Category: State Treasurer/CFO

Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison


Kathryn Ann (Kay) Bailey Hutchison served in the United States Senate for Texas from 1993 to 2013, making her the first—and, to date, the only—woman elected to represent the state in the Senate. Hutchison was born born in Galveston, Texas, on July 22, 1943. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1962 and the University of Texas School of Law in 1967. Because law firms hired few women at that time, she began her professional career as a Houston television reporter covering state politics. In 1972, Hutchison […]
Kay Ivey
Kay Ivey


Kay Ivey has served as the governor of Alabama since 2017. She previously served at Alabama's lieutenant governor, and assumed office as governor following the resignation of her predecessor. She won a full term as governor in the 2018 election and re-election in 2022. Ivey was born October 15, 1944, and grew up in Camden, Alabama. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Auburn University in 1967. Following college, she worked as a high school teacher and a bank officer. Prior to entering politics, Ivey was a clerk for the […]
Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins


Lynn Jenkins represented the 2nd District of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. Jenkins was born June 10, 1963, in Holton, Kansas. She completed a degree in accounting, with a minor in economics, from Kansas State University and Weber State College. Jenkins served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1998 to 2000, the Kansas State Senate from 2000 to 2002, and served as the 37th Kansas state treasurer from 2003 to 2008. For information on Jenkin's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored […]
Cary Kennedy
Cary Kennedy


Cary Kennedy was a Democratic candidate for governor of Colorado in 2018. A native of Colorado, Kennedy spent her early years in Evergreen and Denver. She received a bachelor's degree from St. Lawrence University, a master's degree from Columbia University, and a law degree from the University of Denver. Kennedy started her career as a staff member of the governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting. She continued to hold different positions in public service for the next 20 years, including fiscal analyst of the Colorado Department of Health Care […]
Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu


Mary Landrieu served as a U.S. senator for Louisiana from 1997-2015, the first woman elected the U.S. Senate from that state. (Elaine Edwards had been appointed to the Senate in 1972 by her husband, Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, following the death of Allen Ellender and served from August 1, 1972 to November 13, 1972.) Landrieu was born on Nov. 23, 1995, in Arlington, Virginia, and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father was Moon Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans and secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban […]
Cynthia M Lummis
Cynthia M Lummis


Cynthia Lummis was elected U.S. senator for Wyoming on November 3, 2020. Previously, she represented Wyoming in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017. Lummis was born September 10, 1954, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received bachelor degrees in animal science and biology from the University of Wyoming. In 1979, Lummis became the youngest woman ever elected to Wyoming Legislature, serving in the Wyoming House of Representatives until 1983. Lummis then returned to the University of Wyoming and completed her law degree in 1985. Following, she clerked at […]
Kay A. Orr
Kay A. Orr


Kay A. Orr served as governor of Nebraska from 1987-1991, Nebraska's first female governor and the first female Republican governor. Orr was born in Burlington, Iowa, on January 2, 1939. She began her political career as a volunteer for the Republican Party after moving to Nebraska, in 1963, and was elected as a delegate to the national conventions of 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988. In 1981, she was appointed Nebraska state treasurer to fill a midterm vacancy and served until 1987, when she assumed office as governor. She was defeated […]
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo


Gina Raimondo was confirmed as U.S. secretary of commerce on March 2, 2021. She served as governor of Rhode Island from 2015-2021, the first woman to serve as Rhode Island's governor, and as Rhode Island's treasurer from 2011-2015, only the second woman to serve in that role in Rhode Island. Raimondo was born May 17, 1971, in Smithfield, Rhode Island. She earned a B.A. in economics from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in sociology from Oxford University (where she was a Rhodes Scholar), and a J.D. from Yale Law School. After […]
Ann Richards
Ann Richards


Ann Willis Richards served as governor of Texas from 1991-1995, the first woman to hold that office in her own right. Born Dorothy Ann Willis, Richards was born on September 1, 1933, in Lakeview, Texas. She received a bachelor's degree from Baylor University in 1954 and a teaching certificate from the University of Texas. Before being elected to public office, Richards taught school and also spent many hours volunteering for political campaigns and causes. She was elected Travis County commissioner in 1976, serving until 1983. She served as state treasurer […]