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The Western Governors' Association (WGA) is a non-partisan organization of all 22 United States governors (representing 19 U.S. states and 3 U.S. territories) that are considered to be part of the Western region of the nation. The WGA also invites Canadian premiers (the leader of the provincial parliamentary party) of Western Canada to its ...
WGU was founded in 1997 in the United States by the governors of 19 U.S. states. [11] It was first proposed by then-governor of Utah Mike Leavitt at the annual meeting of the Western Governors Association in June 1995. It was formally proposed the following November, and in June 1996 each signing state governor committed $100,000 toward the ...
Scott D. Pulsipher is the president of Western Governors University, [1] the largest nonprofit university by total enrollment in the United States. [2] He was appointed to this position in April 2016.
Brian David Schweitzer (born September 4, 1955) is an American farmer and politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Montana from 2005 to 2013. Schweitzer served for a time as chair of the Western Governors Association [1] as well as the Democratic Governors Association. [2] He also served as President of the Council of State Governments.
It was founded in 1997 by 19 western state governors, organized through the Western Governors Association, with the mission to improve the quality and expand access to post-secondary educational opportunities. [2] Under Mendenhall's leadership, WGU grew to a national university with more than 84,000 students and 91,100 graduates.
Tony Knowles (politician) Anthony Carroll Knowles (born January 1, 1943) is an American politician and businessman who served as the seventh governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002. Barred from seeking a third consecutive term as governor in 2002, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and again for governor in 2006.
University of Wyoming (BS, JD) Signature. Michael John Sullivan (born September 22, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 29th Governor of Wyoming from 1987 to 1995, and United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1998 to 2001, as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his gubernatorial tenure he was active in local ...
Attorney and politician. Robert Frank List (born September 1, 1936) is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 24th Governor of Nevada from 1979 to 1983, as Nevada Attorney General from 1971 to 1979, and as Carson City District Attorney from 1967 to 1971. [2] Currently List practices law in Las ...