Max Maxfield
| Max Maxfield | |
|---|---|
| 20th Secretary of State of Wyoming | |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 5, 2015 |
|
| Governor |
Matt Mead Dave Freudenthal |
| Preceded by | Joseph B. Meyer |
| Succeeded by | Ed Murray |
| 25th Wyoming State Auditor | |
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In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2007 |
|
| Governor |
Dave Freudenthal Jim Geringer |
| Preceded by | Dave Ferrari |
| Succeeded by | Rita Meyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 17, 1945 Beloit, Wisconsin, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Missing |
| Children | Four children |
| Residence | Cheyenne, Wyoming |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| Occupation | Administrator of non-profit associations |
| Religion | United Methodist Church |
(1) Missing
Max Maxfield (born February 17, 1945) was the 20th Secretary of State for the U.S. state of Wyoming. He assumed the position in January 2007 and was handily reelected in November 2010. He was not a candidate for a third term in the August 2014 Republican primary election.
From 1999 to 2007, he was the 18th state auditor of Wyoming. Because Wyoming has no position of lieutenant governor, under the terms of the state's constitution, the secretary of state is first in the line of succession to be governor.
Maxfield was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, to Ralph and Vera Maxfield. He graduated in 1963 from Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville, Wisconsin. He first studied at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point before transferring to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he remained until 1966. From 1968 to 1972, he worked and resided in Wisconsin and then Michigan before he relocated to Wyoming. For twenty-three years, Maxfield served as an executive director for the YMCA and for more than a year, he was the head of the Wyoming branch of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In addition, Maxfield led the Wyoming Recreation Commission from 1987 to 1989, and the Wyoming Department of Commerce from 1989 to 1994.
Four years later he won election to state auditor and held the post until 2007, winning re-election in 2002. While he was auditor, Maxfield developed a scheme which would reimburse state employees called to active military duty for lost income and benefits. The plan was implemented in November 2001 as an executive order of then Governor Jim Geringer. With his term in office coming to a close, Maxfield sought and won election in 2006 to become Secretary of State - beating Libertarian candidate Dennis Brossman 82-18 percent. He assumed the office in January 2007. He won re-election in 2010 against Democrat Andrew Simons 76-20 percent. As Secretary of State, Maxfield is a member of the State Loan and Investment Board, the State Building Commission, and the Board of Land Commissioners, alongside his duties chairing the State Elections Canvassing Board.
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