Tom Burack (NH ‘80), Commissioner for the State of New Hampshire’s Department of Environmental Services, was recently elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Environmental Council of the States, the national organization of the environmental commissioners/directors from the 50 states and territories. Tom also chaired the Climate Change Policy Task Force established by the Governor to develop a Climate Action Plan (CAP) for the state, and now chairs the NH Energy and Climate Collaborative.

Bill Halter (AR '81), Arkansas Lieutenant Governor, is running for U.S. Senate: http://billhalter.com.

Chris Coons (DE '83), County Executive of New Castle County, Delaware, is running for U.S. Senate: http://www.chriscoons.com.

Ted Deutch (FL '86), Florida State Senator, is running for U.S. Congress: http://www.tedforcongress.com.

Lisa Boulden Williams (IL ’89) was recently promoted to Senior Vice President of Affordable Housing at The Habitat Company. She is responsible for managing all aspects of the company's Affordable Housing line of business, which includes 2,292 units of subsidized senior and family housing in nine Chicago communities. Lisa is always happy to speak with Scholars about nonprofit or housing opportunities in Chicago. Feel free to reach out at lwilliams@habitat.com.

Lauren Lien (TX '04) was selected as a finalist in the Washington Post's Peep Show IV contest.

Dena Simmons (CT ’04) recently left the classroom as a middle school teacher in the South Bronx and started Doctoral program at Teachers College, Columbia University in Health Education. Dena received the 2010 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and will be a 2010 Education Pioneers fellow this summer.

Catherine Neale (VA '05), an MBA student at Harvard, was featured on the HBS website: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/profiles/students/2010/cneale.html.

Ryan Quarles (KY '05) is running for Kentucky State Representative: http://www.ryanquarles.com.

Rob Sand (IA '05), a third-year law student at The University of Iowa, was featured on the UI website: http://www.uiowa.edu/be-remarkable/portfolio/people/sand-r.html.

Please submit updates about yourself and other scholars to TSA@trumanscholars.org.