Initiatives of NGA Chairs

Each year, NGA’s Chair selects an issue to champion throughout their one-year term. NGA Chair’s Initiatives highlight bipartisan policy solutions and spur action and awareness on pressing state and national issues.

Gov. Spencer Cox

2023-2024 NGA Chair

Disagree Better

Gov. Phil Murphy

2022-2023 NGA Chair

Strengthening Youth Mental Health

Gov. Asa Hutchinson

2021-2022 NGA Chair

K-12 Computer Science Education

2020-2021 NGA Chair — Gov. Andrew Cuomo

  • COVID-19 Response and Recovery

2019-2020 NGA Chair — Gov. Larry Hogan

2018-2019 NGA Chair — Gov. Steve Bullock

2017-2018 NGA Chair — Gov. Brian Sandoval

2016-2017 NGA Chair — Gov. Terry McAuliffe

2015-2016 NGA Chair — Gov. Gary Herbert

2014-2015 NGA Chair — Gov. John Hickenlooper

2013-2014 NGA Chair — Gov. Mary Fallin

2012-2013 NGA Chair — Gov. Jack Markell

2011-2011 NGA Chair — Gov. Dave Heineman

2010-2011* NGA Chair — Gov. Chris Gregoire
  • Complete to Compete

    • 2009-2010 NGA Chair — Gov. Jim Douglas
  • Rx for Health Reform: Affordable, Accessible, Accountable

    • 2008-2009 NGA Chair — Gov. Edward Rendell
  • Strengthening Our Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future

    • 2007-2008 NGA Chair — Gov. Tim Pawlenty
  • Securing a Clean Energy Future

    • 2006-2007 NGA Chair — Gov. Janet Napolitano
  • Innovation America

    • 2005-2006 NGA Chair — Gov. Mike Huckabee
  • Healthy America: Wellness Where We Live, Work and Learn

    • 2004-2005 NGA Chair — Gov. Mark Warner
  • Redesigning the American High School

    • 2003-2004 NGA Chair — Gov. Dirk Kempthorne
  • A Lifetime of Health and Dignity

    • 2002-2003 NGA Chair — Gov. Paul Patton
  • Reaching New Heights: Turning Around Low-Performing Schools

    • 2001-2002 NGA Chair — Gov. John Engler
  • State Leadership in the 21st Century

    • 2000-2001 NGA Chair — Gov. Parris Glendening
  • Where Do We Grow From Here?

    • 1999-2000 NGA Chair — Gov. Michael Leavitt
  • Strengthening the American State in a New Global Economy

    • 1998-1999 NGA Chair — Gov. Thomas Carper
  • Smartkids4ourfuture: Preparing Kids for Success

    • 1997-1998 NGA Chair — Gov. George Voinovich
  • Investing in America’s Future: Working Harder, Working Smarter

    • 1996-1997 NGA Chair — Gov. Bob Miller
  • Early Childhood Development

    • 1995-1996 NGA Chair — Gov. Tommy Thompson
  • Ideas that Work

    • 1994-1995 NGA Chair — Gov. Howard Dean
  • Governor’s Campaign for Children

    • 1993-1994 NGA Chair — Gov. Carroll A. Campell Jr.
  • Partnerships for Progress

    • 1992-1993 NGA Chair — Gov. Roy Romer
  • Strategic Investment: Tough Choices for America’s Future

    • 1991-1992 NGA Chair — Gov. John Ashcroft
  • Redefining the Possible: Achieving the National Education Goals

    • 1990-1991 NGA Chair — Gov. Booth Gardner
  • Rx for a Healthy America

    • 1989-1990 NGA Chair — Gov. Terry E. Branstad
  • Consensus for Change: Achieving Educational and Environmental Excellence

    • 1988-1989 NGA Chair — Gov. Gerald L. Baliles
  • America in Transition: The International Frontier

    • 1987-1988 NGA Chair — Gov. John Sununu
  • Restoring the Balance: State Leadership for America’s Future

    • 1986-1987 NGA Chair — Gov. Bill Clinton
  • Making America Work: Productive People, Productive Policies

    • 1985-1986 NGA Chair — Gov. Lamar Alexander
  • Time for Results

    • *West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III also served as NGA Chair for part of the 2010-2011 term.