2013 CSG Leadership Council 2013 LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

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1 2013 CSG Leadership Council 2013 LEADERSHIP COUNCIL CSG National Chair Senator Gary Stevens Address: State Capitol, Room 429 Juneau, AK Phone: Fax: Katrina Matheny, Chief of Staff Sen. Gary Stevens served as the Alaska Senate president from His service in the Senate began in 2003 and he previously served one term in the Alaska House of Representatives from The retired history professor currently serves as the chair of the Senate Committee on Education. He is a 2005 Toll Fellow. CSG National President Governor Jay Nixon Address: P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, MO Phone: Fax: Judy Murray, Executive Assistant Judy.Murray@mo.gov Gov. Jay Nixon is currently serving in his second term as governor of Missouri. Prior to his 2008 election as governor, he served three terms in the Missouri Senate and four terms as the state s attorney general. During his first term as governor, Nixon successfully worked the across the aisle with the Republican-controlled legislature to get a comprehensive jobs bill passed and an increase in funding for the state s public elementary and secondary schools.

2 CSG National Chair-Elect Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris Address: th Avenue, North 9A Legislative Plaza Nashville, TN Phone: Fax: sen.mark.norris@capitol.tn.gov Liz Alvey, Senior Policy Advisor liz.alvey@capitol.tn.gov Sen. Norris has served as Tennessee Senate majority leader since He was re-elected in 2012 to serve a fourth term in the state senate. Prior to his first election in 2000, Norris served as a Shelby County commissioner. Sen. Norris currently serves as chair of the Senate Rules Committee. He is a 2002 Toll Fellow. CSG National Vice Chair Senator Carl Marcellino Address: 188 State Street Room 811 Albany, NY Phone: marcelli@nysenate.gov Tori Ann LaMalfa tlamalfa@nysenate.gov Sen. Marcellino was first elected to the New York Senate in He currently serves as chair of the Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations. He is known for his reputation as an environmental champion and has written over 100 environmental laws.

3 CSG Immediate Past National Chair Senator Jay Scott Emler Address: 300 Southwest 10 th Avenue Room 541-E Topeka, KS Phone: Cherryl Masters Sen. Emler has represented the 35th District in central Kansas since 2001 and served as Senate majority leader from He currently holds the position of vice chair for both the Committee on Kansas Security and Committee on Federal and State Affairs. He also serves on the Governor s Council on Homeland Security. CSG Immediate Past National President Vacant CSG East Chair or their designee Senate President Eduardo Bhatia Address: P.O. Box San Juan, PR Phone: ebhatia@senadopr.us Javier Torres, Aide Javier.Torres@eduardobhatia.com Sen. Bhatia was sworn in as Puerto Rico s 15th Senate president in January Bhatia was first elected to the Senate in 1996, serving until He became executive director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Agency in 2005, where he remained until February Bhatia returned to the Senate with an election victory in November He is the current co-chair of the Eastern Regional Conference.

4 CSG Midwest Chair or their designee Representative Alice Hausman Address: 453 State Office Building 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Saint Paul, MN Phone: Debra Fastner, Legislative Assistant Rep. Hausman has served in the Minnesota House since winning a 1989 special election. She currently serves as chair of the House Committee on Capital Investment. Her legislative work has focused on the environment, renewable energy and public mass transit. She is the current chair of the Midwestern Legislative Conference. CSG South Chair or their designee Senate Minority Leader Keith Ingram Address: P.O. Box 1028 West Memphis, AR Phone: friendsforkeith@gmail.com Deborah Burk, Assistant dburk@razorbackconcrete.com Sen. Ingram is currently serving his first term in the Arkansas Senate. Prior to his November 2012 election to the Senate, he served two terms in the House. Sen. Ingram serves as minority leader and vice chair of the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce. He is the current chair of the Southern Legislative Conference.

5 CSG West Chair or their designee Senator Kelvin Atkinson Address: 401 South Carson Street Carson City, NV Phone: Lona Domenici, Legislative Assistant Sen. Atkinson was elected to the Nevada Senate in November 2012 after serving five terms in the state Assembly. He is the current chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy and vice chair of the Senate Committee on Transportation. Atkinson is a 2005 Toll Fellow and current chair of CSG-West. National Lieutenant Governors Association Representative or designee Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling Address: 102 Governor Street Richmond, VA Phone: Fax: ltgov@ltgov.virginia.gov Denise Burch denise.burch@ltgov.virginia.gov Bolling is currently in his second term as Virginia s lieutenant governor. Prior to his 2005 election, Bolling was a member of the Virginia Senate, where he had served since Bolling is the first Virginia lieutenant governor to serve in a governor s cabinet and has the role of the state s chief jobs creation officer under Gov. Bob McDonnell.

6 National Association of State Treasurers Representative or designee Treasurer Manju Ganeriwala Address: 101 North 14th Street, 3rd Floor P.O. Box 1879 Richmond, VA Phone: Fax: Ganeriwala was first appointed state treasurer of Virginia by Gov. Timothy Kaine effective Jan. 1, Prior to her appointment, she served as deputy secretary of finance for the commonwealth. In addition to her role as treasurer, she serves as chair of the state Treasury Board. Ganeriwala is a 2013 Toll Fellow and current president of the National Association of State Treasurers. Representative of CSG Affiliated Organizations Dr. Kathleen Berg, Ph.D., Brigadier General Representing MIC3 Address: University of Hawaii at Manoa 1776 University Avenue Honolulu, HI Phone: kberg@hawaii.edu Dr. Berg is a specialist and associate director of the Curriculum Research and Development Group at the University of Hawaii at Manoa since She served as a member in the Hawaii Air National Guard from 1977 until 2009, when she retired at the rank of brigadier general. Berg was appointed in 2009 as the Hawaii state commissioner to the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.

7 Chair of the CSG Justice Center Board of Directors or designee Vacant CSG Finance Committee Representative Maxine Bell Address: 194 South 300 East Jerome, ID Phone: Rep. Bell has served over 20 years in the Idaho House and was first elected in She is the current chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and co-chair of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee. Bell, a retired school librarian and farmer, is a 2008 Toll Fellow. CSG Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Senator Beau McCoy Address: Room 2015 P.O. Box Lincoln, NE Phone: bmccoy@leg.ne.gov Mary Jacobsen mjacobsen@leg.ne.gov Sen. McCoy was first elected to the Nebraska Legislature in He currently serves on both the Revenue Committee and the Committee on Transportation and Telecommunications. Outside of his legislative service, McCoy is a small business owner working as a home improvement contractor. He is a 2011 Toll Fellow and the current Midwestern Legislative Conference first vice chair.

8 CSG Interbranch Affairs Committee Justice Nancy Saitta Address: 201 South Carson Street Carson City, NV Phone: Vickie Roberts Justice Nancy M. Saitta was elected to the Supreme Court in 2006, served as Chief Justice from September 5, 2011, to May 6, 2012, and was re-elected to the Supreme Court in Justice Saitta began her judicial career a decade earlier when she was appointed as a Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge in October, Two years later, she was elected a judge at the Eighth Judicial District Court. She is a 2009 Toll Fellow.