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August 18, 2011 For immediate release

Contact: Office of Rep. Marilyn Lee808-586-9460

REPRESENTATIVE Marilyn Lee ELECTEDAS OFFICER OF NATIONAL WOMEN'S LEGISLATIVE BOARD

Representative Marilyn Lee (D-District 38) has been elected as the Presidentof the Executive Board of the Women's Legislative Network of the NationalConference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

The Women's Legislative Network of NCSL includes all women statelegislators by virtue of their election to office. There are currently 1,739women serving in state legislatures across the country. The Networksmission is to promote the participation, empowerment, and leadership ofwomen legislators through:

Sponsoring forums and workshops on topics of interest to women

legislators, Hosting events for women legislators at NCSL meetings, and

Partnering with other organizations to provide resources and services.Recent Network programming has addressed policy topics of financialstability, women's health, and women in the military.

Representative_Marilyn Lee was elected August 10 at the Women'sLegislative Network annual business meeting during the NCSL LegislativeSummit in San Antonio, Texas.

"It is a real privilege for me to serve on the board of the Women's Legislative

Network," said Lee. "I look forward to working with women leadersthroughout the country and the world as together we face the challenges ofan ever-changing global economy and society."

The Executive Board of the Women's Legislative Network is made up of apresident, president-elect, vice president, past president, eight regionalmembers, two at-large members, and a representative from the National

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Order of Black Elected Legislative Women. See below for the complete list ofthe 2011-2012 board.

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Executive Board Members2011-2012

OFFICERS

President. Representative Marilyn Lee, Democrat, HawaiiPresident-Elect. Senator Dori Connor, Republican, DelawareVice President. Senator Amanda McGill, Nonpartisan, Nebraska.Past President. Representative Rosie Berger, Republican, Wyoming.

REGIONAL MEMBERS

Eastern. Senator Diane Allen, Republican, New Jersey.Eastern. Senator Harriette Chandler, Democrat, Massachusetts.Midwestern. Senator Jean Leising, Republican, Indiana.Midwestern. Representative Shirley Meyer, Democrat, North Dakota.Southern. Representative Linda Harper-Brown, Republican, Texas.Southern. Representative Johnnie Roebuck, Democrat, Arkansas.Western. Senator Bettye Davis, Democrat, Alaska.Western. Representative Amy Stephens, Republican, Colorado.

AT LARGE MEMBERS

At Large. Representative Sharon Beasley-Teague, Democrat, Georgia.At Large. Senator Nellie Rivera-OReilly, Independent, U.S. Virgin Islands.

NOBEL REPRESENTATIVESenator Sharon Weston Broome, Democrat, Louisiana.

NCSL is the bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staff of thestates, commonwealths and territories. It provides research, technicalassistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the mostpressing state issues and is an effective and respected advocate for theinterests of the states in the American federal system.

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