Executive Committee
2015 -2016 Members
As of March 19, 2015
CHAIR CHAIR -ELECT Senator Nancy Todd Representative Jeff Thompson Colorado Idaho
VICE CHAIR IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Representative Sam Hunt Representative Craig Johnson Washington Alaska
ALASKA CALIFORNIA President Kevin Meyer President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon President of the Senate Senate President Pro Tempore Senator Berta Gardner Senator Bob Huff Senate Minority Leader Senate Minority Leader Senator Lesil McGuire Senator Bill Monning CSG West Past Chair Appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore Senator Gary Stevens Senator Jean Fuller CSG Immediate Past Chair Appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore CSG Co-Chair, International Committee Speaker Toni Atkins Speaker Mike Chenault Speaker of the Assembly Speaker of the House Assembly Member Kristin Olsen Representative Craig Johnson Assembly Minority Leader CSG West Immediate Past Chair Representative Chris Tuck COLORADO House Minority Leader President Bill Cadman Representative Lance Pruitt President of the Senate Chair, CSG West State and Federal Relations Senator Morgan Carroll Committee Senate Minority Leader Senator Mary Hodge ARIZONA Chair, CSG West Agriculture and Water President Andy Biggs Committee President of the Senate Senator Nancy Todd Senator Katie Hobbs CSG West Chair Senate Minority Leader Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst Senator Kelli Ward Speaker of the House Vice Chair, CSG West Health and Human Representative Brian DelGrosso Services Committee House Minority Leader Speaker David Gowan Representative Su Ryden Speaker of the House Co-Chair, CSG West Canada Relations Representative Eric Meyer Committee House Minority Leader
CSG West ∙ 1107 9th Street, Suite 730 ∙ Sacramento, CA 95814 ∙ Phone (916) 553-4423 ∙ www.csgwest.org ~ 1 ~ HAWAII Speaker Austin Knudsen President Donna Mercado Kim Speaker of the House President of the Senate Representative Chuck Hunter Senator Sam Slom House Minority Leader Senate Minority Floor Leader Representative Kimberly Dudik Senator Brian T. Taniguchi Vice Chair, CSG West Public Safety CSG West Past Chair Committee Senator J. Kalani English Appointed by President of the Senate NEVADA Speaker Joseph Souki Majority Floor Leader Michael Roberson Speaker of the House Senate Majority Leader Representative Beth Fukumoto Chang Senator Aaron Ford House Minority Leader Senate Minority Leader Representative Cindy Evans Senator Kelvin D. Atkinson Vice Chair, CSG West State and Federal CSG Vice Chair & CSG Vice Chair, CSG’s 21st Relations Committee Century Foundation Representative Marcus Oshiro CSG West Past Chair CSG West Past Chair Senator Scott Hammond Vice Chair, CSG West Transportation and *Ms. Charlotte Carter-Yamauchi Economic Development Committee Chair, CSG West Legislative Service Agency & Senator Ben Kieckhefer Research Directors Appointed by Majority Floor Leader Senator Joe Hardy IDAHO Appointed by Majority Floor Leader President Pro Tem Brent Hill Senator Debbie Smith President Pro Tempore Appointed by Majority Floor Leader Senator Bart M. Davis Speaker John Hambrick CSG Past Chair and CSG West Past Chair Speaker of the Assembly CSG Co-Chair, International Committee Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick Senator Michelle Stennett Assembly Minority Floor Leader Senate Minority Leader Vice Chair, CSG West Energy and Environment NEW MEXICO Committee President Pro Tem Mary Kay Papen Speaker Scott Bedke Senate President Pro Tempore Speaker of the House Senator Stuart Ingle Representative John Rusche Senate Minority Floor Leader House Minority Leader Senator Gay Kernan Representative Maxine Bell Appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore Co-Chair, CSG Finance Committee Senator Michael Sanchez Representative Wendy Horman Appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore Chair, CSG West Education and Workforce Senator John Sapien Development Committee Appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore Representative Kelley Packer Senator William Soules 2014 WLA Class President Vice Chair, CSG West Education and Workforce Representative Jeff Thompson Development Committee CSG West Chair Elect Speaker Don L. Tripp Representative Richard Wills Speaker of the House CSG West Past Chair Representative Brian F. Egolf House Minority Floor Leader MONTANA President Debby Barrett OREGON President of the Senate President Peter Courtney Senator Jon Sesso President of the Senate Senate Minority Leader Senator Ted Ferrioli Senate Republican Leader CSG West ∙ 1107 9th Street, Suite 730 ∙ Sacramento, CA 95814 ∙ Phone (916) 553-4423 ∙ www.csgwest.org ~ 2 ~ Senator Ginny Burdick WYOMING Chair, CSG West WESTRENDS Board President Phil Nicholas Committee President of the Senate Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Senator Christopher Rothfuss Chair, CSG West Health and Human Services Senate Minority Floor Leader Committee Senator Michael Von Flatern Speaker Tina Kotek Chair, CSG West Energy and Environment Speakers of the House Committee Representative Mike McLane Speaker Kermit Brown House Republican Leader Speaker of the House Representative Brad Witt Vice Chair, CSG West WESTRENDS Board CSG Co-Chair, Energy and Environmental Committee Public Policy Representative Mary Throne House Minority Floor Leader UTAH Representative Rosie Berger President Wayne Niederhauser CSG West Past Chair President of the Senate Chair, CSG West Public Safety Committee Senator Gene Davis Senate Minority Leader ALBERTA, CANADA Speaker Gregory Hughes Honorable Gene Zwozdesky Speaker of the House Speaker Legislative Assembly Representative Brian King House Minority Leader Representative Melvin R. Brown BRITISH COLUMBIA CSG West Past Chair Honorable Linda Reid Speaker of the Legislative Assembly WASHINGTON Majority Leader Mark Schoesler Senate Majority Leader AMERICAN SAMOA Senator Sharon Nelson Honorable Gaoteote Palaie Tofau Senate Democratic Leader President of the Senate Senator Randi Becker Honorable Savali Talavou Ale Appointed by Senate Majority Leader Senator Karen Fraser Speaker of the House Appointed by Senate Majority Leader Senator Bob Hasegawa NORTHERN MARIANAS Appointed by Senate Majority Leader Honorable Victor Hocog Senator Jim Honeyford Vice Chair, CSG West Agriculture and Water President of the Senate Committee Honorable Joseph Deleon Guerrero Speaker Frank Chopp Speaker of the House Speaker of the House Representative Dan Kristiansen GUAM House Minority Leader Representative Judy Clibborn Honorable Judith Won Pat Chair, CSG West Transportation and Economic Speaker, 33rd Guam Legislature Development Committee Representative Sam Hunt CSG West Vice Chair Representative Jeff Morris CSG West Past Chair Representative Bruce Chandler Chair, CSG West Legislative Council River Governance CSG West ∙ 1107 9th Street, Suite 730 ∙ Sacramento, CA 95814 ∙ Phone (916) 553-4423 ∙ www.csgwest.org ~ 3 ~