2026-2027 IFRW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
4TH VICE PRESIDENT
Lisa Smith
[Christian County RW]
Email:
lisasmithrn@yahoo.com
STANDING COMMITTEES
BYLAWS – Susan Wynn Bence
CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES – Diane Bradbury
FUNDRAISING – TBD
LEGISLATION – Linda Johnson | Christine Martha
MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH – Maria Vasquez
PROGRAMS – Diane Jordan
PUBLIC RELATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS – Meliss Klabel & Sheila Begolka
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS – Meliss Klabel
AMERICANISM – Rachel Crandall
ARMED SERVICES – Deb Kent
BUDGET – Robin McConnel
CARING FOR AMERICA – Pam DeWerff
HOSPITALITY – Maria Vasquez
LITERACY AND MELP – Kathleen Glaze
SCHOLARSHIP – Jo Caulkins
YOUTH OUTREACH – Angela Shippert
APPOINTIVE POSITIONS
ASSISTANT TREASURER – Norma Goodale
CHAPLAIN – Angie Shippert
HISTORIAN – Diane Jordan
PARLIAMENTARIAN – Susan Wynn Bence
PROTOCOL – Linda Hernandez
PROXY CHAIR – Tammie Judd
SCHOLARSHIP – Jo Caulkins
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
DISTRICT 1 – DIRECTOR TBA
County: Cook
DISTRICT 2 – DIRECTOR TBA
Counties: McHenry, Lake, Kane, DuPage, and DeKalb
DISTRICT 3 – DIRECTOR TBA
Counties: Kendall, Will, LaSalle, Grundy and Kankakee
DISTRICT 4 – DIRECTOR TBA
Counties: Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Lee, Mercer, Ogle, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago
DISTRICT 5 – DIRECTOR TBA
Counties: Henderson, Warren, Knox, Stark, Peoria, Putnam, Marshall, Hancock, McDonough, Fulton, Woodford, and Tazewell
DISTRICT 6 – DIRECTOR TBA
Counties: Livingston, Iroquois, McLean, Ford, Champaign, Vermilion, Douglas, Edgar, Coles, Cumberland, and Clark
DISTRICT 7 – DIRECTOR TBA
Counties: Adams, Schuyler, Mason, Logan, DeWitt, Brown, Cass, Menard, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon, Pike, Morgan, Scott, Christian, Moultrie, and Shelby
DISTRICT 8 – DIRECTOR TBA
Counties: Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery, Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Bond, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Clay, Crawford, Lawrence, Saint Clair, Clinton, Marion, Wayne, Edwards, Richland, and Wabash
DISTRICT 9 – TBA
Counties: Monroe, Washington, Jefferson, Perry, Hamilton, White, Randolph, Jackson, Franklin, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski, and Massac
IFRW PAST PRESIDENTS
Lana Soldat
[Carroll County RW]
Jayne Lehman Raef
[Kankakee County RW]
Linda Yoakum
[Champaign County RW]
Susan Wynn Bence
[Iroquois County RW]
Michelle Buckwalter-Schurman
[Carroll County RW]
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN OFFICERS
President – Martha Jenkins [North Carolina]
Immediate Past President – Julie Harris [Arkansas]
First Vice President – Karen Newton [Texas]
Second Vice President – Lori Legere [Oklahoma]
Third Vice President – Keri Abernathy [Mississippi]
Fourth Vice President – Judy Barlow [Alabama]
Secretary – Cindy Casaus [Arizona]
Treasurer – Heidi Parker Martin [Louisiana]
At-Large Member – Christine Peters [Alabama]
At-Large Member – Chelle Davis [Virginia]
At-Large Member – Barbara Price [Florida]