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Stanford Prescott
Governing Board Member
Phoenix, AZ
Christian Torkelson
City Councilor
Little Canada, MN
Shannon Reynolds
Councilmember
Fircrest, WA
Scott Webster
Alderman
Bettendorf, IA
Aaron Montz
Mayor
Tiffin, OH
Ryan Ruelas
School Board Trustee
Anaheim, CA
Robert Widigan
Councilman
Lennon, MI
Maricé Morales
Delegate
Silver Spring, MD
Steven Rzeppa
City Councilmember
Trenton, MI
Cory Wolbach
City Councilmember
Palo Alto, CA
Marc Narotsky
Aventura City Commissioner
Aventura, FL
Betty Sanchez
City Councilman
Coachella, CA
De’shawn Woolridge
School Board Trustee
Pittsburg, CA
John O’Connor
County Commissioner
Mechanicsville, MD
Sean Scanlon
State Representative
Guilford, CT
Kevin Wordelman
County Commissioner
Kalamazoo, MI
Kristy Pagan
State Representative
Canton, MI
Caroline Simmons
State Representative
Stamford, CT
County Commissioner John
Taylor has been chosen to serve
as the new chairman of the
Kalamazoo County Board of
Commissioners.
Champions for America’s Future
– Michigan, a national bipartisan
membership organization of
athletes and coaches who have
come together to make sure
every child has the best chance
to compete in life, saluted the
in the District, Maryland and
Northern Virginia.
The OC Register identified Long Beach Mayor Robert
Garcia as an influential person in a profile piece.
Mayor Zach Vruwink started
a youth council in Wisconsin
Rapids.
Pittsburgh City Council member Dan Gilman has been
named to a National League of Cities committee that
serves university communities.
State Representative Mandela Barnes wrote an op-ed
about how the state must do more to make Milwaukee
neighborhoods safe.
Allyson Carpenter, advisory neighborhood commissioner,
was a panelist in the Afro-American Newspapers’ “Black
Lives Matter” Town Hall meeting and community
discussion on Feb. 10 exploring daily life for black people
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Erica Thomas
State Representative
Austell, GA
Jesse Maldonado
Councilor
Lewiston, ID
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Robert Perez
School Board Member
Moorpark, CA
Evan Major
School Board Trustee
Hamtramck, MI
Networking
Matthew Sous
City Commissioner
Mt. Pleasant, MI
Jeremy Mahrle
City Commissioner
Royal Oak, MI
Policy
Sofia Pereira
City Councilmember
Arcata, CA
leadership of State Senator Jim Ananich with the 2014
“Mover & Shaker Award.”
Policy
Kelly Luxenberg
State Representative
Manchester, CT
School Board Member Peter
Spadafore has been re-elected as
president of the Lansing School
District Board of Education.
Networking
Stephanie Parra
Governing Board Member
Phoenix, AZ
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Denise Landman
Commissioner
Aventura, FL
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