Fred Baldwin *

Board Member, Wyoming Board of Medicine

Fred Baldwin, a physician assistant in Kemmerer, and is a retired legislator in the Wyoming State Senate. He was the chairman of the select committee on behavioral health, the Senate’s labor, health and social services committee as well as on the revenue committee. Baldwin is active in his community as Chief of the South Lincoln fire district. He also works with Kemmerer’s suicide prevention group. He is a fourth-generation Wyomingite who graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine in physician assistant studies and earlier was enrolled in the nursing program at Casper College and pursued studies at the University of Wyoming, the University of Wisconsin Washington County, and Western Oregon State University.

Joseph Schaffer

President, Laramie County Community College

Joseph Schaffer is the president of Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he has led significant institutional growth and transformation. During his tenure, the college has completed nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in facilities improvements, celebrated multiple record-setting graduating classes, and increased graduation rates by more than 100%. A first-generation college student whose life was changed by an associate’s degree, he has dedicated his career to strengthening the mission and impact of open access teaching institutions in rural and Western states. Schaffer has more than 25 years of experience in higher education and has served as a college CEO for the past 17 years, previously leading Great Falls College-Montana State University. He is active nationally in higher education policy and leadership, having served as chair of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community Colleges and in leadership roles with numerous national organizations focused on student success, rural colleges, and higher education redesign and innovation.

Mike Smith

Vice President for Government Affairs and Community Engagement, University of Wyoming

Mike Smith is the vice president for government affairs and community engagement at the University of Wyoming (UW). In addition to serving as the university’s chief liaison to local, state and federal governments through the Office of Governmental Relations, Smith oversees Institutional Marketing and Communications, and the Office of Engagement and Outreach.

Prior to joining the UW in 2022, Smith was an attorney in several Western regional law firms where his practice included representing clients before the Wyoming Legislature in addition to regulatory and litigation matters. He also spent 12 years in the oil and gas sector as the manager of regulatory affairs at QEP Resources, working mostly in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and North Dakota. He first worked in politics as a college intern with Wyoming’s U.S. Representative Craig Thomas in Washington, D.C. and then served on Representative and Senator Thomas’ staff for five years. His ties to the University of Wyoming run deep. Smith received a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from UW in 1991 and his juris doctorate degree in 1999. Both his parents received degrees from UW, his father worked in the financial aid office for 25 years, and his youngest daughter is currently attending UW. His community service includes over 20 years as a volunteer with Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Landon Brown

Representative, Wyoming State Legislature

Wendy Schuler

Senator, Wyoming State Legislature

Art Washut

Representative, Wyoming State Legislature