NCSL Labor and Economic Development Committee Roster

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Committee Description

The Labor and Economic Development Standing Committee has jurisdiction over state and federal issues related to labor, employment, workforce and economic development, international trade and cultural affairs. The range of issues covered by the committee includes, but is not limited to public and private sector employment, wage laws, pensions and retirement, business development, trade agreements, affordable housing and the role of states in developing arts and cultural policies. The committee educates Congress and federal agencies about state concerns related to federal actions that impact these issues. In addition, the Committee serves as a forum for legislators and legislative staff to learn about and share information about policy options being considered in states.

NCSL Labor and Economic Development Committee

Chair: Representative Brent Yonts, Kentucky
Vice Chair: Representative Julie Fisher, Utah
Vice Chair: Representative Lana Gordon, Kansas
Vice Chair: Senator Bill Heath, Georgia
Vice Chair: Representative James Johnson, Delaware
Vice Chair: Senator Gary D. LeBeau, Connecticut
Vice Chair: Representative Juan C. Zapata, Florida
Immediate Past Chair: Representative Phillip Frye, North Carolina
Staff Chair: Andrea Wilko, Utah
Staff Vice Chair: David Cooper, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Jill C. Fike, Georgia
Staff Vice Chair: John P. Hazzard, South Carolina
Staff Vice Chair: Rkia Rhrib, Kentucky
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Gilbert R. Loredo, Texas

NCSL CONTACTS: Diana Hinton Noel (DC) Jeanne Mejeur (Denver)

Alabama
Representative W.F. McDaniel
Representative Bill J. Dukes
Representative Randy Hinshaw
Representative Cam Ward
Representative David Grimes
Representative Warren Beck
Representative Alan Harper
Representative Joseph Mitchell
Senator Quinton T. Ross Jr.

Alaska
Representative Anna I. Fairclough
Representative Robert L. Buch
Representative Harry T. Crawford Jr.
Representative Craig Johnson
Senator Joe J. Thomas
Representative Berta Gardner
Representative Woodie W. Salmon

Arizona
Senator John Huppenthal
Senator Jay Tibshraeny
Senator Meg Burton-Cahill

Arkansas
Representative Tommy Baker
Representative David Dunn
Senator Bob W. Johnson
Senator Terry Smith
Senator Bobby L. Glover

California
Rona Sherriff, Senate
Senator Denise M. Ducheny

Colorado
Representative Larry G. Liston
Senator Lois Tochtrop
Senator Maryanne Keller
Nicole Hoffman, Legislative Legal Services

Connecticut
Representative Jeffrey J. Berger
John G. Rappa, General Assembly
Senator Edith Prague
Representative Kevin Ryan
Representative Bill Aman
John Moran, Office of Legislative Research
Senator Gary D. LeBeau

Delaware
Representative James Johnson
Senator George H. Bunting Jr.
Senator Robert I. Marshall
Representative William A. Oberle Jr.
Senator Anthony J. DeLuca

Florida
Ray Wilson
Larry Novey, OPPAGA
Thomas Roth, OPPAGA
Eric Maclure, State Senate
David Cooper, Senate Commerce & Consumer Svcs Cmtee
Representative Juan C. Zapata
Tom Yeatman, Senate

Georgia
Craig Foster, House Research
Jill C. Fike, Senate Research Office
Senator Bill Heath
Representative Jimmy Pruett
Senator Don Balfour
Senator Seth Harp
Senator Chip Rogers
Senator John J. Wiles
Representative Larry Parrish
Representative Bob Lane
Representative Ron Stephens
Representative Greg Morris
Representative Terry Barnard

Illinois
Senator Iris Y. Martinez
Senator Dan Cronin

Indiana
Senator James W. Merritt Jr.
Anne Hancock, Office of the House Minority Floor Leader
Margaret Piety, Legislative Services Agency
Emily Weikert Bryant, Senate
Senator Jim Arnold
Senator Mike Delph
Senator Bob Deig
Senator Dennis K. Kruse
Senator R. Michael Young
Leslie Hiner, IN House of Representatives
Representative David L. Niezgodski

Iowa
Bridget Godes, Senate Democratic Research Staff
Senator Thomas G. Courtney
Senator Dick L. Dearden
Representative Thomas J. Schueller
Representative Roger Thomas
Jace Mikels, Senate Democratic Caucus
Senator William Dotzler

Kansas
Representative Elaine S. Bowers
Representative Steven R. Brunk
Representative Dale Swenson
Representative Ed Trimmer
Representative Kay Wolf
Representative Valdenia C. Winn
Representative Lana Gordon

Kentucky
Rkia Rhrib, LRC - Program Review & Investigations Cmte
Representative Brent Yonts
Representative Tim Firkins
Representative James R. Comer Jr.
Senator Alice Forgy Kerr
Senator David E. Boswell
Representative Rick Rand
Representative Ruth Ann Palumbo
Senator Katie Kratz Stine
Representative Dennis Horlander
Representative Ken Upchurch
Senator Jerry Rhoads
Linda Bussell, Legislative Research Commission
Representative Dennis Keene

Louisiana
Senator Edwin R. Murray
Senator Neil Riser

Maine
Representative Sharon Anglin Treat
Representative Herbert E. Clark
Representative Richard C. Cleary

Maryland
Senator Allan H. Kittleman
Stacy A. Collins, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Delegate Mary Ann Love
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak
Delegate Mary-Dulany James
Matthew Klein, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Delegate Talmadge Branch
Tamela D. Burt, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Delegate Brian K. McHale
Lisa J. Simpson, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Senator Rona E. Kramer
Delegate Robert A. Costa
Senator Verna L. Jones

Massachusetts
Senator Jack A. Hart

Michigan
Marie Tyszkiewicz, Senate Fiscal Agency
Kirk Lindquist, Michigan House Fiscal Agency
Allen Valenzio, House Fiscal Agency
Jim Stansell, Michigan House Fiscal Agency
Steve Stauff, House Fiscal Agency
Senator Raymond E. Basham
Senator Tony Stamas
Senator Hansen Clarke
Senator John J. Gleason
Senator Martha G. Scott
Representative Marc R. Corriveau
Representative Bert Johnson

Minnesota
Senator James P. Metzen
Senator Tom Saxhaug
Senator David H. Senjem
Senator Daniel Sparks
Senator David J. Tomassoni
Representative Joe Mullery
Representative Michael Nelson
Representative Ron Shimanski
Ron Soderberg, House of Representatives

Mississippi
Representative Cecil C. Brown
Representative Willie J. Perkins Sr.
Teresa Tiller, House of Representatives
Gwennetta Tatum, House of Representatives
Bart Sperry, House of Representatives

Missouri
Senator Jason G. Crowell
Senator John E. Griesheimer
Senator Carl M. Vogel
Alice Hurley
Senator Kevin Engler
Senator Timothy P. Green
Representative Tim Meadows
Representative Rachel Storch
Representative Gayle Kingery

Montana
Representative Jill Cohenour
Representative Robert F. Ebinger
Representative Elsie M. Arntzen
Senator Lynda Moss
Senator Aubyn Curtiss
Senator Verdell Jackson
Patricia Murdo, Legislative Services Division

Nebraska
Senator Greg L. Adams
Senator Tom Carlson
Senator Abbie Cornett
Senator Tim Gay
Senator Rich Pahls
Senator Kent Rogert
Senator Norman Wallman

Nevada
Senator John Jay Lee
Assemblymember Marcus Conklin
Assemblymember John Oceguera
Senator Warren B. Hardy
Senator Maggie A. Carlton
Senator Mark E. Amodei

New Hampshire
Representative Edward Butler
Representative Ken Hawkins
Representative Randolph Holden
Representative Patricia M. McMahon
Representative Judith T. Spang
Senator Jacalyn Cilley
Senator Betsi L. DeVries

New Jersey
Assemblymember Joseph V. Egan
Assemblymember Sheila Y. Oliver
Frank J. Parisi, Office of Legislative Services
Gregory L. Williams, Office of Legislative Services
Assemblymember Alberto Coutinho
Assemblymember Elease Evans
Assemblymember Wayne P. DeAngelo

New Mexico
Senator Steven P. Neville
Pamela Ray, Legislative Council Service
Senator Bernadette M. Sanchez
Senator Clinton D. Harden Jr.
Senator Gay G. Kernan
Senator Mark L. Boitano
Senator Dianna J. Duran
Senator Cisco McSorley
Representative Miguel P. Garcia
Representative Thomas A. Garcia
Senator Mary Jane Garcia

New York
Senator James S. Alesi
Assemblymember Felix W. Ortiz Jr.
Senator George Maziarz
Senator Joseph E. Robach

North Carolina
Howard A. Pell, General Assembly
William R. Gilkeson
Walker Reagan, General Assembly
Karen Cochrane-Brown, General Assembly
Representative Cary D. Allred
Representative Margaret H. Dickson
Representative Nelson Cole
Representative Phillip Frye

North Dakota
Senator Jerry Klein
Representative Dan J. Ruby
Representative Jim Kasper

Ohio
Honorable Jimmy Stewart
Representative Michael DeBose
Representative Edna Brown
Senator Tim Schaffer
Aristotle L. Hutras, Ohio Retirement Study Council
Senator Sue Morano
Representative Dan Stewart

Oklahoma
Matthew Duehning, Senate Committee Staff
Representative Lisa J. Billy
Representative Mike Brown
Representative David Dank
Representative John T. Enns
Representative George E. Faught
Representative Guy Liebmann
Representative Scott Martin
Representative R. C. Pruett
Representative Randy Terrill
Representative Paul Wesselhoft
Mark Harter, House of Representatives

Oregon
Senator Jackie Winters
Senator Rick T. Metsger
Representative Chris Edwards
Representative Larry Galizio
Speaker Diane Rosenbaum
Representative Brad Witt

Pennsylvania
Representative Mark B. Cohen
Representative R. Ted Harhai
Bruce Hanson, Republican Research Office
Jennifer L. Boger, Senate
Randy Albright, State Senate
Joseph Miller, House of Representatives

Puerto Rico
Speaker Jose Aponte Hernandez

Rhode Island
Senator William A. Walaska
Kevin Madigan, Senate Finance Committee

South Carolina
Martha H. Craig, Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Nancy Coombs, South Carolina Senate
Lisa Nichols, South Carolina Senate
Michael Shealy, Senate Finance Committee
Representative Harry B. Limehouse III
Representative Michael D. Thompson
Jane Shuler, South Carolina Senate
Senator Robert Ford
Senator Gerald Malloy
Senator W. Greg Ryberg
John P. Hazzard, President Pro Tem's Office

South Dakota
Senator Frank J. Kloucek
Representative Shantel Krebs
Senator Bob Gray
Senator Jim Bradford
Representative Richard A. Engels
Representative David A. Novstrup
Representative Kent Juhnke
Representative Tim Rounds

Texas
Representative Jose Menendez
Representative Dawnna M. Dukes
Representative Helen Giddings
Representative Gary Elkins
Representative Jessica Farrar
Representative Harvey Hilderbran
Representative Joseph D. Deshotel
Representative Mark Homer
Representative Solomon P. Ortiz Jr.
Representative Michael Villarreal
Representative Hubert Vo
Senator Mario V. Gallegos Jr.
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Gilbert R. Loredo, Suite 1725

Utah
Andrea Wilko, Legislative Fiscal Analyst Office
Representative Julie Fisher
Representative Sheryl L. Allen
Representative Mark A. Wheatley
Senator Wayne Niederhauser
Spencer Pratt, Legislative Fiscal Analyst Office

Vermont
Maria Belliveau, Joint Fiscal Office
Meredith Sumner, Legislative Council
Representative Ira Trombley
Sara Teachout, Joint Fiscal Office
Representative Helen Head
Anne Winchester, Legislative Council
Senator Virginia Lyons

Virginia
Delegate Benjamin L. Cline
Delegate Rosalyn R. Dance
Delegate Daniel W. Marshall III
Senator Thomas K. Norment Jr.
Delegate Kristen J. Amundson
Jeffrey A. Finch, House Clerk's Office
Senator Phillip P. Puckett
Amigo Wade, Division of Legislative Services
Neal Menkes, Senate Finance Committee
Craig Burns, House Appropriations Committee
Senator R. Creigh Deeds
Delegate Riley E. Ingram
Senator Frank W. Wagner
Delegate Lionell Spruill Sr.

Washington
Senator Karen Keiser
Representative Phyllis Kenney
Senator Paull Shin
Senator Pam Roach
Senator Margarita Prentice
Karen Terwilleger, House of Representatives
Tracey Taylor, House of Representatives
Senator Cheryl R. Pflug
Representative Maralyn Chase
Miguel Perez-Gibson, House Democratic Caucus
Jill Reinmuth, Office of Program Research
Representative Mike Sells
Representative Larry Haler
Representative John R. McCoy
Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Representative Steven Conway

West Virginia
Delegate Dave Pethtel
Senator Michael A. Oliverio II

Wisconsin
Senator Spencer G. Coggs
Representative Pat Strachota

Wyoming
Representative Erin E. Mercer
Representative Stan Blake
Senator Kathryn L. Sessions
John H. Rivera, Legal Services Division, Legislative Service Office
David Gruver, Legislative Service Office