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Flemming Leadership Institute

Flemming Alumni Roster

Alabama
  • Representative Merika Coleman ('04) bio
  • Senator Jeff Enfinger ('00) bio
  • Senator Vivian Figures ('01)bio
  • Representative Laura Hall ('99)bio
  • Representative Joseph Mitchell ('99)bio
  • Senator Rodger Smitherman ('96)bio
  • Former Lt. Governor Steve Windom ('95)bio
Alaska
  • Representative Eric Croft ('99) bio
  • Former Representative Caren Robinson ('95)
Arizona
  • Senator Carolyn S. Allen ('99) bio
  • Senator Linda Binder ('02) bio
  • Representative Meg Burton Cahill ('03) bio
  • Senator Ken Cheuvront ('00) bio
  • Former Senator Susan Gerard ('95)
  • Senator Gabrielle Giffords ('02) bio
  • Former Representative Sally Gonzales ('99)
  • Former Senator Susan Grace ('96)
  • Representative Pete Hershberger ('04) bio
  • Representative Steve Huffman ('01) bio
  • Representative Jack C. Jackson, Jr. ('04)
  • Representative Linda J. Lopez ('04) bio
  • Former Representative Steve May ('00)
  • Representative Tom O'Halleran ('03) bio
  • Former Representative James Sedillo ('02)
  • Former Senator Ramon Valadez ('97)
Arkansas
  • Senator Jim Argue ('96) bio
  • Senator Jim Jeffress ('97)
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  • Former Senator John Riggs ('99)
  • Former Representative Judy Smith ('94)
California
  • Congresswoman Grace Napolitano ('94)
Colorado
  • Representative Alice Borodkin ('02) bio
  • Representative Betty Boyd ('03) bio
  • Representative Fran Coleman ('01) bio
  • Senator Ken Gordon ('95) bio
  • Representative Joel Judd ('03) bio
  • Representative Alice Madden ('02) bio
  • Representative Anne L. McGihon ('04) bio
  • Representative Tom Plant ('00) bio
  • Former Representative Tom Saliman ('96)
  • Representative Lois Tochtrop ('01) bio
Connecticut
  • Senator William Aniskovich ('99) bio
  • Former Representative Nancy Beals ('95)
  • Representative Andrew Fleischmann ('00) bio
  • Representative Steve Fontana ('99) bio
  • Senator Gary LeBeau ('97) bio
  • Representative Evelyn Mantilla ('00) bio
  • Representative Denise Merrill ('95) bio
  • Senator Andrew Roraback ('99) bio
  • Representative Cameron Staples ('94) bio
  • Representative Diana Urban ('02) bio
  • Representative Roberta Willis ('03) bio
Florida
  • Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards ('95)
  • Representative Anne Gannon ('04) bio
  • Representative Dan Gelber ('02) bio
  • Representative Kenneth Gottlieb ('99) bio
  • Representative Wilbert Holloway ('02) bio
  • Former Representative Debbie Horan ('96)
  • Representative Edward Jennings ('02) bio
  • Former Senator Daryl Jones ('96)
  • Representative Arthenia L. Joyner ('04) bio
  • Senator Ron Klein ('94) bio
  • Congressman Kendrick Meek ('96)
  • Senator Lesley Miller ('97) bio
  • Former Senator Richard Miller ('00)
  • Senator Burt Saunders ('95) bio
  • Former Representative Tracy Upchurch ('94)
  • Senator Debbie Wasserman Schultz ('94) (now a congressman) bio
  • Representative Doug Wiles ('97) bio
  • Former Representative Earl Ziebarth ('97)
Georgia
  • Senator Gloria Butler ('01) bio
  • Former Senator Donzella James ('95)
  • Representative Barbara Mobley ('94) bio
  • Senator Valencia Seay ('02) bio
  • Senator Connie Stokes ('96)
Hawaii
  • Former Representative Iris Ikeda Catalani ('00)
  • Senator J. Kalani English ('03)bio
  • Representative Jon Riki Karamatsu ('04) bio
  • Representative Marilyn Lee ('99) bio
  • Representative Hermina M. Morita ('97) bio
  • Representative Blake Oshiro ('02) bio
  • Representative Scott S. Saiki ('99) bio
  • Representative Roy Takumi ('96) bio
Idaho
  • Former Representative John Alexander ('96)
  • Representative Donna Boe ('99)
  • Former Senator Betsy Dunklin ('99)
  • Representative Wendy Jaquet ('97) bio
  • Representative Shirley Ringo ('04)
  • Representative Mary Lou Shepherd ('03)
  • Representative Kathy Skippen ('04)
  • Representative Tom Trail ('99) bio
Illinois
  • Representative Patricia Bellock ('00) bio
  • Representative Elizabeth Coulson ('97) bio
  • Representative Julie Hamos ('00) bio
  • Representative Renee Kosel ('97) bio
  • Representative David Miller ('02) bio
  • Representative Rosemary Mulligan ('94) bio
  • Former Representative Coy Pugh ('94)
Indiana
  • Former Senator Mark Blade ('00)
  • Representative Duane Cheney ('00) bio
Iowa
  • Commissioner Thomas E. Baker ('95)
  • Representative Swati Dandekar ('04) bio
  • Former Representative Rebecca Reynolds ('00)
  • Representative Cindy Winckler ('03) bio
Kansas
  • Senator David Haley ('00) bio
Kentucky
  • Representative Reginald Meeks ('04) bio
  • Senator Tim Shaughnessy ('94) bio
  • Representative Kathy Stein ('00) bio
  • Representative Susan Westrom ('02) bio
Louisiana
  • Representative Karen Carter ('01) bio
  • Former Representative William Daniel ('99)
  • Former Senator Wilson Fields ('96) bio
  • Representative Willie Hunter ('94) bio
  • Representative Sharon Weston Broome ('94) bio
  • Representative Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson ('99) (deceased)
Maine
  • Former Representative Christina Baker ('99)
  • Representative Donald P. Berry Sr. ('97) bio
  • Former Representative Joe Brooks ('99)
  • Senator Mary Cathcart ('97) (term limited)
  • Senator Beverly Daggett ('97) (term limited)
  • Representative Benjamin Dudley ('04) bio
  • Representative Matthew Dunlap ('97) (now ME Secretary of State) bio
  • Former Senator Marjorie Kilkelly ('99)
  • Senator Lloyd P. La Fountain, III ('97) (term limited)
  • Former Senator Susan Walsh Longley ('99)
  • Representative Donna M. Loring ('01) bio
  • Representative William Norbert ('02) bio
  • Senator Peggy A. Pendleton ('97) (term limited)
  • Former Senator Chellie Pingree ('96)
  • Representative Hannah Pingree ('04) bio
  • Former Senator Anne Rand ('99)
  • Former Representative Michael V. Saxl (97)
  • Senator Sharon Treat (94) bio
  • Former Representative Elizabeth Watson (97)
Maryland
  • Former Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III ('97)
  • Delegate Charles Boutin ('02) bio
  • Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt ('99) bio
  • Senator Verna Jones ('00)bio
  • Former Delegate Cheryl Kagan ('96)
  • Delegate Salima Marriott ('95) bio
  • Delegate Joanne Parrott ('03) bio
  • Former Delegate Wendell Phillips ('02)
  • Former Delegate James Ports ('96)
  • Former Delegate Tod Sher ('01)
  • Delegate Joan Stern ('02) bio
Massachusetts
  • Former Representative Frank Cousins ('94)
  • Representative Mark Falzone ('02) bio
  • Representative Jay Kaufman ('01) bio
  • Representative Peter J. Koutoujian ('99) bio
  • Representative Karyn Polito ('02) bio
  • Representative Frank Smizik ('02) bio
  • Representative Kathleen Teahan ('01) bio
  • Representative Alice Wolf ('97) bio
Michigan
  • Former Representative Laura Baird ('96)
  • Former Representative Rose Bogardus ('00)
  • Senator Deborah Cherry ('95) bio
  • Representative Julie Dennis ('04) (term limited)
  • Former Representative Paul DeWeese ('99)
  • Former Representative Patricia Godchaux ('97)
  • Former Senator Philip Hoffman ('94)
  • Representative Alexander Lipsey ('04) bio
  • Former Representative Patricia Lockwood ('01)
  • Former Representative Lynne Martinez ('95)
  • Senator Mark Schauer ('00) bio
  • Former Representative Judith Scranton ('00)
Minnesota
  • Senator Ellen Anderson ('94) bio
  • Senator D. Scott Dibble ('03) bio
  • Former Representative Gregory Gray ('01)
  • Senator Linda Higgins ('01) bio
  • Representative Frank Hornstein ('04) bio
  • Representative Margaret Anderson Kelliher ('00) bio
  • Former Senator Deanna Wiener ('97)
Mississippi
  • Representative Earle S. Banks ('99) bio
  • Judge Tomie T. Green ('97)
  • Senator Alice Harden ('94) bio
  • Former Senator Robert Johnson ('96)
  • Senator Willie Simmons ('99)bio
  • Representative Sara Thomas ('00) bio
Missouri
  • Former Senator Roseann Bentley ('00)
  • Senator Joan Bray ('94) bio
  • Representative Marsha Campbell ('97) bio
  • Governor Bob Holden ('94)
  • Former Representative Carol Stroker ('97)
  • Representative Vicky Riback Wilson ('99) bio
  • Former Representative Tim Van Zandt ('96)
Montana
  • Senator John Bohlinger ('99) bio
  • Former Senator Steve Doherty ('97)
  • Former Representative William Eggers, III ('99)
  • Senator Jim Elliott ('02) bio
  • Representative Christine Kaufmann ('03) bio
  • Senator Sam Kitzenberg ('02) bio
  • Former Representative Jeanette McKee ('96)
  • Representative Don Roberts ('04) bio
  • Senator Trudi Schmidt ('99) bio
  • Senator Debbie Shea ('99) bio
  • Representative Frank Smith ('03) bio
  • Senator Emily Stonington ('95) bio
  • Senator Jon Tester ('04) bio
Nebraska
  • Former Senator Connie Day ('94)
  • Former Senator Janis McKenzie ('95)
  • Senator Nancy Thompson ('02) bio
Nevada
  • Controller Kathy Augustine ('96)
  • Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie ('00) bio
  • Former Assemblywoman Debbie Smith ('02)
New Hampshire
  • Former Representative Donna Soucy ('94)
  • Former Senator Katherine Wheeler ('97)
New Jersey
  • Former Senator Richard Bagger ('94)
  • Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula ('03) bio
  • Assemblyman John Wisniewski ('00) bio
  • Former Assemblywoman Barbara Wright ('96)
New Mexico
  • Senator Pete Campos ('94) bio
  • Senator Dede Feldman ('99) bio
  • Senator Linda Lopez ('00) bio
  • Former Senator Ann Riley ('95)
  • Former Senator Liz Stefanics ('94)
  • Representative Mimi Stewart ('96) bio
  • Representative James Taylor ('95) bio
New York
  • Assemblyman Kevin Cahill ('00) bio
  • Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun ('94) bio
  • Senator Thomas Duane ('03) bio
  • Commissioner Joseph Holland ('94)
  • Assemblywoman Susan John ('96) bio
  • Senator Kevin S. Parker ('04) bio
North Carolina
  • Auditor Ralph Campbell ('94)
  • Representative Verla Insko ('99)
  • Treasurer Richard Moore ('97) bio
  • Labor Commissioner Harry Payne ('94) (outgoing) site
  • Representative Jennifer Weiss ('04) bio
North Dakota
  • Representative Lois Delmore ('01) bio
  • Representative Pam Gulleson ('97) bio
  • Representative Kathy Hawken ('97) bio
  • Former Representative Roxanne Jensen ('99)
  • Senator Aaron Krauter ('95) bio
  • Representative Andrew Maragos ('95) bio
  • Former Representative Stacey Mickelson ('96)
  • Former Senator Steven W. Tomac ('99)
Ohio
  • Representative Catherine Barrett ('00) bio
  • Former Senator Jeffrey Johnson ('95)
  • Mayor Rhine McLin ('96)
  • Councilwoman Charleta Tavares ('96)
Oklahoma
  • Representative Larry Adair ('97) (term limited)
  • Former Representative Laura Boyd (95)
  • Senator Mike Morgan ('01) bio
Oregon
  • Former Representative Joanne Bowman ('99)
  • Senator Ryan Deckert ('97)bio
  • Treasurer Randall Edwards ('97)
  • Senator Kurt Schrader ('97)bio
  • Former Representative Ken Strobeck ('96)
  • Senator Jackie Winters ('00)bio
  • Former Representative Sharon Wylie ('95)
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
  • Former Representative William Fitzpatrick ('95)
South Carolina
  • Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter ('96) bio
  • Representative Jerry N. Govan, Jr. ('99) bio
  • Councilman Billy Keyserling ('95)
  • Representative David Mack ('01) bio
  • Representative Bessie Moody-Lawrence ('97)bio
  • Senator Clementa C. Pinckney ('97)bio
  • Representative Seth Whipper ('00)bio
South Dakota
  • Former Senator Bob Drake ('96)
  • Former Senator JoAnn Morford-Burg ('96)
Tennessee
  • Representative Kim McMillan ('95) bio
Texas
  • Representative Lon Burnam ('01) bio
  • Representative Joaquin Castro ('04) bio
  • Representative Norma Chavez ('97) bio
  • Representative Garnet Coleman ('95) bio
  • Representative Joseph Deshotel ('02) bio
  • Representative Dawnna Dukes ('95) bio
  • Representative Jim Dunnam ('00) bio
  • Senator Rodney Ellis ('94) bio
  • Representative Jessica Farrar ('01) bio
  • Representative Trey Martinez Fischer ('02) bio
  • Representative Pete Gallego ('96) bio
  • Representative Terri Hodge ('03) bio
  • Former Representative Ann Kitchen ('02)
  • Former Representative Glenn Lewis ('01)
  • Representative Vilma Luna ('97) bio
  • Representative Ruth McClendon ('97) bio
  • Representative Dora Olivo ('97) bio
  • Tax Assessor/Collector Sylvia Romo ('94)
  • Representative Carlos Uresti ('99) bio
  • Senator Royce West ('95) bio
  • Former Representative Miguel D. Wise ('97)
Utah
  • Representative Sheryl L. Allen ('97)bio
  • Representative Ralph Becker ('99)bio
  • Representative Duane Bourdeaux ('99)bio
  • Former Representative Judy Ann Buffmire ('95)
  • Former Representative Mary Carlson ('95)
  • Former Representative Gary F. Cox ('99)
  • Representative David Litvack ('03)bio
  • Representative Ty McCartney ('02) (Salt Lake City's Police Civilian Review Board Administrator) bio
  • Representative Carol Moss ('02)bio
Vermont
  • Former Representative Elaine Alfano ('97)
  • Former Representative Jeffrey Connor ('94)
  • Senator Matt Dunne ('95)
  • Former Senator Betty Ferraro ('94)
  • Former Representative John Larkin ('95)
  • Representative Judith Livingston ('96)
  • Former Representative Cathy Voyer ('99)
Virginia
  • Delegate Kristen Amundson ('01)bio
  • Delegate Viola Osborne Baskerville ('99)bio
  • Senator William Mims ('95)bio
  • Senator Linda T. "Toddy" Puller ('99)bio
  • Former Delegate John H. "Jack" Rust, Jr. ('99)
Washington
  • Representative Mary Lou Dickerson ('97)bio
  • Councilwoman Carolyn Edmonds ('01)
  • Representative Fred Jarrett ('03)bio
  • Representative Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney ('97)bio
  • Representative Ruth Kagi ('02)bio
  • Senator Karen Keiser ('02)bio
  • Former Representative Dawn Mason ('96)
  • Representative Joe McDermott ('04)bio
  • Representative Jim McIntire ('00)bio
  • Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles ('99)bio
  • Representative Shay Schual-Berke ('01)bio
West Virginia
  • Delegate Jon Amores ('96) bio
Wisconsin
  • Representative Pedro A Colon ('01)bio
  • Representative Suzanne Jeskewitz ('99)bio
  • Former Representative Lee Meyerhofer ('01)
  • Senator Mark Miller ('02)bio
  • Senator Jeffery T. Plale ('99)bio
  • Representative Mark Pocan ('01)bio
  • Representative Jon Richards ('00)bio
  • ED WI H&E Dev Auth Antonio Riley ('94)bio
  • Representative Christine Sinicki ('03)bio
Wyoming
  • Former Representative Richard Badgett ('94)
  • Senator Rae Lynn Job ('99)bio
  • Former Representative Lorna Johnson ('01)