Julie Hazel is a session staff manager in the Michigan Senate.

Arielle Gulley is the office manager in the Utah Legislative Fiscal Analyst’s Office.

Legislative hiring directors, HR experts and an NCSL survey offer three tactics for retaining staff: creating opportunities for leadership development and career growth; offering workplace flexibility; and showing staff appreciation.

Lora Brown is the chief legal editor for the Alaska Legislature.

Women’s basketball coach Juli Fulks lives by three core values: show up, work hard, adapt. Following these principles, she says, is key to both professional and personal success.

Ryan Nesselrodt is a fellow with the West Virginia Science and Technology Policy Fellowship, a program that provides rigorous, nonpartisan policy research for members of the West Virginia Legislature.