ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Office of the Governor
State Capitol, 200 West 24th Street
Cheyenne, WY 82002
- Phone: (307) 777-7434
Chief of Staff
Gray headed Mead’s Transition Team and managed finances for the Mead campaign. Gray is an attorney who served as Director of the Department of Family Services in the administration of Governor Jim Geringer.
Deputy Chief of Staff
Young is Deputy Chief of Staff, a role he also played for the transition. He also serves as Agency Coordinator. Young worked with Mead in the Wyoming U.S. Attorney’s Office as head of Wyoming’s Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee, and he was the Assistant Campaign Manager.
Policy Development and General Counsel
Statkus is General Counsel to the Governor, which includes responsibility for policy oversight in the Mead administration. She was Chief of the Civil Division when she worked with the Governor-Elect in the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Mead cites her depth of knowledge in numerous areas as a key to his preparation for serving as governor.
Communication Director
Prior to joining Governor Matt Mead’s staff, MacKay was a reporter and anchor with Wyoming Public Radio, where he covered local and statewide issues for almost eight years. At Wyoming Public Radio, MacKay won numerous awards for his coverage of Wyoming issues. He also was the press secretary for Republican Mark Gordon, who ran for U.S. House in 2008. MacKay received a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri in 2001.
Scheduler
Prior to becoming Governor Matt Mead’s scheduler, Critchfield worked in the United States Attorney’s Office beginning in 2006 in the Administrative Services area. Although born and raised in Kansas, she moved to Wyoming in 1981 after graduating from St. John’s College in Winfield, Kansas, and considers the state her home. She worked for the Department of Education from 1983-1987, Gilchrist Elementary School from 1987-2000 and was the executive assistant at Unicover Corporation from 2000-2006. She and her husband, Dale, have two married daughters, and one granddaughter, and enjoy spending time outdoors in Wyoming.
Executive Assistant to the Governor
Martinez came to the Governor’s Office with 25 years of experience in the legal field. She spent 9 years as Judicial Assistant with U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She and her husband, Greg, have 6 kids and 2 grandchildren, 3 dogs and a parrot.
Administrative Assistant
Koehn has resided in Wyoming for 30 years. She comes to the Governor’s Office with over 35 years of experience as an administrative assistant. Cheri previously worked for the Wyoming County Commissioners Association and the Crook County Treasurers Office and is deeply rooted in local government. She and her husband, Ron, are avid motorcyclist and have 3 children, 3 dogs and 2 grandsons.
Office Manager
Pat Joyce is a westerner who has worked and lived in Wyoming, Montana and Texas with time in Washington, DC working for former U.S. Senator Conrad Burns. She comes to Governor Mead’s office after most recently working for the Wyoming Legislature. Pat’s policy experience includes energy, transportation, water and State and Indian Government Relations. She holds a BA in Public Relations from Montana State University.
Administrative Assistant
Michelle Hall was born and raised in Montana and has recently relocated to Wyoming. Michelle has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Montana and brings with her twenty years of experience in office administration. She and her husband have two babies (pets), Shelby and Buddy.
Administrative Assistant
Prior to joining Governor Matt Mead’s office, Dynes was state government and military reporter with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. The Casper native graduated from the University of Wyoming in 2003 with a degree in journalism. She’s also a 2008 graduate of Leadership Cheyenne and completed a fellowship with the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the University of Maryland that same year.