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First Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education

September 20-22, 2003
Washington, D.C.


State Delegations

 Complete Printer-friendly 14-page roster in PDF format.

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri

Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania

Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Alabama

Janice Cowin
Executive Director
Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education
Cumberland School of Law

Sue Schmitz
State Representative
Alabama House of Representatives

Ethel Hall
Vice President
Alabama State Board of Education

Thomas Walker
Executive Director
American Village Citizenship Trust

Alaska

Mary Bristol
State Coordinator
Center for Civic Education

Bettye Davis
State Senator
Alaska State Senate

John Coghill
House Majority Leader
Alaska House of Representatives

Esther Cox
First Vice Chair, State Board of Education

Macon Roberts
Anchorage School Board Member

Arizona

Lynda Rando
President
Cross Continent Consulting

Timothy Bee
State Senator
Arizona State Senate

Linda Gray
State Representative
Arizona House of Representatives

Kathy Kay
Education Programs Specialist
Arizona Department Of Education

David Garcia
Senior Research Analyst
Arizona Center for Public Policy

Arkansas

Barbara Patty
Program Advisor
Arkansas Department Of Education

Daryl Rice
Associate Dean
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Arkansas

Frank Smith
Social Studies Supervisor
Pulaski County Schools, Admin. Central Office

Suzi McPherson
Fort Smith Schools
Darby Jr. High School
Fort Smith, AR

California

Roy Erickson
Director of Justice Education Programs
Center for Civic Education

Honorable Frank C. Damrell, Jr.
Judge, United States District Court

Kerry Mazzoni
Secratary of Education
Office of Govenor

David Gordon
Superintendent
Elk Grove Unified School District

Michelle Herczog
Consultant, History/Social Science
Los Angeles County Office Of Education

Colorado

Barbara Miller
Executive Director
Center for Education In Law and Democracy

Peter Groff
State Senator
Colorado State Senate

Shawn Mitchell
State Representative
Colorado House of Representatives

Maria Garcia Berry
President
CRL Associates

Jane Urschel
Associate Executive Director
Colorado Association of School Boards

Connecticut

James Schmidt
Executive Director
Ct Consortium For Law & Citizenship Education, Inc.

Demetrios Giannaros
State Representative

Mary Skelly
Social Studies Coordinator
Vocational-Technical School System
Middletown, CT

Martha Press
Supervisor of Social Studies
Stratford Public Schools

Randall Collins
Superintendent of Schools
Waterford Public Schools

Delaware

Lewis Huffman
Education Associate, Social Studies
Department of Education

Honorable M. Jane Brady
Attorney General of Delaware

Valerie Woodruff
Secretary of Education
Delaware Department of Education

District of Columbia

Deborah Foster
Program Director
Street Law, Inc.

Connie Spinner
State Education Officer
State Education Office

Roceal Duke
Social Studies Content Specialist
D.C. Public Schools

Florida

Annette Boyd Pitts
Executive Director
The Florida Law-Related Education Association, Inc.

Curtis Richardson
State Representative
Florida House of Representatives

Rene Garcia
State Representative
Florida State Legislature

Jack Bovee
Past President, Florida Council for the Social Studies

Robert Gutierrez
Assistant Professor
The Florida State University

John Doyle
Director, Division of Social Sciences
Dade County Public Schools

Georgia

Eddie Bennett
Social Studies Supervisor
Cobb County School District

Joey Brush
State Senator
Georgia General Assembly

Bob Holmes
State Representative
Georgia General Assembly

Janet Wiley
President
Georgia Association of Curriculum Supervisors

Robynn Holland
Program Specialist - Social Studies
Georgia Department of Education

Stephanie Caywood
Director, Capitol Education Center, Office Of the Geprgia Secretary of State

Hawaii

Lyla Berg
President
Kids Voting Hawaii

Ron Menor
State Senator
Hawaii State Senate

Roy Takumi
State Representative
Hawaii House of Representatives

Sherwood Hara
Board Member
Board of Education

Roger Takabayashi
President
Hawaii State Teachers Association

Idaho

Dan Prinzing
State Coordinator
Idaho Department of Education

Honorable Marilyn Howard
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Idaho State Board of Education

Denton Darrington
State Senator
Idaho State Senate

Tim Hurst
Chief Deputy
Idaho Secretary of State's Office

Doug Oppenheimer
State Representative
Oppenheimer Companies

Illinois

Frederick Drake
Associate Professor Of History
Illinois State University

Steven Rauschenberger
State Senator
Illinois State Senate

Suzanne Bassi
State Representative
Illinois State Senate

Darlene Ruscitti
Superintendent of Education
Dupage Regional Office of Education

Maggie Oleson
Public Affairs Specialist
State Farm Insurance

John Craig
Principal Performance Consultant
Illinois State Board of Education

Jon Schmidt
Director of Service Learning
Chicago Public Schools

Indiana

John Patrick
Director
Indiana University
Social Studies Development Center

Peter Bomberger
Citizenship Education Advisory Committee
Indiana State Bar Association

Lynn Nelson
Director Emeritus, School of Education
Purdue University

Sharon Brehm
Chancellor
Indiana University

Iowa

Jason Follett
State Facilitator
Perry High School
Perry, IA

Honorable Chester Culver
Secretary of State of Iowa

Nancy Boettger
State Senator
Iowa State Senate

Jeffrey Cornett
Dean, College of Education
University of Northern Iowa

Kansas

Dave Dubois
Superintendent of Schools
Weskan Unified School District 242

Dwayne Umbarger
State Senator
Kansas State Senate

Kim Rasmussen
Education Program Consultant
Kansas State Department of Eduction

Kentucky

Deborah Williamson
General Manager
Division of Youth, Families & Community Services, Administrative Office of the Courts

Jack Westwood
State Senator
Kentucky State Senate

Tanya Pullin
State Representative
Kentucky House of Representatives

Cicely Jaracz Lambert
Director
Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts

Natalie Stiglitz
Social Studies Consultant
Kentucky Department of Education

Louisiana

Maria Yiannopoulos
Executive Director
Louisiana Center for Law & Civic Education
Louisiana State Bar Association

William Miller
Confidential Assistant to the Superintendent
Louisiana Department of Education

R. Edward Hunt
Community Outreach Facilitator
Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education

C. Kevin Hayes
Attorney at Law
Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Frost, Balhoff & McCollister

James Fahrenholtz
Board Member
Orleans Parish School Board

Maine

Julia Underwood
Maine Law and Civic Education
University of Maine Law School

Patrick Phillips
Deputy Commissioner
Maine Department of Education

Crystal Ward
Lewiston High School
Lewiston, ME

Richard Lyons
Superintendent
Hampden Academy

Maryland

Marcie Taylor-Thoma
Social Studies State Coordinator
Maryland Department of Education

Sharon Cox
Vice President
MCPS Board of Education

John Hurson
President-elect, NCSL
Maryland House of Delegates

David Rudolph
State Delegate
Maryland House of Delegates

Massachusetts

Diane Palmer
State Coordinator
Center for Civic Education

Richard Moore
State Senator
Massachusetts State Senate

Daniel Bosley
State Representative
Massachusetts House of Representatives

Sheldon Berman
Superintendent, Hudson Public Schools
Hudson, MA

Susan Wheltle
Director, Office for the Humanities
Massachusetts Department of Education

Roger Desrosiers
Social Studies Teacher
Millbury, MA

Michigan

Linda Start
Executive Director
Center for Civic Education through Law

Ron Jelinek
State Senator
Michigan State Senate

Hoon-Yung Hopgood
State Representative
Michigan House of Representatives

Kathleen Strauss
President, Michigan State Board of Education

John Lore
Executive Director
Connect Michigan Alliance

Eric Rader
Research Analyst
Policy Division, Office of the Governor

Leslie Salba
Special Assistant, Office of the Governor

Minnesota

Richard Theisen
Social Studies Consultant and Past President
National Council for the Social Studies

Steve Kelley
State Senator
Minnesota State Senate

Charles Skemp
Social Studies Specialist
Minnesota Department of Education

Mary Ann Van Houten
Assistant Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Education

Lisa Wilde
Chair, Mock Trial Program
Minnesota State Bar Association

Mississippi

Susie Burroughs
Assistant Professor
Mississippi State University

Alice Harden
State Senator
Mississippi State Senate

Mike Lott
State Representative
Mississippi House of Representatives

Dee Chambliss
Assistant Secretary of State
for Education & Publications
Mississippi Secretary of State's Office

Judy Couey
Bureau Director
Mississippi Department of Education

Missouri

Millie Aulbur
State Coordinator
Center for Civic Education
The Missouri Bar Center

D. Kent King
Commissioner
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sharon Sanders Brooks
State Representative
Missouri House of Representatives

Walt Bivins
State Representative
Missouri House of Representatives

Stan Johnson
Superintendent
School Of the Osage
Lake Ozark, MO

Montana

Bruce Wendt
Teacher
Billings West High School

Sam Kitzenberg
State Senator
Montana State Senate

Gary Branae
State Representative
Montana House of Representatives

Stephanie Wasta
Associate Professor
Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education
University of Montana

Nebraska

Mitch McCartney
Director of Informaiton Office
Unicameral Legislature

Honorable John Gale
Secretary of State of Nebraska

DiAnna Schimek
State Senator
Nebraska Unicameral

Joe Higgins
Member
Nebraska State Board of Education

Lauren Hill
Director
Governor's Policy Research Office

Nevada

Judith Simpson
State Coordinator
Center for Civic Education

William Horne
State Representative
Nevada House of Representatives

Larry Struve
Chairman, Nevada Advisory Committee On Participatory Democracy

Keith Rheault
Deputy Superintendent
State Department of Education

New Hampshire

Mica Stark
Director of Civic Education
New Hampshire Institute of Politics
Sant Anselm College

Andrei Campeamu
President
ATE Media Services, Inc.

Matt Prince
Teacher
Hanover High School
Hanover, NH

Audrey Rogers
President Elect of New Hampshire
Council for Social Studies

New Jersey

Arlene Gardner
Director
New Jersey Center for Law Related Education

Craig Stanley
Assemblyman
New Jersey State Assembly

Lucille Davy
Special Counsel to the Governor
Office of the Governor

John Dougherty
Coordinator of Social Studies
New Jersey Department of Education

New Mexico

Dora Marroquin
State Coordinator
Center for Democracy & Civic Education

Rick Miera
State Representative
New Mexico House of Representatives

Virginia Trujillo
Education Policy Advisor
Office of the Governor

Joseph Stewart, Jr.
Professor
University of New Mexico

New York

Stephen Schechter
Professor
Russell Sage College

Rita Lashway, Cae
Deputy Executive Director
New York State School Boards Association

A. Thomas Levin
President
New York Bar Association

Gail Kelly
President
New York State Council of Educational Associations

North Carolina

Debra Henzey
Executive Director
North Carolina Civic Education Consortium

Joe Sam Queen
State Senator
North Carolina State Senate

Linda Johnson
State Representative
North Carolina House of Representatives

Maria Teresa Palmer
Member State Board of Education

Susan Giamportone
Attorney at Law
Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
Durham, NC

Tracey Greggs
Elementary Education Specialist
Raleigh, NC

Carol Vogler
Past President, NC Council for the Social Studies

North Dakota

Phil Harmeson
Senior Associate to the President
University of North Dakota

Ray Holmberg
State Senator
North Dakota State Senate

Dennis Johnson
State Representative
North Dakota House of Representatives

Honorable Wayne Stenehjem
Attorney General of North Dakota

Honorable Mary Maring
Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court

Ohio

Jared Reitz
Director of Programs
Ohio Center for Law Related Education

Dixie Allen
State Representative
Ohio House of Representatives

Don Stenta
Associate Director
The John Glenn Institute

Patricia Allen Day
Executive Director of Special Programs
Roosevelt Center Middle School
Dayton, OH

Linda Petz
Consultant for Social Studies
Stark County Educational Service Center
Canton, OH

Frank Underwood
Assistant Director
Ohio Community Service Council

Oklahoma

Michael Reggio
Law Related Education Coordinator
Oklahoma Bar Association

Bill Nations
State Representative
Oklahoma House of Representatives

Lisa Pryor
Learn & Serve America Coordinator
Oklahoma State Department of Education

Gina Wekke
Director of Campus Compact and Sr. Coor for Academic Affairs
Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education

Denise Rhodes
Teacher
Quapaw High School
Quapaw, OK

Lyndal Caddell
Teacher
Noble Middle School
Noble, OK

Oregon

Barbara Rost
Program Director
Classroom Law Project

Ryan Deckert
State Senator
Oregon State Senate

Pat Farr
State Representative
Oregon House of Representatives

James Sager
Education Policy Advisor
Office of the Governor

Patrick Burk
Deputy Superintendent of Education Policy
Oregon Department of Education

Pennsylvania

Frances Warren
President-Elect
Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies

Jess Stairs
State Representative
Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Albert Cunningham
Superintendent
Montoursville Area School District
Montoursville, PA

James Wetzler
Social Studies Education Advisor
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Rhode Island

Michael Trofi
Director of Professional Development
West Warwick School Department

The Honorable Matt Brown
Secretary of State of Rhode Island

Hanna Gallo
State Senator
Rhode Island State Senate

Susan Story
State Representative
Rhode Island House of Representatives

Maria - Fernanda Escudero
Director, Civic Participation and Public Information
Office of the Secretary of State

James Parisi
Field Representative
Rhode Island Federation of Teachers & Health Professionals

South Carolina

Paul Horne
Director, Education Oversight Committee
State Department of Education

Warren Giese
State Senator
South Carolina State Senate

Harriett Lee Rucker
Member, State School Board

James Bryan
Education Associate: Social Studies
South Carolina Dept. of Education

South Dakota

John Lyons
Chairman
South Dakota Council for the Humanities

Drue Vitter
State Senator
South Dakota State Senate

Gerald Lange
State Representative
South Dakota House of Representatives

Glenna Fouberg
President, State Board of Education

Tennessee

Janis Kyser
State Coordinator
Center for Civic Education

Randy McNally
State Senator
Tennessee State Senate

Beth Harwell
State Representative
Tennessee House of Representatives

Joe Towns Jr.
State Representative
Tennessee House of Representatives

Richard Ray
Board Member
Tennessee State Board of Education

Bruce Opie
Legislative Liaison
Tennessee Dept. of Education

Ashley Smith, Jr.
President
Tennessee Middle Schools Association

Texas

Jan Miller
Law Related Education Director
State Bar of Texas

Honorable William Royal Furgeson, Jr.
Judge, United States District Court

George Rislov
Texas Education Agency

Hugh Akin
Executive Director
Hatton W. Sumners Foundation

Carlen Floyd
State Board for Teacher Certification

Pat Hardy
Social Studies Content Coordinator Secretary
Texas State Board of Education

Utah

Kathy Dryer
Director
Utah Law-Related Education. Project, Inc.

Honorable Christine Durham
Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court

Howard Stephenson
State Senator
Utah State Senate

La Var Christensen
State Representative
Utah House of Represenatatives

Janet Cannon
Vice Chairman
Utah State Board of Education

Vermont

Vee Gordon
State Facilitator
Vermont League of Woman Voters

Matt Dunne
State Senator
Vermont State Senate

Malcolm Severance
State Representative
Vermont House of Representatives

Patrick Burke
Principal
South Burlington High School
South Burlington, VT

Virginia

James Dillard II
Delegate
House of Delegates

Susan Genovese
Vice President
Virginia Board of Education

Andrew Washburn
Outreach Education Manager
James Madison's Montpelier

Patricia Wright
Assistant Superintendent for Instruction
Virginia Department of Education

Washington

Kathy Hand
State Coordinator
Center for Civic Education

Terry Bergeson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Dave Quall
State Representative
Washington House of Representatives

Steve Johnson
State Senator
Washington State Senate

David Upthegrove
State Representative
Washington House of Represenatitives

Steve Mullin
Vice President
Washington State Roundtable

West Virginia

Priscilla Haden
Member
West Virginia School Board

Ray Canterbury
State Delegate
West Virginia House of Delegates

David Stewart
State Superintendent of Schools
West Virginia Department of Education

William Raglin
President
West Virginia School Boards Association

Sharon Flack
Social Studies Coordinator
West Virginia Department of Education

Wisconsin

Dee Runaas
Law Related Education Coordinator
State Bar of Wisconsin

Elizabeth Burmaster
State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Robert Jauch
State Senator
Wisconsin State Senate

Luther Olsen
State Representative
Wisconsin State Assembly

Richard Grobschmidt
Assistant State Superintendent
State Department of Education

Kori Oberle
Project Director
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board

Wyoming

Matt Strannigan
State Coordinator
Center for Civic Education

Mike Massie
State Senator
Wyoming State Senate

Rosie Berger
State Representative
Wyoming House of Representatives

Sherry Tavegie
Teacher Consultant
College of Arts & Sciences
University of Wyoming

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