
Vice President of Communications

580.332.4710 ext 106
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Ashley Clapper
Administrative &

Membership Assistant

580.332.4710 ext 107

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Heather Swinney
Project Coordinator
 
580.332.4710 ext 109
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Jayme King
Project Coordinator

580.332.4710 ext 102
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Kaydence Cothran
Administrative Assistant
 580.332.4710 ext 108

 

Leadership

CONTACT US

Over the phone or online

2313 N Broadway

Ada, Oklahoma 74820

scothran@cothrandevelopment.com

580-332-4710 ex 103

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