National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL/Women)




Membership Directory



ALABAMA 2 State Senators and 6 State Representatives Senator Linda Coleman Senator Vivian Davis Figures Representative Barbara Boyd Representative Merika Coleman Representative Priscilla Dunn Representative Laura Hall Representative Yvonne Kennedy Representative Mary Moore ALASKA 1 State Senator Senator Bettye Davis ARIZONA 1 State Representative Representative Leah LandrumTaylor ARKANSAS 1 State Senator and 4 State Representatives Senator Irma Hunter Brown Representative Nancy Duffy Blount Representative Linda Chesterfield Representative Stephanie Flowers Representative Wilhelmina E. Lewellen CALIFORNIA 2 State Assemblywomen Assemblywoman Karen Bass Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter COLORADO 1 State Representative Representative Rosemary Marshall CONNECTICUT 1 State Senator and 2 State Representatives Senator Toni Nathaniel Harp Representative Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey Representative Toni Edmonds Walker DELAWARE 1 State Senator and 1 State Representative Senator Margaret Rose Henry Representative Hazel D. Plant FLORIDA 4 State Senators and 8 State Representatives Senator Larcenia J. Bullard Senator M. Mandy Dawson Senator Arthenia L. Joyner Senator Frederica S. Wilson Representative Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall Representative Jennifer S. Carroll Representative Joyce M. Cusack Representative Audrey Gibson Representative Betty Reed Representative Yolly Roberson Representative Priscilla Ann Taylor Representative Geraldine F. “Gen” Thompson GEORGIA 5 State Senators and 14 State Representatives Senator Gloria S. Butler Senator Gail Davenport Senator Valencia Seay Senator Horacena Tate Senator Regina D. Thomas Representative Roberta Abdul-Salaam Representative Stacey Abrams Representative Sharon Beasley-Teague Representative Gloria J. Frazier Representative Carolyn F. Hugley Representative Sheila Jones Representative Alisha Thomas Morgan Representative Nikki Randall Representative Robbin Shipp Representative Freddie Powell Sims Representative Georganna Sinkfield Representative LaNett L. Stanley-Turner Representative Pam Stephenson Representative “Able” Mable Thomas HAWAII – None IDAHO – None ILLINOIS 3 State Senators and 9 State Representatives Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins Senator Mattie Hunter Senator Kimberly Lightford Representative Annazette Collins Representative Monique D. Davis Representative Mary E. Flowers Representative Esther Golar Representative Deborah L. Graham Representative Constance “Connie” A. Howard Representative Elga L. Jeffries Representative Karen A. Yarbrough Representative Wyvetter H. Younge INDIANA 2 State Senators and 2 State Representatives Senator Jean Breaux Senator Earline S. Rogers Representative Carolene Mays Representative Vanessa J. Summers IOWA 2 State Representatives Representative Deborah Berry Representative Helen Miller KANSAS 4 State Representatives Representative Barbara Ballard Representative Oletha Faust-Goudeau Representative Meloday McCray Miller Representative Valdenia C. Winn KENTUCKY – None LOUISIANA 4 State Senators and 6 State Representatives Senator Sharon Weston Broome Senator Yvonne Dorsey Senator Ann D. Duplessis Senator Lydia P. Jackson Representative Regina Ashford Barrow Representative Rosalind D. Jones Representative Charmaine L. Marchand Representative Barbara M. Norton Representative Karen R. Carter Peterson Representative Patricia Haynes Smith MAINE – None MARYLAND 5 State Senators and 14 State Delegates Senator Joan Carter Conway Senator Lisa A. Gladden Senator Verna L. Jones Senator Delores G. Kelley Senator Catherine E. Pugh Delegate Joanne C. Benson Delegate Aisha N. Braveboy Delegate Jill P. Carter Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn Delegate Melony Ghee Griffith Delegate Hattie N. Harrison Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard Delegate Jolene Ivey Delegate Adrienne A. W. Jones Delegate Ruth M. Kirk Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk Delegate Shirley Natham-Pulliam Delegate Barbara A. Robinson Delegate Veronica L. Turner MASSACHUSETTS 1 State Senator and 3 State Representatives Senator Dianne Wilkerson Representative Willie Mae Allen Representative Linda Dorcena Forry Representative Gloria L. Fox Representative Marie P. St. Fleur MICHIGAN 2 State Senators and 3 State Representatives Senator Irma Clark-Coleman Senator Martha G. Scott Representative Marsha Cheeks Representative Brenda Clack Representative Shanelle Jackson Representative Bettie Cook Scott Representative Alma Wheeler-Smith MINNESOTA 1 State Representative Representative Neva Walker MISSISSIPPI 1 State Senator and 9 State Representatives Senator Alice Varnado Harden Representative Clara Burnett Representative Alyce Griffin Clarke Representative Angela Cockerham Representative Linda F. Coleman Representative Mary H. Coleman Representative Reecy L. Dickson Representative Frances M. Fredericks Representative Esther M. Harrison Representative Omeria McDonald Scott Representative Sara R. Thomas Representative Adrienne Wooten		MISSOURI 3 State Senators and 7 State Representatives Senator Maida J. Coleman Senator Rita Heard Days Senator Yvonne S. Wilson Representative Maria N. Chappelle-Nadal Representative Shalonn “KiKi” Curls Representative Esther Haywood Representative Connie “LaJoyce” Johnson Representative Robin Wright Jones Representative Jamilah Nasheed Representative Juanita Head Walton MONTANA– None NEBRASKA– None NEVADA 1 State Senator Senator Bernice Martin Mathews NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 State Representative Representative Claire D. Clarke NEW JERSEY 2 State Senators and 2 State Assemblywomen Senator Nina H. Gill Senator Shirley K. Turner Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman Assemblywoman Elease Evans Assemblywoman Sheila Y. Oliver NEW MEXICO 2 State Representatives Representative Jane Powdrell-Culbert Representative Sheryl M. Williams Stapleton NEW YORK 2 State Senators and 8 State Assemblywomen Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson Senator Shirley L. Huntley Senator Velmanette Montgomery Assemblywoman Barbara M. Clark Assemblywoman Vivian E. Cook Assemblywoman Diane Gordon Assemblywoman Aurelia Greene Assemblywoman Earlene Hill Hooper Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples Assemblywoman Annette M. Robinson Assemblywoman Michele R. Titus Assemblywoman Ellen Young NORTH CAROLINA 1 State Senator and 8 State Representatives Senator Katie Dorsey Representative Alma S. Adams Representative Angela R. Bryant Representative Linda Coleman Representative Beverly M. Earle Representative Jean Farmer-Butterfield Representative Mary E. McAllister Representative Annie W. Mobley Representative Earline W. Parmon NORTH DAKOTA – None OHIO 1 State Senator and 5 State Representatives Senator Shirley A. Smith Representative Joyce Beatty Representative Barbara H. Boyd Representative Edna Brown Representative Tracy Heard Representative Sandra Williams OKLAHOMA 2 State Senators and 1 State Representative Senator Constance N. Johnson Senator Judy Eason McIntyre Representative Anastasia Pittman OREGON 3 State Senators Senator Margaret Carter Senator Avel Gordly Senator Jackie Winters PENNSYLVANIA 2 State Senators and 3 State Representatives Senator Shirley M. Kitchen Senator LeAnna M. Washington Representative Louise Williams Bishop Representative Cherelle L. Parker Representative Rosita C. Youngblood RHODE ISLAND 1 State Representative Representative Anastasia Williams SOUTH CAROLINA 3 State Representatives Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter Representative Bessie Moody-Lawrence Representative J. Anne Parks SOUTH DAKOTA – None TENNESSEE 2 State Senators and 6 State Representatives Senator Ophelia Ford Senator Thelma Harper Representative Tommie Brown Representative Barbara Ward Cooper Representative Lois DeBerry Representative Joanne Favors Representative Brenda Gilmore Representative Mary Pruitt TEXAS 8 State Representatives Representative Alma A. Allen Representative Barbara Mallory Caraway Representative Yvonne Davis Representative Dawnna Dukes Representative Helen Giddings Representative Terri Hodge Representative Ruth Jones McClendon Representative Senfronia Thompson UTAH – None VERMONT – None VIRGINIA 3 State Senators and 5 State Delegates Senator Mamie E. Locke Senator L. Louise Lucas Senator Yvonne Bond Miller Delegate Mamye E. BaCote Delegate Rosalyn R. Dance Delegate Jennifer L. McClellan Delegate Roslyn C. Tyler Delegate Jeion A. Ward VIRGINIA ISLANDS 1 State Senator Senator Carmen Wesselhoft WASHINGTON 1 State Senator Senator Rosa G. Franklin WEST VIRGINIA 1 State Delegate Delegate Charlene J. Marshall WISCONSIN 1 State Senator and 3 State Representatives Senator Lena C. Taylor Representative Tamara D. Grigsby Representative Barbara Toles Representative Annette Polly Williams WYOMING - None Retired Members Representative Gwen Moore, CA Assemblywoman Gloria Davis, NY Senator Diana Bajoie, LA Senator Gloria Travis Tanner, CO