Betsy Lawson

Special Projects Coordinator

Betsy Lawson currently serves as the Special Projects Coordinator at the League of Women Voters U.S. For over thirty years, she was Senior Lobbyist at the LWVUS, after working on Capitol Hill.

Betsy attended Mount Holyoke College, Williams College and Catholic University School of Law. She is a member of the D.C. Bar and the Massachusetts Bar. Betsy lives in Virginia with her family and their incorrigible golden retriever, Sassy, who lives up to her name.

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