Governing NCSL
The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues. NCSL is an effective and respected advocate for the interests of state governments before Congress and federal agencies.
NCSL is your organization. The leadership of NCSL is composed of legislators and staff from across the country. The NCSL Executive Committee provides overall direction on operations of the Conference.
William T. Pound, NCSL Executive Director
The National Conference of State Legislatures' Executive Committee is the governing body of the Conference. The executive committee and Conference officers have supervision, control and direction of the affairs of the Conference, its committees and publications. It also implements the policies and supervises the disbursement of its funds.
The executive committee, an elected body, is composed of 60 members: seven officers; 30 at-large legislator members; four regional legislators from the Council of State Government; three ex officio members; and 16 legislative staff members. Officers include a president, president elect, vice president, immediate past president, staff chair, staff vice chair and immediate past staff chair. Each member is entitled to vote on any matter coming before the committee. Legislative staff are entitled to vote only on organizational matters--not on matters of public policy.
The Executive Committee meets four times a year at such time and place as the committee decides. The president may call special meetings as necessary.
NCSL Contacts:
Deana Blackwood, Executive Assistant
Paul Parsons, Staff Coordinator
The Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC)
The LSCC is made up of the legislative staff members elected to the NCSL Executive Committee, the staff chair and staff vice chairs of the NCSL Standing Committees, two officers of each of the ten staff sections, and four discretionary appointees of the Staff Chair.
The purposes of the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC) are to oversee the legislative staff division of NCSL, to coordinate the work of the ten staff sections of NCSL, to promote professional development of legislative staff, and to review and evaluate NCSL services to legislative staff. LSCC serves in an advisory capacity to the NCSL Executive Committee.
The LSCC meets four times a year in conjunction with the Executive Committee.
NCSL Contacts:
Karl Kurtz, Director, NCSL Trust for Representative Democracy Division
Ron Snell, Director, NCSL State Services Division
Joyce Johnson, Directors Assistant
Conference Year 2007-2008
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President
Representative Donna Stone
Delaware
President Elect
Representative Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House
North Carolina
Vice President
Senator Don Balfour
Georgia
Immediate Past President
Senator Leticia Van de Putte
Texas |
Staff Chair
Sharon Crouch Steidel
Director, Information Systems
Virginia
Staff Vice Chair
Gary VanLandingham
Director, Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA)
Florida
Immediate Past Staff Chair
and Secretary/Treasurer, NCSL Foundation
Steve Miller
Chief, Legislative Reference Bureau
Wisconsin |
Senator Curtis Bramble, Senate Majority Leader, Utah
Representative Lance Cargill, Oklahoma
Senator Spencer Coggs, Wisconsin
Senator Jay Costa, Jr., Pennsylvania
Senator Denton Darrington, Idaho
Senator Denise Ducheny, Chair, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, California
Senator Deb Fischer, Nebraska
Representative Dan Flynn, Texas
Senator Carol Fukunaga, Hawaii
Representative John Grange, Kansas
Senator Verna Jones, Maryland
Representative Peter Lewiss, Rhode Island
Representative Denise Merrill, Appropriations Chair, Connecticut
Representative Joseph Miro, Delaware
Senator Richard Moore, Massachusetts
Senator Edwin Murray, Louisiana
Representative Phillip Owens, South Carolina
Representative Sherman Packard, New Hampshire
Representative Dennis Ross, Florida
Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos, House Majority Whip, Washington
Senator John Arthur Smith, Co-Chair, Senate Finance Committee, New Mexico
Speaker Sheldon Silver, New York
Senator Bruce Starr, Oregon
Senator Gary Stevens, Majority Leader, Alaska
Representative Ken Svedjan, Appropriations Chair, North Dakota
Representative Curtis Thomas, Pennsylvania
Senator Donne Trotter, Appropriations Chair, Illinois
Senator John Unger, West Virginia
Senator John Watkins, Virginia
At-Large Members
Legislative Staff
Tony Beard, Jr., Chief Sergeant at Arms, Senate, California
Guy Cherry, Senior Policy Analyst, Maryland
Laura Clemens, House Clerk, Ohio
Nancy Cyr, Legal Counsel, Legislative Research Division, Nebraska
Barbara Fellencer, Communications Director, House of Representatives, Pennsylvania
Cathy Fernandez, Deputy Director, Legislative Finance Committee, New Mexico
Jamie Jo Franklin, Committee Staff Administrator, Legislative Research Commission, Kentucky
Wade Melton, Staff Director, Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
Accountability, (OPPAGA), Florida
Norman Moore, Chief Clerk of the House, Arizona
Roger Norman, Legislative Auditor/Director, Division of Legislative Audit, Arkansas
Tim Rice, Executive Director, Legislative Information Systems, Illinois
Gary Schaefer, Senate Information Systems Coordinator, Louisiana
L. Carol Shaw, Principal Fiscal Analyst, North Carolina
Richard Sweet, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council, Wisconsin
Lisa Wallmeyer, Executive Director, Joint Commission on Technology & Science, Virginia
Roderick Welsh, Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Representatives, Texas
Representative David Clark, Utah
Chair, NCSL Standing Committees
Laura DeVivo, Senior Policy Advisor to the Speaker, North Carolina
Staff Chair, NCSL Standing Committees
Representative Kim Koppelman, North Dakota
Chair, The Council of State Governments (CSG)
Gerry Sklavounos, Member, Québec National Assembly
International Affiliate Member
Eastern Region
Senator Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rico (member)
(alternate vacant)
Midwestern Region
Representative Joni Cutler, South Dakota (member)
(alternate vacant)
Southern Region
Senator David Williams, Kentucky (member)
Senator Ted Little, Alabama (alternate)
Western Region
Representative Cheri Jahn, Colorado (member)
(alternate vacant)
National Conference of State Legislatures
William T. Pound, Executive Director
The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization founded to:
- To improve the quality and effectiveness of state legislatures;
- To promote policy innovation and communication among state legislatures;
- To ensure state legislatures a strong, cohesive voice in the federal system.
File updated March 27, 2008
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