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Leadership
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JESSIE MORTON OF LOUISIANA NFRW 4th VICE PRESIDENT
Director,
REGION 7
Adviser,
NFRW Legislative Committee
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Jessie Morton was elected NFRW 4th vice president at the 35th
Biennial Convention in Orlando and took office in January 2010.
As chairman of the NFRW Legislative Committee, she
helped launch the NFRW Jessica’s Law and Katie’s Law initiatives,
which played an important role in helping pass related legislation
in states across the country. Morton is an NFRW Regent and also has
served as chair of the NFRW Fundraising Committee and as a member of
the NFRW Headquarter Trustee Committee. She has presented programs
on fundraising, legislation and membership at NFRW regional meetings
and state conventions.
Morton is founder and charter president of Franklin Republican Women
(FRW) and has served in several other leadership roles within the
club. She served two terms as president of the Louisiana Federation
of Republican Women (LFRW), and also has served the state as vice
president, regional vice president and treasurer, fundraising chair,
membership chair, and as chairman of LFRW Change Louisiana. She also
served as chair of POWER PAC, and helped LFRW secure a vote on the
executive committee of the Louisiana Republican Party.
Additional political activities include serving as fundraising
co-chair for Gov. Mike Foster and Gov. Bobby Jindal, as parish chair
for Sen. David Vitter, and as a member of the Louisiana Republican
Party State Central Committee. She has been recognized for her
service through the LFRW Outstanding Member Award, the Tribute to
Women, Hurricane Andrew Service Award, and FRW Outstanding Service
Award.
Morton also is active in community and civic organizations,
including Rotary, Chamber, the Historic Lamppost Committee, and the New
Iberia Gumbo Cook-Off.
She is married to Mike Morton and has two children, five
grandchildren and one great-grandson.
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