Joe Woyte
USAF Veteran, working in defense contracting and project management. Volunteer in Academy School District 20 and Colorado Springs Investment Advisement Committee. El Paso County Republican Party Precinct Leader and Executive Committee member. Delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention. BS in Management from US Air Force Academy. MBA International Business, University of Nebraska. Married 25+ years, father of two.
Hope Scheppelman
Hope lives with her husband and three large dogs on the Western Slope in the small town of Bayfield, Colorado. She served her Country in the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman. With over 30 years of experience in the medical field, Hope is a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner by profession. Hope continues to serve her community as the Secretary of the La Plata County GOP and the Vice Chairwoman of the Colorado Republican Party.
Karl Honegger
Karl is an alumni of the Emerging Leaders Council with the Steamboat Institute and has a decade of experience in finance and accounting. He believes you can’t win through arguments alone so with his 7 kids is trying to win through sheer numbers.
Cathy Winchester
Cathy enjoys living and working on a ranch in Bayfield, CO. Invasive Cardiologist, retired. Internal Medicine Residency, Stanford University. Cardiology Fellowship at University of California, Davis. Republican for over 30 years and Colorado resident for 20 years. Married, 3 giant dogs.
Gary McMurtrey
Gary was born in 1954. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1979 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Gary spent 33 years in the aerospace industry designing and manufacturing mechanical equipment. He retired as director of engineering in 2012. Gary is married to Sheri McMurtrey, a professional musician. They have 7 children and 19 grandchildren. Following retirement they moved to Bayfield, Colorado for the mountains, lakes and outdoor activities.
Margo Knutson
Former member of the Douglas County Republican Party Executive Committee. Former First Vice Chair for the Douglas County Republican Women. Co-Founder Coffee4Conservatives, a grass-roots educational organization. Former VP of Sales for a billion--dollar printing company. Former Manager of Investor Relations for the nation’s seventh largest home builder. BA in English from the University of Colorado. Freelance liberty activist.
Cindy Wallace
Cindy currently serves as Secretary for the Montezuma County Republican Central Committee, Vice Chair for the Mesa Verde Republican Women, and Vice Chair for House District 59. She is a board supervisor for the High Desert Conservation District and represents the San Juan River Watershed on the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts Board of Directors. Cindy graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in agronomy in 1984 and retired from the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in 2021. She is part of a multi- generational farming and ranching family in Montezuma County.
Emiko South
Emiko is a wife and mother of 2 grown homeschooled children. She's a business owner and volunteer, serving on the board of the Republican Women of Montezuma County.
Emiko owns an energy healing company and provides pro bono work for Disabled American Veterans and Women Veterans of America, helping them deal with post traumatic stress and other issues that impact their lives as a result of their time in service to our country.
