State Directory of Information
State Directory of Information
Click on any state in to learn about the process for applying for appointed office. Each state tab will contain the following information:
- Current governor and party, next election date
- Links to appointments information for that state
- Information about women serving in state cabinets
Alabama
Governor: Bob R. Riley (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (4)
Director Irene Collins, Department of Senior Services
Director Carol Herrman-Steckel, Medicaid Agency
Director Nancy Buckner, Department of Human Resources
Director Marquita Davis, Department of Children's Affairs
Alaska
Governor: Sean Parnell (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (1)
Commissioner Annette Kreitzer, Department of Administration
Arizona
Governor: Jan Brewer (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (9)
Director Christina Urias, Department of Insurance
Director Sherry Henry, Department of Tourism
State Forester Vicki Christiansen, Forestry Division
Director Carolyn Pitre Wright, Office of Equal Opportunity
Commissioner Maria Baier, State Land Department
Director Renee Bahl, Parks
Director Judy Lowe, Real Estate
Director Jodi Jerich, Residential Utility
Director Gale Garriott, Revenue
Arkansas
Governor: Mike Beebe (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (2) - informal cabinet
Commissioner Candace Franks, State Bank Department
Director Teresa Marks, Department of Environmental Quality
California
Governor: Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (0) - informal cabinet
Colorado
Governor: Bill Ritter (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (6)
Executive Director Joan Henneberry, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Executive Director Karen Beye, Department of Human Services
Executive Director Susan Kirkpatrick, Department of Local Affairs
Executive Director Roxanne Huber, Department of Revenue
Connecticut
Governor: M. Jodi Rell (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (5) - informal cabinet
Commissioner Brenda Sisco, Department of Administrative Services
Commissioner Susan Hamilton, Department of Children & Families
Commissioner Amey Marella, Department of Environmental Protection
Commissioner Linda Schwartz, Department of Veterans' Affairs
Chief Information Officer Diane Wallace, Department of Information Technology
Delaware
Governor: Jack Markell (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (6)
Secretary Lillian Lowery, Department of Education
Director Ann S. Visalli, Office of Management & Budget
Secretary Carolann Wicks, Department of Transportation
Secretary Rita Landgraf, Department of Health & Social Services
Secretary Vivian Rapposelli, Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families
District of Columbia
Mayor: Anthony Fenty (D)
Next Mayoral Election: 2010
Women Appointed to Executive Branch Agengies (17)
Chief of Staff Carrie Brooks
Director Mafara Hobson, Office of Communications
Director JoAnne Ginsberg, Office of Legislative Affairs
Director Nebiat Solomon, Office on African Affairs
Director Soohyun Julie Koo, Office on Asian & Pacific Islander Affairs
Director Carla Brailey, Office of Community & Religious Affairs
Director Linda Argo, Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs
Director Judith Heumann, Department on Disability Services
Director Leila Finucane Edmonds, Department of Housing & Community Development
Director Mercedes Lemp, Office on Latino Affairs
Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Metropolitan Police Department
Director Lucinda Babers, Department of Motor Vehicles
Director Harriet Tregoning, Office of Planning
Director Robin-Eve Jasper, Office of Property Management
Interim Director Nicole Becton, Department of Small & Local Business Development
State Superintendent Kerri Briggs, Office of the State Superintendent of Education
Director Janice Quintana, Office of Unified Communications
Florida
Governor: Charlie Crist (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (4) - informal cabinet
Secretary Linda South, Department of Management Services
Secretary Ana Viamonte Ros, Department of Health
Executive Director Lisa Echeverri, Department of Revenue
Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos, Department of Transportation
Georgia
Governor: Sonny Perdue (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (2) - informal cabinet
Commissioner B.J. Walker, Department of Human Resources
Commissioner Gena Lester Evans, Ph.D, Department of Transportation
Hawaii
Governor: Linda Lingle (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (7)
Director Chiyome Fukino, Department of Health
Director Georgina Kawamura, Department of Budget and Finance
Chair Sandra Lee Kunimoto, Board of Agriculture
Director Marie Laderta, Department of Human Resources Development
Director Laura Thielen, Department of Land and Natural Resources
Tourism Wienert Marsha Wienert, Tourism Department
Idaho
Governor: Butch Otter (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (2)
Director Celia Gould, Department of Agriculture
Director Toni Hardesty, Department of Environmental Quality
Illinois
Governor: Pat Quinn (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (4) - informal cabinet
Director Tanya Solov, Securities Department
Executive Director Deshana Forney, Illinois Housing Development Authority
Secretary Carol Adams, Ph.D, Department of Human Services
Executive Director Judy Erwin, Illinois Board of Higher Education
Indiana
Governor: Mitch Daniels (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (2)
Commissioner Lori Torres, Department of Labor
Commissioner Teresa Voors, Department of Workforce Development
Iowa
Governor: Chet Culver (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (2) - informal cabinet
Director Judy Jeffrey, Department of Education
Director Nancy Richardson, Department of Transportation
Kansas
Governor: Mark Parkinson (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (2)
Secretary Joan Wagnon, Department of Revenue
Secretary Deb Miller, Department of Transportation
Kentucky
Governor: Steve Beshear (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2011
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (4)
Director Marcheta Sparrow, Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet
Director Janie Miller, Cabinet for Health & Family Services
Director Nikki Jackson, Personnel Cabinet
Director Mary Lassiter, State Budget Department
Louisiana
Governor: Bobby Jindal (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2011
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (5)
Secretary Angèle Davis, Division of Administration
Secretary Peggy Hatch, Department of Environmental Qualtiy
Interim Secretary Kristy Nichols, Department of Social Services
Secretary Robin Keegan, Louisiana Recovery Authority
Secretary Sherri LeBas, Department of Transportation and Development
Maine
Governor: John Elias Balducci (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (7)
Chief Exeucitve Officer Beth Bordowitz, Finance Authority of Maine
Commissioner Laura Fortman, Department of Labor
Director Martha Freeman, State Planning Office
Commissioner Susan Gendron, Department of Education
Commissioner Brenda Harvey, Department of Health & Human Services
Commissioner Anne Head, Department of Progessional & FInancial Regulation
Commissioner Anne Jordan, Department of Public Safety
Maryland
Governor: Martin O'Malley (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (7)
Secretary Gloria Lawlah, Department of Aging
Secretary T. Eloise Foster, Department of Budget and Management
Superintedent of Schools Nancy S. Grasmick, PhD., Department of Education
Secretary Shari T. Wilson, Department of the Environment
Secretary Brenda Donald, Department of Human Resources
Secretary Catherine A. Raggio, Department of Disabilities
Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, Department of Transportation
Massachusetts
Governor: Deval L. Patrick (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (4)
Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, Office of Health & Human Services
Secretary Joanne F. Goldstien, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Secretary Mary Elizabeth Heffernan, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
Secretary Ann L. Hartstein, Executive office of Elder Affairs
Michigan
Governor: Jennifer M. Granholm (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (5)
Director Sharon Bommarity, Office of the State Employer
Director Patricia L. Caruso, Department of Corrections
Director Rebecca Humphries, Natural Resources and Environment
Acting Director Phyllis Mellon, Department of Management and Budget
Janet Olszewski, Michigan Department of Community Health
Minnesota
Governor: Tim Pawlenty (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (6)
Commissioner Shelia Reger, Department of Administration
Commissioner Sandy Layman, Iron Range Resources
Commissioner Joan Fabian, Department of Corrections
Commissioner Alice Seagren, Department of Education
Commissioner Sanne Magnan, MD, Department of Health
Commissioner Velma Korbel, Department of Human Rights
Mississippi
Governor: Haley Barbour (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2011
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (1) - informal cabinet
Executive Director Trudy Fisher, Department of Environmental Quality
Missouri
Governor: Jay Nixon (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (1)
Director Margaret T. Donnelly, Department of Health & Senior Services
Montana
Governor: Brian Schweitzer (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (4)
Director Janet Kelly, Administration
Director Jennifer Perez Cole, Indian Affairs
Director Mary Sexton, Natural Resources & Conservation
Director Anna Whiting-Sorrell, Public Health and Human Services
Nebraska
Governor: Dave Heineman (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (8)
Chief Information Officer Brenda Decker
Lauren Hill, Governor's Policy Research
Director Vivianne Chaumont, Department of Health & Human Services Division of Public Health
Chief Medical Officer Joan Schaefer, Department of Health & Human Services Division of Public Health
Director Ann Frohman, Department of Insurance
Director Catherine Lang, Department of Labor
Director Bev Neth, Department of Motor Vehicles
Esther Casmer, Parole Board
Nevada
Governor: Jim Gibbons (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (5)
Director Mendy Elliot, Department of Business & Industry
Director Hatice Gecol, Governor's State Office of Energy
Major General Cynthia Kirkland, Adjutant General of Nevada
Director Virginia Lewis, Department of Motor Vehicles
Director Susan Martinovich, Department of Transportation
New Hampshire
Governor: John Lynch (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (0)
New Jersey
Governor: Chris Christie (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2011
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (13)
Attorney General Paula T. Dow, Department of Law & Public Safety
Acting Commissioner Janet F. Rosenzweig, PhD, Department of Children and Families
Acting Commissioner Lori Grifa, Department of Community Affairs
Commissioner Poonam Alaigh, MD, Department of Health and Senior Services
Commissioner Jennifer Velez, Department of Human Services
CEO Caren S. Franzini, New Jersey Economic Development Authority
New Mexico
Governor: Bill Richardson (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (7)
Secretary Dorian Dodson, Children, Youth & Families Department
Secretary Veronica Garica, Public Education Department
Secretary Katherine Miller, Department of Finance and Administration
Secretary Viola E. Florez, Ed.D., Higher Education Department
Secretary Kathryn Falls, Human Services Department
Director Sandra Perez, State Personnel Office
Superintendent Kelly O'Donnell, Regulation and Licensing Department
New York
Governor: David A. Paterson (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (4) - informal cabinet
Commissioner Gladys Carrión, Esq., Office of Children & Family Services
Commissioner Colleen Crawford Gardner, Department of Labor
Acting President Elsa Magee, Higher Education Services Corporation
Commissioner Carol Ash, Office of Parks, Recreation, & Historic Preservation
North Carolina
Governor: Bev Perdue (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (1)
Secretary Lisbeth Evans, Department of Cultural Resources
North Dakota
Governor: John Hoeven (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (8)
Director Leann Bertsch, Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
Executive Director Maren Daley, Job Service North Dakota
Chief Information Officer Lisa Feldner, Information Technology Department
Executive Director Cheryl Kulas, Indian Affairs
Commissioner Lisa McEvers, Department of Labor
Exeuctive Director Carol Olson, Department of Human Services
Director Pam Sharp, Office of Management & Budget
Commissioner Karen Tyler, Securities Department
Ohio
Governor: Ted Strickland (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (8)
Director Barbara Riley, Department of Aging
Director Angela Cornelius, Department of Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services
Director J. Pari Sabety, Department of Budget & Management
Director Kimberly Zurz, Department of Commerce
Director Mary Jo Hudson, Department of Insurance
Director Sandra Stephenson, Department of Mental Health
Director Marsha Ryan, Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Director Lisa Patt-McDaniel, Department of Development
Director Kathy Burke, Lottery Commission
Director Cathy Collins-Taylor, Department of Public Safety
Director Jolene Molitoris, Department of Transportation
Oklahoma
Governor: Brad Henry (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (3)
Secretary Natalie Shirley, Commerce & Tourism
Secretary of State Susan Savage
Secretary Terri White, Department of Menatl Health and Substance Abuse
Oregon
Governor: Ted Kulongoski (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (3)
Director Katy Coba, Department of Agriculture
Directory Cory Streisinger, Department of Consumer & Business Services
Director Elizabeth Harchenko, Department of Revenue
Pennsylvania
Governor: Ed Rendell (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (9)
Barbara Adams, General Counsel
Secretary Donna Cooper, Office of Policy and Planning
Secretary Collen Kopp, Legislative Affairs
Director Ann S. Torregrossa, Esq., Office of Health Care Reform
Secretary Mary Soderberg, Office of the Budget
Acting Secretary Harriet Dichter, Department of Public Welfare
Secretary Sandi Vito, Department of Labor and Industry
General Jessica Wright, Adjutant General of Military and Veterans Affairs
Secretary Naomi Wyatt, Office of Administration
Rhode Island
Governor: Donald Carcieri (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (3)
Director Patricia Martinez, Department of Chidlren, Youth & Families
Director Corinne Calise Russo, Department of Elderly Affairs
State Budget Officer Rosemarie Booth-Gallogly, Office of the Budget
South Carolina
Governor: Mark Sanford Jr. (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (4)
Director Emma Forkner, Department of Health & Human Services
Director Adrienne Youmans, Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation
Director Marcia Adams, Department of Motor Vehicles
Director Kathleen Hayes, Department of Social Services
South Dakota
Governor: Mike Rounds (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (4)
Secretary Doneen Hollingsworth, Department of Health
Secretary Deb Bowman, Department of Social Services
Secretary Pam Roberts, Department of Labor
Commissioner Sandra Zinter, Bureau of Personnel
Tennessee
Governor: Phil Bredesen (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (8)
Commissioner Viola Miller, Department of Children's Services
Commissioner Leslie Schecter Newman, Department of Commerce & Insurance
Commissioner Gwendolyn Davis, Department of General Services
Commissioner Susan Cooper, Department of Health
Commissioner Gina Lodge, Department of Human Services
Commissioner Virginia Trotter Betts, Department of Mental Health & Development
Commissioner Deborah Story, Department of Personnel
Commissioner Susan Whitaker, Department of Tourist Development
Texas
Governor: Rick Perry (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (0)
Utah
Governor: Jon M. Huntsman Jr. (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (6)
Executive Director Kimberly K. Hood, Department of Administrative Services
Executive Director Francine Giani, Department of Commerce
Executive Director Amanda Smith, Department of Environmental Equality
Executive Director Lisa Michele Church, Department of Human Services
Commissioner Sherrie Hayashi, Department of Labor
Executive Director Kristen Cox, Workforce Services
Vermont
Governor: Jim Douglas (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (0)
Virginia
Governor: Bob McDonnell (R)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2013
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (4)
Secretary Lisa Hicks-Thomas, Department of Administration
Secretary Janet Polarek, Department of the Commonwealth
Secretary Marla Graff Decker, Department of Public Safety
Terrie L. Suit, Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness
Washington
Governor: Christine Gregoire (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (11)
Director Bette Hyde, Department of Early Learning
Director Karen Lee, Employment Security Department
Director Linda Villegas Bremer, Department of General Administration
Secretary Mary Selecky, Department of Health
Executive Director Ann Daley, Higher Education Coordinating Board
Director Judy Schurke, Department of Labor and Industries
Director Liz Luce, Department of Licensing
Director Eva Santos, Department of Personnel
Director Cindi Holmstrom, Department of Revenue
Secretary Susan Dreyfus, Department of Social and Health Services
Secretary Paula Hammond, Department of Transportation
West Virginia
Governor: Joe Manchin III (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2012
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (3)
Secretary Kelley Goes, Department of Commerce
Secretary Kay Goodwin, Department of Education & the Arts
Secretary Patsy A. Hardy, Department of Health & Human Resources
Wisconsin
Governor: Jim Doyle (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (6)
Director Sheila Conroy, Office of State Employment Relations
Secretary Lorrie Keating Heinemann, Department of Financial Institutions
Secretary Karen Timberlake, Department of Health Services
Secretary Celia Jackson, Department of Regulation & Licensing
Secretary Kelli Trumble, Department of Tourism
Secretary Roberta Gassman, Department of Workforce Development
Wyoming
Governor: Dave Freudenthal (D)
Next Gubernatorial Election: 2010
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Women Appointed to the State Cabinet (1) - informal cabinet
Director Joan Evans, Department of Workforce Services
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