Leadership
CSPFF Board of TrusteesLance PaaImmediate Past President
Trooper Paa has been with the Colorado State Patrol since 1999. He is stationed in Distict 3 at the Troop 3-C office in Ft. Collins, Colorado.
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William "Mark" HoltVice President
Sergeant Mark Holt joined the ranks of the Colorado State Patrol on September 29, 1991. He is currently a Sergeant in Troop 2-A in Canon City Colorado.
| Randy Novotny
Trustee Corporal Randy Novotny has been a member of the Colorado State Patrol since 1983 and is the Representative for District II. Randy has worked in the Colorado Springs area since graduationg from the Colorado State Patrol Training Academy in August of 1983. Corporal Novotny was one of only four Troopers selected to participate in the national pilot program for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) training. He has also participated in the Community Policing Consortium and was an original member of the Colordo State Patrol's Selections Team. Randy has also been active in community organizations including Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), local Neighborhood Watch programs and Drive Smart. | Jill DistelPresident
Jill M Distel, Administrative Assistant III, employed by Colorado State Patrol since April 1, 1996. Board of Director of ACSPP since July 2004. Trustee for CSPFF since February 2006. She has worked in the legal profession as a Legal Assistant for 10 years for a private attorney and the 13th Judicial District Attorney’s office. Jill served a five (5) year term on our local school board’s District Accountability Board as well as Sterling High School and Sterling Middle School’s Accountability Board and treasurer and president of Sterling Athletic Booster Club.
Jill is currently a four (4) year member of the Logan County Planning and Zoning Board, four (4) year member of the Logan County Crimestoppers Board serving three (3) years as Treasurer, three (3) year chairperson for St Anthony’s Catholic Church Environmental Committee, and a three (3) year certified Child Passenger Safety Technician including a two (2) year Fit Station Coordinator with CPS Team Colorado.
She is married with two grown children and three wonderful granddaughters. | Lynnette StiebTrustee Lynnette Stieb-Sorensen, born and raised in Sterling, Co. The majority of her family still resides in Northeast Colorado, between the Loveland/Fort Collins area and the Sterling/Iliff area.
She began her career in communications in Ogallala, NE. Once she returned to Colorado, she began her career with the Colorado State Patrol in August of 1980, in the Craig Communications Center. At that time, there were still 17 centers across the state. In 1984, she transferred into the Denver Communications Center which was was still on Arkansas Street and only served the metro area. In 1986, whe was promoted to Communications Supervisor and moved back to Craig. In April 1999, Lynnette was promoted to Regional Communications Manager remaining in Craig, until August 2004, when she transferred to the Denver Regional Communications Center.
|  Larry Graves
Trustee Trooper Larry Graves joined the Colorado State Patrol January 8, 1996. He is currently assigned to Troop 4-C and resided in Avon, Colorado. | J.R. GreningerTrustee J.R. Greninger began his career with the Colorado State Patrol on July 16, 2001. He currently serves as a Corporal in Troop 6-A in Golden, Colorado. |  Julie Wohlers
Trustee
Julie Wohlers is the surviving wife of one of our heros, a State Trooper killed in the line of duty.
Technician Lyle F. Wohlers was patrolling I-70 East of Georgetown, Colorado, on November 4, 1992, when he stopped a vehicle with two juvinile occupants aboard. After calling for assistance, Technician Wohlers was shot in the head by one of the juveniles. He lost his battle for life on November 5, 1992. The two juviniles were captured and convicted of the crime. Julie was born and raised in Sterling, Colorado. Before retiring in 1998, her thirty year professional career included real estate office and property managment. She was the office manager in a CPA firm, overseeing bookkeeping/payroll/accounts receivable/payable. She spent 14 years as a Recreation manager, election and budget officer for a Colorado Special Government Parks and Recreation District. Julie has one son and two grandsons. Since Lyle's death, Julie has continued to live in Dumont Colorado during the summer months, living in the house she and Lyle shared before his death. She is still active in her community and with the Colorado State Patrol. In the winter she travels to Tucson to avoid the cold and play a lot of golf. Julie has ensured her husband's memory by convincing the Board of Trustees to create the Lyle F. Wohlers Scholarship Fund within the Colorado State Patrol Family Foundation. | Ron PraterTrustee Captain Ron Prater was born and reared in Chicago, Illinois. He now lives in Silverthorne with his wife Carol, and serves as the Trooper Commander for Troop 6-B. Ron has three children and one grandchild. He is a graduate of Bob Jones University, and he completed the Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command in 2005. Ron has been involved with many community organizations and projects in Summit County. He is an instructor with the Colorado State Patrol Life Enrichment Unit. His duty assignments included time in the Four Corners area of Colorado and over a decade on the Interstate 70 corridor.
| Michael A. PahlSecretary/Treasurer
 Prior to beginning his career in legal administration, Michael consulted in the management of accounting services for small businesses and was employed in public accounting.
Michael is Past President of the Mile High Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators.
| Lonnie J. WestphalExecutive Director 
Lonnie J. Westphal was a member of the Colorado State Patrol for 29 years and retired in 2003 after serving as the Chief for the last 8 years of his career. He has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University, a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Denver, and served in the U.S. Navy as a Romanian linguist at the National Security Agency. He attended the Program for Senior Executives in State & Local Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Police Executive Institute at the FBI Academy, and was a Board Member of the National Commission Against Drunk Driving. He is also a former Vice President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is currently a member of the Advisory Board for The Century Council, an organization funded by the major distillers of America and strives to reduce underage drinking and drunk driving. As of June of 2006, Lonnie Westphal took over as the Executive Director of the Association of Colorado State Patrol Professionals and the Colorado State Patrol Family Foundation, which includes the management of the Alive @ 25 program. He has been married to his wife, Annette, for 43 years, has a grown sun living in Washington DC and a daughter who passed away on October 12, 2008, leave two children and her husband.
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