Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Spirit HR gives growing businesses the tools — and the team — to thrive.
Spirit HR's story starts before Spirit HR. As CFO of Price Edwards & Company — a large Oklahoma City real estate and property-management firm — Dale Hageman watched the company begin offering payroll and HR support to the properties it managed. He saw something bigger: what worked for those properties could help businesses across the community.
In 1992, he acted on it — founding Accord Human Resources, one of the country's first PEOs, out of a four-person Oklahoma City office. Alongside Marilyn Conyer, who scaled operations while protecting the service culture, Accord grew into one of the nation's larger privately held PEOs — earning investment from Virgo Capital in 2007 and a successful exit to TriNet in 2012.
They could have stopped there. Instead, Dale and Marilyn decided to do it again — from scratch, the right way. In 2015 they founded Spirit HR, bringing many of the same leaders and the same philosophy: personal, high-touch service backed by enterprise-grade capability. A decade in, we're still going strong — and we still answer the phone.
Accord Human Resources founded in Oklahoma City — one of the first PEOs.
Virgo Capital invests to fuel national growth.
Accord acquired by TriNet after years of success.
Dale Hageman & Marilyn Conyer found Spirit HR.
Spirit HR celebrates 10 years in business — a decade of steady growth, long-tenured clients, and the same high-touch service it was founded on.
Spirit HR is accredited by ESAC, widely regarded as the gold standard for the PEO industry — independent verification of our financial stability, ethics, and operational reliability. It’s a distinction only a select group of PEOs earn.
We’re an active member of NAPEO, the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations — the industry’s leading voice for standards, education, and advocacy.
Our founder, Dale Hageman, currently chairs the ESAC Board of Directors and is a past Chairman of NAPEO — helping shape the very standards the industry is held to.
We lead with integrity, ethics, and compliance — especially when it’s not the easiest path.
We take responsibility, follow through, and hold ourselves accountable.
We view our clients as partners and measure success by shared outcomes.
We continuously improve — our people, our processes, and the results we deliver.
We hold ourselves to a high standard in everything we do, bringing care, precision, and professionalism to each interaction.
We take the time to fully understand your business, challenges, and goals — then act accordingly.
We return phone calls and emails within two business hours.
We do what we say we’re going to do.
We provide direct, truthful guidance — even when the answer is difficult.
We stand firm on integrity, ethics, and compliance.
Our service team is financially incentivized on client retention — their success is directly tied to your satisfaction and long-term partnership.
Reach out and we'll connect you with the people who'd support your business every day.
