Speakers

Andrew Speno

Andrew Speno serves as a Training and Professional Development Consultant for the Ziglar Center and is a TV news anchor with the Fox News affiliate in Oklahoma City.  He has 15 years experience working in newsrooms and has earned more than a dozen awards from the Associated Press, Society for Professional Journalists, and the Association of Broadcasters.  His work has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Good Morning America, and Fox News Channel. Andrew is now using his expertise in communications to help others.  He offers high-energy, interactive workshops to help people improve their communications skills with their co-workers. Among his clients are the Federal Executive Board, the Office of Personnel Management, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Mid-America Christian University and Oklahoma Christian University.

Andrew lives in Edmond, Oklahoma with his wife, three children, and two dogs.  He is an active volunteer for the United Way and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  He also is a member of Crossings Community Church where his wife is a pre-K teacher.

Andrew's Clients Include:

  • Federal Executive Board
  • The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
  • State Office of Personnel Management
  • Mid-America Christian University
  • Oklahoma Christian University

 

Tony Griffin

Tony Griffin serves at the Zig Ziglar Center for Ethical Leadership as the Mike & Shelia Ingram Executive Director.

Tony’s broad experience in education provides a solid foundation for this position. He is a graduate of Southern Nazarene University (Bachelor of Science, Accounting, 1991), University of Arkansas-Little Rock (Juris Doctor, 1994), and Emory University (Master of Divinity, Sims Garrett Scholar, 2005). Tony's education also includes studies at the University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Scholar Leadership Enrichment - American intellectual history), the University of Central Oklahoma, Arkansas State University, the University of Mississippi as well as Downing (law) and Wesley House (theology) Colleges at the University of Cambridge.

Tony's work experience includes corporate service and ministry. Tony is a Certified Public Accountant and has served in the private practice of law. He was a corporate attorney, chief operating officer, and later managing director and owner of a group of companies engaged in retail and wholesale petroleum marketing, quick serve restaurant operations and development, and real estate management and development. Tony later transitioned from corporate life to the ministry. He obtained a theological education and became an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He served as a pastor in The United Methodist Church and The Methodist Church of Great Britain. He has also served on the Venture Capital Division of the Southern Nazarene University Foundation board.

Tony is married to Tracy (Earnhart) Griffin and is blessed with three wonderful children, Addison, Will and Lainey.

Tony's Clients Include:

  • Oklahoma Correction Association
  • South Texas Nazarene District
  • Oklahoma Public Relations Society Association
  • Southern Nazarene University