TEAM
The Barlow Administration
Erin Taylor
Chief of Staff
Erin Taylor is a Cheyenne-based public policy consultant, business owner and leadership coach with more than 25 years of experience at the federal, state and local levels. As founder and principal of Taylor Strategies & Consulting, LLC, she helps businesses, associations and nonprofit organizations navigate Wyoming’s legislative and regulatory processes.
Taylor founded her firm in 2014 after serving eight years as Executive Director of the Wyoming Taxpayers Association. During her tenure, she provided analysis and advocacy on issues including fuel taxation, sales and use taxes, special district transparency and property tax relief. She also served as statewide campaign manager for U.S. Senator Mike Enzi’s 2014 primary campaign.
Her background includes government affairs work for PacifiCorp, now Rocky Mountain Power, and positions with the Edison Electric Institute, Microsoft, Electric Power Supply Association and Montana-Dakota Utilities. That experience informs her work on energy, taxation and regulatory policy. She also serves as executive director of the Wyoming Association of Community College Trustees.
A two-time graduate of the University of Wyoming College of Business, Taylor holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in regulatory and environmental economics.
Her community service has included chairing the Wyoming Business Alliance and the Wyoming Society of Association Executives, serving two terms on the Wyoming Community Foundation board, and gubernatorial appointments to the Wyoming Arts Council and Wyoming Lottery Corporation. She is also a board member of the Wyoming Behavioral Health Alliance.
In 2020, Taylor established Erin Taylor Coaching, LLC, where she focuses on leadership development, mindfulness, wellness and life balance. A Leadership Wyoming graduate, she also serves as a facilitator and coach for the organization.
Eydie Trautwine
Chief Operating Officer
Eydie Trautwein will join Governor Eric Barlow's administration in January 2027 as the governor's chief operating officer.
Trautwein comes to the new role after serving as Deputy State Auditor under Wyoming State Auditor Kristi Racines from 2019 to 2026, during which she assisted with major operating system upgrades and transparency efforts.
Before that, Trautwein spent six years at the Wyoming Supreme Court, which she joined in 2013. She served as the Director of Legal Resources and Judicial Education and was instrumental in developing and opening the Wyoming Judicial Learning Center.
Trautwein earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 2004 and her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Wyoming in 2000. She was admitted to practice law in Wyoming in 2004.
Trautwein, a Wyoming native, grew up on a ranch near Wheatland. She has made her home in Cheyenne for more than 20 years with her husband, Ben, and their two children.
Walter Eggers
Attorney General Nominee
Cheyenne attorney Walter Eggers was born on April 9, 1969, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He and his family moved to Laramie when he was six months old. He was a 1987 graduate of Laramie High School, a 1992 graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a 1997 graduate of the University of Wyoming College of Law.
After law school, Walter moved to Cheyenne, where he practiced criminal law for three years, both as a prosecutor and defense attorney. In 2000, Walter joined the Cheyenne office of Holland & Hart, a law firm with offices in Cheyenne, Jackson, several Mountain West states, D.C., and Alaska. Walter was an associate with the firm from 2000-2007 and a partner from 2008-2024. He served as leader of the Cheyenne office from 2010-2015 and from 2017-2021. Walter was leader of the firm's Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Practice Group, one of the largest EENR groups in the nation with over 100 lawyers and legal professionals.
Walter's legal practice focused on administrative law, state and local tax, litigation, appeals, and other issues, primarily representing mineral companies working in Wyoming. He testified before various Wyoming legislative committees on telecommunications regulatory and other issues and was proud to be a member of working groups supporting the Legislature's 2009 amendments to the Wyoming Business Corporation Act (2009 SF72) and the 2010 amendments to the Wyoming Limited Liability Company Act (2010 SF18).
Through his career, Walter received several awards from the Wyoming State Bar and recognition from other organizations for his pro bono work, community service, and legal practice.
Walter left Holland & Hart in 2024 and, since 2025, has taught Professional Responsibility/Legal Ethics, Oil & Gas Law, and Evidence courses at the U.W. College of Law.
Walter lives in Cheyenne with his wife, Maggie, and they have two children, Gladys and Henry.
Governor-elect Barlow has established a resume portal for individuals interested in serving in the Barlow Administration.