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Mike Schnittker - Mayor
Council Place No. 6
Term Expires: May 2014
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Mayor Schnittker was elected as a Councilman in May 2007 and appointed Mayor Pro-Tem in July 2007. In May 2008 he was elected Mayor. He earned degrees in both Finance and Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University. Mayor Schnittker is a former Naval Aviator who is currently a Captain for Southwest Airlines. He, his wife Shelley, and their three daughters have been residents of Lakewood Village since 2005.
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Dr. Mark E. Vargus - Mayor Pro-Tem
Council Place No. 3
Term Expires: May 2015
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Mayor Pro-Tem Vargus was elected to Town Council in May 2007 and was appointed to serve as Mayor Pro-Tem in June 2008. Mayor Pro-Tem Vargus earned his PhD in Accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he also holds a MA in Economics and a MBA in Finance. His received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Vargus was employed by Lockheed-Martin as a Senior Engineer in the advanced radar systems group. Dr. Vargus has received appointments to the University of Michigan, University of Southern California, and currently the University of Texas at Dallas. He is a six-time teaching award recipient in addition to winning several national awards for his scholarly research, including the 2007 Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Research Award. Dr. Vargus purchased his Lakewood Village home site in 2003 and has been a resident since 2005.
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Dave Getka - Councilman
Council Place No. 1
Term Expires: May 2015
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Councilman Dave Getka was appointed to Council in June 2008. Councilman Getka moved to Lakewood Village in May of 2006 from Northern California on a corporate relocation with 3M. He is a US Army veteran and former noncommissioned officer in the Wisconsin Army National Guard and the Missouri Air National Guard. Councilman Getka earned a Bachelors of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Webster University in St. Louis, MO. He has been employed for 25 years with the 3M Corporation in sales and sales management. He and his wife Ingrid have been married for nearly 30 years and have one daughter living in Southern California. Councilman Getka enjoys public service and appreciates the opportunity to serve his community and make a positive contribution to the town of Lakewood Village.
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Carl Menckhoff, M.D. - Councilman
Council Place No. 2
Term Expires: May 2014
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Dr. Carl Menckhoff has lived in Lakewood Village with his wife and 2 children since July of 2009. He was born in New York, but grew up in multiple countries before returning to the U.S.A. for college. He obtained his medical degree from George Washington University medical school in 1994. He then completed his emergency medicine residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center in 1997 before joining the faculty at UTSW Parkland Memorial Hospital where he was assistant residency director until 2000. He then spent nine years at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA where he was associate residency director, then residency director, before moving back to Dallas in 2009. He is currently the Medical Director and Chairman of the Emergency Department at Medical Center of Lewisville and the Flower Mound Emergency Center. Dr. Menckhoff also serves on the board of directors of PediPlace (a non-profit pediatric clinic). Dr. Menckhoff ran for, and was elected to, Town Council in May of 2010 because he wanted to contribute to the betterment of his community.
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Ken Guthrie - Councilman
Council Place No. 4
Term Expires: May 2014
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Councilman Guthrie has served on the Town Council since 2005. Councilman Guthrie and his wife, Laurie, have owned their home in Lakewood Village since 1999. He has been employed at a large Plano-based computer services firm since 1975, and specializes in the support of a global Help Desk application. Additionally, he manages $100M of computer assets, and a department budget of $25M annually, including financial reporting, budgeting, and capital planning. Councilman Guthrie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at The American University, and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the School of Electrical Engineering at The George Washington University.
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Harold Wood - Councilman
Council Place No. 5
Term Expires: May 2015
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Councilman Wood has owned property in Lakewood Village since 2005. He built on his property and made Lakewood Village his home in 2006. Councilman Wood has been married to his wife, Rosemary, for nearly 40 years. They have a daughter, three sons, and eight grandchildren. He served in the United States Navy as a Radarman and performed search and rescue in Vietnam. Following Councilman Wood's service in the military, his career has been focused in heavy construction, logging, mining and agricultural equipment. He served as the Parts and Service Manager for the USA Central Region for Kubota Tractor Corp. and retired in 1998. Councilman Wood states "Working with the other Councilmen to support the needs of our Town of Lakewood Village has been a very rewarding experience."
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