Michigan Junior Chamber 90th Anniversary Program | Page 27

Leadership Conference Guests
Introductions
Master of Ceremonies
Jim Williams
Jim Williams was active as a Jaycee from 1988 to 2000, serving the states of South Carolina, Tennessee,
and Colorado in various capacities. His broadcasting career has allowed him the unique opportunity to
get to know the many parts of the nation, and his JCI involvement has helped him quickly make friends
wherever he’s gone. Jim has taken part in hundreds of projects and conferences, written and judged
more CPG’s than he could possibly count, and recruited and trained Jaycees around the country. Jim
remains active today, and he says he stays young, by working to assist Jaycees however he can. In
addition to being our permanent Emcee for the past 6 years, he has done the same on occasion in
Kentucky and Illinois, and has emceed the US Junior Chamber Annual’s meeting six times. He’s lived in
Louisville for 6 years, anchoring and reporting the news daily on the NewsRadio 84WHAS, the Kentucky
News Network, and the Tennessee Radio Network. Jim is also Chief of the State Capitol Bureau in
Frankfort, for KNN and WHAS. Jim is JCI Senator #62037, a Colorado Governor, a Tennessee Life
Member, and he was the 63rd President of the Colorado Jaycees.

Guest Speaker
Bill Schuette, Michigan Attorney General
Bill was elected as Michigan's 53rd Attorney General in November 2010 and took office January 1,
2011.
Bill has extensive experience in both federal and state government. He has served Michigan in the
executive, legislative and judicial branches of government for three decades. His public service began
in 1984 when he was elected to the United States House of Representatives and served on the House
Budget Committee, the House Agriculture Committee and the Select Committee on Aging.
In January of 1991, Bill was named Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture. As a member of
Governor John Engler's cabinet, his policy responsibilities ranged from agribusiness export
development to environmental stewardship initiatives for production agriculture. While Director of Agriculture, he and his wife
Cynthia created the Michigan Harvest Gathering, a food and fund drive to help feed hungry people throughout Michigan.
Joining with the Food Bank Council of Michigan, the Michigan Harvest Gathering has raised more than $8.2 million and 8.5
million pounds of food and is recognized nationally for its innovative public-private partnership.
In 1994, Bill was elected to the Michigan Senate, representing Michigan's 35th Senate District. During his eight years in the
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