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WP-ORG is governed by a Board of Advisors. The current slate of advisors brings a variety of perspectives and experiences to our governance. A short bio of each is included below.
DEMPSEY DARROW '75
The WP-ORG Board of Advisors has seen fit to install Dempsey Darrow as CEO of WP-ORG for a second three year term. Dempsey is a member of West Point's class of 1975, "Courage and Drive", and has been affiliated with WP-ORG since its early days in 1995. He was the original moderator of the West Point Forum, a discussion list open to all classes of West Point graduates; Dempsey held this post for thirteen years before stepping down to devote more time to his CEO duties. Dempsey created and maintains the WP-ORG CEO's BLOG:
Dempsey is a computer professional by trade. Having cut his teeth on IBM's 'Big Iron', he now programs on a variety of platforms in multiple languages.
DOUG DRIBBEN '83
 Hello. I am Doug Dribben. I am a civilian attorney working for the U.S. Army Claims Service, Fort Meade, Maryland. I retired from the Army on June 1, 2003, at the U.S. Army Claims Service as a JAG Corps officer. If you are familiar with the television show "JAG," then you know me. To avoid paying royalties, the show changed the main character, but the parallels are obvious - a former Academy graduate and line officer suffers an injury while on active duty, gets a permanent profile becomes a military attorney, he's a good-looking fellow, solves the world's problems every week in 55 minutes with commercials, and has the help of a smart and beautiful female partner.
Okay, that may not EXACTLY describe me, but the last part describes my wife, Maura. She and I have 20 years together this past August, and she has given me two wonderful sons - Kevin, a civil engineer and U. Virginia graduate and lacrosse player on the 2003 national championship team, and Brian, a sophomore at the U. of Maryland also studying civil engineering. We also have two Yorkies - Missy and Chewbacca (Chewie).
I have been a facilitator at the University of Phoenix for over three years. I was an Assistant Professor of Law and Course Director for the required Constitutional and Military Law course at the U.S. Military Academy from 1994-97, and an adjunct professor at St. Thomas Aquinas College in 1995-96. I have authored several published articles on legal issues and served as the Co-Editor in Chief for the American Bar Association's Urban, State, and Local Law Review.
WARREN HEARNES '89
 Warren Hearnes '89 currently serves as CIO of WP-ORG. He lives in Lilburn, GA. After serving in the field artillery as a FSO, FDO, and Platoon Leader, Warren resigned from the Army and entered graduate school. He completed his M.S. in Operations Research and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at Georgia Tech. He worked at Lucent Technologies/OFS in Norcross GA for five years applying optimization methods and mathematical models to their fiber optic manufacturing processes. In 2003 he accepted a position at UPS to work in their Advanced Analytics group in Atlanta using optimization, statistics, and other quantitative methods to help make better business decisions for the world-class delivery company.
Warren and his wife, Dominique, have two sons -- Luke and Michael. He also enjoys golf and motorcycle riding.
As a volunteer for West-Point.ORG, Warren programs many of the applications and services that WP-ORG provides, as well as maintaining the Class of '89 and West Point Society of Atlanta web pages.
MEGAN HOSTLER
 Megan Hostler resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut - a location which has been very enjoyable over the years as it's allowed the Hostlers to enjoy frequent trips to West Point..... initially as visits to husband, Dutch's (USMA 1968) alma mater, and later as opportunities to visit with sons, David (USMA 2004) and Christopher (USMA 2007).
After several years practicing law for the Department of Justice, Megan turned her attention to volunteer activities, and enjoys her work with USMA Admissions and Operation Support Our Troops, a 501(c)(3) non profit corporation whose mission is to help our deployed and wounded soldiers.
As a volunteer for West Point.Org, Megan currently serves as a co-moderator of Parent Forum, Plebe Net and Support Our Troops. She is also a relief moderator for WPP-NET and Gray-Net.
MIKE LYMAN '87
 Mike Lyman '87 served in the 2/3 FA battalion with 3AD and went through Desert Storm as a FSO for B 4/32 AR. After Desert Storm he resigned from the Army and went to work for AEgis Research, a small defense contractor in Huntsville, AL where he used USMA 87 as a test bed for the Internet work he was doing for the company. A USMA 77 grad recruited him to Microsoft in 1997 where he was part of their Computer Incident Response Team and became a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP). In 2003 he decided to return to defense contracting and with the help of a couple of USMA 87 classmates, he went to work for SAIC back in Huntsville, AL doing IT integration work. As a West Point volunteer, Mike maintains the USMA 87 web site and moderates their mailing lists. USMA 87 is among the oldest classes on the Internet and the class web site and mailing list pre-date the WP-ORG's official existence. He supports the new WP-ORG services running on Windows which include SharePoint Team Services, ASP and ASP.Net programming and FrontPage Server Extensions. He is also helps maintain WP-ORG security through frequent Nessus scans of our systems and keeping up with vulnerability announcements.
He is married to Michelle and has two children Matthew and Meghan. He is active in cub scouts with Matthew and loves to watch Meghan show off her ballet when she comes home from her lessons
BOB MAGRUDER '64
 Bob Magruder '64 lives in Reston, VA. Bob was a career artillery officer, retired as a Colonel, and subsequently worked on Enterprise Transformation and Business Process Reengineering with the Logistics Management Institute for five years. He served on the AOG's Board of Trustees for four years in the Communications Committee and supported the Alumni Support Committee, when needed. Bob was the first Chairman of WP-ORG Inc. He has now taken a less active role with WP-ORG to pursue another objective to improve the welfare of soldiers and graduates of USMA. After a short retirement, Bob went back to full time work at the Institute for Defense Analyses where he is an Adjunct Staff Member in the Strategy, Forces & Resources Division. He works on special projects in support of DoD and generally loves his work. At the moment he is actively pursuing and supporting the quick development of a high energy laser and relay mirror system for the warfighters. An avid golfer, Bob also helps the WPS of DC with two annual golf tournaments as well as takes time to try to get his game somewhat under control. He is very active with his class, and in particular with DC area classmates. He organizes a monthly bridge game as well as annual class ski trips the past 11 years. He serves as the Secretary of the Class of '64 and plays a role in all class reunions, especially in running golf outings at the beginning of each reunion.
DONNA MCALEER '87
 After serving in the US Army in Germany as a Military Police Platoon Leader, Executive Officer and Division Deputy Public Affairs Officer, Donna left the military to pursue an MBA at the Darden Graduate School of the University of Virginia.
As one with a passion for speed, adventure, and change, in February 2000, she resigned her position as Vice President of Global Logistics and Support Services, with GenRad, a leading producer of electronic test equipment, and moved to Park City, Utah, to begin an intensive training regimen. For a few years, she committed herself to the pursuit of a lifelong dream and a unique opportunity-to represent the United States in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in the medal debut of Women's Bobsled. She finished 4th in Olympic trials.
Most recently, Donna served as the executive Director of the People's Health Clinic, a non-profit organization based in Park City, UT. In this capacity she led strategic business model transition and financial turnaround to ensure financial stability for this organization's commitment to providing quality medical and healthcare for the uninsured.
Presently, Donna is authoring a collection of contemporary inspirational biographies about many of the women who have graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point within the past 25 years. Her current professional focus is working with a new venture developing a new governance technology platform which promotes secure and real-time collaboration of directors, investors, and executives to increase shareholder value developing and writing the detailed business plan and operational strategy to initiate the fundraising and marketing launch of this new venture.
Donna is also a high school girl's volleyball coach, ski instructor, and board member of several community not-for-profit organizations including: the Park City Film Series, Park City Municipal Golf Course, and BizWorld. She helped to initiate the incorporation of a non profit to assist a school and orphanage in Siem Reap, Cambodia. She is an avid outdoor enthusiast with a particular passion for skiing, snowshoeing, mountain biking, hiking, golfing and traveling. Donna has traveled extensively with her most recent trip to the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.
For more then 13 years, Donna has been a volunteer with AOG as a committee member on 5 different committees. She was also one of two candidates who pioneered the first true AOG election becoming a candidate by petition with significant support from west-point.org.
She is actively involved in the organizing of the 2006 USMA Women's Conference.
Donna is married to Ted McAleer, a USMA classmate. They have one daughter, Carlyn Ann McAleer, and one dog, Col (ret) Thayer McAleer, and live in Park City, Utah.
As a volunteer for west-point.org, Donna is a liaison to the West Point Women's Network and the AOG Board of Advisors.
MICHAEL MCGURK '85
 While a member of the Connecticut National Guard, PV2 McGurk applied for transfer and appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1981.
Upon completion of the U.S. Military Academy in 1985, 2nd Lieutenant McGurk received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.
He served in a variety of assignments in the 25th Infantry, 5th Infantry and other Army units as a Rifle Platoon Leader, Staff Officer, Company Commander, and Army Advisor to the Washington State National Guard.
He later attended and graduated with honors from the Operations Research and Systems Analysis (ORSA MAC) at Fort Lee, Virginia followed by a Masters in Industrial Engineering from the University of Louisville.
In 1998, Major McGurk served on USMA Staff and Faculty, as the USMA Exchange Officer to the French Military Academy of St. Cyr, France.
LTC McGurk was later assigned to Fort Monroe, Virginia as senior analyst, Strategic Planning Group, US Army Accessions Command, where he is currently stationed.
In summer 2004 he deployed to Iraq as part of the Multi-National Force-Iraq for a 7 month combat tour.
COL McGurk's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, the Parachutist Badge, the Pathfinder Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He has also been awarded French and British Jump Wings, the French Mountain Commando, and the French National Defense Medal.
He is a member of the Board of Directors for his local West Point Society (West Point Society of Hampton Roads) and a member of the West Point Ring Recovery Program.
Michael is currently assigned to the US Embassy Paris as an Attache. He and his wife Angie live the 17th District of central Paris.
RAY NELSON '83
I am on active duty, serving as an Academy Professor in the Department of Physics at USMA. My son, Steven, is a cadet in the Class of 2010.
As an advisor, grad, and parent, WP-Org has been a very important part of my life for the past several years, primarily through participation in the West Point Forum and Plebe-Net. I served initially as an infantryman and met and married my wife, Reva, during my first tour of duty in Alaska. We have two sons, the aforementioned Steven and Peter, who will be a sophomore in high school next year. Since 1990, my army career has been primarily focused on USMA, between graduate school and service on the faculty. I love West Point, cherish my daily contact with cadets, and welcome the opportunity to serve the West Point community as a member of the board of advisors.
JACK PRICE '64
 Jack Price '64 currently serves as CFO of WP-ORG. Jack moderates our most active class net, for year group '64. In February, 2001, he completed the work necessary to get our 501 (C)(3) with the IRS, and it has been granted to us. He is a "Jack" of all trades. Jack has functioned as our Chief Financial Officer and worked to evolve the web page formats for WP-ORG. He was medically retired in 1970 due to wounds received serving as an infantryman in Viet Nam. After graduate work at MIT in the early 70's, he has been active in a number of fields to include high-speed, off-shore hull development, wholesale diamonds, and computer data processing for the medical field.
He is now looking to get involved in monolithic domes as used in thin shell steel-reinfiorced concrete construction. Always something new!
BOB TOTTEN '60
 I've been a user and proponent of wp-org ever since it began. As a third generation member of the Long Gray Line I consider West Point my home, my heritage and my hope for the future of our nation. Having been intimately and actively involved with West Point societies ever since I graduated and having served as a society president for more than 10 years, I continue to be impressed by this unique group of committed Americans.
After 27 years on active duty I retired to New Jersey where in 1995 I became president of the West Point Society of New Jersey. Being fascinated by the internet and what was happening at West Point, I created our society's web site and included a page listing the names and hometowns of all cadets from the state of New Jersey. That has since evolved into the "Cadets of West Point" site that now includes nearly 3,000 cadets from all over the world. The site can be viewed by going to http://www.westpointcadets.org/.
I live in Easton, Pennsylvania where I'm president of the West Point Society of the Lehigh Valley and spent the past 10 years as an active member of the AOG Alumni Support Committee and tried to maintain a close relationship with both the AOG and current West Point cadets.
DIAN WELLE
 Dian Welle has the unique position of being an Advisor and one of our three paid employees. She tends to the day-to-day needs of our community through our feedback address.
She and her Husband Dan are the parents of a West Point graduate, class of 2002. Dian started her association with WP-ORG after building a site for her family, who had never seen USMA. The "2002 Memory Page" gained popularity with the parents of the class, within 2 months had over 10,000 visits, and many of the parents were contributing to it. The page was moved to WP-ORG, http://www.west-point.org/family/mem2002/ and began a trend for each class of parents to start their own sites. Dian has worked in collaboration with other parents and grads to create the WP-ORG Bicentennial site. http://www.west-point.org/family/bicent/. The Bicentennial site brought Dian and Dick Breakiron (USMA '51) together to build the tradition pages within that site. Quickly realizing the value of the stories they were receiving from Grads, the idea to put these into a book was formed. The book Memories and Traditions, The Real West Point Story was published in 2002.
Dian and Dan have four children and six grandchildren. They Live in Acton California. Dian is also a retired emergency room nurse, having worked in major trauma centers, and critical emergency rooms for 23 years. She is enjoying her more relaxing job with WP-ORG. Her first love is the showing and breeding of Labrador Retrievers. With her new found interest in computer work, she is lucky to have Dan, who tends to the kennel work, while she fiddles with the computer.
PAUL WERNER '83  Paul Werner '83 brings experience from ten years on active duty as an Army aviator, logistician, and maintenance test pilot. His tours of duty were in Ft Benning, GA; Ft Rucker, AL; Ft Kobbe, Panama; Coleman Barracks, Germany; and Ft Polk, LA. He left active duty in 1993 and remained in the Army Reserves. After leaving active duty, Paul worked supporting the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and the F/A-18, A-6, and EA-6B programs performing duties in contracting, logistics, and engineering. When NAVAIR moved to Patuxent River, Paul stayed in the Northern Virginia area and made a career transition to the information technology field. His training was initially focused in Novell NetWare, Microsoft, and Cisco. Paul has since gained the following IT certifications: CNE 4.11, MCSE, MCT, CCSE, CCNP and CCSI #20163. Paul was a Cisco instructor when he made a return to active duty after 9/11. Since returning to active duty, he was stationed in Korea (2ID), Germany, Pentagon (Army G-4) and is currently stationed in Kuwait as the G3 Air for ARCENT.
Paul has been a member of the WP Forum since its early days (1996). He is a frequent contributor to the Forum and has taken on the task of optically scanning for OCR conversion a series of documents relevant to honor at West Point, which are found in the WP-ORG's Publication pages. Paul is a family man married to Mila, his wife of 23 years. Mila and Paul also have a son Kyle, who is currently attending college in Northern Virginia.
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