Pacesetters are proven leaders from each of the 13 Southern states who serve as examples to others who aspire to public service careers. Pacesetters are honored at the conference, and they interact with other conference participants to enrich everyone's conference experience. The list below reflects those selected from previous years.

ALABAMA
Lucy Baxley
State Treasurer

Mary Buckelew
President, Jefferson County Commission

Beth Chapman
State Auditor

Sue Bell Cobb
Court of Criminal Appeals

Linda Coleman
State Representative

Sundra Escott-Russell
State Senator

Vivian Davis Figures
State Senate

Laura Hall
State Representative

Kay Ivey
State Treasurer

Mary Sue McClurkin
State Representative

Susan Parker
State Auditor

Lenora Pate
Chair, Women's Commission

Sue Schmitz
State Representative

Kelli Wise
Court of Criminal Appeals

ARKANSAS
Irma Hunter Brown
State Representative

Jo Carson
State Representative

Joyce Elliott
State Representative

Lisa Ferrell
State Representative

Jimmie Lou Fisher
State Treasurer

Sandra Hochstetter
Chairman, AR Public Service Commission

Margaret Meads
Chairman, Employment Security Department

Barbara Pardue
Director, Economic Development Commission

Sharon Priest
Secretary of State

Andree Layton Roaf
Court of Appeals

Judith Rogers
Court of Appeals

Mary Anne Salmon
State Representative

Wilma Walker
State Representative

Ruth Whitaker
State Senator

FLORIDA
Sandi Beare
Executive Director, Commission on the Status of Women

Ginny Brown-Waite
President Pro Tempore, State Senate

Cynthia Moore Chestnut
County Commissioner

Faye Culp
State Representative

Joyce Cusack
State Representative

Lois J. Frankel
State Representative

Melvia Green
Judge
Third District Court of Appeal

Pam Iorio
Mayor, City of Tampa

Anne Mackenzie
State Representative

Sandra Mortham
Secretary of State

Katyty Pappas
Commission on the Status of Women

Peggy Quince
Justice, State Supreme Court

Beryl Roberts-Burke
State Representative

Jacqueline Smith
Councilwoman, North Miami Beach

GEORGIA
Kathy B. Ashe
State Representative

Dorothy Toth Beasley
Judge, Court of Appeals

Gail M. Buckner
State Representative

Ginger Collins
State Senator

Sharon Cooper
State Representative

Nellie D. Duke
Chair, Commission on Women

Michele Henson
State Representative

Judith Manning
State Representative

Louise McBee
State Representative

Nan Grogan Orrock
State Representative

Dotty Roach
Commissioner, Department of Administrative Services

Georganna Sinkfield
State Representative

Lynn Smith
State Representative

KENTUCKY
Allyson Handley
Senior Advisor, KY Council on Postsecondary Education

Denise Harper Angel
State Senator

Teresa Isaac
Mayor, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government

Ann R. Latta
Secretary, Tourism Development Cabinet

Crit Luallen
Auditor of Public Accounts

Pam Miller
Mayor of Lexington

Betsy Nowland-Curry
Executive Director, Commission on Women

Eugenia Potter
Executive Director, Commission on Women

Marsha Weinstein
Executive Director, Commission on Women

Susan Westrom
State Representative

Beverly Watts
Human Rights Commission

LOUISIANA
Diana E. Bajoie
State Senator

Vera Blakes
Assistant Secretary, Department of Social Services

Gloria Bryant-Banks
Secretary, Department of Social Services

Rose M. Harris
Director, LA Center for Women and Government, Nicholls State University

Ellen Hazeur-Distance
Councilmember

Irma Muse Dixon
Public Service Commissioner

Gwen Hamilton
Sec., Dept. of Social Services

Paulette Irons
State Senator

Mary Landrieu
U.S. Senator and former State Treasurer

Patricia Minaldi
14th Judicial District Court

Willie Mount
State Senator

Cynthia Willard-Lewis
City Councilmember, New Orleans

Billie Colombaro Woodard
Judge, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal

MISSISSIPPI
Sharion Aycock
Circuit Court Judge

Barbara Blackmon
State Senator

Norma S. Bourdeaux
State Representative

Neely Carlton
State Senator

Kay Cobb
Justice, State Supreme Court

Deborah J. Dawkins
State Senator

Reecy L. Dickson
State Representative

Lexie Elmore
Pike County Supervisor

Frances Fredericks
State Representative

Ricki Garrett
Board of Trustees
Institutions of Higher Learning

Alice Harden
State Senator

Heather McTeer Hudson
Mayor, Greenville

Wanda Jennings
State Representative

Cora Norman
Executive Director, Humanities Council

Mary Libby Payne
Court of Appeals

Mary Pruitt
State Representative

Amy Tuck
Lieutenant Governor

Patricia D. Wise
Chancery Court Judge

NORTH CAROLINA
Alma Adams
State Representative

Sandra Babb
Governor's Workforce Commission

Juanita Bryant
Executive Director, Council for Women

Jane Carver
Chair, Council for Women

Carolyn Q. Coleman
Special Assistant to the Governor

Linda Coleman
State Representative

Linda D. Coleman
Director, Human Resources Management

Katie G. Dorsett
State Senator

Beverly Earle
State Representative

Melanie Wade Goodwin
State Representative

Ann Mackie
Program Director, Equity Women's Agenda Program

Amelia A. H. Morris
State Representative

Delores A. Parker
Vice President, Academic and Student Services, NC Community College System

Jo Anne Sanford
Chair, Utilities Commission

Gwynn T. Swinson
Secretary, Department of Administration

OKLAHOMA
Denise Bode
Chairman, Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Laura Boyd
State Representative

Angela Monson
State Senator

Kathryn L. Taylor
Secretary of Commerce and Executive Director, OK Dept. of Commerce

Brenda Reneau Wynn
Labor Commissioner

SOUTH CAROLINA
Rita Allison
State Representative

Catherine Ceips
State Representative

Shirley Hinson
State Representative

Gilda Cobb-Hunter
State Representative

Brenda Lee
State Representative

Becky Martin
State Representative

Bessie Moody-Lawrence
State Representative

Elsie Rast Stuart
State Representative

Carole Wells
Chairman, Employment Security Commission

Annette Young
State Representative

TENNESSEE
Diane Black
State Representative

Marsha Blackburn
U.S. Representative

Kathryn Bowers
State Representative

Betsy Child
Senior Vice President, Economic Development, Tennessee Valley Authority

Gwendolyn Davis
Commissioner, Dept. of General Services

Lois DeBerry
Speaker Pro Tempore
House of Representatives

Shirley Duer
State Representative

Anne Graves
State Senator

Thelma Harper
State Representative

Edith Taylor Langster
State Representative

Marilyn Lloyd
The Lloyd Group

Mary Pruitt
State Representative

Gayle Ray
Sheriff, Davidson County

Susan Hinchcliff Whitaker
Commissioner, TN Dept. of Tourist Development

Yvonne Wood
Economic Council on Women

TEXAS
Marilyn Aboussie
Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals

Diana Davila
State Representative

Yvonne Davis
State Representative

Helen Giddings
State Representative

Patricia Gray
State Representative

Christine Hernandez
State Representative

Susan Larsen
Justice, 8th District Court of Appeals

Florence Shapiro
State Senator

Bea Ann Smith
Justice, Third District Court of Appeals

Senfronia Thompson
State Representative

Leticia Van de Putte
State Senator

VIRGINIA
Kristen Amundson
Delegate

Sandra D. Bowen
Secretary of Administration

Karen Darner
Delegate

Jeannemarie A. Devolites
Delegate

Claire Guthrie Gastanaga
Former Chief Deputy Attorney General and
Founder, Make Women Count PAC

Jackie M. Jackson
Member, Richmond, VA City Coucil

Penelope W. Kyle
Executive Director, State Lottery

Emilie Miller
State Senator

Yvonne B. Miller
State Senator

Anita Rimler
Secretary of the Commonwealth

Winsome Earle Sears
Delegate

Patsy Ticer
State Senator

Belle S. Wheelan
Secretary of Education