AUNTIE ANN'S AWESOME ADVENTURES (formerly Miss Mitchell's Fabulous Fifth Grade): HOW DO YOU RUN A STATE?

Saturday, February 21, 2015

HOW DO YOU RUN A STATE?

Every governor and Lieutenant Governor have a staff to help them with the job of running a state. Here are the staffs of the governor and lieutenant governor for our state of Utah, with a couple of surprise staff members!

Governor's Staff

Justin Harding Chief of Staff
Michael Mower Deputy Chief of Staff
Jacey Skinner General Counsel
Cody Stewart Policy Advisor
Kristen Cox Executive Director, Office of Management and Budget
Marty Carpenter Communications Director
Wesley Smith
State and Federal Relations Director

One of my kiddos! He is a member of the governor's staff,

based in Washington D.C. I taught him in the early 90's.

Ron Gordon Executive Director, Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
Tami Pyfer Education Advisor
Alan Matheson Environmental Advisor
Benjamin Onofrio Staff Attorney
Fran Stultz Executive Assistant and Scheduler to the Governor
Cherilyn Bradford Boards and Commissions Director
Austin Cox Constituent Services Director
Tiffeni Wall Assistant to Chief of Staff
Caroline Slater Communications Specialist
Aimee Edwards Public Information Officer
Shannon Simonsen Administrative Assistant
Ashlee Buchholz Administrative Assistant
Judith George First Lady Scheduler
Carolynne Loder Governor's Mansion Manager
Susan Deakin Administrative Assistant
Atong Deng Receptionist
Fran Fish Receptionist
Mark Eddington Lead Speechwriter
Katriina Adair Correspondence Coordinator
Jenni Royster Office Manager

Lt. Governor's Staff

Look who's listed first on Lt. Governor Spencer Cox's website!

Mark is married to my niece, Camille.

They are Shayla's parents.

I was looking on the Lt. Governor's website, and looked

up his staff.

In my last year of teaching, it was a Presidential election year.

He came and taught my class about voting, and even brought

two machines for the kids to vote on!

(Not the real candidates)

I also saw him at the FFVF at Valley Forge Heroes luncheon

earlier this month at Little America.

As a board member, I had to pay $30 for the lunch.

Mark was free.

He has a very interesting job!!!

(Especially on Election Day!)

As an interesting side note, Mark was born November 17, 1979.
Reid & Laurel, his in-laws, were married on November 17, 1979!!!