NCSL Standing Committees:  2007 - 2008 Conference Year

NCSL's 11 Standing Committees consider both federal and state issues and develop lobbying positions for NCSL. Legislative staff participate in the committees; however, only legislators vote on the policy resolutions. The  NCSL Standing Committees meet together each year in the Fall, the Spring and at the NCSL Annual Meeting. 

General Officers & NCSL Contacts

Each committee has a legislator chair, a legislative staff chair, two legislative staff vice chairs and at least two legislator vice chairs. The NCSL President has the discretion to appoint additional legislator vice chairs. The overall committee structure consists of one legislator chair, one legislative staff chair, at least two legislator vice chairs and at least two legislative staff vice chairs. The legislator chair and the legislative staff chair are ex-officio members of the NCSL Executive Committee.

Chair: Representative David Clark, Utah
Vice Chair: Assemblymember Upendra J. Chivukula, New Jersey
Vice Chair: Senator Dorinda A. Connor, Delaware
Vice Chair: Senator Mary Margaret Haugen, Washington
Vice Chair: Representative Geanie Morrison, Texas
Staff Chair: Laura DeVivo, North Carolina
Staff Vice Chair: Martha Carter, Nebraska
Staff Vice Chair: Nelson Fox, Ohio
Staff Vice Chair: Nia Wilson, Pennsylvania

NCSL CONTACTS: Jo Anne Bourquard (Denver) Ron Snell (Denver) Carl Tubbesing (DC)

All Committees, Officers and NCSL Contacts Officers & NCSL Contacts

Chair: Senator Beverly Gard, Indiana
Vice Chair: Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier, California
Vice Chair: Representative Terry L. England, Georgia
Vice Chair: Representative Carl J. Gatto, Alaska
Vice Chair: Representative John A. Heaton, New Mexico
Vice Chair: Representative Stan Mayfield, Florida
Vice Chair: Senator Harris B. McDowell III, Delaware
Vice Chair: Representative Larry R. Powell, Kansas
Vice Chair: Representative Richard F. Roy, Connecticut
Vice Chair: Representative Carole A. Rubley, Pennsylvania
Vice Chair: Senator Mary Margaret Whipple, Virginia
Immediate Past Chair: Representative Warren Chisum, Texas
Staff Chair: Scott Young, Nevada
Staff Vice Chair: Lowell Atchley, Kentucky
Staff Vice Chair: James Fry, South Dakota
Staff Vice Chair: Thomas Hamby, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Franklin Munyan, Virginia
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Josh Applebee, Alaska

NCSL CONTACTS: Kate Marks (Denver) Lee Posey (DC) Melissa Savage (Denver) Tamra Spielvogel (DC)

Chair: Senator Richard Devlin, Oregon
Vice Chair: Representative Pete Anderson, Wyoming
Vice Chair: Representative Mark V. Falzone, Massachusetts
Vice Chair: Representative Pryor A. Gibson III, North Carolina
Vice Chair: Representative Deborah Hudson, Delaware
Vice Chair: Representative Danny Morgan, Oklahoma
Vice Chair: Representative John Otto, Texas
Vice Chair: Representative Sharon J. Schwartz, Kansas
Immediate Past Chair: Senator Emmett W. Hanger Jr., Virginia
Staff Chair: Kathryn (Kate) R. Wade, Wisconsin
Staff Vice Chair: Betsy Daley, Virginia
Staff Vice Chair: Manu Patel, New Mexico
Staff Vice Chair: James White, Tennessee
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Stephen A. Klein, Vermont

NCSL CONTACTS: Molly Ramsdell (DC) Judy Zelio (Denver)

Chair: Senator Delores G. Kelley, Maryland
Vice Chair: Senator Karin S. Brownlee, Kansas
Vice Chair: Representative Shane Jett, Oklahoma
Vice Chair: Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy, Rhode Island
Vice Chair: Representative Phil Montgomery, Wisconsin
Vice Chair: Senator Alex Padilla, California
Vice Chair: Senator John C. Still III, Delaware
Vice Chair: Delegate Terrie L. Suit, Virginia
Vice Chair: Representative Robert J. Valihura Jr., Delaware
Vice Chair: Representative Greg D. Wren, Alabama
Immediate Past Chair: Assemblymember Upendra J. Chivukula, New Jersey
Staff Chair: Jonathan Ball, Utah
Staff Vice Chair: Karen Cochrane-Brown, North Carolina
Staff Vice Chair: Mary Galligan, Kansas
Staff Vice Chair: Mike Sunseri, Kentucky
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Lisa Wallmeyer, Virginia

NCSL CONTACTS: Jo Anne Bourquard (Denver) Heather Morton (Denver) Neal Osten (DC)

Chair: Representative Rae Ann G. Kelsch, North Dakota
Vice Chair: Senator John W. Goedde, Idaho
Vice Chair: Representative Roy M. Takumi, Hawaii
Vice Chair: Representative Robert E. Walker, South Carolina
Vice Chair: Senator Sue Windels, Colorado
Immediate Past Chair: Senator Jim Argue, Arkansas
Staff Chair: Frances Ramirez Maestas, New Mexico
Staff Vice Chair: Shirley Iorio, North Carolina
Staff Vice Chair: Emilio Seijo Rivera, Puerto Rico
Staff Vice Chair: Jenny Wilhelm, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Jan K. Yamane, Hawaii

NCSL CONTACTS: Michelle Exstrom (Denver) David Shreve (DC) Jennifer Stedron (Denver)

Chair: Assemblyman Herb C. Conaway Jr., New Jersey
Vice Chair: Senator Linda Coleman, Alabama
Vice Chair: Representative Susan King, Texas
Vice Chair: Senator Judy Lee, North Dakota
Vice Chair: Representative Pamela S. Maier, Delaware
Vice Chair: Senator Lisa T. Marrache, Maine
Vice Chair: Senator Kathleen Sgambati, New Hampshire
Immediate Past Chair: Senator Gary P. Dillon, Indiana
Staff Chair: Jacquie Donaldson, New York
Staff Vice Chair: Mark D. Andrews, Utah
Staff Vice Chair: Raul E. Burciaga, New Mexico
Staff Vice Chair: Michael Garner, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Christie L. Hager, Massachusetts
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Richard Sweet, Wisconsin

NCSL CONTACTS: Joy Johnson Wilson (DC) Martha King (Denver)

Chair: Representative Pete Hershberger, Arizona
Vice Chair: Senator Ray Aguilar, Nebraska
Vice Chair: Representative Martha B. Alexander, North Carolina
Vice Chair: Representative Barbara W. Ballard, Kansas
Vice Chair: Representative Elesha Gayman, Iowa
Vice Chair: Representative Steven G. Kestell, Wisconsin
Vice Chair: Representative Mark Larson, Vermont
Vice Chair: Senator Juan M. Pichardo, Rhode Island
Vice Chair: Senator Renee' S. Unterman, Georgia
Immediate Past Chair: Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, Maryland
Staff Chair: Murray Wood, Kentucky
Staff Vice Chair: Anne Sappenfield, Wisconsin
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Carol Shaw, North Carolina

NCSL CONTACTS: Sheri Steisel (DC) Jack Tweedie (Denver)

Chair: Representative Phillip Frye, North Carolina
Vice Chair: Representative Julie Fisher, Utah
Vice Chair: Senator Rosa Franklin, Washington
Vice Chair: Senator Bill Heath, Georgia
Vice Chair: Representative James Johnson, Delaware
Vice Chair: Senator Gary D. LeBeau, Connecticut
Vice Chair: Representative Brent Yonts, Kentucky
Immediate Past Chair: Representative Steven Conway, Washington
Staff Chair: Gilbert R. Loredo, Texas
Staff Vice Chair: Jill C. Fike, Georgia
Staff Vice Chair: Jeanne Schmedlen, Pennsylvania
Staff Vice Chair: Andrea Wilko, Utah
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Nelson Fox, Ohio

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

Chair: Representative Joni M. Cutler, South Dakota
Vice Chair: Representative Daniel T. Blue Jr., North Carolina
Vice Chair: Senator Chuck Gray, Arizona
Vice Chair: Representative R. Phillip Haire, North Carolina
Vice Chair: Representative Janice L. Pauls, Kansas
Vice Chair: Representative Thomas Upton Reynolds II, Mississippi
Vice Chair: Senator Kel Seliger, Texas
Immediate Past Chair: Senator Adam Kline, Washington
Staff Chair: Michele Childs, Vermont
Staff Vice Chair: Rashada Houston, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Robie Ingram, Virginia
Staff Vice Chair: Richard Merkel, Ohio
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Susan McNamee, Maryland

NCSL CONTACTS: Donna Lyons (Denver) Susan Parnas Frederick (DC)

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)

Chair: Representative Richard Gallot Jr., Louisiana
Chair: Senator Jeff Wentworth, Texas
Vice Chair: Senator Sue Landske, Indiana
Vice Chair: Assemblymember John Oceguera, Nevada
Immediate Past Chair: Representative Michael Buckingham, South Dakota
Immediate Past Chair: Representative Edward C. Sandoval, New Mexico
Staff Chair: Mary M. Janicki, Connecticut
Staff Chair: Debra Levine, New York
Staff Vice Chair: Jeremiah B. Barry, Colorado
Staff Vice Chair: John D. Bjornson, North Dakota
Staff Vice Chair: Nancy Cyr, Nebraska
Immediate Past Staff Chair: James F. Booth, Mississippi

NCSL CONTACTS: Tim Storey (Denver)

Chair: Representative Daniel P. Silva, New Mexico
Vice Chair: Senator Capri Cafaro, Ohio
Vice Chair: Senator J. Kalani English, Hawaii
Vice Chair: Senator Brett Guthrie, Kentucky
Vice Chair: Representative Linda Harper-Brown, Texas
Vice Chair: Senator Richard S. Madaleno Jr., Maryland
Vice Chair: Senator Dennis Nolan, Nevada
Vice Chair: Senator Dennis M. Wilson, Kansas
Immediate Past Chair: Senator Bruce Starr, Oregon
Staff Chair: John Snyder, Kentucky
Staff Vice Chair: Mike Groesch, Washington
Staff Vice Chair: Karl Spock, Texas
Staff Vice Chair: Teresa B. Tinker, Florida

NCSL CONTACTS: Jeremy Meadows (DC) Jim Reed (Denver)

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