Leadership
Board of Directors
The Roll Call Board of Directors is composed of dedicated individuals who share a deep commitment to honoring and serving veterans. With diverse backgrounds in business, military service, and community leadership, they work together to guide the organization’s mission and ensure its continued impact across North Texas.
Board Officers
- Mary Staffeld, President
- Steve Gross, Vice President
- Kim Hingen, Secretary
- Dana Link, Treasurer
Board Members
- Roy Davis, Board Member
- Judy Choate, Board Member
- Jeff Hingen, Board Member
- Dr. Aaron Crider, Chaplain
Meet the Board Officers
Mary Staffeld, President
Originally from Chicago, Mary Staffeld joined the U.S. Air Force in 1978, serving at Chanute AFB and later the U.S. Air Force Academy as a Unit Training Manager. After leaving active duty in 1986, she spent two decades managing restaurants before reenlisting in the Air Force Reserve in 2005 with the 301st Fighter Wing in Fort Worth.
Her Reserve career included roles in education and training, service as a First Sergeant in multiple squadrons, and deployments to Kuwait and Qatar, where she served as Senior Enlisted Leader at CENTCOM Forward HQ. She retired in June 2020 after a distinguished career spanning both active duty and reserve service.
Mary holds degrees in Social Science, Training Management, and Human Resources, along with a Professional Manager Certification. She continues to support Air Force leadership training nationwide and remains active with Roll Call, where she has served as Secretary and Vice President. When not serving, she enjoys working out, time with her husband of 27 years, their five grandchildren, and giving back through volunteer work.
Steve Gross, Vice President
Steven Gross began his military career in 1984 with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, serving in both B Company and the Headquarters Recon Platoon. After six years, including overseas duty in Italy, he transitioned to a distinguished 32-year career with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, retiring as Assistant Sheriff in 2022. In that role, he oversaw 23 stations serving 42 cities and over 100 communities.
Alongside his civilian service, Steven continued military duty in the U.S. Air Force Reserve as a Special Agent with the Office of Special Investigations. He deployed in support of multiple operations, including Noble Eagle and Iraqi Freedom, rising to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant before retiring in 2013.
Steven holds associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in criminal justice. He and his wife Rebecca, also a veteran, have been married 35 years and raised three children—all in military or public service. He is proud to serve fellow veterans as part of Roll Call.
Kim Hingen, Secretary
Kim was born and raised in the Fort Worth area where she graduated from Springtown High School. She helped run her family’s dairy goat farm and was extremely active in FFA showing goats at organized events like the Ft. Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Planning on a career serving the US as a Nurse life took a change for the better when she became an expectant mother. At that time she naturally changed course and decided her primary focus was on her family. She launched a successful home daycare and fulfilled her most important role as a stay at home mom for 9 years.
Dana Link, Treasurer
Dana is from Hannibal, Mo. and moved to the DFW area in 1980. He began his 34-year career with Texas Industries (TXI) in an entry-level position and ultimately held several General Management positions. He retired when TXI was acquired by Martin Marietta in 2014. He returned to work for US Concrete in Sales Management from 2016 to 2017, and now works for himself running a consulting business. His hobbies include: snow skiing, amateur photography, traveling, hiking and family.
Board Members
Judy Choate
Judy graduated from Texas Christian University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Prior to receiving her degree, she began her career in criminal justice in 1977 as a public safety dispatcher for Fort Worth Police Department answering and dispatching incoming emergency calls.
In 1980, she worked as an Administrative Assistant in the Rape Crisis Program of Tarrant County, funded by a LEAA grant. Her duties included organizing daily operations for this newly funded 24-hour telephone and in-person crisis counseling for victims of sexual assault and their significant others. She provided training for professionals and oversaw 50 plus volunteers. In mid1981, the program integrated into The Women’s Center of Tarrant County.
Roy F. Davis
Roy was born in Portland, Maine in 1960. Upon graduating high school in 1980, he enlisted in the United States Navy and completed basic training at The Recruit Training Command in Orlando, Florida. Upon completion of basic training in September of 1980 he took orders to Pre-Commissioning Unit, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 as an Aerographer Mate (Meteorology), commissioning her in 1982. The USS Carl Vinson then made her maiden voyage “Around the World” in 1983 from Norfolk, Virginia to San Francisco, California, visiting, Monaco, Morocco, Ivory Coast, The Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Hawaii. In 1985, he left the USS Carl Vinson and took orders to the Naval Oceanography Command Detachment at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California as a weather observer.
Jeff Hingen
Jeff was from the Baltimore/Annapolis, Maryland area until he graduated High School. Just 2 days after graduation in 1992 he enlisted in the US Army and trained to be a mechanic on CH-47D Chinook Helicopters. Concurrently, he enrolled in Aviation Maintenance Technology School at Rice Aviation and earned his license to work on civilian aircraft. In 1996 Jeff decided to go into commercial aviation where he began with the infamous Valujet Airlines. Throughout the many years to come he had the privilege and excitement of traveling our world by being a flight crew member in the role as mechanic/engineer for the Saudi Arabian Royal Family on their VVIP Boeing aircraft. Another privilege he was fortunate to be a part of after returning from the desert was flying our military men and women to and from Bishkek for deployment.
Dr. Aaron Crider, Chaplain
Dr. Aaron Crider has been married to his wife Holly for more than 25 years and together they have three children. Dr. Crider is a pastor at Gateway Church and a chaplain in United States Air Force/Texas Air National Guard, and is an Air Medal recipient. He teaches multiple courses at the Kings University College and seminary, and currently resides in Fort Worth Texas with his family.