2017-2018 Wisconsin Blue Book: State Elected Officials (Pages 1-18)
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1 ELECTED OFFICIALS STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Scott Walker, Governor Republican Biography: Born Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 2, 1967; married; 2 children. ■ Graduate Delavan-Darien High School, 1986; attended Mar- quette University, 1986–90. ■ Former salesman, IBM Corporation; financial developer, American Red Cross. ■ Elected to Assembly in June 1993 special election. Reelected 1994–2000. Resigned May 9, 2002. Milwaukee County Executive 2002–10. Current office: Elected governor 2010. Reelected 2014. Contact: [email protected]; 608-266-1212; PO Box 7863, Madison, WI 53707-7863. Elected officials: Executive | 3 Rebecca Kleefisch, Lieutenant Governor Republican Biography: Born Pontiac, Michigan, August 7, 1975; married; 2 children. ■ Graduate Anthony Wayne High School (Whitehouse, Ohio), 1993; B.A. in Journalism, University of Wiscon- sin-Madison, 1997. ■ Former news reporter; media and marketing consultant. ■ Member: National Lieutenant Governors Association; National Rifle Association, Aerospace States Association (manufacturing chair), Executive Committee of Republican Lieutenant Gover- nors Association. Current office: Elected lieutenant governor 2010. Reelected 2014. Contact: [email protected]; 608-266-3516; PO Box 2043, Madison, WI 53701-2043. Brad D. Schimel, Attorney General Republican Biography: Born West Allis, Wisconsin, Feb- ruary 18, 1965; married; 2 children. ■ Graduate Mukwonago High School, 1983; B.A. Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1987; J.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990. ■ Attorney. ■ Former member: Addiction Resource Council (treasurer); Interfaith Senior Programs (president); Potawatomi Boy Scout Council (advisory board); Rotary International; Safe Babies, Healthy Families (president); University of Wisconsin-Waukesha Foundation (vice president); Waukesha Food Pantry (board director). ■ Waukesha County assistant district attorney (1990–2007); Waukesha County district attorney (2007–15). Current office: Elected attorney general 2014. Member ex officio: Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. Contact: 608-266-1221; Room 114 East, State Capitol, PO Box 7857, Madison, WI 53707-7857. 4 | Wisconsin Blue Book 2017–2018 Tony Evers, State Superintendent of Public Instruction nonpartisan office Biography: Born Plymouth, Wisconsin, Novem- ber 5, 1951; married; 3 children, 6 grandchildren. ■ Graduate Plymouth High School, 1969; B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1973; M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986. ■ For- mer teacher, technology coordinator, principal, Tomah; superintendent of schools, Oakfield, Verona; CESA 6 administrator, Oshkosh; dep- uty state superintendent of public instruction. ■ Member: Council of Chief State School Officers (board of directors member in 2017, president in 2016). ■ Former member: Wisconsin Association of CESA Administrators; Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators. Current office: Elected state superintendent 2009. Reelected since 2013. Mem- ber ex officio: University of Wisconsin Board of Regents; Wisconsin Technical College System Board. Contact: [email protected]; 608-266-1771; 125 South Webster Street, PO Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841. Matt Adamczyk, State Treasurer Republican Biography: Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 9, 1978; single. ■ Graduate Pius XI High School, 1996; B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000. ■ Small business manager. Former edu- cator; legislative aide. ■ Member: Republican Party of Milwaukee County; National Rifle Association; Americans for Prosperity. Current office: Elected state treasurer 2014. Member ex officio: Board of Commissioners of Public Lands; Wisconsin Insurance Security Fund. Contact: 608-266-1714; Room B38 West, State Capitol, Madison, WI 53701. Elected officials: Executive | 5 Douglas J. La Follette, Secretary of State Democrat Biography: Single. ■ B.S. in Chemistry, Mari- etta College, 1963; M.S. in Chemistry, Stanford University, 1964; Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Columbia University, 1967. ■ Former director of training and development with an energy mar- keting company; assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; public affairs director, Union of Concerned Scientists; owner and operator of a small business; research associ- ate, University of Wisconsin-Madison. ■ Mem- ber: American Solar Energy Society; Audubon Society; Friends of the Earth; Phi Beta Kappa. ■ Former member: Council of Economic Priorities; American Federation of Teachers; Federation of Amer- ican Scientists; Lake Michigan Federation; Southeastern Wisconsin Coalition for Clean Air; Clean Wisconsin (formerly Wisconsin Environmental Decade, founder). ■ Elected to Senate 1972. Current office: Elected secretary of state 1974 and 1982. Reelected since 1986. Member ex officio: Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. Contact: [email protected]; 608-266-8888 press 3; PO Box 7848, Madison, WI 53707-7848. ■ ■ ■ STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES Shirley S. Abrahamson Biography: Born New York City, December 17, 1933. ■ Graduate Hunter College High School, 1950; B.A. New York University, 1953; J.D. Indiana University Law School, 1956; S.J.D. University of Wisconsin Law School, 1962; D.L. (honorary): Willamette University, 1978; Ripon College, 1981; Beloit College, 1982; Capi- tal University, 1983; John Marshall Law School, 1984; Northeastern University, 1985; Indiana University, 1986; Northland College, 1988; Hamline University, 1988; Notre Dame University, 1993; Suffolk Univer- sity, 1994; DePaul University, 1996; Lawrence University, 1998; Marian College, 1998; Roger Williams University School of Law, 2007. ■ Member: American Philosophical Society (elected 1998); American Academy of Arts and Sciences (fellow 1997). ■ Recipient: American Bar Association John Marshall Award 2010; National Center for State Courts Harry L. Carrico Award for Judicial Innovation 2009; Wisconsin Counties Association Friend of County Govern- ment Award 2007; American Judicature Society Dwight D. Opperman Award 2004 and Herbert Harley Award 1999; American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award 1995; University of Wisconsin-Madison Distinguished Alumni Award 1994. Featured in Great American Judges: An Encyclopedia 2003. Current office: Appointed to Supreme Court August 1976 to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Horace W. Wilkie. Elected to full term 1979. Reelected 1989, 1999, and 2009. Became chief justice August 1, 1996, upon the retirement of Chief Justice Roland B. Day; served as chief justice until 2015. Ann Walsh Bradley Biography: Born Richland Center, Wisconsin, July 5, 1950; married; 4 children. ■ Graduate Richland Center High School; B.A. Webster College (St. Louis, Mis- souri); J.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison (Knapp Scholar), 1976. ■ Former high school teacher, prac- ticing attorney, and Marathon County circuit court judge. ■ Member: Board of Managerial Trustees, Inter- national Association of Women Judges; elected member of the American Law Elected officials: Supreme Court | 7 Institute; state coordinator for iCivics; Wisconsin Bench Bar Committee; University of Wisconsin Law School Board of Visitors; American Bar Asso- ciation; State Bar of Wisconsin; Federal-State Judicial Council; lecturer for the American Bar Association’s Asian Law Initiative, International Judicial Academy, and Institute of International Education. ■ Former member: Board of Directors, National Association of Women Judges; Board of Directors and vice chair, International Judicial Academy; Board of Directors, International Association of Women Judges; American Judicature Society; National Confer- ence on Uniform State Laws; Wisconsin Judicial College (associate dean and faculty); Wisconsin Rhodes Scholarship Committee (chair); Wisconsin Judicial Council; Wisconsin Equal Justice Task Force; Wisconsin Judicial Conference (executive committee, legislative committee, judicial education committee); Civil Law Committee (executive committee); Task Force on Children and Families; Board of Directors, Wisconsin State Public Defender; Committee on the Administration of Courts. ■ Recipient: American Judicature Society’s Herbert Harley Award; Business and Professional Woman of the Year; Business Woman of the Year Athena Award; Women in the Law Award. Current office: Elected to Supreme Court 1995. Reelected 2005 and 2015. Patience Drake Roggensack, Chief Justice Biography: Born Joliet, Illinois, July 7; married; 3 chil- dren. ■ Graduate Lockport Township High School; B.A. Drake University; J.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School (cum laude). ■ Former practicing attorney. ■ Participation: Commissioner, Uniform Laws Com- mission; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Wiscon- sin Judicial Council; Supreme Court Rules Procedure Committee; Supreme Court Finance Committee; Committee for Public Trust and Confidence in the Courts; American Bar Association; State Bar Association of Wisconsin; Western District of Wisconsin Bar Association (past president); Dane County Bar Association, served on Personnel Review Board (supreme court delegate); 2005 Judicial Conference (cochair); 2005 Statewide Bench Bar Conference (cochair). ■ Board service on: YMCA; YWCA; Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth; Olbrich Botanical Society; International Women’s Forum (past president); A Fund For Women; Friends of the Arboretum. ■ Court of Appeals judge, District IV (1996–2003). Served