|
YEAR
|
PRESIDENT
|
REGION
|
PARTY
|
STAFF CHAIR
|
|
1975
|
Senator Kevin Harrington
Senate President
Massachusetts
|
E
|
D
|
Eugene Farnum
Director
Senate Fiscal Agency
Michigan
|
|
1975-76
|
Representative Tom Jensen
Minority Leader
Tennessee
|
S
|
R
|
Bonnie Reese
Legislative Council
Wisconsin
|
|
1976-77
|
Speaker Martin Sabo
Minnesota
|
M
|
D
|
McDowell Lee
Secretary of the Senate
Alabama
|
|
1977-78
|
Senator Fred Anderson
Senate President
Colorado
|
W
|
R
|
Robert Herman
Special Assistant to the Speaker
New York
|
|
1978-79
|
Senator Jason Boe
Senate President
Oregon
|
W
|
D
|
Art Palmer
Ex Dir - Legislative Counsel Bureau
Nevada
|
|
1979-80
|
Speaker George Roberts
New Hampshire
|
E
|
R
|
David Johnston
Director of Legislative Services Committee
Ohio
|
|
1980-81
|
Rep. Richard Hodes
Speaker Pro Tem
Florida
|
S
|
D
|
Patrick Flahaven
Secretary of the Senate
Minnesota
|
|
1981-82
|
Senator Ross Doyen
Senate President
Kansas
|
M
|
R
|
Robert Smartt
Deputy Director, Gen. Assembly
New Jersey
|
|
1982-83
|
Asmblymn Wm. Passannante
Speaker Pro Tem
New York
|
E
|
D
|
Joe Brown
Secretary of the Senate
Florida
|
|
1983-84
|
Senator Miles "Cap" Ferry
Senate President
Utah
|
W
|
R
|
John Lattimer
Executive Director
Comm. on International Cooperation
Illinois
|
|
1984-85
|
Representative John Bragg
Deputy Speaker
Tennessee
|
S
|
D
|
Leo Memmott
Legislative Fiscal Analyst
Utah
|
|
1985-86
|
Senator David Nething
Majority Leader
North Dakota
|
M
|
R
|
Dale Cattanach
State Auditor
Wisconsin
|
|
1986-87
|
Representative Irving Stolberg
Speaker
Connecticut
|
E
|
D
|
Sue Bauman
Executive Asst. to the Senate President
Kansas
|
|
1987-88
|
Senator Ted Strickland
Senate President
Colorado
|
W
|
R
|
John Andreason
Director, Legislative Budget Office
Idaho
|
|
1988-89
|
Senator Samuel Nunez, Jr.
Senate President Pro Tem
Louisiana
|
S
|
D
|
Betty King
Secretary of the Senate
Texas
|
|
1989-90
|
Representative Lee Daniels
House Minority Leader
Illinois
|
M
|
R
|
Patrick O'Donnell
Clerk of the Legislature
Nebraska
|
|
1990-91
|
Speaker John Martin
Maine
|
E
|
D
|
William Russell
Chief Counsel
Vermont
|
|
1991-92
|
Senator Paul Bud Burke
Senate President
Kansas
|
M
|
R
|
Terry Anderson
Director, Legislative Research Council
South Dakota
|
|
1992-93
|
Representative Arthur Hamilton
House Minority Leader
Arizona
|
W
|
D
|
Donald Schneider
Chief Clerk of the Senate
Wisconsin
|
|
1993-94
|
Senator Robert Connor
Minority Whip
Delaware
|
E
|
R
|
John Turcotte
Joint PEER Committee
Mississippi
|
|
1994
1995
|
Representative Karen McCarthy
Missouri
Representative Jane Campbell
Ohio
|
S
M
|
D
D
|
Ted Ferris
Joint Budget Committee
Arizona
|
|
1995-96
|
Senator James Lack
New York
|
E
|
R
|
Alfred "Butch" Speer
Clerk of the House
Louisiana
|
|
1996-97
|
Representative Michael Box
Alabama
|
S
|
D
|
Russell T. Larson
Controller General
Delaware
|
|
1997-98
|
Senator Richard Finan
President of the Senate
Ohio
|
M
|
R
|
Anne Walker
Chief Clerk of the House
Missouri
|
|
1998-99
|
Representative Dan Blue
Majority Leader
North Carolina
|
S
|
D
|
Tom Tedcastle
Director Bill Drafting & Gen. Counsel
Florida
|
|
1999-00
|
Representative Paul Mannweiler
Republican Leader
Indiana
|
M
|
R
|
John B. Phelps
Clerk of the House
Florida
|
|
2000-01
|
Senator Jim Costa
California
|
W
|
D
|
Diane Bolender
Director, Legislative Service Bureau
Iowa
|
|
2001-02
|
Senator Steve Saland
New York
|
E
|
R
|
Ramona Kenady
Chief Clerk of the House
Oregon
|
|
2002-03
|
Senator Angela Monson
Oklahoma
|
S
|
D
|
Gary Olson
Director, Senate Fiscal Agency
Michigan
|
|
2003-04
|
Speaker Martin Stephens
Utah
|
W
|
R
|
Max Arinder
Executive Dir., Legis. PEER Committee
Mississippi
|
|
2004-05
|
Delegate John Hurson
Maryland
|
S
|
D
|
Jim Greenwalt
Director, Senate Info. Systems
Minnesota
|
|
2005-06
|
Senator Steven Rauschenberger
Asst. Senate Republican Leader
Illinois
|
M
|
R
|
Susan Clarke Schaar
Clerk of the Senate
Virginia
|
|
2006-07
|
Senator Leticia Van de Putte
Texas
|
S
|
D
|
Steve Miller
Chief, Legislative Reference Bureau
Wisconsin
|
|
2007-08
|
Representative Donna Stone
Delaware
|
E
|
R
|
Sharon Crouch-Steidel
Director Information Systems
Virginia
|
|
2008-09
|
Speaker Joe Hackney
North Carolina
|
S
|
D
|
Gary VanLandingham
Director, OPPAGA
Florida
|
|
2009-10
|
Senator Don Balfour
Georgia
|
S
|
R
|
Nancy Cyr
Legal Counsel, Legis. Research Division
Nebraska
|
|
2010-11
|
Senator Richard Moore
Massachusetts
|
E
|
D
|
Tim Rice
Exec. Dir. Legislative Info System
Illinois
|
|
2011-12
|
Senator Stephen Morris
Kansas
|
M
|
R
|
Michael Adams
Director, Strategic Planning
Senate of Virginia
Virginia
|
|
2012-13
|
Representative Terie Norelli
New Hampshire
|
E
|
D
|
Patsy Spaw
Secretary of the Senate
Texas
|
|
2013-14
|
Senator Bruce Starr
Oregon
|
W
|
R
|
Tom Wright
Chief of Staff to Speaker of Alaska House
Alaska
|
|
2014-15
|
Senator Debbie Smith
Nevada
|
W
|
D
|
Margaret “Peggy” Piety
Senior Staff Attorney
Indiana
|
|
2015-16
|
Senator Curt Bramble
Utah
|
W
|
R
|
Karl Aro
Maryland
|
|
2016
2017
|
Senator Mike Gronstal
Senate Majority Leader
Iowa
Senator Dan Blue
Senate Democratic Leader
North Carolina
|
M
E
|
D
D
|
Raúl Burciaga
Director, Legislative Council Service
New Mexico
|
|
2017-2018
|
Senator Deb Peters
South Dakota
|
M
|
R
|
Chuck Truesdell
Legislative Research Commission
Kentucky
|
|
2018-2019
|
Senator Toi Hutchinson
Illinois
|
M
|
D
|
Jon Heining
Texas Legislative Counsel
|
|
2019-2021
|
Speaker Robin Vos
Wisconsin
|
M
|
R
|
Martha Wigton
Georgia
|
|
2021-2022
|
Speaker Scott Saiki
Hawaii
|
W
|
D
|
JJ Gentry
South Carolina Senate
|
|
2022-2023
|
Speaker Scott Bedke
Idaho
Speaker Robin Vos
Wisconsin
|
W
M
|
R
R
|
Anne Sappenfield
Wisconsin
|