Tulsa, OK (July 6,
2009) – The Folds of
Honor Foundation
announced today it
has appointed Ginny
Creveling as
President and
Chief Operating
Officer.
Creveling will be
responsible for
strategic planning
and alliances,
program initiatives,
board development,
donor relations, and
diversifying and
expanding the
Foundation’s donor
base and revenue
streams.
“Ginny’s experience,
proven leadership
and her commitment
to our military
families will be
great assets to
expanding the Folds
of Honor mission,”
said Maj. Dan
Rooney, Founder of
the Folds of Honor
Foundation. “As we
grow as an
organization, Ginny
and her team will
seek to maximize our
ability to raise
funds for the
scholarships that
are changing
people’s lives all
across the country.
I am so pleased to
welcome Ginny into
the Folds of Honor
family.”
From 2000 to 2009,
Creveling was
Executive Director
of the ONEOK
Foundation, Inc.,
the charitable arm
of ONEOK, Inc., a
Fortune 500
diversified energy
company
headquartered in
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
From 1993 to 2009
she served as
Manager of ONEOK’s
corporate
responsibility
program. As
Executive Director
of the ONEOK
Foundation, she
managed a charitable
budget that awarded
more than $10
million in grants
annually through
various programs
throughout the
company’s business
locations in the
U.S., primarily in
Kansas, Oklahoma,
and Texas. Her
responsibilities
also included
establishing
strategic business
plans that aligned
charitable
contributions with
corporate goals and
participating in
nonprofit-corporate
networks and
partnerships to
advance goals for
community
improvement.
From 1992 to 1993,
Creveling served as
Director of Staff
for the 1993
National Governors
Association Annual
Meeting, one of the
largest and most
high-profile events
Tulsa had ever
hosted. Before
that, she served for
eight years as
Director of Public
Relations at The
Westin Hotel, a job
she was offered
after her success
chairing the
inaugural” Taste of
Tulsa” benefit for
Big Brothers and
Sisters in 1985.
Creveling was born
in Manila to
Filipino parents who
were American
citizens (during
World War II, her
father, a member of
the Filipino Army,
was commissioned on
the battlefield into
the U.S. Army, an
act that granted him
citizenship. He went
on to serve in the
Korean War and
survived three tours
of duty in Vietnam).
She learned English
as a second language
alongside her native
Tagalog, and moved
to the U.S. with her
family when she was
7 years old, growing
up on five different
U.S. Army bases.
Creveling earned an
MBA from Oklahoma
City University
(magna cum laude,
2000) as well as a
B.S. in Nursing,
R.N. from The
University of Tulsa
(cum laude, 1984).
She has served on
numerous boards,
including the
Oklahoma Center for
Community and
Justice, The Child
Abuse Network, and
the University of
Oklahoma-Tulsa. She
is a graduate of
Leadership Oklahoma
and also a member of
Leadership Tulsa and
the Junior League of
Tulsa.
She was
TulsaPeople
Magazine’s 2005
Tulsan of the Year
and received the
Newsmaker Award from
the Association of
Women in
Communications in
2006. In 2007, she
was awarded the
Outstanding Business
Alumna Award by the
University of Tulsa
College of
Business. Creveling
was inducted into
the Oklahoma Women’s
Hall of Fame in
2007.
About the Folds of
Honor Foundation:
Folds of Honor
Foundation is a
legacy foundation
designed to provide
scholarships for
dependents and
spouses of service
members that have
been killed or
disabled as a result
of their military
service. It was
founded by Major
Dan Rooney, f-16
fighter pilot in the
Oklahoma Air
National Guard,
after a life
changing experience
returning home:
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