NCSL Staff Directory

Molly Widoff supports the Health Program as a policy analyst focused on overdose, suicide, injury prevention and infectious diseases. She comes to NCSL with experience in policy research and programming around mental health and substance use. Widoff recently earned a degree in public health from Tulane University.

As a policy analyst in the Health Program, Razan Amira Badr focuses on policy issues relating to health care workforce and scope of practice of providers. She served as a legislative assistant at the Louisiana House of Representatives prior to joining NCSL, where she worked with state legislators, legislative staff, advocates, and constituents on several issues. Badr earned her bachelor’s in biology at Loyola University New Orleans.

In her role, Samantha Scotti focuses on state policy issues relating to health care access, costs and coverage. She has over six years of experience working with state legislators, legislative staff and other partners on a variety of health topics, developing tools, publications and collaborative meetings. Prior to joining NCSL, she worked as legislative staff at the Colorado General Assembly and has a dual degree in political science and international studies from Colorado State University. 

As a policy associate in the Health Program, Sarah Jaromin focuses on access, cost and coverage issues with a particular focus on scope of practice, rural health and health care workforce. Jaromin has experience working with the policy division of the NYS Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers with a particular focus on legislation related to Medicaid and behavioral health workforce shortages. She earned her master’s degree in social work from the State University of New York at Albany after completing a bachelor’s in sociology at Brandeis University. 

In her role as a senior policy specialist in the Health Program, Shannon Kolman serves as a subject matter expert on public health topics. She has more than 25 years of experience working in the fields of public health and community health. Kolman enjoys researching public health-related policies and supporting legislative excellence by informing NCSL members and partners on policy issues and strategies.

As director of NCSL’s Health Program, Tahra Johnson oversees the public health and maternal and child health projects and research at NCSL. Johnson has been with NCSL for more than seven years and has several additional years of experience in public health policy at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the Department of Homeland Security. She earned a master’s degree in public health at George Washington University and attended undergraduate at American University in Washington, D.C.  

As a project manager on the Health team, Tammy Jo Hill supports work related to behavioral health, public health and maternal and child health. Previously, Hill spent years supporting Colorado’s Medicaid program as a program manager and policy specialist for its fee-for-service state contractors. Hill has a master’s degree in political science from Colorado State University.