State Governor, Wyoming
Contact Information
Dave Freudenthal
Governor's Office State Capitol, Room 124
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
307-777-7434
Governor@state.wy.ushttp://www.state.wy.us/governor/governor_home.asp
Bio
GOVERNOR DAVID D. FREUDENTHAL
31st Governor of the State of Wyoming
Dave Freudenthal was born in Thermopolis in
1950, the seventh of eight children. He grew up
on the family farm, north of town. He earned
money for college by working construction
during the summers. His jobs included building
tanks as a member of the National Brotherhood
of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Union.
After graduating from Amherst (Massachusetts)
College in 1973, he permanently returned to
Wyoming to take a position as an economist for
the Wyoming Department of Economic Planning and
Development. Governor Ed Herschler appointed
him State Planning Coordinator in 1975. As a
graduate of the University of Wyoming College
of Law, Dave opened his own one-man law office
in Cheyenne in 1980. The office grew into a
general practice firm, representing individuals
and businesses. In 1994 he was appointed United
States Attorney for Wyoming, a position he held
until May 2001.
Over the years, Dave actively participated in a
wide variety of civic activites. Among other
things, he has been Chairman of the Greater
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce; a founding
director of the Wyoming Student Loan
Corporation; a member of the Education Policy
Implementation Council; a member of the state
Economic Development and Stabilization Board; a
member of the Laramie County Community Action
Board; and a lay reader and Vestryperson in his
church.
Dave and his wife Nancy have four children,
ages 27, 23, 21, and 16.
