Autumn Rivera As a policy specialist in NCSL’s Education Program, Autumn Rivera focuses on policy issues related to afterschool, summer learning, LGBTQ+ students, whole child learning and school climate. Rivera comes to NCSL with experience working in... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Education
Carrington Skinner As a senior policy specialist, Carrington Skinner supports the Center for Results-Driven Governing’s work of helping states use data and evidence to inform decision making. Skinner comes to NCSL with experience as an assistant attorney... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Center for Results-Driven Governing
Sarah Jaromin 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... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Health
Darci Cherry As a director in the Center for Results-Driven Governing, Darci Cherry supports the work of state leaders as they use data and evidence to make policy and budget decisions. Previously, Cherry spent 20 years collecting, analyzing and interpreting... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Center for Results-Driven Governing
Brooke Oleen Tieperman Brooke Oleen Tieperman supports NCSL’s Environment, Energy and Transportation Program and NCSL’s Task Force on Military and Veterans Affairs. She has 15 years of experience at NCSL and works in partnership with the U.S. Defense and... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Environment, Energy & Transportation
Glenn Jacoby As a policy associate with the Employment, Labor and Retirement Program, Glenn Jacoby focuses on disability employment policy and workplace harassment and discrimination. Previously, she worked as a youth vote coordinator for New Era Colorado... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Employment, Labor & Retirement
Zaakary Barnes As a senior policy specialist in the Employment, Labor and Retirement Program, Zaakary Barnes researches state policies on collective bargaining, unemployment insurance and occupational licensing. Barnes comes to NCSL with experience working on... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Employment, Labor & Retirement
Tammy Jo Hill 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... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Health
Kate Bryan As a policy specialist, Kate Bryan researches a variety of issues concerning criminal and civil justice. Bryan comes to NCSL with experience in the legal field as well as health care. Bryan holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Civil and Criminal Justice
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
Charlie Severance-Medaris Charlie Severance-Medaris supports NCSL’s public health work as a project manager for the Health Program. He has previous experience in health policy through work at many Colorado nonprofits. Severance-Medaris is an expert in state... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Health
Kim Tyrrell As an associate director in NCSL’s Environment, Energy and Transportation Program, Kim Tyrrell leads a team of environmental policy experts and uses her expertise to support research and policy insight on air and water quality, climate... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Environment, Energy & Transportation
Jenna Bannon Jenna Bannon serves as associate director in the Children and Families Program. She manages multiple grants in early childhood and child welfare and co-leads the interdisciplinary work on child and family policy. Bannon comes to NCSL with more... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Children & Families
Kelsie George Kelsie George is a senior policy specialist with the NCSL Health Program, specializing in health workforce policy issues. Her work with state legislators, legislative staff and other partners includes conducting legislative research, writing... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Health
Megan McClure As a policy specialist with the Legislative Staff Services Program, Megan McClure supports the Leadership Staff Professional Association, the National Legislative Program Evaluation Society and the NCSL Young and New Professionals... Staff Directory, State Services, Legislative Staff Services
Jill Yordy As a senior policy specialist for NCSL’s Children and Families Program, Jill Yordy researches public policy related to child and family well-being. Yordy comes to NCSL with more than eight years of experience in public policy research,... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Children & Families
Tansey Moore As a tribal working group specialist, Tansey Moore provides staff lead support to the Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group by planning and facilitating meetings to address nuclear energy issues as it relates to tribal nations. Moore has more... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Environment, Energy & Transportation
Melanie Horton In her role as senior program coordinator, Melanie Horton supports NCSL's Environment Program as well as several state and tribal working groups, which NCSL supports through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy. Horton... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Environment, Energy & Transportation
Molly Gold As a program principal in the Education Program, Molly Gold focuses on teacher, school leader, and school governance policy. Prior to joining NCSL, Gold worked as a high school English teacher and department chair and as an analyst with the... Staff Directory, Education
Tahra Johnson 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... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Health
Jim Reed As director of the Environment, Energy and Transportation program at NCSL, Jim Reed oversees the collaborative efforts of 15 outstanding colleagues in state legislative bill tracking and analysis, policy research and writing, grant project... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Environment, Energy & Transportation
Landon Jacquinot In his role as a policy analyst, Landon Jacquinot researches state policy on minimum wage, occupational licensing, and workforce development. Jacquinot comes to NCSL with experience working with and around state legislatures as a policy and... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Employment, Labor & Retirement
Sunny Deye Sunny Deye is an associate director in NCSL’s Education Program and serves as the liaison to her home state of Oregon. Deye leads the postsecondary education team in tracking and analyzing legislation in all 50 states, publishing state... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Education
Emily Maher As a project manager in NCSL’s Fiscal Affairs Program, Emily Maher focuses on state budgets, intergovernmental relations and economic development policy. She also staffs NCSL’s Labor and Economic Development Committee. Prior... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Fiscal