#DevTalks: The Wild, Wild West / What Can We Learn From the Cowboy State?

Speaker: Gov. Mark Gordon (R-Wyoming)

Governor Gordon serves as the current chair of the Western Governors’ Association, which includes 19 western states and three U.S. territories in the Pacific region, working across a range of policy issues to advance western priorities in a bipartisan way. Governor Gordon’s initiative as WGA Chair is entitled “Decarbonizing the West,” and this initiative follows in a tradition of initiatives focused on energy opportunities, effective land and water management, and reimagining the rural west. The conversation touched upon numerous challenges and opportunities facing Wyoming and western states.

Moderator: Jeff Liebman, Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government

This discussion was co-sponsored by the Growth Lab and its Pathways to Prosperity research engagement with the State of Wyoming, the Institute of Politics, and Taubman Center for State and Local Government.