Dr. Caleb Karges serves as the Dean of Students and Associate Professor of Humanities at Luther Classical College. He brings over a decade of experience in scholarship, teaching, and student life in Lutheran higher education. He received his Ph.D. in Modern History from the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) in 2016. Specializing in European diplomatic and military history, Dr. Karges also relishes the opportunity provided by Luther Classical College to teach broadly and to connect ideas across disciplines in the way that only a liberal arts education can. His dedication to these principles won him the recognition from the student body of Concordia University Irvine as the 2019 CUI Bono? Professor of the Year. Dr. Karges and his wife Jennifer have four children. They enjoy travel, spending time outdoors, and opening their home to students.

The Rev. Jacob H. Benson serves LCC as chief advancement and admissions officer. Ordained in 2019, he has served congregations in Orange, Connecticut, and Lovell, Wyoming, and is currently an assisting pastor at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Casper. He is a graduate of Northwest College (AA), The University of Wyoming (BA) and Concordia Theological Seminary (MDiv, STM). He currently studies early modern English poetry at Trinity College Dublin. The Lord of Life has blessed Jacob and his wife Mary with one son who is already preparing to enroll at LCC in 2039. The Bensons enjoy good music, good food, frequent trips to the Big Horn Mountains, and treasure the first article gifts God has given in a golden retriever named Bernard-of-Clairvaux-of-Wisconsin and a Betta named Aethelred.

Doug Newman serves as chief operations manager at Luther Classical College. Doug spent most of his life in the northeast before he and his family moved to Casper, Wyoming, in 2024. He holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and English literature from James Madison University. Doug had a long career in the IT industry at various firms in the HRIS space where he served in almost every role except developer. Doug enjoys spending time with his family, reading, skiing, fishing, and can occasionally be found at the Casper Cigar Company conspiring with like-minded Lutherans. He and his wife Kelley have been blessed with four children. The Newmans are members of Mt. Hope Lutheran Church & School in Casper.

Micah grew up in western Nebraska and began playing cello at the age of five. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Roosevelt University (Chicago), DePaul University (Chicago), and the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, where he served as an assistant to Yehuda Hanani. Micah has performed as a member or guest in dozens of professional orchestras and chamber ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Advent Chamber Orchestra, the Catacoustic Consort, and has collaborated with Vladim Gluzman, Eterti Andjaparidze, Michael Leopold, Joélle Harvey, and Cellists of the Chicago Symphony. In 2012, Micah opened a private studio in Omaha where he now teaches full-time. Many of his students on violin, viola, cello, and violas da gamba have won admission to prestigious music schools as well as awards in competitions at the state, regional, and national levels. Micah continues to perform on cello and viola da gamba in the Omaha area. He and his wife Elizabeth have six children: Claudia, Quintus, Thaddaeus, Job, Hannibal, and Hekte.

Mrs. Emily Olson serves on Luther Classical College’s faculty as an adjunct instructor of vocal music. She double-majored in vocal music and English while an undergraduate at Valparaiso University, and holds a Master of Arts in English from South Dakota State University. As a homeschool mother of eight children, church musician, and writer, she exemplifies the Lutheran liberal arts tradition LCC is poised to pass on to its students. Mrs. Olson serves the college primarily by offering individual vocal lessons to interested students.

Rev. Paul F. Becker serves as a mission ambassador for LCC, visiting congregations across the country to generate support for the college’s mission. He and his wife Mary have been blessed with four children and twelve grandchildren. Rev. Becker received a Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music in1979, and an M.Div. (1985) and S.T.M. (1988) from Concordia Seminary St. Louis. He served as Pastor at Prince of Peace in Douglasville, GA (1986 – 1994) and at Concordia, Kingsport TN (1994 – 2025). During his pastoral ministry, Rev. Becker provided leadership to the homeschool community, Tennesseans for Life, local L.W.M.L. Zone, local Thrivent chapter, and the Appalachian Lutheran League. He enjoyed singing with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus under Robert Shaw and with the Civic Chorale and Appalachian Men’s Ensemble in northeast Tennessee. He stays active in “retirement” by hiking, bicycling, reading, preaching and traveling with Mary to visit grandchildren.

Tim Hoff serves as Advancement Officer and Facilities Manager for Luther Classical College. He graduated from the Police Academy in Colorado in 2002 and worked as a police officer and eventually appointed Chief of Police until 2012. After leaving law enforcement, he became the Commercial Manager for AutoZone and was later promoted to Store Manager, where he led his store to the top 5% in the nation two years in a row. In his free time, he enjoys tinkering with cars and home improvement projects, spending time with his family, and fishing with his sons. Tim and his wife, Tiffany, have been married for 18 years and together have seven children.

Megan serves as Registrar for Luther Classical College. She holds a Master of Social Work from Michigan State University and a Master of Arts in Theology from Concordia Theological Seminary. She has extensive experience working in a variety of roles within non-profits. She and her husband, Rev. Roger Mullet, live in Buffalo, Wyoming, and are parents to three children. Megan is passionate about classical education and enjoys traveling, singing, hiking, and kayaking.

Rev. James Rockhill is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Osage, Iowa. He is a graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He and his wife, Michele, have five children, all of whom are classically educated in their home.

Meghan Waterbury earned her BS in Mathematical and computer sciences from the Colorado School of Mines in 2003, and her MS in mathematics from Texas A&M University in 2012. She met her husband at the School of Mines, married him in 2004, and followed him around the country until settling in Casper in 2011. They have four children, the eldest of whom will be in LCC’s inaugural class. Meghan has been a stay-at-home mother since the second was born, where she has a ridiculous delightful collection of cookbooks, a garden that she loves filling with fruits and vegetables every year (but don’t worry, she doesn’t grow zucchini so she won’t leave any on your doorstep), bookshelves in every room, and yes, toys still everywhere just waiting to be stepped on.

Neal graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Finance. He has previously served as president of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) Pinellas Chapter, and now serves as President of the Christian Chamber of Commerce – Tampa Bay. He holds the following designations: Chartered Life Underwriter, Certified Financial Planner, Qualified Kingdom Advisor and Chartered Financial Consultant. For more than 35 years, Neal has worked with clients to help them develop their long-term goals and then implement strategies to achieve them. Particular areas of concentration in his practice are Biblically Responsible Investing and a broad range of charitable giving strategies. He has previously served on the Florida-Georgia District Board of Directors and held a variety of congregational offices, including his present role as elder. Neal is happily married and has four grown children.

Rev. Jon C. Olson is senior pastor of Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Casper, Wyoming. He received his MDiv from Concordia Theological Seminary in 2006. He is the circuit visitor of the Powder River circuit, Wyoming District Evangelism Committee Chairman for the Tell the Good News About Jesus Convocation, and a Wyoming District reconciler. He and his wife Emily have eight children. They are very thankful to live in Casper with two faithful LCMS congregations. They are also blessed to be able to send their children to Mt. Hope Lutheran School. Singing Lutheran hymns, swimming, camping, hunting, fishing, cross-country skiing, and reading are the family’s favorite activities.

Scott Yenor is Senior Director of State Coalitions at the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life and a professor of political science at Boise State University. He writes on the family, including two books from Baylor University Press: Family Politics (2010) and The Recovery of Family Life (2020). His writings have appeared in City Journal, The American Mind, American Reformer, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, Law Liberty and more. He and his wife, married in 1993, have five children and a growing brood of grandchildren.

Josh Witkop is a project manager at Oftedal Construction in Casper. He is grateful to be the son of a pastor and a school teacher. Josh is married to JessiKay, and together they have four children: Morgan, Evelyn, Silas, and Isaac, along with two grandchildren. He serves as an elder at Trinity Lutheran Church in Casper, WY and enjoys spending time with his family in the vast, open spaces of Wyoming.

Tim and his wife, Wanita, own AdCrucem.com. The family worships at Trinity Lutheran Church in Denver, CO. Their oldest daughter, Jessica, is a Latin teacher at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, MA. Gregory is a refrigeration technician with Hussmann Corp., and the youngest, Naomi, is a home-schooled high school junior. Tim is also the Executive Director of The Denver Gold Group, a global precious metals trade association.