MEMBERS OF STATE LEGISLATURE


Representative
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Representative                Representative
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Betty Jo Nelsen (Rep.), 10th Assembly District
  Born Boston, Mass., Oct. 11, 1935; married; 3 children. Graduate Dedham
(Mass.) High School 1953;
B.S.E. Mass. State College 1957. Legislator. Member Wisconsin Bicentennial
Committee on the Constitution.
  Elected to Assembly in July 10, 1979 special election; reelected since
1980. Minority Leader 1987. Biennial
committee assignments: 1987 -Jt. Com. on Employment Relations; Jt. Com. on
Legislative Organization;
Assembly Organization; Rules; Disability Board; Legislative Council (also
1985). 1985 - Jt. Com. on Fi-
nance (also 1983); Ways and Means; Legis. Coun. Com. on Municipal Collective
Bargaining Law (also 1983).
1983 - Environmental Resources; Judiciary; Jt. Com. for Review of Administrative
Rules; Community De-
velopment Finance Authority. 1981 - Local Affairs (also 1979); Urban Affairs
and Housing; Jt. Audit; Legis.
Coun. Com. on Elderly Abuse. 1979 - Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Legis.
Coun. Com. on Unfair Sales
Act.
  Telephone: Capitol: (608) 266-7671; District: (414) 964-1842.
  Voting address: 2640 E. Newton Avenue, Shorewood 53211.
  Mailing address: (office) Room 205 West, State Capitol, P.O. Box 8953,
Madison 53708.


Louis G. Fortis (Dem.), 11th Assembly District
  Born Chicago, April 5, 1947. B.A. UW-Stevens Point 1969; M.A. and Ph.D.
in economics, Univ. of Massa-
chusetts. Legislator and adjunct professor of economic development, UW-Milwaukee.
Former executive di-
rector, Wis. Community Development Finance Authority; president, Wis. Community
Capital; economics
professor, high school teacher and VISTA Volunteer. Member State Job Training
Coordinating Council; Wis.
Partnership for Housing Development (mbr. exec. com.); Wis. Cooperative Development
Council (mbr. exec.
com.); Friends of Havenwood; Sierra Club; Jobs with Peace. Founding member
ESHAC, Inc.
  Elected to Assembly 1986. Biennial committee assignments: 1987 - Environmental
Resources and Utilities
(vice chp.); Children and Human Services; Financial Institutions and Insurance;
Housing and Securities;
Trade, Industry and Small Business.
  Telephone: Capitol: (608) 266-0486; District: (414) 351-6842.
  Voting address: 2123 West Kendall Avenue, Glendale 53209.
  Mailing address: (office) Room Ill North, State Capitol, P.O. Box 8952,
Madison 53708.



  Barbara Notestein (Dem.), 12th Assembly District
  Born Madison, April 14, 1949. Graduate Whitefish Bay H.S.; B.A. Beloit
College 1971; M.S.W. University
  of Michigan 1975. Full-time legislator. Former VISTA volunteer, social
worker and executive director of the
  Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee. Member National Women's Political Caucus
of Milwaukee (former pres.);
  Landmark Water Tower Trust; 12th District Democratic Party Unit; ESHAC;
Jobs with Peace; Lower East-
  side Neighbors; Italian Community Center; Wisconsin Heritages. Former member
Goals 2000, Public Safety
  Committee; Future Milwaukee; Wis. Anti-Hunger Coalition (pres.); Wis. Women's
Council (1983-84).
  Elected to Assembly 1984; reelected 1986. Biennial committee assignments:
1987 - Children and Human
  Services (vice chp., mbr. 1985); State Affairs (vice chp.); Colleges and
Universities; Education; Natural Re-
  sources; Women's Council; VTAE Bd. Advisory Com. on Displaced Homemakers.
1985 - Government
  Operations (vice chp.); Criminal Justice and Public Safety; Education;
Joint Committee on Audit; Select Com.
  on Work Incentives; Legis. Coun. Com. on Mental Health Issues.
  Telephone: Capitol: (608) 266-0650; District (414) 963-2188.
  Voting address: 3459 North Bremen Street, Milwaukee 53212.
  Mailing address: (office) Room 126 West, State Capitol, Madison, P.O. Box
8953, Madison 53708.