State Party Chair Leslie Petersen
Leslie Petersen was
elected as state chair of the Wyoming
Democratic Party in April 2009. Leslie has
been a Teton County Democratic Party activist
for years, is a former Teton County party
chair, and served as the county's state
committeewoman for the previous election
cycle.
Leslie has also served as a Teton County commissioner and has been involved with various conservation, political and natural resource boards. She once worked as legislative liaison for former Wyoming Gov. Ed Herschler, and she was the Democratic Party's nominee for secretary of state in 1982 and for a state House seat in 1990.
Petersen has helped organize fundraising events for presidential candidates Sens. John Kerry and Barack Obama, each one raising more than $450,000.
She is a retired realtor and is married to Hank Phibbs, chairman of the Teton County Commission.