Council of State Governments
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The Council of State Governments (CSG) is a nonpartisan non-profit organization in the United States serving the state governments. It serves state legislatures, state courts, and executive branch officials and agencies, and is the only multi-branch organization of state governments in the United States. CSG was founded by Colorado Senator Henry Toll in 1933. CSG also serves the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands (commonwealths) as well as Guam and the United States Virgin Islands.
CSG is headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, and also operates four regional offices, for the East, Midwest, West, and South. The Council also maintains an office in Washington, D.C. to monitor federal government activities and their impact on state issues and programs.
CSG is funded by an annual fee paid by each state and territory to support CSG's operations, in addition to revenue derived from publication sales, registration fees, corporate grants and contributions, and investment income.
The organization is headed by a governor who serves as President and a member of a state legislature who serves as chairman.
Several Canadian provinces are international members of some of CSG's regional subdivisions, notably the "Eastern Regional Conference" or ERC. In fact, Quebec City was chosen as the venue for CSG's annual national meeting in 1999, as well as ERC's annual regional meeting this summer. The current president is Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell and the current Chair is North Dakota Representative Kim Koppelman.
CSG is the precursor and partner of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), with which it shares Executive Committee members, and is the umbrella organization for multiple state leaders' organizations as well as research entities, such as the Healthy States Initiatives, founded by CSG and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), headquartered in Atlanta, GA, as well as the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators.
[edit] CSG Presidents and Chairs
2008 - Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell and North Dakota Rep. Kim Koppelman
2007 - Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and Delaware Rep. Deborah Hudson
2006 - Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas and West Virginia Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin
2005 - Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner[1] and Nevada Assemblyman Lynn Hetrick
2004 - Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski and Minnesota Sen. John Hottinger
2003 - Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Massachusetts Rep. Dan Bosley
2002 - Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening and Virginia Sen. John Chichester
2001 - Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and New Mexico Sen. Manny Aragón
2000 - Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton and Illinois Rep. Tom Ryder
1999 - Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson and Puerto Rico Sen. Kenneth McClintock[2]
1998 - Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Rosselló[3] and Mississippi Rep. Charlie Williams
1997 - New York Gov. George Pataki and Colorado Sen. Jeff Wells
1996 - Utah Gov. Michael Levitt and Ohio Senate President Stan Aronoff
1995 - Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan and New York Assemblyman Bob Wertz
1994 - Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson and North Carolina Rep. Bob Hunter
1993 - Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar and Oregon Sen. Jeannette Hamby
1992 - Georgia Gov. Zell Miller and Iowa Rep. John Connors
1991 - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Massachusetts Sen. W. Paul White
1990 - Delaware Gov. Michael N. Castle and Georgia Speaker Thomas B. Murphy
1989 - Connecticut Gov. William A. O'Neill and Utah Senate Pres. Arnold Christensen
1988 - North Carolina Gov. James Martin and South Dakota Senate President Pro Tem Mary McClure
1987 - Nevada Gov. Richard H. Bryan and New York Sen. Hugh Farley
1986 - Indiana Gov. Robert D. Orr and Arkansas Rep. John E. Miller
1985 - Virginia Gov. Charles S. Robb and Nevada Sen. James I. Gibson
1984 - Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson and North Dakota Rep. Roy Hausauer
1983 - Utah Gov. Scott M. Matheson and Connecticut Rep. Timothy J. Moynihan
1982 - Vermont Gov. Richard A. Snelling and North Carolina Sen. Kenneth C. Royall Jr.
1981 - Georgia Gov. George Busbee and Oregon Rep. William Grannell
1980 - Indiana Gov. Otis R. Bowen, M.D. and Ohio Senate Pres. Oliver Ocasek
1979 - Kentucky Gov. Julian M. Carroll and Connecticut Speaker James J. Kennelly
1978 - Michigan Gov. William G. Milliken and Texas Speaker Bill Clayton
1977 - Florida Gov. Reubin O'Donovan Askew and Indiana Speaker Pro Tem John J. Thomas
1976 - Iowa Gov. Robert D. Ray and Virginia Sen. J. Harry Michael Jr.
1975 - Utah Gov. Calvin L. Rampton and New York Sen. John J. Marchi
1974 - Washington Gov. Daniel J. Evans and Idaho Speaker William J. Lanting
1973 - Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel and California Assemblyman Charles J. Conrad
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1957 - Virginia Gov. Thomas B. Stanley and Wisconsin Sen. Frank E. Panzer
1956 - Washington Gov. Arthur B. Langlie and Louisiana Sen. Robert A. Ainsworth Jr.
1955 - Louisiana Gov. Robert F. Kennon and Vermont Sen. Carleton G. Howe
1954 - Colorado Gov. Dan Thornton and Mississippi Sen. Stanton Hall
1953 - Texas Gov. Allan Shivers and New York Rep. Elisha T. Barrett
1952 - Nebraska Gov. Val Peterson and Virginia Rep. J. Maynard Magruder
1951 - Ohio Gov. Frank J. Lausche and Illinois Rep. Bernice T. Van der Vries[4]
1950 - Kansas Gov. Frank Carlson and Missouri Sen. John W. Noble
1949 - Maryland Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. and Maine Sen. Burton M. Cross
1948 - Maine Gov. Horace Hildreth and North Carolina Sen. Charles H. Jenkins
1947 - Florida Gov. Millard F. Caldwell and Indiana Sen. John W. Van Ness
1946 - Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Martin and Maryland Rep. S. Denmead Kolb
1945 - Utah Gov. Herbert B. Maw and Nebraska Sen. C. Petrus Peterson
1944 - Massachusetts Gov. Leverett Saltonstall and Utah Sen. Grant Macfarlane
1943 - Maryland Gov. Herbert R. O'Conor and Indiana Sen. Thurman A. Biddinger
1942 - Minnesota Gov. Harold E. Stassen and New Jersey Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson
1941 - Minnesota Gov. Harold E. Stassen and South Carolina Sen. Edgar Brown
1940 - Missouri Gov. Lloyd C. Stark and Pennsylvania Rep. Ellwood J. Turner
1939 - Nebraska Gov. Robert L. Cochran and New York Assemblyman Harold C. Ostertag
1938 - Nebraska Gov. Robert L. Cochran and Illinois Sen. T.V. Smith
[edit] Sources
http://www.csg.org
http://www.reentrypolicy.org
http://www.csgeast.org
http://www.slcatlanta.org
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=sosig982243563-22610
http://www.consensusproject.org/mhcp/Guide-MHC-Design.pdf
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/state.html
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3579
http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=42&RecNum=5141
(example of interest in States Innovation Awards)
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/polycomm/update/09-25-98/092598U1.HTM
(example of interest in States Innovation Awards)
http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/1999/exec/0806n05.htm
