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Statehouse Ambassadors LogoThe following people have agreed to serve as Statehouse Ambassadors.  For changes or corrections, please contact your NCSL state assignment staff person listed below.

Last updates 6/6/13

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Note:  (All NCSL staff email addresses are firstname.lastname@ncsl.org or firstname.middlename.lastname@ncsl.org) 

 

State

Statehouse Ambassadors

NCSL State Assignment Staff

Alabama

Dave Avant, Assistant Secretary of the Senate

Clay Redden, Public Information Officer, House

Jerry Basset, Legislative Reference Service

Doug Farquhar (Den)

Alaska

Pamela A. Varni, Executive Director, Legislative Affairs Agency

Morgan Cullen (Den)

American Samoa   Arturo Perez (Den)

Arizona

 

Jeff Hurley (DC)

Arkansas

Ann Cornwell, Secretary of the Senate

Roger A. Norman, Legislative Auditor, Division of Legislative Audit

Jennie Bowser (Den)

California

Tony Beard Jr., Senate Sergeant at Arms

Diane F Boyer-Vine, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Karl Kurtz (Den)
Sheri Steisel (DC)

Colorado

Susan Liddle, Principle Analyst II, Colorado Legislative Council

Julie Pelegrin, Senior Attorney/Team Leader, Legislative Legal Services

Michelle Colin, Legislative Audit Manager
State Auditor's Office

Martha King (Den)
Doug Shinkle (Den)

Connecticut

Lisa W. Zaugg, HR Specialist, Office of Legislative Management

Mary Fairchild (Den)

Delaware

Bernard Brady, Senate Secretary

Debbie Porter, Acting Director, Division of Research

Erik Schramm, Chief of Staff, House Majority Caucus

Angela Andrews (Den)
Emily Wenngrovius (DC)

District of Columbia

Nyasha Smith, Secretary of the Council of the District of Columbia

Jamaine Taylor, Assistant Secretary, Council of the District of Columbia

Joyce Johnson (Den)
Joy Johnson-Wilson (DC)
 

Florida

 

Luke Martel (Den)
Susan Parnas Frederick (DC)

Georgia

 

Lee Posey (DC)

Guam

 

Arturo Perez (Den)

Hawaii

Carol Taniguchi, Senate Clerk

Brian Takeshita, Special Assistant to the Speaker 

Marion Higa, State Auditor, Auditor's Office 

Ken Takayama, Acting Director for Research, Legislative Reference Bureau 

Robin Matsunaga, Ombudsman, Office of the Ombudsman 

Corina Eckl (Den)

Idaho

 

Mary Sue Jones, Assistant to Senate President Pro Tem

Julie Bell (Den)
Michelle Exstrom (Den)

Illinois

 

Natalie Wood (Den)

Indiana

Margaret (Peggy) Piety, Staff Attorney, Legislative Services Agency

Tim Storey (Den)
Tamra Spielvogel (DC)

Iowa

 

Annette Durlam (Den)

Kansas

 

Anne Teigen (Den)

Kentucky

Chuck Truesdell, Assistant Public Information Officer, Legislative Research Commission

Rachel Morgan (DC)

Louisiana

Clarence Russ, Chief Sergeant at Arms, House of Representatives

Gary Schaefer, Information Systems Coordinator, Senate

Mandy Rafool (Den)

Maine

Debra Olken, Human Resources Director, Legislative Council

Julie Poppe (Den)
Kae Warnock (Den)

Maryland

Karl Aro, Executive Director, Department of Legislative Services

Kathy Wiggins (DC)

Massachusetts

 

Dick Cauchi (Den)
Angela Andrews (Den)

Michigan

 

Brian Weberg (Den)
Rochelle Finzel (Den)

Minnesota

Kathy Schill, House Fiscal Analyst

Jim Greenwalt, Director, Senate Information Systems

Alison Lawrence (Den)

Mississippi

Max Arinder, Executive Director, Legislative PEER Committee

Brenda Erickson (Den)

Missouri

 

Joshua Ewing (Den)
Max Behlke (DC)

Montana

Kevin Hayes, Legislative Communications Officer, Legislative Services Division

Sonia Gavin, Legislative Information Resources Manager, Legislative Services Division

Sara Shelton (Den)

Nebraska

Nancy Cyr, Legal Counsel, Legislative Research Division

Katie Ziegler (Den)

Nevada

Risa Lang, Chief Deputy Legislative Counsel, Legal Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau

Pepper Sturm, Chief Deputy Research Director, Research Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau

Mark Krmpotic, Senior Program Analyst, Fiscal Analysis Division

Eric Dugger, Network Administrator, Information Technology Services Unit, Administrative Division

Melissa Hansen (Den)

New Hampshire

Karen Wadsworth, Clerk of the House

Heather Morton (Den)

New Jersey

David Sallach, Section Chief, Office of Legislative Services

Frank Parisi, Principal Research Analyst, Office of Legislative Services

Marvin Jiggetts, Director, Central Management Unit, Office of Legislative Services

Larry Morandi (Den)
Ann Morse (DC)

New Mexico

Pamela Ray, Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Service

Cathy Fernandez, Deputy Director, Legislative Finance Committee

Frances Maestas, Deputy Director, Legislative Education Study Committee

Lorraine Montoya Vigil, Chief of Staff, Office of the Senate Majority Leader 

Diane Chaffin (Den)

New York

 

Todd Haggerty (Den)
Neal Osten (DC)
Tamra Spielvogel (DC)

North Carolina

L. Carol Shaw, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Fiscal Research Division

Tim Storey (Den)
Ben Husch (DC)

North Dakota

Jim W. Smith, Director, Legislative Council

Karmen Hanson (Den)

Ohio

Lisa Sandberg, Staff Attorney, Legislative Service Commission

Peggy Kerns (Den)
James Ward (DC)

Oklahoma

 

Diane Chaffin (Den)

Oregon

Ramona Kenady, Chief Clerk of the House

Scott Burgess, Legislative Administrator

Larry Morandi (Den)

Pennsylvania

Lisa Scullin, Press Secretary to the Senate Democratic Leader

Molly Ramsdell (DC)
Jennifer Arguinzoni (DC)

Puerto Rico

Juan Carlos Ortega, Legislative Librarian, Office of Legislative Services

Arturo Perez (Den)

Rhode Island

Paula Dominguez, Director of Legislative Research, House of Representatives

Sarah Brown (Den)

South Carolina

Djuana Wilson, Executive Secretary, House Education & Public Works Committee

Jennifer Arguinzoni (DC)

South Dakota

Fred Baatz, Principal Research Analyst

Jeanne Mejeur (Den)

Tennessee

Connie Frederick, Director, Legislative Administration

Tim Storey (Den)
 

Texas

Cindy Ellison, Research Specialist, Legislative Council

Damian Duarte, Assistant Coordinator, House Office of the Committee Coordinator

Paul Priest, Assistant Director, Legislative Budget Board

Ken Levine, Deputy Director, Sunset Advisory Commission

Arturo Perez (Den)
Morgan Cullen (Den)

Utah

Tim Osterstock, Audit Manager, Legislative Auditor General's Office

Stan Eckersley, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Legislative Fiscal Analyst

Luke Martel (Den)

Vermont

Michael Chernick, Research Counsel, Legislative Council

Todd Haggerty (Den)

Virgin Islands

Laurence Bryan, Executive Director, Legislature of the Virgin Islands

Arturo Perez (Den)

Virginia

Susan Clarke Schaar, Clerk of the Senate

Jon Jukuri (DC)

Washington

Tia Durham, Executive Legislative Assistant
Office of the Majority Whip

Amy Ruble, Caucus Staff Coordinator

Jay Balasbas, Assistant Policy Director House of Representatives, Washington Legislature

Irene Kawanabe (Den)
Shelly McDonald (Den)

West Virginia

Nancy D. Butcher, House Administrative Assistant

Mary Wild (Den)
Molly Ramsdell (DC)

Wisconsin

Robert Lang, Director, Legislative Fiscal Bureau

Bruce Feustel (Den)
Wendy Underhill (Den)

Wyoming

Wendy K. Madsen, Legislative Information Officer, Wyoming Legislative Service Office

Kae Warnock (Den)

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