List of members of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition

List of mayors and former mayors participating in the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns

Listing as of October 2009

The listing from the coalition's website as of October 29, 2009. Former mayors are listed in bold type.

Name	City	State
Larry P. Langford	Birmingham	AL
Thomas Henderson	Center Point	AL
Carroll L. 'Lew' Watson	Lincoln	AL
Samuel L. Jones	Mobile	AL
Ron Davis	Prichard	AL
Omar Neal	Tuskegee	AL
Carolyn Floyd	Kodiak	AK
Patrick Hays	North Little Rock	AR
Carl A. Redus	Pine Bluff	AR
Jane P. Kennedy	Campbell	CA
Cheryl Cox	Chula Vista	CA
Robert Wasserman	Fremont	CA
Ashley Swearengin	Fresno	CA
Roosevelt F. Dorn	Inglewood	CA
Sukhee Kang	Irvine	CA
Larry Burrola	Irwindale	CA
Antonio Villaraigosa	Los Angeles	CA
Rob Schroder	Martinez	CA
Paul Eaton	Montclair	CA
Ron Dellums	Oakland	CA
Sue Severson	Orinda	CA
Pamela Torliatt	Petaluma	CA
Jennifer Hosterman	Pleasanton	CA
Gayle McLaughlin	Richmond	CA
Dennis Donohue	Salinas	CA
Patrick J. Morris	San Bernardino	CA
Jerry Sanders	San Diego	CA
Gavin Newsom	San Francisco	CA
Chuck Reed	San Jose	CA
Miguel Pulido	Santa Ana	CA
Marty Blum	Santa Barbara	CA
Ken Genser	Santa Monica	CA
Susan Gorin	Santa Rosa	CA
Ann Johnston	Stockton	CA
Morris Vance	Vista	CA
Abbe Land	West Hollywood	CA
Christopher Cabaldon	West Sacramento	CA
John Hickenlooper	Denver	CO
Bill Finch	Bridgeport	CT
April Capone-Almon	East Haven	CT
Eddie Perez	Hartford	CT
John DeStefano	New Haven	CT
Richard Moccia	Norwalk	CT
Dannel Malloy	Stamford	CT
Scott Slifka	West Hartford	CT
James M. Baker	Wilmington	DE
Adrian Fenty	Washington	DC
Manny Fernandez	Atlantis	FL
Susan Gottlieb	Aventura	FL
Perry Knight	Bowling Green	FL
Debby Eisinger	Cooper City	FL
Scott J. Brook	Coral Springs	FL
Juan Carlos Bermudez	Doral	FL
Joyce A. Davis	El Portal	FL
Bruce Malcolm'	Fernandina Beach	FL
Jim Humphrey	Fort Myers	FL
Charles Sanders	Greenwood	FL
Joy Cooper	Hallandale Beach	FL
Peter Bober	Hollywood	FL
Kenneth Schultz	Hypoluxo	FL
John Peyton	Jacksonville	FL
Muriel H. Whitman	Kenneth City	FL
Mary Lou Hildreth	Keystone Heights	FL
Patricia Gerard	Largo	FL
Barrington Russell	Lauderdale Lakes	FL
Roseann Minnet	Lauderdale-By-The-Sea	FL
Richard J. Kaplan	Lauderhill	FL
Manuel Diaz	Miami	FL
Matti Herrera Bower	Miami Beach	FL
Carlos Alvarez	Miami-Dade County	FL
Bill Barnett	Naples	FL
Harriet Pruette	Neptune Beach	FL
Andre Pierre	North Miami	FL
Raymond Marin	North Miami Beach	FL
David B. Norris	North Palm Beach	FL
Darla Lauer	Oak Hill	FL
Joseph L. Kelley	Opa Locka	FL
Buddy Dyer	Orlando	FL
Fred Costello	Ormond Beach	FL
Emma Shoaff	Pembroke Park	FL
Frank C. Ortis	Pembroke Pines	FL
Patricia Christensen	Port St Lucie	FL
John Marks III	Tallahassee	FL
Beth Talabisco	Tamarac	FL
Pam Iorio	Tampa	FL
Lois Frankel	West Palm Beach	FL
Heidi Davison	Athens-Clarke County	GA
Shirley Franklin	Atlanta	GA
Jere Wood	Roswell	GA
Otis S. Johnson	Savannah	GA
John Fretti	Valdosta	GA
Donnie Henriques	Woodstock	GA
Mufi Hannemann	Honolulu	HI
Richard Daley	Chicago	IL
Elizabeth Tisdahl	Evanston	IL
Henderson Yarbrough Sr.	Maywood	IL
Christopher Koos	Normal	IL
John A. Spring	Quincy	IL
Lawrence Morrissey	Rockford	IL
Richard Hickman	Angola	IN
Fred Armstrong	Columbus	IN
Thomas C. Henry	Fort Wayne	IN
Allan Kauffman	Goshen	IN
Tom Jones	Linton	IN
Stephen Luecke	South Bend	IN
Kay Halloran	Cedar Rapids	IA
T.M. Franklin Cownie	Des Moines	IA
Clausie W. Smith	Bonner Springs City	KS
Joe Reardon	Kansas City	KS
Larry G. Meeker	Lake Quivira	KS
Kenneth W. Bernard	Lansing	KS
Elaine Walker	Bowling Green	KY
Jerry Abramson	Louisville	KY
Melvin 'Kip' Holden	Baton Rouge	LA
Ray Nagin	New Orleans	LA
Cedric B. Glover	Shreveport	LA
Laurent F. Gilbert Sr.	Lewiston	ME
Jill C Duson	Portland	ME
Ellen Moyer	Annapolis	MD
Sheila Dixon	Baltimore	MD
Thatcher W. Kezer III	Amesbury	MA
Tom Menino (Co-Chair)	Boston	MA
James E. Harrington	Brockton	MA
E. Denise Simmons	Cambridge	MA
Jim Fiorentini	Haverhill	MA
Michael J. Sullivan	Holyoke	MA
Michael Sullivan	Lawrence	MA
Edward C. Caulfield	Lowell	MA
Richard C. Howard	Malden	MA
Scott Lang	New Bedford	MA
John F. Moak	Newburyport	MA
Clare Higgins	Northampton	MA
Thomas G. Ambrosino	Revere	MA
Kimberley Driscoll	Salem	MA
Joseph A. Curtatone	Somerville	MA
Domenic Sarno	Springfield	MA
Susan M. Kay	Weymouth	MA
Brenda L. Lawrence	Southfield	MI
Steve Lampi	Brooklyn Park	MN
Elizabeth B. Kautz	Burnsville	MN
Don Ness	Duluth	MN
R.T. Rybak	Minneapolis	MN
Chris Coleman	St. Paul	MN
Johnny DuPree	Hattiesburg	MS
Mark Funkhouser	Kansas City	MO
Francis Slay	St. Louis	MO
Chris Beutler	Lincoln	NE
Jim Suttle	Omaha	NE
Donald Groesser	Ralston	NE
Kevin G. Sanders	Asbury Park	NJ
Ronald Jones	Beachwood	NJ
Jason J. Varano	Berkeley Township	NJ
Sophie Heymann	Borough of Closter	NJ
James A. Gallos	Borough of Milford	NJ
Pasquale Menna	Borough of Red Bank	NJ
Emilia M. Siciliano	Borough of Shrewsbury	NJ
Betty Simmons	Borough of Victory Gardens	NJ
Gwendolyn Faison	Camden	NJ
Carol Foster	Corbin City	NJ
James Carroll	Demarest	NJ
Joseph R. Smith	East Newark	NJ
Robert L. Bowser	East Orange	NJ
Jun Choi	Edison	NJ
J. Christian Bollwage	Elizabeth	NJ
Steven Weinstein	Fair Lawn	NJ
John Bencivengo	Hamilton	NJ
Meryl Frank	Highland Park	NJ
Wayne Smith	Irvington	NJ
Jerramiah Healy	Jersey City	NJ
Frank W. Minor	Logan Township	NJ
Nicholas Russo	Longport	NJ
Michael Fressola	Manchester Township	NJ
Frank M. North	Merchantville	NJ
Donald Cresitello	Morristown	NJ
Cory Booker	Newark	NJ
Peter C. Massa	North Arlington	NJ
Francis M. Womack III	North Brunswick	NJ
Randy George	North Haledon	NJ
Eldridge Hawkins Jr.	Orange	NJ
Michael Luther	Parsipanny-Troy Hills	NJ
Jose Torres	Paterson	NJ
Harry L. Wyant	Phillipsburg	NJ
Gary Giberson	Port Republic	NJ
Earl Gage	Salem	NJ
Douglas Palmer	Trenton	NJ
Robert Romano	Vineland	NJ
Shing-Fu Hsueh	West Windsor	NJ
John E. McCormac	Woodbridge	NJ
David Coss	Santa Fe	NM
Gerald Jennings	Albany	NY
Ann M. Thane	Amsterdam	NY
Steve Gold	Beacon	NY
Matthew T. Ryan	Binghamton	NY
Byron Brown	Buffalo	NY
Robert Goering	Clinton	NY
Charles Weiss	Flower Hill	NY
Martin Natoli	Hagaman	NY
Wayne J. Hall Sr.	Hempstead	NY
Bernard Jackson	Hillburn	NY
Rick Scalera	Hudson	NY
Elizabeth Feld	Larchmont	NY
Carl Luft	Lima	NY
Marlinda Duncanson	Middletown	NY
Clinton Young	Mount Vernon	NY
Noam Bramson	New Rochelle	NY
Michael R. Bloomberg (Co-Chair)	New York	NY
Robert M. Maciol	New York Mills	NY
Nicholas Valentine	Newburgh	NY
Mary Foster	Peekskill	NY
John Tkazyik	Poughkeepsie	NY
Daniel J. Dwyer	Rensselaer	NY
Robert Duffy	Rochester	NY
Brian U. Stratton	Schenectady	NY
Carl Wright	Sloatsburg	NY
Matthew Driscoll	Syracuse	NY
David R. Roefaro	Utica	NY
Michael Manning	Watervliet	NY
Philip Amicone	Yonkers	NY
Terry Bellamy	Asheville	NC
Kevin Foy	Chapel Hill	NC
John R. Bost	Clemmons	NC
Bill Bell	Durham	NC
Yvonne Johnson	Greensboro	NC
Patricia C. Dunn	Greenville	NC
Charles Meeker	Raleigh	NC
Dennis Walaker	Fargo	ND
Dan Pillow	Addyston	OH
Donald Plusquellic	Akron	OH
Merle Gorden	Beachwood	OH
Daniel Pocek	Bedford	OH
Fletcher Berger	Bedford Heights	OH
John Licastro	Bratenahl	OH
Samuel Alai	Broadview Heights	OH
Mark Mallory	Cincinnati	OH
Frank Jackson	Cleveland	OH
Edward Kelley	Cleveland Heights	OH
Michael Coleman	Columbus	OH
Rhine McLin	Dayton	OH
Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher	Dublin	OH
Bill Cervenik	Euclid	OH
Theodore Shannon	Fairfax	OH
Thomas J. Longo	Garfield Heights	OH
Joseph C. Hubbard	Glendale	OH
Alan Zaffiro	Golf Manor	OH
Deborah Neale	Lakeline	OH
Michael Kolomichuk	Lakemore	OH
Jo Ann Toczek	Linndale	OH
Donald Kuchta	Macedonia	OH
Bruce Rinker	Mayfield Village	OH
Gary Starr	Middleburg Heights	OH
Susan Renda	Moreland Hills	OH
Thomas E. O'Grady	North Olmsted	OH
Kathy Mulcahy	Orange Village	OH
Martin Zanotti	Parma Heights	OH
Bruce Akers	Pepper Pike	OH
Daniel Ursu	Richmond Heights	OH
Earl M. Leiken	Shaker Heights	OH
John Smith	Silverton	OH
Kevin Patton	Solon	OH
Georgine Welo	South Euclid	OH
Matthew Brett	South Russell	OH
Carleton S. Finkbeiner	Toledo	OH
Darreyl D. Davis	Trotwood	OH
Beryl Rothschild	University Heights	OH
Michael J. O'Brien	Warren	OH
Barry Porter	Wyoming	OH
Jay Williams	Youngstown	OH
Denny Doyle	Beaverton	OR
Kitty Piercy	Eugene	OR
Anthony Battalini	Aliquippa	PA
Ed Pawlowski	Allentown	PA
Charles T. Bud Wahl	Ambler	PA
Bernard Killian	Aspinwall	PA
Alexander Bennett	Baldwin	PA
Cloyd W. Wagner	Beavertown	PA
John Callahan	Bethlehem	PA
Robert Myers	Birdsboro	PA
Marianne V. Deery	Boyertown	PA
Kenneth Lockhart	Brentwood	PA
Margaret Stock	Butler	PA
Justin M. Taylor	Carbondale	PA
Kirk R. Wilson	Carlisle	PA
Donald Baumgarten	Castle Shannon	PA
Barbara Schlegel	Catasauqua	PA
Ronald Lockwood	Cherry Valley	PA
Wendell N. Butler	Chester	PA
Brian P. Fox	Christiana	PA
Paul McKenna	Churchill	PA
Jonathan J. Mack	Coopersburg	PA
Helen Thomas	Darby	PA
Mary Ann Fichthorn	Denver	PA
Thomas Lloyd	Dormont	PA
Heather Ann Bruno	Downingtown	PA
Libby White	Doylestown	PA
Betty M. Hays	Eagles Mere	PA
Salvatore J. Panto Jr.	Easton	PA
Wayne T. Murphy	Edgeworth Borough	PA
Robert H. Brain	Elizabethtown	PA
Joseph J. Cisco	Ellport City	PA
Winfield Iobst	Emmaus	PA
Joseph Sinnott	Erie	PA
Harry W. McLaughlin	Fox Chapel	PA
Robert E. Heller	Franklin	PA
Fred C. Moyer Jr.	Freeburg	PA
Gerald C. Yob	Freemansburg	PA
Karl Eisaman	Greensburg	PA
Stephen R. Reed	Harrisburg	PA
Norm Hawkes	Hatboro	PA
Joseph R. Dodson	Hollidaysburg	PA
Betty Esper	Homestead	PA
Nicholas Yanosich	Industry	PA
Sandra Green	Kutztown	PA
Rick Gray	Lancaster	PA
Jayne C. Young	Lansdowne	PA
Robert P. Carpenter	Laporte	PA
Fred Feltenberger	Laureldale	PA
Trish Ward	Lebanon	PA
John L. Mark	Liverpool	PA
Gerard McGlone	Malvern	PA
Russell LaRew	Marianna	PA
Oliver Overlander	Marietta	PA
Richard Friedberg	Meadville	PA
Angela Adkins	Midland	PA
Richard Trostle	Mohnton	PA
John P. Antoline	Monaca	PA
Jeffrey L. Repasky	Mount Oliver	PA
James F. Kinder	Mount Wolf	PA
Joyce K. Somers	Murrysville	PA
Betty Cain	New Alexandria	PA
Frank Link	New Kensington	PA
Raymond L. McDonough	North Braddock	PA
Thomas Reenock	Northampton	PA
Michele Petrini Avvisato	Old Forge	PA
Geoffrey L. Henry	Oxford	PA
Ardele R. Gordon	Parkside	PA
Michael Nutter	Philadelphia	PA
Morris S. Williams	Pine Grove	PA
Luke Ravenstahl	Pittsburgh	PA
John D. Reiley	Pottsville	PA
Tom McMahon	Reading	PA
James Kennedy	South Coatesville	PA
Charles Baugham	Stroudsburg	PA
Paul R. McArdle	Summit Hill	PA
Luke Duignam	Tatamy	PA
Jay Stover	Telford	PA
Pamela Murphy	Thompsontown	PA
Regina T. Beck	Trainer	PA
Adam Forgie	Turtle Creek	PA
Thomas N. Micozzie	Upper Darby	PA
Emerson Fazekas	Versailles	PA
Tina Hagenbuch	Weissport	PA
John Andzelik	West Mifflin	PA
Thomas M. Leighton	Wilkes-Barre	PA
John Thompson	Wilkinsburg	PA
Mitchell D. Mogilski	Wind Gap	PA
Larry Markel	Windsor	PA
Jacqueline B. Mosley	Yeadon	PA
John S. Brenner	York	PA
David Cicilline	Providence	RI
Joseph Riley	Charleston	SC
Robert D. Coble	Columbia	SC
Joseph T. McElveen Jr.	Sumter	SC
Tom Beehan	Oak Ridge	TN
A C Wharton	Shelby County	TN
Richard Ward	Hurst	TX
Bob Kiss	Burlington	VT
Christopher C. Louras	Rutland	VT
William Euille	Alexandria	VA
Robin Gardner	Falls Church	VA
Brenda Pelham	Hopewell	VA
Paul D. Fraim	Norfolk	VA
Annie M. Mickens	Petersburg	VA
James W. Holley III	Portsmouth	VA
Dwight C. Jones	Richmond	VA
Peter B. Lewis	Auburn	WA
Greg Nickels	Seattle	WA
Bill Baarsma	Tacoma	WA
David Edler	Yakima	WA
Edward Monroe	Ashland	WI
Dave Cieslewicz	Madison	WI
Tom Barrett	Milwaukee	WI
Thomas Ratzlaff	Park Falls	WI
Richard Johns	Rhinelander	WI
Al Richards	Saint Francis	WI
Larry Nelson	Waukesha	WI
Kristine M. Deiss	West Bend	WI

People on the list who were not currently acting mayors

One criticism of the coalition is that it has inflated its membership roster, claiming members that never joined the organization, or individuals that are no longer in office, although in many cases their successors have also joined.

The following 28 individuals, listed on the Mayors Against Illegal Guns web site's member roster in September 2009 were not at the time the current mayors of the towns, cities, and boroughs listed:

Matthew J. Avara – Pascagoula, Mississippi
Jean M. Benson – Palm Desert, California
Cary Bozeman – Bremerton, Washington
Jim Brown – Lockland, Ohio
Joseph J. Cisco – Ellwood City, Pennsylvania—Still listed on MAIG site, as of Jan. 16, 2009
James C. DiNardo – Hazlet, New Jersey
Joseph V. Doria, Jr. – Bayonne, New Jersey
John Glanzer – Newberry, Florida
Andrew G. Humphrey – Wayzata, Minnesota
Richard H. Hyde – Waukegan, Illinois
Jack Killion – Pennsauken, New Jersey
Joseph S. Kroll – Haverhill, Florida
Eugene Kulick – Little Falls, New Jersey
Raymond Marin – North Miami Beach, Florida—Still listed on MAIG site, as of Jan. 16, 2009
Bruce Malcolm – Fernandina Beach, Florida—Still listed on MAIG site, as of Jan. 16, 2009
Lorraine H. Morton – Evanston, Illinois
Rita L. Mullins – Palatine, Illinois
Mark Roberts – Douglass, Kansas
Heinz Rodgers – Edwardsville, Kansas
Marc Searl – Hemet, California
Joseph D. Serrano, Sr. – Santa Fe Springs, California
David Shumaker – Bristol, Tennessee
Emilia M. Siciliano – Shrewsbury, New Jersey—Still listed on MAIG site, as of Jan. 16, 2009
David C. Strong – Winter Park, Florida
Gary Van Eyll – Chaska, Minnesota
Bill Welch – State College, Pennsylvania (died)
Carl Wilkes – Merriam, Kansas
William P. “Will” Wynn – Austin, Texas

Publicly announced resignations, misidentification, roster removals, disavowals

Largely in response to a recent NRA organized letter writing campaign, dozens of mayors have resigned from or distanced themselves from the MAIG while still in office. The NRA 's web site lists 73 mayors that have quit the MAIG, including 15 in Pennsylvania, alone. Responses have been varied, including, announced resignations, requests to be removed from the MAIG's roster, or disavowals of ever joining the coalition. In one case, Mayor Orlando Ortega Jr. of Portales, New Mexico complained that the NRA listing of member mayors had incorrectly identified the mayor as being a member. Ortega was indeed listed as a MAIG member in a July 2009 MAIG-produced letter to congress. One mayor mentioned that her reason for resigning was "...because she thought [MAIG] was attempting to erode all gun ownership, not just illegal guns." In some other cases, mayors have claimed that MAIG has used their name without permission.

Mayor Mark Begich (now Alaska Senator) - Anchorage, Alaska
Mayor James Brainard - Carmel, Indiana
Mayor Gary Bruhn - Windermere, Florida
Mayor John F. Bush - Winter Springs, Florida
Mayor Dale Deiter - Tower City, Pennsylvania
Mayor Jared Fuhriman - Idaho Falls, Idaho
Mayor Bill Haslam - Knoxville, Tennessee
Mayor Keith Hoffman - East Berlin, Ohio
Mayor Kevin Jackson - Rancho Rio, New Mexico
Mayor John D. Link - Edgewood, Kentucky
Mayor Paul McArdle - Summit Hill, Pennsylvania
Mayor John McBeth - Akron, Pennsylvania
Mayor Dave Munson - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Mayor Orlando Ortega Jr. - Portales, New Mexico
Mayor Walter Niedermeyer - Slatington, Pennsylvania
Mayor Jim Ridenour - Modesto, California
Mayor Robert Shiner - Mentor, Ohio
Mayor Dale Strasser - Brunswick, Ohio (It was actually City Manager Robert Zienkowski that signed up, not Mayor Strasser.)
Mayor Michael A. Tautznik - Easthampton, Massachusetts
Mayor Bill White - Houston, Texas
Mayor Randall Wise - Niceville, Florida
Mayor Ernest B. Wiggins - Warsaw, Indiana
Mayor Mary Wolf - Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Publicly announced reaffirmations

At least four mayors have issued public statements in reaffirmation of their membership and praise of the coalition, in response to the NRA's letter-writing campaign. One mayor reaffirmed her membership while stating "Nothing that this organization has lobbied for has been to get rid of guns altogether or to take away people’s Second Amendment rights".

Mayor Patricia Christensen - Port St. Lucie, Florida
Mayor Rick Gray - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Mayor Dave Elder - Yakima, Washington
Mayor Michael J. Sullivan - Holyoke, Massachusetts