"Serving Western Legislatures"

Western Legislative Academy

Helping Legislators Become More Effective
and
Building Stronger State Legislative Institutions

December 7-10, 2004 Colorado Springs, Colorado

 

Each year CSG-WEST conducts a professional development training program for a select group of Western state legislators in their first four years of service. The goals of the Western Legislative Academy are to help newer legislators become more effective and to build stronger state legislative institutions . To that end, the WLA brings together a faculty of outstanding academics, nationally known corporate and public trainers, experienced legislative leaders and members of the press to work with a small class of lawmakers who come from each of our 13 Western states. Members of the Academy are selected on the basis of their dedication to public service, desire to improve personal legislative effectiveness and commitment to the institution of the legislature. 

 

Invitation-Only Event to selected class members and all Western legislative leaders & WLA sponsors

A SPECIAL THANK YOU to the EL POMAR FOUNDATION and 2004 ACADEMY SPONSORS  ...

   Altria Corporate Services * AT&T * Aventis Pharmaceuticals * Bayer Healthcare * Coors Brewing * Cox Communications 
Eastman Kodak *
EDS * Grande River Vineyards & Winery * GlaxoSmithKline
Intermountain Rural Electric Association * Johnson & Johnson * Medlmmune Inc. * Microsoft * Pfizer Inc. * The Procter & Gamble Company 
 The Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of Colorado * Wyeth

      

Created in 2000 in response to rapid turnover in legislatures because of term limits and natural attrition, the Academy is proud to claim 150 legislators from the 13 Western States as alumni.  Most Academy training takes place in the historic Penrose House at the El Pomar Foundation retreat center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Now in our fifth year of the WLA, 60 applicants from the 13 Western states in our region were considered by the CSG-WEST Executive Committee for the 39 seats available in the WLA Class of 2004.