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Robin Sessions Cooley

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Robin Sessions Cooley
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Wyoming Director of Workforce Services
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

6

Prior offices
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Successor: Mary Throne

Compensation

Base salary

$158,400

Elections and appointments
Appointed

2019

Education

Law

University of Wyoming College of Law

Personal
Profession
Attorney

Robin Sessions Cooley is the Wyoming Director of Workforce Services. Cooley assumed office in 2019. Cooley's current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Cooley was appointed to the position in February 2019 by Governor Mark Gordon (R), replacing John Cox.[1]

Cooley is a former member of the Wyoming Public Service Commission. She was appointed to the commission by Governor Matt Mead (R) effective March 16, 2017. On February 14, 2019, it was announced that she had been appointed as director of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services.[2][1]

Biography

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Prior to joining the Wyoming Public Service Commission, Sessions Cooley worked as an attorney in private practice, as a deputy attorney general, and as a special counsel to Governor Matt Mead (R).[2]

Education

  • J.D., University of Wyoming College of Law

Political career

Director of Wyoming Workforce Services (2019 - present)

Gov. Gordon appointed Cooley director of workforce services on February 14, 2019.[1]

Wyoming Public Service Commission (2017-2019)

Sessions Cooley joined the Wyoming Public Service Commission on March 16, 2017, to serve out the remainder of former Commissioner Alan Minier's unexpired term, which ended on March 1, 2021. She served alongside Bill Russell and Kara Brighton Fornstrom.[2]

Appointments

2017

Sessions Cooley was appointed to the Wyoming Public Service Commission by Gov. Matt Mead effective March 16, 2017.[2]

See also

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Wyoming Director of Workforce Services
2019-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Wyoming Public Service Commission
2017-2019
Succeeded by
Mary Throne