NCSL Legislative Effectiveness Committee Roster

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Committee Description

The NCSL Legislative Effectiveness Committee examines strategies, practices and procedures for making legislators, staff and legislatures more effective. The committee focuses both on key skills for legislators and on key operations and powers of state legislature. The issues include education and training for legislators and legislative staff, legislative structure and management, rules and procedures, leadership, committees, staffing, information resources, constitutional issues and ethics. The committee also addresses topics concerning the executive branch of government and Congressional procedures and reform.

NCSL Legislative Effectiveness Committee

Chair: Representative Kathy Tingelstad, Minnesota
Vice Chair: Representative Rosie Berger, Wyoming
Vice Chair: Representative Cameron C. Staples, Connecticut
Vice Chair: Representative Susan Westrom, Kentucky
Immediate Past Chair: Representative Rob Eissler, Texas
Staff Chair: Tara Perkinson, Virginia
Staff Vice Chair: Jeffrey A. Finch, Virginia
Staff Vice Chair: Lorne J. Malkiewich, Nevada
Staff Vice Chair: Kathleen J. Mears, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Julie Pelegrin, Colorado
Staff Vice Chair: Erica Warren, Kentucky
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Gwendolyn F. Bailey, Virginia

NCSL CONTACTS: Bruce Feustel (Denver) Carl Tubbesing (DC)

Alabama
Jerry Bassett, Legislative Reference Service
Representative James L. Thomas
Representative Richard J. Laird
Representative Demetrius C. Newton
Robert L. McCurley, Alabama Law Institute
Dave Avant, Senate Room 707
Representative Barbara B. Boyd
Representative Christopher John England
Representative Butch Taylor

Alaska
Representative Carl J. Gatto
Representative Bob Lynn
Representative Berta Gardner
Senator Lesil L. McGuire
Pamela A. Varni, Legislative Affairs Agency

Arizona
Representative Pete Hershberger
Senator Richard Miranda
Senator Jay Tibshraeny
Norman Moore, House of Representatives

Arkansas
Representative Daryl Pace
Representative Bobby J. Pierce
Senator Paul Bookout
Senator Bill Pritchard
Senator Jerry Taylor
Ann Cornwell, Arkansas Senate

California
Catherine A. Keig, Senate President Pro Tempore
Senator Dean Florez

Colorado
Cindi Markwell, Legislative Legal Services
Representative Mike May
Julie Pelegrin, Legislative Legal Services
Michael P. Adams, Legislative Information Services
Representative Terrance Carroll

Connecticut
Representative Richard F. Ferrari
Bradford Towson, General Assembly - Commissioner Office
Anne Brennan Carroll, Legislative Commissioners Office
Representative Cameron C. Staples
Senator Martin M. Looney
Senator Donald E. Williams Jr.
Senator Louis C. DeLuca
Speaker James A. Amann

Delaware
John Matlusky, House of Representatives
Speaker Terry R. Spence
Senator Thurman Adams Jr.
JoAnn Hedrick, House of Representatives Rm H129
Joseph Fulgham, House of Representatives
Senator Dorinda A. Connor
Senator Charles L. Copeland
Senator Anthony J. DeLuca
Representative Vince A. Lofink

Florida
Kathy McGuire, OPPAGA
Wayne Rubinas, Senate Committee on Ethics & Elections
Ray Wilson
Kathleen J. Mears, Office of the Senate President
Philip Twogood, Senate Rules & Calendar Cmte
Faye W. Blanton
Gary R. VanLandingham, Ofc of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability

Georgia
Representative Tom R. Rice
Representative Joe B. Wilkinson Jr.
Brent Cranfield
Senator Don Balfour
Senator Eric Johnson
Senator John J. Wiles

Hawaii
Senator Les Ihara Jr.

Illinois
Senator Frank C. Watson

Indiana
Thelma Shaw, House of Representatives
Leslie Hiner, IN House of Representatives
Greg Guffey, House of Representatives
Laura Bauman, Senate Democrats
Jan Shirrell, Office of Senate Majority Leader
Representative F. Dale Grubb
Representative Clyde Kersey
Representative Scott Pelath
Senator Connie Lawson
Senator David C. Long
Senator James W. Merritt Jr.
Senator Vi Simpson
Senator Richard D. Young Jr.

Iowa
Representative Vicki Lensing
Senator Joe M. Seng
Rusty Martin, Senate Democratic Caucus

Kansas
Senator Laura Kelly
Pat Saville, Legislature
Representative Mitch Holmes
Representative Gerald T. Henry
Representative Steve Huebert
Representative Arlen Siegfreid
Representative Jim Ward
Representative Kevin W. Yoder

Kentucky
Representative Tommy Thompson
Erica Warren
Representative Susan Westrom
Senator Damon Thayer
Joyce Neel Crofts, Legislative Research Commission
Donna Robinson Holiday, Senate
Tonya Capito, Senate Minority Offices
Senator Johnny Ray Turner
Senator Brandon Smith
Representative Rick Nelson
Representative Fred Nesler
William L. Phelps, Legislative Research Commission
Sheila Mason
Senator David L. Williams
Anita Muckelroy, Legislative Research Commission

Louisiana
Speaker Jim Tucker
Representative Richard Gallot Jr.
Jerry Guillot, Legislative Services
Glenn Koepp
Clarence Russ, House of Representatives
Senator Sharon Weston Broome

Maine
Representative Andrea M. Boland
Representative Everett W. McLeod Sr.
Representative Lawrence G. Sirois
Senator Lisa T. Marrache
Senator Debra D. Plowman
Rose M. Breton, Legislative Council

Maryland
Senator Larry E. Haines
Karl S. Aro, Department of Legislative Services
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell
Senator Donald F. Munson
Senator James Brochin
Hiram Burch, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Delegate Marvin E. Holmes Jr.
Delegate Susan K. McComas
Delegate Doyle L. Niemann

Massachusetts
Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg

Michigan
Senator Michael Bishop
Senator Mark Schauer
Representative Mike Simpson
Robin Risko, House Fiscal Agency
Margaret Alston, House Fiscal Agency
Kirk Lindquist, Michigan House Fiscal Agency
Ellen Jeffries, Senate
Marilyn Peterson, House Legislative Analysis Section

Minnesota
Representative Kathy Tingelstad
Senator Don Betzold
Senator Tarryl Clark
Senator Rick Olseen
Senator Ann H. Rest
Representative Jeremy N. Kalin
Representative Morrie Lanning
Representative Nora Slawik

Mississippi
Teresa Tiller, House Of Representatives
Speaker Joesph Patrick Compretta
Don Richardson

Missouri
Senator Timothy P. Green
Senator Maida Coleman
Neal English, Ofc of the Senate President Pro Tem
Senator Charlie Shields
Senator Michael R. Gibbons
Representative Sara Lampe

Montana
Senator John Esp
Representative Shannon Augare
Representative Craig Witte
Senator Carol Williams
Patricia Murdo, Legislative Services Division

Nebraska
Richard Brown, Unicameral Legislature
Patrick J. O'Donnell
Mitch McCartney, Unicameral Information Office
Janice Satra, Executive Board of the Legal Council
Speaker Mike Flood
Senator DiAnna Schimek
Laurie Weber, Office of the Speaker

Nevada
Speaker Barbara E. Buckley
Assemblymember Heidi S. Gansert
Assemblymember Garn Mabey Jr.
Assemblymember John Oceguera
Lorne J. Malkiewich, Legislative Counsel Bureau

New Hampshire
Senator Peter Hoe Burling
Senator John Gallus
Representative Linda T. Foster
Representative Elizabeth S. Hager
Speaker Terie T. Norelli
Representative Michael S. Rollo

New Jersey
Frank J. Parisi, Office of Legislative Services
Assemblymember Bonnie Watson Coleman

New Mexico
Cathy Fernandez, Legislative Finance Committee
Ralph Vincent, Legislative Council Service
John Yaeger, Legislative Council Service
Senator James G. Taylor
Senator Leonard Lee Rawson
Senator Stuart Ingle
Representative Thomas C. Taylor
Senator Lidio G. Rainaldi
Paula Tackett, Legislative Council Service
Senator Mary Jane Garcia
Representative Joseph Cervantes
Speaker Ben Lujan
Representative W. Ken Martinez
Representative Katherine A. McCoy

New York
Senator George H. Winner Jr.

North Carolina
Beverly Adams, Legislative Services Office
Denise Weeks, House of Representatives
Tony C. Goldman, Administrative Division
Representative Deborah K. Ross
Representative Bill Owens Jr.
Representative Hugh Holliman

North Dakota
Senator Robert Stenehjem
Representative Rick Berg

Ohio
Senator Stephen Buehrer
Representative Joseph W. Uecker
Representative Kathleen Chandler
Senator John Boccieri
Senator Tom Niehaus

Oklahoma
Representative Gary Banz
Representative Gus Blackwell
Representative David Dank
Representative David B. Braddock
Representative Rob Johnson
Representative Charlie Joyner
Representative Charles Key
Representative Richard Morrissette
Representative Sue Tibbs
Representative Anastasia Pittman
Representative Dale Turner
Representative Purcy D. Walker
Representative Paul Wesselhoft
Representative John A. Wright

Oregon
Representative Jean Cowan
Representative Arnie Roblan
Representative Patti Smith
Senator Betsy Johnson
David Henderson
Judy Hall, Legislative Assembly

Pennsylvania
Representative Glen R. Grell
Representative Thomas C. Petrone
Nia Wilson, Health & Human Services Committee

Puerto Rico
Gerardo A. Flores Garcia, House of Representatives

Rhode Island
Senator J. Michael Lenihan
Senator Daniel P. Connors

South Carolina
Jeffrey Gossett, Senate
John P. Hazzard, President Pro Tem's Office
Michael R. Hitchcock, SC State Senate
Senator Lewis R. Vaughn
Representative Doug Smith
Senator Kevin L. Bryant
Senator Robert W. Hayes Jr.

South Dakota
Representative Charlotte Gilson
Senator Nancy J. Turbak
Representative Larry Rhoden
Speaker Thomas J. Deadrick
Senator Bob Gray
Representative Thomas R. Hills

Texas
Representative Mark Strama
Representative Chente Quintanilla
Representative Leo Berman
Representative Carl H. Isett
Patsy Spaw, Senate
Representative William Callegari
Representative Tony Goolsby
Representative Borris Miles
Representative David Swinford
Milton Rister, Legislative Council
Representative Rob Eissler

Utah
Representative Doug C. Aagard
Representative Brad L. Dee
Senator Mike Dmitrich
Steven Allred, Legislative Fiscal Analyst Office

Vermont
Representative Kenneth W. Atkins
Representative Floyd W. Nease
William P. Russell, Legislative Council
Catherine Benham, Joint Fiscal Office
Stephen A. Klein, Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
Duncan Goss, Legislative Council
Representative Mary N. Peterson

Virginia
Gwendolyn F. Bailey, Senate
Jeffrey A. Finch, House Clerk's Office
Tara Perkinson, Senate
Senator Mary Margaret Whipple
John McEnery Garrett, Senate
Senator Walter A. Stosch
Speaker William J. Howell
Susan Clarke Schaar, State Senate
E. M. Miller Jr., Division of Legislative Services
Bruce F. Jamerson, House of Delegates

Washington
Katie Blinn
Majken Ryherd, House Democratic Caucus
Melinda Ellis-McCrady, House of Representatives
Debra Gurtler, House Majority Caucus
Jay G. Jennings, House Republican Caucus
Representative Sherry Appleton

West Virginia
Delegate James Hanley Morgan
Delegate Joe DeLong
Senator Edwin J. Bowman
Senator John R. Unger II

Wisconsin
Terry C. Anderson, Legislative Council
Laura Rose, Legislative Council
Representative Mark Gottlieb
Speaker Michael D. Huebsch
Senator Judith Bires Robson

Wyoming
Representative Rosie Berger
Representative Dan Dockstader
Senator Drew A. Perkins
Senator John C. Schiffer
Mark Quiner, Administration, Legislative Service Office
Dan Pauli