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 to... Staff Directory, State Services, Fiscal
Sarah Brown Sarah Brown is the director of the Criminal and Civil Justice Program (CCJ) at NCSL. As the director, she oversees all of NCSL’s criminal and civil justice work, with specific expertise in juvenile justice. Brown has been with NCSL for 20... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Civil and Criminal Justice
Emily Ronco As a policy specialist with the Center for Legislative Strengthening, Emily Ronco researches, tracks and analyzes issues around legislator compensation, demographics and term limits. She also serves as the South Carolina state liaison.... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Center for Legislative Strengthening
Holly South As a associate director in NCSL’s Legislative Staff Services Program, Holly South supports the American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries, one of NCSL’s nine professional staff associations. She also administers the... Staff Directory, State Services, Legislative Staff Services
Jon Jukuri Jon Jukuri serves as a development manager of NCSL’s Foundation for State Legislatures, working out of the Washington, D.C., office. He also serves as NCSL’s liaison to the Virginia General Assembly, and previously worked on Capitol... Staff Directory, Foundation for State Legislatures, State-Federal Affairs
Erica MacKellar Erica MacKellar works primarily on issues around state fiscal conditions and the state budget process for NCSL. She also staffs the National Association of Legislative Fiscal Offices (NALFO), a NCSL professional staff association. She joined... Staff Directory, State Services, Fiscal
Samantha Scotti 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... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Health
Karmen Hanson As a senior fellow in NCSL’s Health Program, Karmen Hanson specializes in behavioral health and cannabis policy topics and collaborates with programs across the organization. With more than 22 years at NCSL, Hanson has presented to dozens... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Health
Marilyn Villalobos As a project manager with the Employment, Labor and Retirement Program, Marilyn Villalobos focuses on disability employment policy. She also serves as the New Mexico state liaison. Previously, Villalobos worked for the Colorado Department of... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Employment, Labor & Retirement
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
Mandy Rafool Mandy Rafool is the director of the Fiscal Affairs Program, where she oversees the products and services NCSL delivers on state budgets, state taxes, economic development and financial services. Rafool has more than 25 years of experience at... Staff Directory, State Services, Fiscal
Patrick Lyons Patrick Lyons is a policy specialist focused on prekindergarten to third grade education policy. Patrick facilitates the State Policy and Research in Early Education workgroup and focuses on issues such as school readiness, the early childhood... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Education
Colleen Becker As a project manager in NCSL’s Health Program, Colleen Becker focuses on prescription drug access and affordability. Becker comes to NCSL with 20 years of experience performing multiple roles in health advocacy and direct patient care. She... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Health
Kae Warnock A senior policy specialist in the Legislative Staff Services Program, Kae Warnock supports two of NCSL’s professional staff associations: the Research, Editorial, Legal and Committee Staff (RELACS) association and the National Association... Staff Directory, State Services, Legislative Staff Services
Irene Kawanabe As director of the State-Tribal Institute, Irene Kawanabe supports the Quad Caucus, Women’s Legislative Network and the National Asian Pacific American Caucus of State Legislators. Prior to joining NCSL in 2007, Kawanabe served as the... Staff Directory, Leaders & International, Quad Caucus & Women's Legislative Network
Martha Saenz As associate director of the Women's Legislative Network and the Quad Caucus, Martha Saenz leads strategic programs and events designed to serve targeted members. She has been with NCSL for more than a decade, specializing in research,... Staff Directory, Leaders & International, Quad Caucus & Women's Legislative Network