A Conversation with WGA Chair, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, and WGA Executive Director, Jack Waldorf

About this episode

Jack Waldorf interviews Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon about their leadership experiences and future initiatives for the Western Governors' Association.

In this episode of Out West, Jack Waldorf, Executive Director of the Western Governors' Association (WGA), sits down with WGA's Chair, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, for a discussion about their experiences leading the Association. They speak about the importance of their bipartisan relationships with the other Governors, their aspirations for Governor Gordon's WGA Chair Initiative, Decarbonizing the West, as well as the Association’s upcoming 40th Anniversary celebrations and what they hope the next 40 years will bring for WGA.

People in this episode

Guests: Mark Gordon, Jack Waldorf

Topics covered

• bipartisan relationships
• WGA Chair Initiative
• Decarbonizing the West
• 40th Anniversary celebrations

Keywords

• Western Governors' Association
• WGA
• leadership
• governors

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Out West

Places: Wyoming

More episodes of Out West (Presented by the Western Governors’ Association)

• The fast-approaching future of quantum computing with Colorado Governor Jared Polis · March 27, 2026 · 27 min
• Cleaning Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines with Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper · October 16, 2025 · 37 min
• Energy Superabundance: Unlocking Prosperity in the West with Utah Governor Spencer Cox · October 2, 2025 · 43 min
• Leave it to Beaver: How Nature’s Engineers Help Mitigate Disasters · March 28, 2025 · 43 min
• Exploring Community Navigator Programs with USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Meryl Harrell · January 17, 2025 · 39 min
• Decarbonizing the West with Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon · January 16, 2025 · 45 min