LWVBHB Board, 2025-2026
Sharon Silva
(2025-2026)
President
Marcia Buttgen (2025-2026)
Vice President
Jeri Thornsberry (2025-2027)
Secretary
Patricia Harper (2025-2026)
Black Hawk County Director
Cherie Dargan (2025-2026)
Past President
Programs Chair / Historian
Susan Cornforth (2025-2027)
Treasurer
Paige Everly
(2025-2026)
Communications Chair
(2025-2027)
Ashley Shavers (2025-2027)
Board Positions to be assigned
Candidate Forums
Voter Services Chair
Off-Board Positions (By-laws)
Nominating Committee Chair
Audit Committee Chair
Budget Committee Chair
By-Laws Committee Chair
Other Individuals Chairing Special Projects
Willie Mae Wright (2024-2026)
Director Emerita
Voter Services
E. J. Gallagher III (2024-2026)
Liaison Hoover Middle School for
Partners in Education
Maureen White (2024-2025)
AAUW Liaison
Doris Kelley (2024-2025)
Special Advisor
Jean Seeland (2024-2025)
Candidate Forums Director
Cedar Valley Legislative Public
Forums Director
Mike Dargan (2024-2025)
Technology and Social Media Guru
● Attend a LWV event (forums, issues briefings, programs, and annual meetings)
● Assist with League events
● Propose a topic for an event
● Take pictures at an event
● Plan or host an event
● Help identify potential co-sponsors for events.
● Help promote events on social media
● Help update and maintain the local League website
● Help set up for events, clean up afterwards, welcome visitors
● Bring a friend
League Issues
● Keep informed on League issues and opportunities. Ask to be added to mailing lists.
● Check State and Local website for issues.
● Contact Legislators about issues: each year we generally identify six to eight that we focus on.
● Remember, only the President speaks for your local League.
● Write a letter to the editor
● Attend State League’s Issues briefings in the fall.
● Attend state League’s Lobby Day in February.
League Research and Action
● Propose a topic or issue to study and action.
● Join a study committee
Voting and Voter Registration
● Assist with Voter Registration
● Assist with Poll monitoring on election day
● Assist with “Get Out the Vote” campaigns
● Participate in local, state, and national training