Today we're thrilled to announce that 44 U.S. Governors’ Spouses and four Governors have shown their support for summer reading by signing on as “Reading Ambassadors” for the 2015 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge!
To help generate excitement about summer reading, these Governors and Governors’ Spouses will each deliver 500 new books donated by Scholastic to schools in their states. Many of them will host reading events with local children to kick off summer reading in their community. And many of them already have! Check out these great pictures from events hosted by the First Gentleman of Rhode Island, Andy Moffit, by Maine First Lady Ann LePage and by Arizona First Lady Angela Ducey!
We'd like to give a heartfelt shout-out to the following Governors and Governors’ Spouses who have committed to promote reading this summer. Here's the full list of 2015 Reading Ambassadors. We'll be sharing their pictures and event information on social media all week long—check it out at #summerreading.
- Alabama – First Lady Dianne Bentley
- Alaska – First Lady Donna Walker
- Arizona – First Lady Angela Ducey
- Arkansas - First Lady Susan Hutchinson
- Colorado – Governor John Hickenlooper
- Connecticut – First Lady Cathy Malloy
- Delaware – First Lady Carla Markell
- Florida – First Lady Ann Scott
- Georgia – First Lady Sandra Deal
- Guam – First Lady Christine Calvo
- Hawaii – First Lady Dawn Amano-Ige
- Idaho – First Lady Lori Otter
- Illinois – First Lady Diana Rauner
- Indiana – First Lady Karen Pence
- Iowa – First Lady Christine Branstad
- Kansas – First Lady Mary Brownback
- Kentucky – First Lady Jane Beshear
- Louisiana – First Lady Supriya Jindal
- Maine – First Lady Ann LePage
- Maryland – First Lady Yumi Hogan
- Massachusetts – First Lady Lauren Baker
- Michigan – First Lady Sue Snyder
- Mississippi – First Lady Deborah Bryant
- Missouri – First Lady Georganne Nixon
- Montana – First Lady Lisa Bullock
- Nebraska – First Lady Susanne Shore
- Nevada – First Lady Kathleen Sandoval
- New Hampshire – First Gentleman Thomas Hassan
- New Jersey – First Lady Mary Pat Christie
- New Mexico – First Gentleman Chuck Franco
- North Carolina – First Lady Ann McCrory
- North Dakota – First Lady Betsy Dalrymple
- Northern Mariana Islands – Governor Eloy Inos
- Ohio – First Lady Karen Kasich
- Oklahoma – First Gentleman Wade Christensen
- Pennsylvania – First Lady Frances Wolf
- Rhode Island – First Gentleman Andy Moffit
- South Carolina – First Gentleman Michael Haley
- South Dakota – First Lady Linda Daugaard
- Tennessee – First Lady Crissy Haslam
- U.S. Virgin Islands – Governor Kenneth E. Mapp
- Utah – First Lady Jeanette Herbert
- Vermont – Governor Peter Shumlin
- Virginia – First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe
- Washington – First Lady Trudi Inslee
- West Virginia – First Lady Joanne Tomblin
- Wisconsin – First Lady Tonette Walker
- Wyoming – First Lady Carol Mead
