Executive Committee 2013-2014 Members As of April 19, 2013 CHAIR CHAIR-ELECT Senator Kelvin Atkinson Representative Craig Johnson Nevada Alaska VICE CHAIR IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Representative Nancy Todd Representative Rosie Berger Colorado Wyoming ALASKA CALIFORNIA President Charlie Huggins Senator Darrell Steinberg President of the Senate President Pro Tempore Senator John Coghill Senator Bob Huff Appointed by President of the Senate Senate Minority Leader Senator Johnny Ellis Speaker John A. Pérez Senate Minority Leader Speaker of the Assembly Senator Lesil McGuire Assembly Member Connie Conway CSG-WEST Past Chair Assembly Minority Leader Senator Gary Stevens Assembly Member Steven Bradford Appointed by President of the Senate Vice Chair, CSG-WEST Energy and Public Speaker Mike Chenault Lands Speaker of the House Representative Craig Johnson CSG-WEST Chair - Elect COLORADO Representative Beth Kerttula President John Morse House Minority Leader, President of the Senate Chair, WESTRENDS Senator Bill Cadman Representative Lance Pruitt Senate Minority Leader Vice Chair, CSG-WEST Western Water and Senator Gail Schwartz Environment Chair, CSG-WEST Agriculture and Rural Affairs Senator Nancy Todd ARIZONA CSG-WEST Vice Chair President Andy Biggs Speaker Mark Ferrandino President of the Senate Speaker of the House Senator Leah Landrum Taylor Representative Mark Waller Senate Minority Leader House Minority Leader Senator John McComish Vice Chair, WESTRENDS Speaker Andy Tobin Speaker of the House Representative Chad Campbell House Minority Leader Representative Frank Pratt Vice Chair, CSG-WEST Agriculture and Rural Affairs CSG-WEST ∙ 1107 9th Street, Suite 730 ∙ Sacramento, CA 95814 ∙ Phone (916) 553-4423 ∙ www.csgwest.org ~ 1 ~ HAWAII NEVADA President Donna Mercado Kim Senator Moises “Mo” Denis President of the Senate Majority Floor Leader Senator Sam Slom Senator Michael Roberson Senate Minority Floor Leader Senate Minority Leader Senator Brian T. Taniguchi Senator Kelvin D. Atkinson CSG-WEST Past Chair CSG-WEST Chair Chair, CSG-WEST High Education Task Force Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick Speaker Joseph Souki Speaker of the Assembly Speaker of the House Assemblyman Pat Hickey Representative Aaron Ling Johanson Assembly Minority Floor Leader House Minority Leader Assemblyman David Bobzien Representative Marcus Oshiro Vice Chair, CSG-WEST Health Committee CSG-WEST Past Chair Assemblywoman Marilyn Dondero Loop Representative Scott Saiki Vice Chair, CSG-WEST Education Appointed by Speaker of the House Committee IDAHO NEW MEXICO Senator Mary Kay Papen Senator Brent Hill President Pro Tempore President Pro Tempore Senator Stuart Ingle Senator Bart M. Davis Senate Minority Floor Leader CSG Past Chair and CSG-WEST Past Chair Senator Gay Kernan Senator Michelle Stennett Appointed by President of the Senate Senate Minority Leader Speaker W. Ken Martinez Senator Dean Mortimer Speaker of the House Chair, CSG-WEST Education Committee Representative Donald Bratton Speaker Scott Bedke House Minority Floor Leader Speaker of the House Senator John Sapien Representative John Rusche Chair, CSG-WEST Economic Development and House Minority Leader Trade Representative Maxine Bell Representative Rick Miera Vice Chair, CSG Finance Committee Appointed by Speaker of the House Representative Jeff Thompson Vice Chair, Futures of Western Legislatures Representative Richard Wills CSG-WEST Past Chair OREGON President Peter Courtney President of the Senate MONTANA Senator Ted Ferrioli President Jeff Essmann Senate Republican Leader President of the Senate Senator Ginny Burdick Senator Jon Sesso Vice Chair, CSG-WEST Fiscal Affairs Senate Minority Leader Speaker Tina Kotek Speaker Mark Blasdel Speakers of the House Speaker of the House Representative Mike McLane Representative Chuck Hunter House Republican Leader House Minority Leader Senator Jackie Dingfelder Representative Tom Berry Chair, CSG-WEST Western Water and Vice Chair, CSG-WEST Economic Development Environment and Trade CSG-WEST ∙ 1107 9th Street, Suite 730 ∙ Sacramento, CA 95814 ∙ Phone (916) 553-4423 ∙ www.csgwest.org ~ 2 ~ UTAH WASHINGTON President Wayne Niederhauser Senator Rodney Tom President of the Senate Majority Coalition Caucus Leader Senator Gene Davis Senator Mark Schoesler Senate Minority Leader Senate Republican Leader Senator J. Stuart Adams Senator Ed Murray Appointed by President of the Senate Senate Democratic Leader Senator Peter Knudson Senator Karen Fraser Appointed by President of the Senate Chair, CSG-WEST – Canada Relations Senator Ralph Okerlund Speaker Frank Chopp Appointed by President of the Senate Speaker of the House Speaker Rebecca Lockhart Representative Joel Kretz Speaker of the House House Republican Leader Representative Jennifer Seelig Representative Sam Hunt House Minority Leader Appointed by Speaker of the House Vice Chair, CSG-WEST Higher Education Task Representative Jeff Morris Force CSG-WEST Past Chair Representative Melvin R. Brown Representative Sherry Appleton CSG-WEST Past Chair Appointed by Speaker of the House Chair, CSG-WEST Fiscal Affairs Representative Brad Dee WYOMING Appointed by Speaker of the House President Tony Ross Representative Roger Barrus President of the Senate Appointed by Speaker of the House Senator Christopher Rothfuss Representative Jack Draxler Senate Minority Floor Leader Appointed by Speaker of the House Senator Ogden Driskill Representative Brad Wilson WLA 2012 Class President Appointed by Speaker of the House Speaker Tom Lubnau Speaker of the House Representative Mary Throne *Michael Christensen House Minority Floor Leader Director Representative Rosie Berger Legislative Research & Counsel CSG-WEST Immediate Past Chair Representative Elaine Harvey Chair, CSG-WEST Health Committee Representative John Schiffer Chair, CSG-WEST Energy and Public Lands/ Public Lands Working Group CSG-WEST ∙ 1107 9th Street, Suite 730 ∙ Sacramento, CA 95814 ∙ Phone (916) 553-4423 ∙ www.csgwest.org ~ 3 ~ .