Toll FEllows Class of 2006

2006 Toll Fellows selected

The Toll Fellowship Program was founded in 1986 to equip talented state policymakers with the skills and strategies to met future challenges. It’s named for Henry Wolcott Toll, a Colorado senator from 1922 until 1930, who founded The Council of State Governments in 1933.

With its graduation, the 2006 Toll Class will mark the 20th anniversary of the program.

Members of the 2006 class, by region, are:

East:

  • Michael Bertrand, deputy secretary of administration, Vermont

  • Assembly Member Russell Copeman, Quebec

  • Sen. Dennis Damon, Maine

  • Rep. Jane Eberle, Maine

  • Michael Elmendorf, director of intergovernmental affairs, New York

  • Michael Jackson, director of budget development, Delaware

  • Sen. Shawn-Michael Malone, Virgin Islands

  • Cristine McCombs, director of emergency management, Massachusetts

  • Sen. Jose Garriga Pico, Puerto Rico

  • Sen. Dominic Pillegi, Pennsylvania

 

Midwest:

  • Dana Badgerow, commissioner, Department of Administration, Minnesota

  • Rep. Laura Brod, assistant majority leader, Minnesota

  • Rep. Kevin Elsenheimer, Michigan

  • Sen. David Ford, Indiana

  • Sen. Tom Hansen, South Dakota

  • Sen. Brandt Hershman, Indiana

  • Rep. Kathy Miles, South Dakota

  • Miguel Rivera Sr., labor commissioner, Indiana

  • Rep. Kathy Tingelstad, Minnesota

  • Rep. Robin Weisz, North Dakota

 

South:

  • Sen. Maida Coleman, Missouri

  • Chris Corbin, deputy executive director of health policy, Kentucky

  • Sen. Julie Denton, Kentucky

  • Rick Farmer, director of committee staff, Oklahoma

  • Chad Gallagher, director of intergovernmental affairs, Arkansas

  • Associate Judge Martha Geer, North Carolina

  • Carte Patrick Goodwin, general counsel to the governor, West Virginia

  • Rep. Nita Rusich Hutter, Louisiana

  • John Marshall, Secretary of Public Safety, Virginia

  • David McCoy, state budget director, North Carolina

West:

  • Sen. Curtis Bramble, Utah

  • Rep. John Coghill, Alaska

  • Sen. Hollis French III, Alaska

  • Rep. Fred Jarrett, Washington

  • Secretary of State Brad Johnson, Montana

  • Rep. Phil Lopes, Arizona

  • Sen. Michael Machado, California

  • Rep. Blake Oshiro, Hawaii

  • Sen. Joe Simitian, California

  • Rep. Brendan Williams, Washington
 
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