Amy Carlson took a circuitous route to her current role as director of Montana’s Legislative Fiscal Division. An early interest in math and economics started her on a roundabout path to state budgeting work. NCSL spoke to Carlson as part of...

Joann G. Camacho is the executive director of the Guam Legislature.

NCSL has appointed the 2025 legislative staff nominating committee and is seeking nominations for legislative staff to serve on the Executive Committee for conference year 2025-2026.

Each year, NCSL devotes a week to celebrating the contributions and accomplishments of legislative staff. In 2025, programming includes a town hall, special-edition podcast, webinar and the annual shoutout competition.

Henry Kinch is the executive director of Rhode Island’s Joint Committee on Legislative Services.

Nikki Farrell is the manager of financial and purchasing operations for the New Jersey Legislature. She spoke with NCSL as part of the “Staff Snapshots” series.