By Jonathan Vaughn, Chief Executive Officer|

The Quest Oracle Community Board of Directors is comprised of Oracle customers who volunteer their time, expertise and leadership to advocate for the needs of the greater user community. The Board of Directors is responsible for setting the organization’s direction, ensuring appropriate levels of resources and providing oversight for the organization.

Today we are announcing the addition of the following members to the Quest Board of Directors for 2018-2019:

• Bryan Brewer, Information Technology and Operations Manager, Womble Company, JD Edwards Enterprise One
• Todd Campbell, Vice President of IT Enterprise Systems, Westrock, JD Edwards
• Helen Davis, Executive General Manager People Experience, Suncorp, ERP Cloud, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft
• Wade Larson, Chief Human Resources Officer, Wagstaff, Inc. HCM Cloud, JD Edwards Enterprise One, Taleo
• Daniel Rech, Director of Information Systems, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, PeopleSoft Enterprise
• Michael Schendel, Senior Manager, Tax Technology, Expedia, E-Business Suite and Hyperion
• Josh Stauffer, Sr. Director Information Systems/Information Technology, Harbison/Walker International, SCM Cloud
• Michael Sullivan, Chief Information Officer, LSB Industries, Inc. JD Edwards Enterprise One and Hyperion
• Rita Tompkins, Director People Systems, YUM IT Shared Services, YUM! Brands, HCM Cloud

You can view all members of Quest’s Board of Directors here.

We are also announcing the results of our officer elections.  For the 2018 – 2019 term, Paul Brand of Wells Fargo has been elected to the position of Chairman of the Board.  Cullin Wible of The Conti Group has been elected as Vice Chairman. Paul Krueger of J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. has been elected to the role of treasurer, and Michael Carney of AARP and Carole Owens of Adventist Health Systems have been elected as Officers -at-large.

Quest’s new Board Chairman, Paul Brand, has said,

“I look forward to serving as the Chairman of the board for Quest during one of the most exciting times in Oracle’s user group history.  The organization has gone through a period of significant growth over the past several years and is ideally positioned to help customers make informed decisions regarding their Oracle investments for the long-term.  Also, we have many initiatives underway that are focused on serving Oracle customers as learning and networking mediums evolve.  It is an exciting time to be involved Quest and I am looking forward to seeing what we are able to accomplish over the next 12 months.”

Quest has always been fortunate to have such strong Oracle customer leadership, and our new class of board members is no different. We are excited to add customers to the Quest board that have significant Oracle footprints (on-premise, cloud and hybrid) in their organizations.  It is important that our board members resemble the community they serve.

Oracle User Groups are entering a period of significant change, and we have a board to help our organization navigate that change and deliver winning results for our members.