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The League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region (LWVLMR) is an Inter-League Organization with over 60 local Leagues of Women Voters within the Lake Michigan watershed and regional planning areas, along with the four state Leagues. It is an integral part of and operates under the Natural Resources position of the League of Women Voters of the United States.
Our Mission
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LWVLMR promotes political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government and acts on selected governmental issues affecting the Lake Michigan watershed.
LWVLMR does not support or oppose any political party or candidate.
LWVLMR does not support or oppose any political party or candidate.
Join Us!
Membership in the LWV Lake Michigan Region is automatic when you join a local League in one of our member states.
For more information, please visit LWV Illinois, LWV Indiana, LWV Michigan or LWV Wisconsin. If you need assistance, please contact us, and we will be happy to help you connect with your local League.
For more information, please visit LWV Illinois, LWV Indiana, LWV Michigan or LWV Wisconsin. If you need assistance, please contact us, and we will be happy to help you connect with your local League.
Board of Directors
OFFICERS
President: David G. Mueller, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, IL
Vice President: Fran Wallace, LWV Manistee County, WI
Secretary: Abigail Nichols, LWV Chicago, IL
Treasurer: Sarah Bury, LWV Chicago, IL
Immediate Past President: Elizabeth "Joy" Guscott-Mueller, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Forest, IL
REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE LEAGUES
Illinois
Elizabeth "Joy" Guscott-Mueller, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, IL
Donna Prepechjal, LWV Downers Grove, Woodridge, Lisle, IL
2 Positions Open
Indiana
Charlene Renee Benoit, LWV LaPorte County, IN
Mary Jo Gorman, LWV Calumet Area, IN
Barbara Hargrove, LWV Calumet Area, IN
Lynda Lancaster, LWV LaPorte County, IN
Michigan
Jane Packard, LWV Leelanau County, MI
Ann Swaney, LWV Grand Traverse Area, MI
Fran Wallace, Manistee County, MI
Wisconsin
Luan Burton, LWV Sheboygan, WI
Geralyn Leannah, LWV Sheboygan, WI
Cindy Auerbach, LWV Ozaukee County, WI
Suzanne Schultz, LWV Ozaukee County, WI
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Chair: Krista Grimm, LWV LaGrange, IL
Elected Members: Abigail Nichols, LWV Chicago, IL
Christina Schlitt, LWV Michigan
President: David G. Mueller, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, IL
Vice President: Fran Wallace, LWV Manistee County, WI
Secretary: Abigail Nichols, LWV Chicago, IL
Treasurer: Sarah Bury, LWV Chicago, IL
Immediate Past President: Elizabeth "Joy" Guscott-Mueller, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Forest, IL
REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE LEAGUES
Illinois
Elizabeth "Joy" Guscott-Mueller, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, IL
Donna Prepechjal, LWV Downers Grove, Woodridge, Lisle, IL
2 Positions Open
Indiana
Charlene Renee Benoit, LWV LaPorte County, IN
Mary Jo Gorman, LWV Calumet Area, IN
Barbara Hargrove, LWV Calumet Area, IN
Lynda Lancaster, LWV LaPorte County, IN
Michigan
Jane Packard, LWV Leelanau County, MI
Ann Swaney, LWV Grand Traverse Area, MI
Fran Wallace, Manistee County, MI
Wisconsin
Luan Burton, LWV Sheboygan, WI
Geralyn Leannah, LWV Sheboygan, WI
Cindy Auerbach, LWV Ozaukee County, WI
Suzanne Schultz, LWV Ozaukee County, WI
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Chair: Krista Grimm, LWV LaGrange, IL
Elected Members: Abigail Nichols, LWV Chicago, IL
Christina Schlitt, LWV Michigan
Our History
On May 4, 1966, a meeting was called by LWV of Highland Park, IL at the LWVUS National Convention in Denver to discuss the possibility of forming an inter-League Lake Michigan Basin Group. Definite interest was expressed by 24 Lake Michigan leagues and a temporary Chairman, Jeanne Bonynge of Wilmette, IL, was appointed. She was asked to write the State Boards of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin to inform them of this interest, to ask their cooperation, and to request names of their local leagues in the Lake Michigan Basin. A Procedural Agreement was adopted in June, 1967.
After 37 years of working together as a "Group", Lake Michigan area Leagues adopted bylaws under revised LWVUS guidelines that created the Lake Michigan Inter-League Organization in 2004 at a meeting in Chesterton, Indiana. The October, 2007 annual convention voted to change the name to Lake Michigan League of Women Voters to provide clarity that the organization was associated with the national League of Women Voters. The current name, League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region, was adopted at a meeting in Sheboygan, WI in October, 2013.