Elected Officers of the Executive Committee
STANDING COMMITTEES
BYLAWS – Debbie Leininger
CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES – Diane Bradbury
FUNDRAISING – Jennifer Yborra
LEGISLATION – Diane Jordan | Linda Johnson
MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH – Linda Hernandez
PROGRAMS – Diane Jordan
PUBLIC RELATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS – Debbie Leininger
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS – Karen Funk
AMERICANISM – Rachel Crandall
ARMED SERVICES – Amy Buss
BUDGET – Robin McConnel
CARING FOR AMERICA – Lori Owen
HOSPITALITY – Diane Bradbury
LITERACY AND MELP – Kathleen Glaze
SCHOLARSHIP – Jo Caulkins
TECHNOLOGY – Karen Funk | Mary Sundermeyer
YOUTH OUTREACH – Angela Shippert
APPOINTIVE POSITIONS
ASSISTANT TREASURER – Mary Sundermeyer
CHAPLAIN – Linda Hernandez
HISTORIAN – TBA
PARLIAMENTARIAN – Susan Wynn Bence
PROTOCOL – Linda Hernandez
PROXY CHAIR – Diane Bradbury
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
TBA – DISTRICT 1 – DIRECTOR
County: Cook
TBA – DISTRICT 2 – DIRECTOR
Counties: McHenry, Lake, Kane, DuPage, and DeKalb
CAROL WEBBER – DISTRICT 3 – DIRECTOR
Counties: Kendall, Will, LaSalle, Grundy and Kankakee
CAROLYN WELLS – DISTRICT 4 – DIRECTOR
Counties: Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Lee, Mercer, Ogle, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago
STEFANIE TARR – DISTRICT 5 – DIRECTOR
Counties: Henderson, Warren, Knox, Stark, Peoria, Putnam, Marshall, Hancock, McDonough, Fulton, Woodford, and Tazewell
NORMA TRUAX – DISTRICT 6 – DIRECTOR
Counties: Livingston, Iroquois, McLean, Ford, Champaign, Vermilion, Douglas, Edgar, Coles, Cumberland, and Clark
CINDY GLEASON – DISTRICT 7 – DIRECTOR
Counties: Adams, Schuyler, Mason, Logan, DeWitt, Brown, Cass, Menard, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon, Pike, Morgan, Scott, Christian, Moultrie, and Shelby
MELISSA WADDELL – DISTRICT 8 – DIRECTOR
Counties: Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery, Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Bond, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Clay, Crawford, Lawrence, Saint Clair, Clinton, Marion, Wayne, Edwards, Richland, and Wabash
SUE HAMILTON – DISTRICT 9 – DIRECTOR
Counties: Monroe, Washington, Jefferson, Perry, Hamilton, White, Randolph, Jackson, Franklin, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski, and Massac
IFRW PAST PRESIDENTS
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 – Julie Harris [Arkansas]
First Vice President – Martha Jenkins [North Carolina]
Second Vice President – Karen Newton [Texas]
Third Vice President – Michelle Buckwalter-Schurman [Illinois]
Fourth Vice President – Keri Abernathy [Mississippi]
Secretary – Heidi Parker Martin [Louisiana]
Treasurer – Cindy Casaus [Arizona]
At-Large Member – Britney Garner [Alabama]
At-Large Member – Lorie Legere [Oklahoma]
At-Large Member – Jennie Frederick [Wisconsin]
