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The League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region (LWVLMR) is an Inter-League Organization with approximately 56 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 : Elizabeth "Joy" Guscott-Mueller, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, IL
Vice President: Sarah Shirk, LWV Oak Park/River Forest, IL
Secretary: Mary Beth Nawor, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, IL
Treasurer: Suzanne LaBelle, LWV Wilmette, IL
REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE LEAGUES
Illinois
David Mueller, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Bluff
Donna Prepechjal, LWV Downers Grove, Woodridge, Lisle
1 Position Open
Indiana
Deborah Chubb, LWV La Porte County
Mary Jo Gorman, LWV Calumet Area
Barbara Hargrove, LWV Calumet Area
Lisa Harris, LWV South Bend
Michigan
Jane Packard, LWV Leelanau County
Chris Zilke, LWV of Berrien & Cass Counties
Tricia Denton, LWV Leelanau County
Fran Wallace, Manistee County
Wisconsin
Rebecca Few, LWV Sheboygan
Geralyn Leannah, LWV Sheboygan
Hella Willis, LWV Sheboygan
1 Position Open
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Chair: Luan Burton, LWV Sheboygan, IL
Elected Members:
Suzanne Dixon, LWV Holland Area, MI
Rosemary Heilemann, LWV Deerfield, IL
President : Elizabeth "Joy" Guscott-Mueller, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, IL
Vice President: Sarah Shirk, LWV Oak Park/River Forest, IL
Secretary: Mary Beth Nawor, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, IL
Treasurer: Suzanne LaBelle, LWV Wilmette, IL
REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE LEAGUES
Illinois
David Mueller, LWV Lake Forest/Lake Bluff
Donna Prepechjal, LWV Downers Grove, Woodridge, Lisle
1 Position Open
Indiana
Deborah Chubb, LWV La Porte County
Mary Jo Gorman, LWV Calumet Area
Barbara Hargrove, LWV Calumet Area
Lisa Harris, LWV South Bend
Michigan
Jane Packard, LWV Leelanau County
Chris Zilke, LWV of Berrien & Cass Counties
Tricia Denton, LWV Leelanau County
Fran Wallace, Manistee County
Wisconsin
Rebecca Few, LWV Sheboygan
Geralyn Leannah, LWV Sheboygan
Hella Willis, LWV Sheboygan
1 Position Open
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Chair: Luan Burton, LWV Sheboygan, IL
Elected Members:
Suzanne Dixon, LWV Holland Area, MI
Rosemary Heilemann, LWV Deerfield, IL
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.