Sanam Hooshidary As a legislative specialist, Sanam Hooshidary works on federal budget process, federal and state revenues and taxes, banking, financial technology and digital currencies, internet and technology, as well as consumer and financial services. Prior... Directories, Staff Directory, State-Federal Affairs
Benjamin Nasta As a legislative director, Ben Nasta leads legislative advocacy and engagement strategies for NCSL’s Transportation and Natural Resources, Energy and Environment committees. Nasta comes to NCSL with nearly 10 years of experience in... Staff Directory, State-Federal Affairs
Megan Bland Megan Bland supports the efforts of the Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee. Prior to joining NCSL, Bland worked as a policy analyst for the Council Oak, a small women-owned public policy consulting firm. Bland earned Bachelor of Arts... State-Federal Affairs
Louise McGinty Louise McGinty supports NCSL’s Washington, D.C.,-based staff, specifically the standing committees and task forces. McGinty comes to NSCL with experience in nonprofit events and fundraising, project management, relationship building,... Staff Directory, State-Federal Affairs
Emily Katz As a legislative specialist, Emily Katz works on federal education, health and human services policies that are of interest to states. Katz comes to NCSL with experience in policy research on school climate, school health, social-emotional... Staff Directory, State-Federal Affairs
Susan Frederick As NCSL’s senior federal affairs counsel, Susan Parnas Frederick advocates for states before Congress and the administration on criminal and civil justice, cybersecurity, elections and immigration enforcement issues. Parnas Frederick has... Staff Directory, State-Federal Affairs
Nicole Ezeh Nicole Ezeh supports the Law, Criminal Justice and Public Safety Standing Committee as an associate legislative director. Previously, Ezeh supported human trafficking victim services providers in the state of Maryland at its federally... Staff Directory, State-Federal Affairs
Jon Jukuri Jon Jukuri serves as a federal affairs advisor in NCSL’s State-Federal Government Relations Division and is a development manager in NCSL’s Foundation for State Legislatures, working out of the Washington, D.C., office. He also serves... Staff Directory, Foundation for State Legislatures, State-Federal Affairs
Austin Reid As federal affairs advisor, Austin Reid oversees NCSL’s federal education policy work, which includes staffing the NCSL Standing Committee on Education and representing NCSL’s education interests before Congress and the... Staff Directory, State-Federal Affairs
Lauren Kallins As the senior legislative director for Health and Human Services Policy, Lauren Kallins is the lead staff person in NCSL’s D.C. office working on state-federal HHS policy. Kallins has more than 20 years of experience lobbying on HHS issues,... Staff Directory, State-Federal Affairs
Brian Wanko Brian Wanko focuses on the federal budget process, public finance, income taxes, pensions, post-employment benefits and federal and state revenues and taxes. He comes to NCSL with experience in federal administration and congressional... Staff Directory, State-Federal Affairs
Molly Ramsdell Molly Ramsdell is director of NCSL’s Washington, D.C., office and oversees the State-Federal Affairs Division. She joined NCSL in 1996 and has served as staff liaison for a number of NCSL’s Standing Committees, including... Staff Directory, Executive Management Team, State-Federal Affairs