STAFF
Ann Morse, Program Director
Ms. Morse has directed the Immigrant Policy Project at NCSL since its inception in 1992, conducting policy analysis on refugee and immigrant resettlement and integration at the state and local level. She is a nationally recognized expert on immigration and recently has focused extensively on collaborative efforts to integrate refugees and immigrants into their adopted communities. Ms. Morse has authored articles and issue papers on immigrants and TANF, SCHIP, food stamps, public charge, language access and citizenship. In addition to the hunger and nutrition partnership, current projects include: strengthening immigrant families through economic opportunity, health and social services; immigrant integration; and civic engagement. Ms. Morse is a graduate of The George Washington University, receiving a Master of Arts in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, and a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies, with a concentration in Chinese
Katherine Gigliotti, Policy Associate
Ms. Gigliotti joined the NCSL staff as a Policy Associate in November 2004. She conducts research and writes on a range of policy issues including hunger, nutrition, and issues affecting immigrants in the United States. Katherine came to NCSL in March 2004 as a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow, a program of the Congressional Hunger Center. Prior to NCSL, she had been placed at the Hunger Task Force, a food bank and state advocacy organization in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There, she researched and authored The Child and Adult Care Food Program in Milwaukee County, a county-wide assessment of the program that included recommendations for improving program implementation. She received her BA in political science from Boston College.
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