Julie George As director of the Center for Legislative Strengthening, Julie George leads NCSL’s work to support and educate legislators and legislative staff on legislative institutional issues, including human resources, legislative operations, and... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Center for Legislative Strengthening
Kathryn Costanza In her role as program principal in the Health Program, Kathryn Costanza serves state legislators, legislative staff and her colleagues as a nonpartisan Medicaid policy subject matter expert. Costanza is a licensed attorney who graduated with a... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Health
Alex McWard As a policy specialist, Alex McWard supports the Environment, Energy and Transportation Program by conducting legislative research. His research is primarily focused on renewable energy, emissions, energy efficiency, building electrification and... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Environment, Energy & Transportation
Alicia Natwick As the program coordinator for the Employment, Labor and Retirement Program, Alicia Natwick supports planning, communication, budget, tracking and operations initiatives. Natwick comes to NCSL with 12 years of experience as a U.S. Army... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Employment, Labor & Retirement
Andrew Smalley As a senior policy specialist, Andrew Smalley works on postsecondary education topics and legislative tracking at NCSL. Prior to joining NCSL, he was a legislative intern for three years at the Colorado General Assembly, working with legislators... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Education
Amber Widgery As program principal in NCSL’s Criminal and Civil Justice Program, Amber Widgery has national expertise in front-end criminal justice policy, including law enforcement and pretrial release. Widgery has nearly 10 years of experience at NCSL,... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Civil and Criminal Justice
Amanda Essex As a program principal in NCSL’s Criminal and Civil Justice Program, Amanda Essex focuses on corrections and sentencing, community supervision, corrections budgets, criminal justice data and immigration. Essex also staffs the Task Force on... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Civil and Criminal Justice
Alison Lawrence In her role as an associate director in the Criminal and Civil Justice Program, Alison Lawrence oversees projects on policing, pretrial release, community supervision, jails, corrections budgets and criminal justice data. Lawrence also staffs the... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Civil and Criminal Justice
Alise Garcia Alise Garcia supports NCSL’s Health Program as a program coordinator. Garcia has over 25 years of experience with NCSL in numerous areas. She is dedicated to providing superior customer service and meeting coordination to the... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Health
Kate Blackman As vice president of policy and research, Kate Blackman oversees NCSL’s state policy work on criminal and civil justice, education, employment and retirement, health and human services. Prior to being hired as a vice president,... Staff Directory, Executive Management Team, Research & Policy
Anne Teigen As an associate director in the Criminal and Civil Justice Program, Anne Teigen oversees work related to juvenile justice, criminal records, human trafficking, civil justice and firearms policy. Teigen has nearly 20 years of policy... Staff Directory, Research & Policy, Civil and Criminal Justice