Chapter Officers
Deron Hook
President
Company: Atlan
email: president@dama-phoenix.org
Deron Hook is a certified data management professional who is passionate about people, data, and formulating strategies that utilize both to their highest potential. He is currently the Director of Data Governance and Management at American Express and has experience creating foundational data governance programs at various companies in the financial services industry. In his current role, he is building out the data governance team in the Global Merchant and Network Services business unit at American Express using foundational initiatives such as metadata management, data stewardship, and data quality management.
Deron is a recognized data leader, has served on various boards, and was a Chief Data Officer (CDO) summer school graduate by Carruthers & Jackson. He received his MBA with a concentration in data analytics from Purdue University and is also a proud Brigham Young University graduate. He and his wife have five children and live in Phoenix, Arizona.
Kathy Erickson
Vice President of Administration & Member Services
Company: Wells Fargo & Company
email: administration@dama-phoenix.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyerickson1/
Kathy is senior level Data Governance leader with over 25 years of business and technology experience in data management disciplines (Data Architecture, Database Design, Business Intelligence, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Reference / Master Data, Data Stewardship) – all within the financial services industry (American Express, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo). Her primary areas of focus include advanced practices in Enterprise Data Governance policies / standards and Metadata / Data Quality management in support of banking regulations.
Samantha Gladd
Associate Vice President of Administration & Member Services
Company: Teksystems
email: administration@dama-phoenix.org
Coming Soon
Aakriti Agrawal
Vice President of Programs
Company: American Express
email: programs@dama-phoenix.org
Coming soon
Senh Luu
Vice President of Messaging
Company: American Express
email: messaging@dama-phoenix.org
Senh has 15 years of experience in the data engineering and data management space. He started his career in data analysis and reporting as well as ETL and later worked in other areas of data management and architecture.
Dr. Anna Osman
Associate Vice President of Messaging
Dynamic and strategic product leader with a doctorate in Business Administration – Data Analytics and extensive experience bridging business and technology. Skilled at guiding products from conception to launch by aligning cross-functional teams, business needs, and user experience. Recognized for driving platform vision, customer-first innovation, and enterprise governance at scale. Serve as a strong internal and external advocate for product offerings with a deep understanding of customer journeys, market fit, and end-to-end delivery. Thrive in ambiguity and lead decisively without formal authority.
Sadie Hoberman
Vice President of Outreach
Company: ASU
email: outreach@dama-phoenix.org
Bio coming soon.