Senator Tanya Storer of Whitman was among 38 select lawmakers chosen to participate in a training program that annually identifies and assists promising state leaders in the Midwest.

Senator Storer will meet with fellow lawmakers from Nebraska and 10 other Midwestern states and three Canadian provinces on Aug. 22-26 in Madison, Wisconsin, for The Council of State Governments’ 30th annual Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD).

“The Bowhay Institute is one of the premier leadership training programs in the nation,” says Iowa Sen.

Amy Sinclair, who serves as co-chair of the institute’s steering committee. “The legislatures in the region have benefited greatly from the skills their members have gained through this unique educational experience. Many of the graduates now hold key leadership positions in their state.”

Since 1995, more than 1,000 lawmakers have graduated from the Bowhay Institute. State legislators from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin are chosen to participate through a competitive, nonpartisan selection process. Members of the Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan legislative assemblies are selected by their caucuses to take part in the program.