Meet Our SOP Team

Our SOP team is small, but mighty. We are supported by three full time staff members and additional consultants.
We also have an active Board of Directors that help guide our work.

Dorsey Newcomb

Executive Director

Don Payne

Deputy Director

Robert Chapman

Director of Administration

Executive Committee Board Members

SOP Chairman

Bill Hardwick,
State Representative, District 122

SOP Vice Chair

Steve Ehrhardt,
Co-Owner, Ehrhardt Properties

SOP Treasurer

Brennon Willard,
Willard Asphalt

Past President

Dr. George Lauritson,
Mayor, City of St. Robert

SOP Board of Directors

John Butz, City of Rolla
Victoria Castleman Narancich, Mayor of Houston
Bob Dils, Pulaski County Growth Alliance
Matthew Doellman, Phelps County Regional Medical Center
John Doyle, City Administrator, City of Waynesville
Mike Dunbar, Pulaski County
Kevin Greven, Phelps for the Fort and AUSA
Hilary Bales, Waynesville R-VI School District
Anita Ivey, City Administrator, City of St. Robert
Shannon Jordan, City of Houston
Lori Laughlin, Director, Mercy Medical Clinic, St. Robert
George Lauritson, Mayor, City of St. Robert
Scott Long, Presiding Texas County Commissioner
Dale Martin, Rolla Economic Development
Kelly Money, Executive Director, St. James Chamber of Commerce
Rick Morris, Committee of 50
Cecilia Murray, Waynesville-St. Robert Chamber of Commerce
Gene Newkirk, Pulaski County Commissioner
Bonnie Prigge, Executive Director, Meramec Regional Planning Commission
Keith Pritchard, Pulaski County
Jon Rapp, Phelps County Bank
Michael Schumacher, City of Lebanon
Larry Sexton, Pulaski County
Ben Tipton, Phelps County Bank
Steve Tupper, Phelps for the Fort
Sean Wilson, Mayor, City of Waynesville
Matt Woessner, Investment Realty
Dalton Wright, Laclede County

Ex-Officio Members:
Kimberly Bittle, District Forest Ranger, Mark Twain National Forest
Brock Lercher, Garrison Command Plans Analyst & Integration
K. Lercher, Chief of FLW Commanding General’s Initiatives Group
Harry Roberts, Missouri Military Advocate
Mike Vail, Garrison Command Plans Analyst & Integration