2016 National Affairs Delegates and Alternates

Between Saturday, July 2, and Thursday, July 7, 25 Alabama young people will take part in the 49th Annual YMCA Youth Conference on National Affairs at the Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, N.C. If those chosen to attend as delegates are unable to go, the alternates will be given the chance to be a part of the Family of Alabama for 2016.

DELEGATES
House Pro-Tem Brian Anderson, Montgomery – Catholic
Lt. Gov. William Chandler, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
2017 Gov. Ford Cleveland, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
Rep. Joey Compton, Birmingham – Vestavia Hills
ADECA Director Grace Friedman, Hoover – Spain Park
House Floor Leader Aubrey Grant, Montgomery – Trinity
House Speaker Henry Hamlett, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
Sen. Steven Higgins, Montgomery – Brew Tech
2017 Media Director Meagan Holloway-Ragland, Montgomery – LAMP
First Year Presiding Officer Claudia Hubbard. Montgomery – Saint James
Sen. Ryan Kirk, Birmingham – Mountain Brook
2016 Gov. Noah McNelley, Montgomery – Trinity
Children’s Affairs Commissioner Michelle Newman, Birmingham – Vestavia Hills
Senior Services Director LydiaPaige Moffett, Mobile – Davidson
Mental Health Commissioner Ellen Park, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
Rep. Adam Peck, Montgomery – LAMP
Adjutant General Gabrielle Pohlman, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
Communications Director Olivia Pride, Hoover – Spain Park
Sen. James Sadie, Montgomery – Catholic
Sen. Addison Smith, Mobile – St. Paul’s
Sen. Emma Taylor, Birmingham – Mountain Brook
Commerce Secretary Anne Mitchell Welch, Birmingham – Mountain Brook
Tourism and Travel Director Olivia Westfall, Birmingham – Vestavia Hills
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Director Bailey Whetter, Hoover – Spain Park
Chief Justice Talya Whyte, Montgomery – Mont. Academy

ALTERNATES (in order of selection should delegates above be unable to attend)

1. Corrections Commissioner Peyton Stinson, Enterprise
2. 2017 House Floor Leader Griffin Payne, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
3. Secretary of State Bailey Hope, Montgomery – Trinity
4. Senate Floor Leader James Courtney, Mobile – St. Paul’s
5. John Darby, Birmingham – Mountain Brook
6. Supreme Court Justice Ann Vivian Spencer, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
7. Chief Lobbyist Madison Riggins, Montgomery – LAMP
8. Mathilde Sharman, Birmingham – Mountain Brook
9. Michael Butler, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
10. President Pro-Tem Skandan Ananthasekar, Mobile – St. Paul’s
11. Bennett McGehee, Mobile – Davidson
12. Claire Jones, Hoover – Spain Park
13. First Year Outstanding Statesman Carter Chandler, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
14. First Year Delegate Will Hamlett, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
15. Joel Weber, Montgomery – LAMP
16. Conservation and Natural Resources Commissioner Sean Baxter, Huntsville – Way Home
17. Medicaid Commissioner Sean Campbell, Huntsville – Way Home
18. Emilie Rihner, Mobile – St. Paul’s
19. Revenue Commissioner Clayton Lawing, Montgomery – LAMP
20. Sean Shelley-Tremblay, Mobile – Davidson
21. Insurance Commissioner Luckett Robinson, Hoover – Spain Park
22. Michael Avery, Hoover – Spain Park
23. John Koo, Montgomery – Mont. Academy
24. Regan Maples, Cherokee County Student Y-Club
25. First Year Floor Leader Emily Zecha, Mobile – Davidson