STOP 22 Board of Directors
Committed to Reducing Veteran Suicide Through Community.
STOP 22's Board is made up of both veterans, active reserve and National Guard members, and veteran supporters.
Shelby Johnson - Board Chair
A graduate of the UMKC School of Law, Shelby is in-house counsel for KVC Health Systems. Shelby’s experience includes her service in the Missouri National Guard as a Field Artillery Officer, which she began following her Active-Duty service in the US Army from May 2016 through July 2020. Shelby is married and a fur-baby mom to a beautiful black Lab, Belle.
Regan Harker - Board Secretary
Regan holds a Bachelor’s degree from UCM in Communications and Media studies. Regan’s experience in software transcends sales, seeking to enhance and empower governments and communities by advocating for people-first focused solutions. Regan is a native to Kansas City and enjoys traveling and downtime with her Golden Retriever, Goose.
Lee Griffin - Board Member
Commander Griffin joined the Navy in 1994 after graduating from high school in Turlock, CA. Following 10 years of varied experiences involving military law enforcement, Commander Griffin transferred to the Navy Reserve to attend college and pursue a career in federal law enforcement. In 2007, Commander Griffin received his commission to the US Navy. Most recently, Command Griffin served as the Force Protection Chief for Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. Aside from his military duties, Lee is a Special Agent with the U.S. Treasury Department in Kansas City, MO. In his limited downtime, Lee enjoys spending time with his wife and son, BBQing, and the occasional cigar.
Tess Johnson - Board Treasurer
Tess is an accomplished attorney from Las Vegas, Nevada, having moved to Kansas City with her husband in early 2020. Tess currently works in the public service sector at Legal Aid of Western Missouri helping clients with landlord/tenant issues, foreclosure and other housing problems. Tess and her husband enjoy traveling and experiencing local craft breweries.
John Chambers - Board Member
John Chambers is a Kansas City native. After graduating from Liberty High School in Liberty, Missouri, John attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and earned a Bachelor of Arts in German Studies. In 2006, John enlisted in the United States Army, where he would serve for thirteen years through multiple deployments with U.S. Army Special Forces and units throughout the special operations community. In 2019, John left the Army to pursue a Juris Doctor in his native Kansas City, where he practices as a prosecuting attorney representing the State of Missouri.
Board Member
Claire’s path to lawyering was a long and winding road. Claire majored in Film Studies (minored in Spanish) at the University of Kansas, worked in video production, marketing, retail, warehouses, and eventually election administration for the Kansas City Election Board prior to starting law school at UMKC. Claire began a three-and-a-half-year stint at the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office. As a prosecutor, Claire assisted in charging and prosecuting violent crimes, mostly homicides, prioritized robust community engagement, and co-authored a report on police accountability and shortfalls in the criminal justice system. Claire further helped to develop and implement a grant-funded violent crime reduction initiative as well as a grant-funded restorative diversion program through the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR). Claire also prosecuted animal cruelty offenses for the office and provided trainings on animal abuse to law enforcement, lawyers, and community members. At the end of my first year at the Prosecutor’s Office, I received the Claire McCaskill Community Prosecutor award. Claire now operates her own law firm Wyatt Law KC, where she advocates for a “more compassionate and just world, for the voices that too often go unheard, and for the underdog.”
Eric Gormly - Board Member
Eric is a Kansas City Metro native. Eric joined the Marine Corps Reserves in 2004 after graduating high school from St. Thomas Aquinas. While in the Reserves, Eric experienced multiple deployments both overseas and on our own shores, including two tours to Iraq, once for relief efforts of Hurricane Katrina, and once to Peru for joint services training efforts. Though Eric never intended to pursue a college degree, he decided to attend Johnson County Community College with his 90% GI Bill. During that time, Eric found his passion as a VA Work-Study student. Eric transferred and finished his Bachelor's at KU, eventually obtaining his Master's in Higher Education Administration from UMKC, while also serving as the Director of Student Veteran Support Services.
Jonathan LacKamp - Board Member
Jonathan P. LacKamp is an attorney in Kansas City focusing on aviation, airport land use, and federal regulatory law. Jonathan attended graduated from the University of Missouri - Kansas City Law School where he was member of the Law Review and president of the Military Veterans Law Association. Currently Jonathan serves in the U.S. Army Reserve as a Lt. Col. and technical project manager for the development of an enterprise-level web and mobile app. His military experience includes multiple overseas combat aviation and leadership assignments, management of an aviation maintenance company, service as Pilot-in-Command in Army airplanes and helicopters, and the investigation of aviation mishaps. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He joined Stop22 to ensure he could be there to assist before another former service member is tragically lost to suicide.
Teri Aragon - Board Member
With nearly 28 years in the financial industry and a decade volunteering as the treasurer for a non-profit, Teri brings a vast array of financial experience to STOP 22. Teri is currently the Senior Manager of Learning and Workforce Strategy for Commerce Bank. With a son serving actively in the Navy, and with a husband who also served in the Navy, Teri is dedicated to the mission of STOP 22 to support our veterans and the reduction of veteran suicide.
Eric L. Honea - President/CEO - Founder
Eric founded STOP 22 in an effort to reduce veteran suicides, following the loss of his own son, Christian Lee Honea, on July 20, 2018, after Christian returned from a tour overseas with the US Marine Corps. Eric also a Marine, joined after graduating high school from Hope, Arkansas. Eric served in security forces at NAS North Island, in Coronado, CA, after which he transferred to Twentynine Palms, CA, deploying to Okinawa, Japan where he was assigned to the USS Belleau Wood as part of Operation United Shield in Mogadishu, Somalia. Following his service in the Marines. Eric joined the Las Vegas Metro Police Department where he held many investigative positions, including serving as a Task Force Officer with the Federal Bureau of Investigations and as a Crisis Negotiator. After retiring from LVMPD, Eric moved to Kansas City to attend law school at the UMKC School of Law. Following law school, Eric joined the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office and now serves as an Assistant County Counselor for Jackson County in several areas of municipal law. In his downtime, Eric enjoys BBQ smoking, playing guitar, and spending time with his rescue Ari, a Bull-terrier Border Collie mix.
