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Newsletter of the Center for Policy Alternatives

 

 


News & Views

The Washington Post reports that President Clinton has signed off on Florida state Senator Daryl Jones as Secretary of the Air Force. Jones, a 1996 Flemming Fellow, is a fighter pilot and honors graduate of the U. S. Air Force Academy.

CPA Board Member Hodding Carter III was recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, of Miami. Carter is the President of the Main Street Production Company.

State treasuries have a collective surplus of $14.2 billion, according to the Washington Post. Texas topped the list, with a $1.9 billion surplus; Minnesota came in second with $1.6 billion. On average, state surpluses as a percentage of general spending are at their highest in 17 years _ 1997 state treasury surpluses made up 7.3 percent of general spending. (Source: NCSL and the Washington Post)

  October 1997
  Vol. 5, No. 8
 
ALTERNATIVES

Alternatives is a publication of the Center for Policy Alternatives – a nonpartisan progressive public policy and leadership development center serving state legislators, state policy organizations, and state grassroots leaders. Alternatives is indexed in Urban Affairs Abstracts. ISSN #1070-3047

Tim McFeeley,
Executive Director
Jane Gruenebaum,
Chief Operating Officer
Linda Tarr-Whelan,
Board Chair

STATE NETWORKS
Diallo Brooks,
Southeast Director
Bettye Jo Pakulis,
Northeast Director
Jesse Romero,
Southwest Director
John Freeman,
Midwest Consultant
Jewel James,
State Networks Manager

POLICY/COMMUNICATIONS
Bernie Horn,
Senior Director, Policy & Communications
Kirsten Lindquist,
Assoc. Director, Policy
Liz Cattaneo,
Assoc. Dir., Communications
Star Wilbraham,
Communications Assistant
Rachel Balick,
Intern
PROGRAM INITIATIVES
Jen Ray,
Senior Director, Program Initiatives
Helen Gonzales,
Senior Manager, Work and Family Investment
John Wilcox,
Senior Manager, Technology Policy
Jennifer Woolley,
Senior Manager, Women and the Economy Program
Christine Broderick,
Intern, Women and the Economy
LEADERSHIP
Carolina Zumaran-Jones,
Director, Eleanor Roosevelt Global Leadership Institute & Flemming Fellows Leadership Institute
Maura Hutchens,
Manager, ERGLI & FFLI
Meredith Gurwith,
Intern, ERGLI
Rebecca Valerin,
Intern, FFLI
ADMINISTRATION/FINANCE
Maxine G. Somerville,
Senior Director of Administration and Human Resources
Tom Gilmer,
Chief Financial Officer
Chantel McCloud,
Manager, Payroll & A/P
John Wilcox,
General Counsel
Shawn Hayden,
Office Manager
DEVELOPMENT
Chris Rutledge,
Associate Director of Development

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