Lee Filer, of Cheyenne, represents Commission District 1, which encompasses Goshen, Platte and Laramie counties. He works as an engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad, a position he’s held since 2003.
Filer was raised in Cheyenne and attended school there. He served in the Wyoming Air National Guard from 2001-2004, and again from 2010-2016, and while in the military he attended the Community College of the Air Force.
In 2019, Filer was appointed to serve on the City of Cheyenne Personnel Commission.
He was elected to service in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 2013-2014. While serving in the Legislature, he was a member of the Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, the Journal Committee and the Select Committee on Archaic Laws. He was appointed by former Gov. Matt Mead to the Wyoming Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities in 2012, and he was chairman in his last year on the council in 2018. Commissioner Filer also served on the Department of Family Services Advisory Council from 2014-2018.
In his free time, Filer enjoys spending time with his wife, Renee’, and his six children.