Between Friday, June 26, and the early morning of Friday, July 3, these 25 Alabama young people will take part in the 53rd Annual YMCA Youth Conference on National Affairs at the Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, N.C.:
2021 Lt. Gov. Chloe Annakin, Spain Park High School, Hoover
Sen. Ford Balogh, Vestavia Hills High School
2021 Gov. Ryan Barranco, Saint James School, Montgomery
House Floor Leader Destiny Baugh, Davidson High School, Mobile
Deputy Chief of Staff Sofie Behr, Montgomery Academy (Jere Hardy Senate Outstanding Statesman)
Rep. Daniel Carmichael, Mountain Brook High School
2020 Senate Pro-Temp Ryan Conn, Vestavia Hills High School
Rep. Marielle Cornes, Mountain Brook High School
Director of Emergency Management Sarah Beth Corona, Vestavia Hills High School
Chief of Staff Griffin Darden, Mountain Brook High School
Director of Legislative Affairs Carter Dewees, Vestavia Hills High School
2021 First Year Presiding Officer Jeffery Ford, Saint James School, Montgomery
2020 First Year Presiding Officer Alison Gaston, Mountain Brook High School
Sen. Sara Guven, Vestavia Hills High School
Lt. Gov. Ben Harris, Mountain Brook High School
Director of Transportation Vincent Indovina, Spain Park High School, Hoover
2020 Speaker of the House Chloe Kinderman, Mountain Brook High School (Jere Hardy House Outstanding Statesman)
Human Resources Commissioner Caroline Lloyd, Cherokee County Student Y-Club
Rep. Julienne Pharrams, Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School
Rep. Liam Reaves, The Way Home Christian School, Huntsville
Sen. Anna Sadie, Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School (Bill Barringer Scholarship)
2020 Gov. Pavel Shirley, Mountain Brook High School
2021 Speaker of the House Lindsay Tadlock, Spain Park High School, Hoover
Revenue Commissioner Mark Waller, Mountain Brook High School
2021 Senate Floor Leader Chris Yang, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, Montgomery
ALTERNATES (in order of selection should delegates above be unable to attend)
1st – 2021 House Pro-Temp Nathaniel Bass, Vestavia Hills High School
2nd – Rep. Easton Strickler, Montgomery Academy
3rd – Rep. Gracie Barranco, Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School (Sunshine Award)
4th – Conservation Commissioner Rachel Duthu, Davidson High School, Mobile
5th – Sen. Whitt Sheumaker, Vestavia Hills High School
6th – Sen. Ram Prattipati, Vestavia Hills High School
7th – Secretary of State Copeland Johnson, Spain Park High School, Hoover
8th – 2021 Senate Pro-Temp Josh Phillips, Spain Park High School, Hoover
9th – Sen. William Wood, Mountain Brook High School
10th – Corrections Commissioner Olivia Webb, Northside Methodist Academy, Dothan
11th – Justice Kyle Adams, Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School, Montgomery
12th – First Year Outstanding Statesman Rylen Dempsey, Vestavia Hills High School
13th – 2021 House Floor Leader Jake Yohn, Saint James School, Montgomery
14th – Sen. Dylan Davis, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, Montgomery
15th – Rep. Margaret Chandler, Montgomery Academy (Betty Carr Award)
16th – Rep. Lydia Faris, Spain Park High School, Hoover
17th – Rep. Sarah Kim, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, Montgomery
18th – First Year Delegate Camila Lopez, Spain Park High School, Hoover*
19th – Sen. Julia Goldberg, Indian Springs School, Birmingham
20th – Rep. Desiree Turner, Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile
21st – Sen. John Butrus, Mountain Brook High School
22nd – Rep. Zachary Izer, Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School
23rd – Chief Justice Samad Gillani, Spain Park High School, Hoover
24th – First Year Delegate Virginia Averyt, Mountain Brook High School*
25th – First Year Floor Leader Hannah Broders Davidson High School, Mobile*
* Outstanding 1st Year delegate