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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Executive Committee

Executive Committee

President
Rep. Mike Schaufler
Oregon

Vice President, Canada
Mr. Lyle Stewart, MLA
Saskatchewan

Vice President, U.S.
Sen. Kevin Ranker
Washington State

Vice President, Canada
Hon. David Ramsay
Northwest Territories

Immediate Past President
Mr. Mel Knight, MLA
Alberta

State/Provincial Leads:

State Sen. Lesil Mcguire
Alaska

Mr. George Groeneveld, MLA
Alberta

Mr. John Les, MLA
British Columbia

Rep. George Eskridge
Idaho

Sen. Kim Gillan
Montana

Hon. Currie Dixon
Yukon

Private Sector Representatives:

Neil Windsor, APEGGA
Canada Co-Chair

Jan Romerdahl, US Bank
US Co-chair

Matt Morrison, PNWER CEO

Past PNWER Presidents

Mr. Mel Knight, MLA - AB Sen. Lesil McGuire- AK Mr. John van Dongen, MLA- BC Rep. George Eskridge- ID Mr. Jim Kenyon (Ret.)- YK Rep. Glenn Anderson- WA Mr. Rob Renner, MLA- AB Sen. Fred Dyson- AK Mr. Barry Penner, (Ret.)- BC Rep. Jeff Morris- WA Rep. Max Black- ID Mr. Dave Coutts (Ret.)- AB Sen. Alan Bluechel (Ret.)- WA	2010 - 2011 2009 - 2010 2008 - 2009 2007 - 2008 2006 - 2007 2005 - 2006 2004 - 2005 2003 - 2004 2002 - 2003 2001 - 2002 1999 - 2001 1997 - 1999 1991 - 1997

PNWER Leadership

Rep. Mike Schaufler President Oregon	Mr. Lyle Stewart, MLA Vice President Saskatchewan	Sen. Kevin Ranker Vice President Washington	Hon. David Ramsay Vice President Northwest Territories	Mr. Mel Knight, MLA Imm. Past President Alberta

Delegate Council

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell Sen. Fred Dyson Sen. Charlie Huggins (Alt) Sen. Lesil McGuire Sen. Tom Wagoner (Alt) Rep. Bryce Edgmon Rep. Bob Herron Rep. Peggy Wilson Rep. Reggie Joule (Alt)	Idaho Gov. C.L. Butch Otter Sen. John Goedde Sen. Edgar Malepeai (Alt) Sen. Monty Pearce (Alt) Sen. Michelle Stennett Rep. George Eskridge Rep. Elfreda Higgins (Alt) Rep. Elaine Smith Rep. John "Bert" Stevenson (Alt)	Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod Hon. David Ramsay Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall Hon. Bill Boyd Michael Chisholm, MLA (Ret.) Dustin Duncan, MLA Lyle Stewart, MLA
Alberta Premier Alison Redford Alana DeLong, MLA Kyle Fawcett, MLA George Groeneveld, MLA Mel Knight, MLA Richard Marz, MLA Len Mitzel, MLA	Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer Sen. Cliff Larsen Sen. Jim Peterson Sen. Rick Ripley (Alt) Rep. Betsy Hands Rep. Daniel Salomon (Alt) Rep. Jeff Welborn Rep. Kathleen Williams (Alt)	Washington Gov. Chis Gregoire Sen. Maralyn Chase (Alt) Sen. Jim Honeyford Sen. Cheryl Pflug (Alt) Sen. Kevin Ranker Rep. Glenn Anderson Rep. Bruce Chandler (Alt) Rep. Deb Eddy Rep. Bob Hasegawa (Alt) Rep. John McCoy (Alt)
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark Richard Lee, MLA John Les, MLA John Yap, MLA	Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber Sen. Rod Monroe Sen. David Nelson Sen. Doug Whitsett (Alt) Rep. John Huffman Rep. Mike Schaufler Rep. Patrick Sheehan (Alt)	Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski Hon. Currie Dixon Bold= PNWER Officers/ State, Provincial and Territorial Leads

Private Sector Council

Canada Co-Chair: Neil Windsor, APEGGA - US Co-Chair: Jan Romerdahl, US Bank

Alaska Bruce Carr, Alaska Railroad Ken Freeman, ExxonMobil Paul Quesnel, BP Alberta Neil Windsor, APEGGA Tim Boston, EPCOR Duane Lyons, AltaLink Peter Kruselnicki, TransCanada	British Columbia Don Dalik, Fasken Martineau Sarah McCullough, Spectra Jock Finlayson, Business Council of BC Colin Smith, APEGBC Montana Haley Beaudry, Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Northwest Territories Chuck Parker, Discovery Air Oregon Scott Farris, TransCanada Pipelines James Baumgartner, Black Helterline Tom Lowles, Key Bank Yukon Don Puphrey, NorthwestTel	Idaho Roy Eiguren, Eiguren Public Law & Policy Neil Colwell, Avista Evan Hayes, Idaho Grain Producers Gary Fuhriman, Idaho Farm Bureau Saskatchewan Dennis Paddock, APEGS Washington Jan Romerdahl, US Bank William Kidd, BP Ken Johnson, Puget Sound Energy Jerry Cochran, Microsoft Bill Struyk, Johnson & Johnson