Missouri National Guard Leadership

Aaron Messerschmidt is a Transportation Coordinator at US Army, UH-60 Crew chief at Missouri National Guard, and GSE Technician at Missouri National Guard and is based in Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. He has worked as Apache Crewchief at Missouri National Guard, Head Quality Technician at WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC, and Quality Manager at Orion Fittings division of Watts Water Technologies. Aaron studied at Longview Community College between 2005 and 2006 and vatterott-college between 2004 and 2005.

Professional Experience includes 20 years in the Missouri Army National Guard that encompass administrative, recruiting, aviation, and logistics. I also sit on the board of directors for a family owned company and am the Executive Director/Founder of a nonprofit organization that supports veterans.

Experienced Team Chief with a demonstrated history of working in the public safety industry. Skilled in Computer Repair, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Operational Planning, and Defense Sector. Strong military and protective services professional with a B.A. focused in Criminal Justice from Columbia College and an Associates from Community College of the Air Force. Currently a transitioning military veteran from the Missouri Air National Guard AGR program.

Arthur Roark Jr is a Deputy Chief of Staff G6, 35th ID at Missouri National Guard and Cyber Incident Response Team Lead - Bayer Crop Science at Bayer and is based in Eureka, Missouri. He has worked as Deputy Chief of Cyber Operations at Joint Cyber Center, USTRANSCOM; Cyber Incident Response Team Commander at Missouri National Guard; and IT Department Executive Officer at Missouri National Guard. Arthur studied at Norwich University between 2005 and 2007 and Columbia College between 1996 and 2000.

Chance Drewery is an Assistant Scientist I - Stability and Batch Release at Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing and Crew Chief at Missouri National Guard and is based in Columbia, Missouri. He has worked as Student Assistant at MU Veterans Center; Laboratory Technician at Aerotek Scientific @ Inovatia Laboratories, LLC; and Medical Laboratory Technician I - Serology at IDEXX BioAnalytics. Chance studied at University of Missouri between 2011 and 2017.

Zach Dapron, GSP is an Aircraft Ordnance Mechanic at United States Air Force and Flight Chief at Missouri National Guard and is based in Sedalia, Missouri. He studied at Central Missouri State University between 2015 and 2017.

Larry Crowder is a Deputy to the Chief of the Joint Staff, LTC at Missouri National Guard and is based in Jefferson City, Missouri. He has worked as Recruiting and Retention BN at Missouri National Guard. Larry attended Missouri Southern State University and University of Missouri.

Mark Dudenhoeffer is an Helicopter Crew Chief at Missouri National Guard and is based in Jefferson City, Missouri. He has worked as General Manager at HOLLYWOOD THEATRES; Deputy Juvenile Officer at Missouri 13th Judicial Circuit, Family Court Services; and General Manager at Dickinson Theatres, Inc.. Mark studied at Lincoln University between 1994 and 1997.

Mark Frye is a 139TH AIRLIFT WING COMMAND CHIEF at Missouri National Guard and is based in St. Joseph, Missouri.

7 Years in Manufacturing Industry, Experienced in Automation Manufacturing, Lean projects , Quality Management, Leadership and Capability development, Integrated Work System, TPM, OEE, MTBF, MTTR, Breakdown Tracking, Continuous Improvements project, Allen Bradley PLC, KPI, Root cause Troubleshooting and analysis & GMP, SAP.