Government Relations

Welcome to the home page for the CWU Office of Government Relations. This site is designed to help you locate the people and information that can answer your questions about CWU and help you better understand our state budget and policy priorities.

CWU Director of Government Relations, Ann Anderson, serves as the primary contact for state elected leaders and policy staff on higher education budget and policy issues and information. Her great depth of experience in public policy development and education makes her an outstanding resource for public policy makers.

Ann served in the state Senate for 12 years where her leadership positions included Senate Majority Whip and Majority Caucus Chairwoman. Ann served on the Senate Higher Education and K-12 Education committees. Her work in legislative leadership and on Senate policy committees earned her recognition by the Association of Washington Business and the Washington State Farm Bureau as the Legislator of the Year. She also has received CWU's Distinguished Alumni Award and the Washington Vocational Education Special Legislative Award. Ann holds bachelor of education and master of education degrees from Central Washington University.

Please contact Ann at (509) 963-2185 or anderann@cwu.edu.