ALEC     ★ S INCE 1973, THE CITIZEN LEGISLATORS OF THE ★ A MERICAN L EGISLATIVE E XCHANGE C OUNCIL HAVE ADVANCED A COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVE AGENDA BASED ON THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF FREE MARKETS , LIMITED GOVERNMENT, FEDERALISM AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY. TODAY, THE LARGEST NONPARTISAN , INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION OF STATE LEGISLATORS IN THE ALEC IS NATION . ★ I N ADDITION TO THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS LISTED HERE , HUNDREDS OF OTHER MEMBERS ARE WITH OVER 2,400 MEMBERS , ALEC CHAIRMEN OR RANKING MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES AND CAUCUSES , OR HOLD OTHER SIGNIFICANT AND INFLUENTIAL POSITIONS . CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANCING THE ALEC’ S B OARD OR OF L EGISLATORS ALSO D IRECTORS , OR AS S TATE Among the leadership of America’s state legislatures, ALEC members hold an impressive presence: 33 Speakers and Speakers Pro Tempore; 29 Senate Presidents and Senate Presidents Pro Tempore; 30 Senate Majority and Minority Leaders; 35 House Majority and Minority Leaders. ALEC alumni include 6 sitting governors, 4 lieutenant governors, 2 senior cabinet-level positions, and 89 members of Congress. ALEC AGENDA BY SERVING ON TASK F ORCE C HAIRS . A RKANSAS Representative John Harkins Senator Shawn Womack ALEC State Chair Senate Minority Leader Senator Steve Faris Treasurer, ALEC National Board Senator Barbara Horn ALEC State Co-Chair Representative Susan Lynn Schulte ALEC State Co-Chair D ELAWARE Speaker Terry R. Spence Speaker of the House Representative Wayne A. Smith House Majority Leader Representative Robert F. Gilligan House Minority Leader A LABAMA C ALIFORNIA Representative Pam Thornburg Senator James T. Waggoner Senator Dick Ackerman ALEC State Chair Senate Minority Leader Senate Minority Leader Representative Mike Hubbard Assemblymember Raymond N. Haynes House Minority Leader ALEC National Director Representative Jim Carns Senator Dennis Hollingsworth ALEC State Chair ALEC State Chair F LORIDA Senator Tom Lee Senate President Senator Dennis L. Jones Senate Majority Leader/ALEC State Co-Chair A LASKA C OLORAD O Speaker Allan Bense Representative John B. Coghill, Jr. Senator Mark D. Hillman Speaker of the House House Majority Leader/ALEC State Chair Senate Minority Leader Representative Gayle Harrell Representative Joseph P. Stengel ALEC State Chair A RIZONA Senator Kenneth R. Bennett Senate President Senator Timothy S. Bee Senate Majority Leader House Minority Leader Senator Dave T. Owen ALEC National Director Senator Ron May ALEC National Director/ALEC State Chair G EORGIA Senator Eric B. Johnson Senate President Pro Tempore Speaker Glenn Richardson Speaker of the House Senator Linda G. Aguirre Senate Minority Leader C ONNECTICUT Representative Mark J. Burkhalter Speaker James P. Weiers Senator Louis C. DeLuca Speaker Pro Tempore Speaker of the House Senate Republican Leader Representative Jerry Keen Senator Robert L. Burns Representative Robert M. Ward House Majority Leader ALEC State Chair House Minority Leader Representative Earl Ehrhart Senator George L. Gunther 2005 ALEC National Chairman ALEC National Director Representative Ronald L. Forster ALEC State Chair H AWAII Representative Dolores M. Mertz Representative David Palsrok Representative Colleen Meyer Second Vice Chair, ALEC National Board ALEC State Chair House Minority Floor Leader Representative Sandy Greiner Representative Galen Fox ALEC State Chair Representative Erik Paulsen House Minority Leader Senator Paul Whalen ALEC State Chair M INNESOTA K ANSAS House Majority Leader Speaker Doug Mays Senator Patricia Pariseau Speaker of the House/ALEC State Chair ALEC State Chair I DAHO Representative Ray Merrick Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch Speaker Pro Tempore M ISSISSIPPI Senate President Senator Susan Wagle Lieutenant Governor Amy Tuck Speaker Bruce C. Newcomb First Vice Chair, ALEC National Board Senate President Senator William G. Hewes III Speaker of the House Representative Jim Clark ALEC State Chair K ENTUCKY Immediate Past National Chairman Senator David L. Williams Representative William C. Denny Senate President ALEC State Chair I LLINOIS Senator Katie K. Stine Senator Frank C. Watson Senate President Pro Tempore M ISSOURI Senate Minority Leader Senator Dan Kelly Senator Peter Kinder Representative Tom Cross Senate Majority Floor Leader Senate President Pro Tempore House Minority Leader Senator James E. Worley Senator Michael R. Gibbons Senator Kirk W. Dillard Senate Minority Floor Leader Senate Majority Leader ALEC State Chair Senator Richard L. Roeding Speaker Rod Jetton Representative Renée Kosel ALEC State Chair Speaker of the House ALEC State Co-Chair L OUISIANA I NDIANA Speaker Joe R. Salter Speaker Brian C. Bosma Speaker of the House Speaker of the House Representative Donald Ray Kennard Representative P. Eric Turner ALEC National Director Speaker Pro Tempore Senator Noble Ellington Representative David N. Frizzell ALEC National Director/ALEC State Chair Representative Carl L. Bearden Speaker Pro Tempore Representative Tom Dempsey House Majority Floor Leader Representative Jane Cunningham ALEC National Director Representative Susan Phillips ALEC State Chair ALEC National Director Representative David Wolkins ALEC State Chair I OWA Senator John P. Kibbie Senate Democratic President Senator Jeffrey M. Lamberti Senate Republican President Senator Robert E. Dvorsky M AINE M ONTANA Representative Henry L. Joy Senator Dan W. Harrington ALEC State Chair M ARYLAND Delegate George C. Edwards House Minority Leader Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale ALEC State Chair Senate President Pro Tempore Senator Bob Keenan Senate Minority Leader Representative Roy Brown House Republican Leader Representative Pat Wagman ALEC State Chair Democratic President Pro Tempore M ASSACHUSET TS Senator Larry McKibben Representative Bradley H. Jones, Jr. N EBRASKA House Minority Leader Speaker Kermit A. Brashear Republican President Pro Tempore Speaker–Unicameral Senator Michael E. Gronstal Democratic Floor Leader M ICHIGAN Senator L. Patrick Engel Senator Stewart E. Iverson Senator Patricia Birkholz Secretary, ALEC National Board Republican Floor Leader Senate President Pro Tempore Senator Jeanne M. Combs Speaker Christopher C. Rants Senator Ken Sikkema ALEC State Chair Speaker of the House Senate Majority Leader Representative Danny C. Carroll Speaker Craig M. DeRoche N EVADA Speaker Pro Tempore Speaker of the House Senator William J. Raggio Representative Chuck Gipp Representative Jerry O. Kooiman House Majority Leader Speaker Pro Tempore Senate Majority Floor Leader/ALEC National Director Representative Pat Murphy Representative Christopher C. Ward House Minority Leader House Majority Leader  ★     Assemblyman Lynn C. Hettrick House Minority Floor Leader Senator Dean A. Rhoads O HIO Representative Doug W. Smith ALEC National Director Senator Jeff Jacobson Speaker Pro Tempore Senator Dennis Nolan Senate President Pro Tem Representative James Merrill ALEC State Chair Senator Randy Gardner House Majority Leader Senate Majority Floor Leader Representative Harry L. Ott, Jr. Speaker Jon Husted House Minority Leader Speaker of the House Senator William C. Mescher Representative Charles R. Blasdel ALEC State Chair Speaker Pro Tempore Representative Liston Barfield Senator Lynn R. Wachtmann ALEC State Co-Chair N EW H AMPSHIRE Senator Carl R. Johnson Senate President Pro Tempore Senator Robert E. Clegg, Jr. Senate Majority Leader Representative Kenneth L. Weyler Deputy Speaker/ALEC State Chair N EW J ERSEY Assemblyman Alex DeCroce House Republican Leader Senator Anthony Bucco ALEC State Co-Chair Assemblyman Guy R. Gregg ALEC State Co-Chair N EW M EXICO Senator Stuart Ingle Senate Minority Floor Leader Representative Ted E. Hobbs House Minority Floor Leader Representative Terry T. Marquardt ALEC State Chair N EW YORK Senator Joseph L. Bruno Senate President/Senate Majority Leader Senator Frank Padavan Senate Vice President Pro Tempore Assemblyman Charles H. Nesbitt House Minority Leader Senator Owen H. Johnson ALEC National Director Assemblyman Pat M. Casale ALEC State Chair Representative Stephen P. Buehrer ALEC State Co-Chair Speaker James B. Black Speaker of the House Representative Richard T. Morgan Speaker Pro Tempore Representative Harold J. Brubaker ALEC National Director/ALEC State Chair N ORTH D AKOTA Senator Bob Stenehjem Senate Majority Leader Representative Richard Berg House Majority Leader Representative Alan H. Carlson ALEC State Chair Senator Lee Anton Schoenbeck Senate President Pro Tempore O KLAHOMA Representative Larry Rhoden Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin House Majority Leader Senate President Representative Dale Hargens Senator Glenn Coffee House Minority Leader Senate Minority Leader/ALEC State Co-Chair Representative Hal Wick Speaker Todd Hiett ALEC State Chair Speaker of the House Representative Susan Winchester Speaker Pro Tempore Representative Doug Miller ALEC State Chair T ENNESSEE Senator Ronald Ramsey Senate Republican Leader Representative Steve K. McDaniel ALEC National Director O REGON Representative Curry Todd Speaker Karen Minnis ALEC State Chair Speaker of the House T EXAS P ENNSYLVANIA Senator Jeff Wentworth Senator Robert C. Jubelirer Senate President Pro Tempore Senate President Pro Tempore Speaker Tom Craddick Senator David J. Brightbill Speaker of the House/ALEC National Director Senate Majority Leader Representative John E. Davis Speaker John M. Perzel ALEC State Chair Speaker of the House Representative Ron Marsico ALEC State Chair ALEC State Chair N ORTH C AROLINA S OUTH D AKOTA U TAH Senator John L. Valentine Senate President R HODE I SLAND Senator Peter C. Knudson Senator Joseph A. Montalbano Senate Majority Leader Senate President Senator Mike Dmitrich Senator Dennis L. Algiere Senate Minority Leader Senate Minority Leader Speaker Greg J. Curtis Representative Robert A. Watson Speaker of the House House Minority Leader Representative Jeff Alexander Senator Leo R. Blais House Majority Leader ALEC State Chair Senator Curtis S. Bramble ALEC State Chair S OUTH C AROLINA Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer V ERMONT Senate President Representative Richard W. Hube, Jr. Senator John C. Land, III House Minority Leader Senate Minority Leader Senator Kevin J. Mullin Speaker David H. Wilkins ALEC State Chair Speaker of the House  ★     V IRGINIA W EST V IRGINIA Representative Phillip Montgomery Speaker William J. Howell Senator Michael A. Oliverio, II ALEC State Co-Chair Speaker of the House/ALEC National Director ALEC State Chair Senator Scott L. Fitzgerald ALEC State Co-Chair Delegate H. Morgan Griffith House Majority Leader W ISCONSIN Senator Stephen H. Martin Senator David Zien W YOMING ALEC State Chair Senate President Pro Tempore Senator Grant Larson Delegate Chris Jones Senator Dale W. Schultz Senate President Senate Majority Leader Senator John Schiffer Speaker John G. Gard Senate Majority Floor Leader WASHINGTON Speaker of the House Speaker Randall B. Luthi Senator Luke Esser Representative Stephen J. Freese Speaker of the House Republican Floor Leader Speaker Pro Tempore Representative Roy Cohee Representative Bruce Chandler Representative Michael D. Huebsch House Majority Floor Leader House Minority Leader House Majority Leader Representative Peter S. Illoway Senator Val A. Stevens Representative James Kreuser ALEC National Director/ALEC State Chair ALEC National Director/ALEC State Chair House Minority Leader ALEC State Co-Chair ★    C ABINET Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card U.S. S ENATE Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) Senator George Allen (R-Va.) Senator Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Senator James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) Senator Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) Senator James Talent (R-Mo.) Senator Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.) U.S. H OUSE OF R EPRESENTATIVES Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) Representative Rodney Alexander (R-La.) Representative Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) Representative Richard H. Baker (R-La.) Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) Representative John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) Representative Leonard L. Boswell (D-Iowa) Representative F. A. Boyd (D-Fla.) Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas) Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla.) Representative Dan Burton (R-Ind.) Representative David Camp (R-Mich.) Representative Eric Cantor (R-Va.) Representative Howard Coble (R-N.C.) Representative Tom Cole (R-Okla.) Representative Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.) Representative John Culberson (R-Texas) Representative James O. Davis (D-Fla.) Representative Jo Ann Davis (R-Va.) Representative Tom DeLay (R-Texas) Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) Representative John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.) Representative Thelma Drake (R-Va.) Representative Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) Representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.) Representative John Randy Forbes (R-Va.) Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) Representative Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) Representative James Gerlach (R-Pa.) Representative Paul E. Gillmor (R-Ohio) Representative Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) Representative Virgil H. Goode (R-Va.) Representative Sam Graves (R-Mo.) Representative Mark Green (R-Wisc.) Representative Gil Gutknecht (R-Minn.) Representative Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) Representative Melissa Hart (R-Pa.) Representative Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) Representative Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) Representative Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.) Representative Nancy L. Johnson (R-Conn.) Representative Sam Johnson (R-Texas) Representative Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.) Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) Representative Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) Representative John Kuhl (R-N.Y.) Representative Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) Representative John Linder (R-Ga.) Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (R-N.J.) Representative Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.) Representative Ken Marchant (R-Texas) Representative John M. McHugh (R-N.Y.) Representative Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) Representative John L. Mica (R-Fla.) Representative Jefferson Miller (R-Fla.) Representative Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) Representative Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) Representative Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) Representative Anne M. Northup (R-Ky.) Representative Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) Representative John E. Peterson (R-Pa.) Representative Joseph R. Pitts (R-Pa.) Representative Todd Platts (R-Pa.) Representative Jon Porter (R-Nev.) Representative Thomas Price (R-Ga.) Representative Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) Representative Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) ★ Representative Michael J. Rogers (R-Ala.) Representative Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla) Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) Representative Edward Royce (R-Calif.) Representative Michael Simpson (R-Id.) Representative John Sullivan (R-Okla.) Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) Representative Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) Representative Gerald C. Weller (R-Ill.) Representative Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) Representative Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) Representative Don Young (R-Ak.) G UBERNATORIAL A LUMNI S IT TING G OVERNORS Vermont Governor James H. Douglas Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Colorado Governor Bill Owens Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell New York Governor George Pataki Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack PAST G OVERNORS Idaho Governor Phil Batt South Carolina Governor David Beasley Iowa Governor Terry Branstad ALEC Founding Member/1996 ALEC Pioneer Award Recipient Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson Illinois Governor Jim Edgar Michigan Governor John Engler 1993 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award Recipient Louisiana Governor Mike Foster Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer Arizona Governor Jane Dee Hull Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating 2000 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award Recipient Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson 1991 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award Recipient American Legislative Exchange Council ★ 1129 20th Street, NW, Suite 500 ★ Washington, DC 20036 ★ Tel. (202) 466-3800 ★ Fax. (202) 466-3801 ★ www.alec.org