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Leadership
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SUE LYNCH
OF WISCONSIN IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
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Sue Lynch of Wisconsin was elected NFRW President
at the 35th Biennial Convention in Orlando, Fla., and served from
January 2010 to December 2011.
Under Lynch’s leadership, the NFRW improved the dissemination of
information and outreach programs, expanded public relations and
fundraising efforts, increased national media exposure and the usage
of new media tools such as Facebook and YouTube, collaborated with
like-minded groups, and increased membership in 33 states. She served as a FOX News commentator, worked with Republicans in Canada
to establish a federated club according to NFRW Bylaws, served as a
trainer in Nigeria for the International Republican Institute, and
traveled to Israel with the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee. Gov. Scott Walker proclaimed
December
31, 2011, as "Sue Lynch Day" in the State of Wisconsin.
Lynch also held the NFRW positions of 1st, 2nd and 3rd vice
presidents, member-at-large, and chairman of the Nominating
Committee in 1999. At the state level, Lynch served as president of
the Wisconsin FRW from 1997-2001 and as president of two local
clubs.
A former chief of staff and office manager to
three Members of Congress, Lynch has been active in Republican
politics for more than 30 years and has served on several
gubernatorial and presidential campaigns. During the Reagan
administration, she served as staff assistant to Secretary of
Agriculture John Block and confidential assistant to the
administrator of Food and Nutrition Services in the Department of
Agriculture. For 12 years, she worked for the Free Congress
Foundation teaching campaign schools and doing field work for
campaigns. In 1992, she lectured on the U.S. legislative branch for
the Krieble Institute throughout the Soviet Union.
Lynch’s community activities include serving as president of
Franciscan Skemp Auxiliary-Mayo Health System, state public policy
chairman for Partners of Wisconsin Hospital Association, Committee
on Volunteer’s Board Member for the American Hospital Association
(2007-2009), volunteer for the American Cancer Society, and member
of several community boards in the La Crosse area.
In 2009, Lynch received the Bovay Award from the Republican Party of
Wisconsin for outstanding party leadership. In 2007, she was named
Grassroots Volunteer of the Year for the Mid Western Division, as
well as outstanding volunteer of the West Salem Village People for
securing a building for her local Boys and Girls Club. Also, she was
selected as one of the Most Influential Women of the Coulee Region
in 2006, received the Caring for America Award for Community Service
in 2001, and was honored by her local Republican Party in 2000.
Lynch and her husband have two daughters and reside in Onalaska,
Wis.
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