Full Name:
Mike Dodson
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Diane
Home City:
Manhattan, KS
Certified, Senior Leadership and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduated, Command and Leadership, United States Army Command and General Staff College
Graduated, Senior Management and Strategy, National War College
MS, Engineering, Kansas State University
Former Mayor, City of Manhattan, Kansas
Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 67, 2021-2025
Candidate, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 67, 2022
Commissioner, City of Manhattan, Kansas, 2015-2018
Former Member, Commerce, Labor, and Economic Development Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Elections Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Financial Institutions and Pensions Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
General Manager, Bechtel Construction, 2013-present
Former Executive to Commander in Chief, Forces Command (Fort McPherson, Ga.)
Former Commanding General, Fort Riley, Kansas
Former Commanding General, III Corps Artillery (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)
Former Executive to Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy United States Army (Pentagon)
President, Bechtel Equipment Operations, 2012
Vice President/Manager of Operations, Defense and Security, Bechtel National, 2006-2012
Program Director/Chief of Party (CEO), Iraq Infrastructure Reconstruction Program, 2005-2006
Deputy Commanding General (COO), United States Army, 2001-2004
Commanding General (CEO), NATO Stabilization Force (Bosnia), 2000-2001
Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, 1998-2000
Chair, National Board, Armed Services YMCA, 2013-present
Member, Air Force Association, present
Member, Association of the United States Army, present
Member, Business Executives for National Security, present
Member, Center for New American Security, present
Member, Homeland Security Defense Council, present
Member, National Defense Industrial Association, present
Former Member, Board of Directors, Army and Air Force Exchange Service
Former Member, Board of Directors, Department of Defense Europe Schools
Former Head, Contracting Agency, Europe
Former Member, Germany Political/Military Working Group
Former Member, Italy Political/Military Working Group
Former Head, Labor Relations, Germany
Former Member, Mission Committee, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) National Laboratories
Former Vice President, United Service Organizations, Europe