Joe Meyer is serving his second term as State Treasurer after serving two terms as Wyoming Secretary of State. He was born in Casper, son of a rancher and a business man, with two family stores still operating in Casper. Joe graduated from Natrona County High School in 1959 and holds a BA in Math/Chemistry and Juris Doctorate from the University of Wyoming. During his college summers, Joe laid natural gas pipelines to the Sinclair Refinery and Atlantic City iron mine and worked at Casper businesses.
After graduation from UW, Joe served as deputy county attorney in Fremont County and engaged in the general practice of law including bank and school district attorney. When the Legislative Service Office was created in 1971 Joe was hired as deputy director and head of the legal division, a capacity he held through 1986 when he was appointed as Wyoming Attorney General, acting as such to 1995. Joe then served as special assistant to the President of UW until elected as Secretary of State in 1998.
Through the years, Joe has participated in community activities including membership on chambers of commerce, PTO’s, manager of his sons’ baseball teams, foundation boards, Kiwanis, Rotary, Boy Scout leader, UW Alumni Association, and Wyoming Future’s Project. Currently, he is chairman of the Laramie County Cheyenne Board of Health, a trustee of the Frontier Certified Development Company, and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Long Peak Council, tri state area, for the Boy Scouts of America.
His wife of 40 years, Mary, a Sheridan native, is currently Director of the Foundation for the Laramie County Library. They have two sons, Vincent and Warren, and two grandchildren, Ethan and Devan
State Treasurer Joe Meyer
Joe Meyer is serving his second term as State Treasurer after serving two terms as Wyoming Secretary of State. He was born in Casper, son of a rancher and a business man, with two family stores still operating in Casper. Joe graduated from Natrona County High School in 1959 and holds a BA in Math/Chemistry and Juris Doctorate from the University of Wyoming. During his college summers, Joe laid natural gas pipelines to the Sinclair Refinery and Atlantic City iron mine and worked at Casper businesses.
After graduation from UW, Joe served as deputy county attorney in Fremont County and engaged in the general practice of law including bank and school district attorney. When the Legislative Service Office was created in 1971 Joe was hired as deputy director and head of the legal division, a capacity he held through 1986 when he was appointed as Wyoming Attorney General, acting as such to 1995. Joe then served as special assistant to the President of UW until elected as Secretary of State in 1998.
Through the years, Joe has participated in community activities including membership on chambers of commerce, PTO’s, manager of his sons’ baseball teams, foundation boards, Kiwanis, Rotary, Boy Scout leader, UW Alumni Association, and Wyoming Future’s Project. Currently, he is chairman of the Laramie County Cheyenne Board of Health, a trustee of the Frontier Certified Development Company, and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Long Peak Council, tri state area, for the Boy Scouts of America.
His wife of 40 years, Mary, a Sheridan native, is currently Director of the Foundation for the Laramie County Library. They have two sons, Vincent and Warren, and two grandchildren, Ethan and Devan