ATLANTA – State Representative Pat Gardner (D-Atlanta) was recently elected as a 2014 state director for Women In Government by her state legislative colleagues. As a state director, Rep. Gardner will identify important issues in Georgia and help set program topics for the national Women In Government symposia.
“I look forward to serving as a state director for Women In Government. This outstanding program will provide me with an opportunity to listen to legislators from other states as they describe solutions that worked in their states. It will also provide an opportunity to share ideas in a bipartisan and intimate environment,” said Rep. Gardner. “I have also found presentations by federal experts pertinent to my work in the Georgia House of Representatives.”
The Women In Government State Directors Program is intended to provide a link between legislators and the national Women In Government headquarters in Washington, D.C. State directors come together at the Annual State Directors’ Conference to set the topical agenda for the upcoming year’s Biennial First Term Legislators’ Conference. This conference provides mentoring and networking for newly elected women state legislators. In addition to assisting with program topics, the State Directors also disseminate Women In Government information to fellow legislators and recruit new members.
Representative Pat Gardner represents the citizens of District 57, which includes portions of Fulton County in the City of Atlanta. She was elected into the House of Representatives in 2000, and currently serves on the Appropriations, Higher Education, Natural Resources & Environment, and Transportation committees, in addition to the Joint Study Committee on Mental Health and School Violence.
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