jay krottinger

PRODUCING ENTERTAINMENT FOR NEARLY A DECADE, JAY DELIVERS UNIQUE, EXPERT, AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY INSIGHT. HIS LONG TIME PASSION FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT STARTED AS A CHILD WATCHING THE TONY AWARDS ON HIS PARENTS LIVING ROOM TV. HIS DREAM WAS TO BECOME A BROADWAY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR OR STAGE DIRECTOR, LEADING PROJECTS TO THEIR COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. HIS DREAMS QUICKLY MATERIALIZED AS A PRODUCER, ASSISTING IN BRINGING TO LIFE SOME OF BROADWAY’S BLOCKBUSTERS, NOW INTERNATIONAL HITS. HIS PARTICIPATION AS A PRODUCER HAS GARNERED MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS, ACCOLADES, CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND IS NOW THE RECIPIENT OF THE TONY, OLIVIER, DRAMA DESK, OUTER-CRITICS CIRCLE AND DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS. 

THOUGH JAY’S PASSION FOR PRODUCING ENCOMPASSES DIVERSE CREATIVE INSIGHT, HIS BANDWIDTH OF INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS SPAN NEARLY 20 YEARS IN LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, FILM & TELEVISION, AND THE COMMERCIAL MARKETING & ADVERTISING WORLDS. A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, HE COMPLETED BACHELORS & MASTERS DEGREES IN MUSIC, WITH CUSTOMIZED OBJECTIVES UNIQUE TO ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDING CONTINUED EDUCATION IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING. AT HEART JAY IS AN ENTREPRENEUR; FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AND AS A PRINCIPAL PARTNER AT TANNINGER COMPANIES, HE CONCURRENTLY CO-MANAGES TWO HEALTHCARE COMPANIES, COMMERCIAL AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS, AND CONSULTS IN HOSPITALITY AND EVENT CENTER MANAGEMENT. 

​JAY HOLDS A KEY BOARD POSITION WITH THEATRE TULSA AS INTERIM-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND HIS ALMA MATER’S ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN, SCHOOL OF MUSIC. HE IS UNIQUELY RECOGNIZED AS THE FIRST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF UCO’S CFAD, SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND MOST RECENTLY WAS APPOINTED BY LT. GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY OF TOURISM, MATT PINNELL, TO OKLAX, THE STATES COMMITTEE TO ASSIST IN THE REBRANDING OF OKLAHOMA TOURISM. 

JAY’S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WITH TANNINGER ENTERTAINMENT ARE TO SHARE HIS SUCCESS WITH INVESTORS, WHO ENTRUST HIS UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS, ALIGNED WITH AN EXPERT SKILLSET OF THE FUNDS, COHORTS AND ADVISORS. ​

Ryan Jude TanneR

​TANNER, AN ILLINOIS NATIVE, GRADUATED FROM ILLINOIS COLLEGE IN 2002 WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.  
 
TANNER RELOCATED TO TULSA IN 2003. IN THE 16 YEARS SINCE, TANNER HAS DEVELOPED HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL INSTINCT AND HIS UNWAVERING PASSION FOR GIVING BACK. IN 2008, TANNER CO-FOUNDED IQ SURGICAL, AN ORTHOPEDIC HEALTHCARE FIRM. EIGHT YEARS LATER, HE CO-FOUNDED NEURO DYNAMICS, AN AMBULATORY DIAGNOSTIC ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM FIRM. BOTH FIRMS ARE BASED IN TULSA. TANNINGER COMPANIES SERVES AS THE PARENT COMPANY, OF WHICH TANNER SERVES AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE.  
 
TANNER’S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS HIS PROUDEST WORK. SINCE 2003, HE HAS SERVED SIX TERMS ON THE TULSA CARES’ BOARD OF DIRECTORS. TULSA CARES DELIVERS SOCIAL SERVICES TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS. TANNER HOLDS THE SINGULAR DISTINCTION OF SERVING AS A BOARD DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, RED RIBBON GALA HOST, AND TWO-TIME CHAIRMAN OF THE AGENCY’S KEY FUNDRAISING EVENT, RED RIBBON GALA. TANNER HAS SERVED ON THE RED RIBBON GALA COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, RAISING OVER $8,000,000 IN CRITICAL FUNDS FOR THE LIFE-SAVING AGENCY. ADDITIONALLY, TANNER SERVES AS A TRUSTEE AT THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART AND AS A BOARD DIRECTOR AT THE JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN CENTER FOR RECONCILIATION, BOTH BASED IN TULSA. 
 
TANNER ACTIVELY GIVES BACK TO BOTH OF HIS ALMA MATERS, QUINCY SENIOR HIGH AND ILLINOIS COLLEGE. HE MAINTAINS CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHER, MS. KATHI DOOLEY AND HIS COLLEGE PROFESSOR, DR. KAREN DEAN. HE OFTEN TRAVELS BACK TO ILLINOIS, HOLDING FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR STUDENTS AT BOTH INSTITUTIONS. TANNER’S PASSION PROJECTS INCLUDE EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING; SOCIAL ADVOCACY FOR RURAL GLBTQ YOUTH; FUNDING STUDENTS WHO FOCUS ON GLOBAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION, EDUCATION, AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
 
TANNER DOESN’T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN THE ARTS WEREN’T A PART OF HIS LIFE. THE PAST SEVEN YEARS OF PRODUCING ENTERTAINMENT FOR VAST AUDIENCES HAS BEEN BOTH INSPIRING AND INCREDIBLY REWARDING. WHILE GLOBAL TICKET SALES FOR TANNER’S BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS EXCEED $400M, HE IS MOST INSPIRED WHEN AUDIENCE MEMBERS WRITE, OFTEN VERY PERSONAL NOTES, SHARING HOW THEIR LIFE STORY INTERTWINES WITH HIS STORYTELLING. IT’S AT THAT INTERSECTION WHERE TANNER BELIEVES, TO HIS VERY CORE, THAT THE ARTS CAN—AND DO—SAVE LIVES.
 
TANNER CURRENTLY TRAVELS THE UNITED STATES SPEAKING AT BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. HE LIVES IN TULSA WITH HIS HUSBAND, JAY KROTTINGER, AND THEIR 2 DOGS, ZOE AND RUPERT.

Pat Chernicky

​CHERNICKY, A NATIVE OKLAHOMAN, IS A GRADUATE OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. SHE IS A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT WITH AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, A COMBINATION THAT HAS ENABLED HER TO BUILD A REMARKABLE CAREER. FROM 2009 THROUGH 2018, CHERNICKY SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PATRIOT BANK IN KEY LEADERSHIP ROLES. SHE ALSO CO-OWNED TULSA’S WNBA BASKETBALL TEAM, THE TULSA SHOCK, FROM 2009 THROUGH 2015. LAST YEAR, CHERNICKY JOINED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BLUE SKY BANK. IN ADDITION TO HER ROLE AT BLUE SKY BANK, CHERNICKY IS PRINCIPAL AND MANAGING PARTNER OF TPC STUDIOS, TULSA’S ONLY HYBRID CREATIVITY FIRM DEDICATED TO EVENTS AND BRANDING. SHE ALSO SERVES AS MANAGING PARTNER OF ENDEAVOR HOLDINGS, A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FIRM. ENDEAVOR’S PROPERTIES INCLUDE THE FORMER SWINNEY HARDWARE BUILDING IN THE HEART OF TULSA’S KENDALL-WHITTIER SQUARE AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN DOWNTOWN TULSA. 
 
CHERNICKY'S COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS EQUALLY AS IMPRESSIVE. FOR NEARLY 2 DECADES, SHE HAS DEDICATED HER TIME AND RESOURCES TO COUNTLESS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART, ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION, MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF TULSA, TULSA AREA UNITED WAY, TULSA CARES, AND THE TULSA BALLET. CHERNICKY HAS OFTEN HELD INFLUENTIAL LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THESE VITAL ORGANIZATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, CHERNICKY HAS SERVED AS CHAIRPERSON OF KEY FUNDRAISING EVENTS AND RAISED OVER $7,000,000 FOR TULSA CARES, TULSA BALLET, CYSTIC FIBROSIS, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION, AND TULSA AREA UNITED WAY TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY.  IN 2016, THE TULSA CARES BOARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHED THE PATRICIA CHERNICKY LUMINARY AWARD TO HONOR HER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS AND DEDICATION TO TULSA CARES AND THE COMMUNITY.  
 
AS A LONG-TIME BROADWAY INVESTOR (AND ENTHUSIAST!), CHERNICKY IS THRILLED TO BRING HER TALENTS AND RESOURCES TO TANNINGER ENTERTAINMENT.