2025 WESTERN GOVERNORS’ LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Santa Fe, New Mexico

DELEGATES

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Hon. Steve Bullock - Former Governor of Montana and Western Governors’ Foundation Vice Chair

Hon. Dennis Daugaard - Former Governor of South Dakota

Hon. Mark Gordon - Governor of Wyoming

Hon. Gary Herbert - Former Governor of Utah

Hon. John Hickenlooper - United States Senator and Former Governor of Colorado

Hon. David Ige - Governor of Hawai’i and Western Governors’ Foundation Chair

Hon. Michelle Lujan Grisham - Governor of New Mexico and Western Governors’ Foundation Director

Linda Mathes - Special Advisor to the Bipartisan Leadership Project and Former CEO of American Red Cross, National Capitol Region

Hon. Matt Mead - Former Governor of Wyoming and Western Governors’ Foundation Director

Jim Ogsbury - Western Governors’ Foundation President

Hon. C.L. “Butch” Otter - Former Governor of Idaho

Hon. Bill Ritter - Former Governor of Colorado

Greg Thielen - Former Senior Leadership Development Consultant for Wells Fargo

FIRST SPOUSE PANEL

Linda Daugaard - Former First Lady of South Dakota

Jennie Gordon - First Lady of Wyoming

Jeanette Herbert - Former First Lady of Utah

Carol Mead - Former First Lady of Wyoming

Lori Otter - Former First Lady of Idaho

Jeannie Ritter - Former First Lady of Colorado