National Governors Association
The National Governors Association (NGA) is an organization of the governors of the 50 US states as well as the five US outer areas ( American Samoa , Guam , Northern Mariana Islands , Puerto Rico , Virgin Islands ).
The NGA is a very respected institution and acts as an intermediary between the governors and the federal government in Washington .
The current chair of the NGA is Andrew Cuomo , Democratic Governor of New York .
Former NGA Chair (chronological)
- 1910 Augustus E. Willson , Kentucky
- 1911-1914 Francis E. McGovern , Wisconsin
- 1914–1915 David I. Walsh , Massachusetts
- 1915-1916 William Spry , Utah
- 1916-1917 Arthur Capper , Kansas
- 1918 Emerson Harrington , Maryland
- 1919 Henry J. Allen , Kansas
- 1919–1922 William Cameron Sproul , Pennsylvania
- 1922-1924 Channing H. Cox , Massachusetts
- 1924–1925 Elbert Lee Trinkle , Virginia
- 1925-1927 Owen Brewster , Maine
- 1927-1928 Adam McMullen , Nebraska
- 1928–1930 George Dern , Utah
- 1930-1932 Norman S. Case , Rhode Island
- 1932-1933 John Garland Pollard , Virginia
- 1933–1934 James Rolph , California
- 1934-1936 Paul McNutt , Indiana
- 1936-1937 George C. Peery , Virginia
- 1937-1939 Robert Leroy Cochran , Nebraska
- 1939-1940 Lloyd C. Stark , Missouri
- 1940–1941 William Henry Vanderbilt , Rhode Island
- 1941-1942 Harold Stassen , Minnesota
- 1942-1943 Herbert O'Conor , Maryland
- 1943–1944 Leverett Saltonstall , Massachusetts
- 1944-1945 Herbert B. Maw , Utah
- 1945–1946 Edward Martin , Pennsylvania
- 1946-1947 Millard F. Caldwell , Florida
- 1947-1948 Horace A. Hildreth , Maine
- 1948 Lester C. Hunt , Wyoming
- 1949 William Preston Lane , Maryland
- 1949-1950 Frank Carlson , Kansas
- 1950–1951 Frank J. Lausche , Ohio
- 1951-1952 Val Peterson , Nebraska
- 1952-1953 Allan Shivers , Texas
- 1953-1954 Dan Thornton , Colorado
- 1954–1955 Robert F. Kennon , Louisiana
- 1955–1956 Arthur B. Langlie , Washington
- 1956–1957 Thomas Bahnson Stanley , Virginia
- 1957-1958 William Stratton , Illinois
- 1958-1959 LeRoy Collins , Florida
- 1959-1960 J. Caleb Boggs , Delaware
- 1960–1961 Stephen McNichols , Colorado
- 1961–1962 Wesley Powell , New Hampshire
- 1962–1963 Albert Rosellini , Washington
- 1963-1964 John Anderson , Kansas
- 1964-1965 Grant Sawyer , Nevada
- 1965-1966 John H. Reed , Maine
- 1966-1967 William L. Guy , North Dakota
- 1967–1968 John A. Volpe , Massachusetts
- 1968-1969 Buford Ellington , Tennessee
- 1969-1970 John Arthur Love , Colorado
- 1970–1971 Warren E. Hearnes , Missouri
- 1971-1972 Arch A. Moore , West Virginia
- 1972–1973 Marvin Mandel , Maryland
- 1973–1974 Daniel J. Evans , Washington
- 1974-1975 Calvin L. Rampton , Utah
- 1975-1976 Robert D. Ray , Iowa
- 1976-1977 Cecil D. Andrus , Idaho
- 1977 Reubin Askew , Florida
- 1977–1978 William Milliken , Michigan
- 1978-1979 Julian Carroll , Kentucky
- 1979-1980 Otis R. Bowen , Indiana
- 1980-1981 George Busbee , Georgia
- 1981-1982 Richard A. Snelling , Vermont
- 1982-1983 Scott M. Matheson , Utah
- 1983-1984 James R. Thompson , Illinois
- 1984-1985 John W. Carlin , Kansas
- 1985-1986 Lamar Alexander , Tennessee
- 1986-1987 Bill Clinton , Arkansas
- 1987-1988 John H. Sununu , New Hampshire
- 1988-1989 Gerald L. Baliles , Virginia
- 1989–1990 Terry E. Branstad , Iowa
- 1990-1991 Booth Gardner , Washington
- 1991-1992 John Ashcroft , Missouri
- 1992-1993 Roy Romer , Colorado
- 1993-1994 Carroll A. Campbell , South Carolina
- 1994-1995 Howard Dean , Vermont
- 1995-1996 Tommy Thompson , Wisconsin
- 1996-1997 Bob Miller , Nevada
- 1997-1998 George Voinovich , Ohio
- 1998-1999 Tom Carper , Delaware
- 1999-2000 Mike Leavitt , Utah
- 2000-2001 Parris Glendening , Maryland
- 2001-2002 John Engler , Michigan
- 2002-2003 Paul E. Patton , Kentucky
- 2003-2004 Dirk Kempthorne , Idaho
- 2004-2005 Mark Warner , Virginia
- 2005-2006 Mike Huckabee , Arkansas
- 2006-2007 Janet Napolitano , Arizona
- 2007-2008 Tim Pawlenty , Minnesota
- 2008-2009 Ed Rendell , Pennsylvania
- 2009-2010 Jim Douglas , Vermont
- 2010 Joe Manchin , West Virginia
- 2010–2011 Christine Gregoire , Washington
- 2011–2012 Dave Heineman , Nebraska
- 2012-2013 Jack Markell , Delaware
- 2013-2014 Mary Fallin , Oklahoma
- 2014–2015 John Hickenlooper , Colorado
- 2015–2016 Gary R. Herbert , Utah
- 2016-2017 Terry McAuliffe , Virginia
- 2017-2018 Brian Sandoval , Nevada
- 2018–2019 Steve Bullock , Montana
- 2019-2020 Larry Hogan , Maryland