WiLL State Directors
Updated February 2010

These women legislators play a vital role in making WiLL effective, dynamic, and fun.

Alaska Senator Bettye Davis
Representative Beth Kerttula
Alabama Representative Merika Coleman
Arkansas Senator Joyce Elliott
Representative Kathy Webb
Arizona Representative Kyrsten Sinema
California Vacant
Colorado Honorable Dorothy Rupert
Senator Linda Newell
Representative Nancy Todd
Connecticut Senator Toni Harp
Representative Marie Kirkley-Bey
Delaware Senator Dorinda Connor
Florida Senator Nan Rich
Representative Audrey Gibson
Georgia Honorable Bettieanne Hart
Senator Gloria Butler
Representative Roberta Abdul-Salaam
Hawaii Senator Suzanne Oakland
Representative Marilyn Lee
Iowa Honorable Margaret Tinsman
Senator Staci Appel
Representative Elesha Gayman
Idaho Representative Elfreda Higgins
Illinois Representative Mary Flowers
Indiana Senator Vi Simpson
Senator Sue Errington
Representative Linda Lawson
Kansas Representative Sydney Carlin
Kentucky Representative Joni Jenkins
Louisiana Honorable Diana Bajoie
Representative Regina Barrow
Massachusetts Honorable Anne Paulsen
Senator Susan Tucker
Representative Kay Khan
Maine Honorable Mary Cathcart
Senator Nancy Sullivan
Representative Sharon Treat
Maryland Vacant
Michigan Honorable Pan Godchaux
Senator Gilda Jacobs
Representative Rebekah Warren
Minnesota Honorable Becky Lourey
Senator Sandy Pappas
Representative Phyllis Kahn
Missouri Senator Jolie Justus
Representative Beth Low
Mississippi Representative Mary Coleman
Montana Senator Carol Juneau
Representative Sue Dickenson
North Carolina Representative Beverly Earle
North Dakota Senator Carolyn Nelson
Representative Kathy Hawken
Nebraska Senator Gwen Howard
New Hampshire Honorable Dudley Dudley
Representative Cindy Rosenwald
New Jersey Senator Loretta Weinberg
New Mexico Honorable Liz Stefanics
Senator Dede Feldman
Representative Mimi Stewart
Nevada Senator Maggie Carlton
New York Senator Suzi Oppenheimer
Ohio Honorable Charleta Tavares
Senator Shirley Smith
Representative Edna Brown
Oklahoma Honorable Laura Boyd
Senator Connie Johnson
Representative Jeannie McDaniel
Oregon Senator Diane Rosenbaum
Representative Carolyn Tomei
Pennsylvania Honorable Linda Bebko-Jones
Senator LeAnna Washington
Representative Babette Josephs
Rhode Island Honorable Linda Kushner
Senator Rhoda Perry
Representative Edith Ajello
South Carolina Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter
South Dakota Honorable Elaine Roberts
Senator Sandy Jerstad
Representative Joni Cutler
Tennessee Senator Thelma Harper
Representative Sherry Jones
Texas Representative Jessica Farrar
Representative Dora Olivo
Utah Senator Patricia Jones
Representative Carol Moss
Virginia Delegate Jeion Ward
Vermont Senator Susan Bartlett
Representative Sarah Edwards
Washington Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Representative Maralyn Chase
Wisconsin Representative Barbara Toles
West Virginia Delegate Bonnie Brown
Delegate Barbara Fleischauer
Wyoming Senator Kathryn Sessions

*If you, or someone you know, would like to be a State Director for WiLL, please contact will@wand.org. Ideally, we want a former legislator and a member from each chamber to represent WiLL in all 50 states.