Layothe Thammasene As an accounting technician, Layothe Thammasene focuses on ensuring cash receipts are recorded quickly and accurately, while also strengthening the relationships between NCSL and its staff and members. Thammasene has proudly dedicated 15 years of... Staff Directory, Finance & Accounting
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
Stacy Householder Stacy Householder directs NCSL’s leadership, international and caucus programs. She has 15-plus years of experience working with and in state legislatures, starting with her service in the Wisconsin Senate. Householder is dedicated to... Staff Directory, Executive Management Team, Leaders & International
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
Lesley Kennedy Lesley Kennedy oversees NCSL's Publishing and Digital Content team in the Communications Division. An award-winning journalist, Kennedy comes to the organization with 20-plus years of experience, working as a writer and editor for national... Staff Directory, Communications, Publishing & Digital Content
Michelle Kelton As human resources coordinator, Michelle Kelton assists with day-to-day operations in the HR department. Kelton has contributed to the NCSL HR team since 2015, developing her ever-expanding role as a human resources professional. Dedicated to the... Staff Directory, Operations, Human Resources
John Mahoney John Mahoney manages NCSL’s Institute for International Cooperation. Prior to this role, he served NCSL’s Center for Legislative Strengthening as a senior policy specialist. With significant international experience,... Staff Directory, Leaders & International
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
Sydne Enlund As the state outreach manager, Sydne Enlund works as a liaison to a handful of states and partners with NCSL’s communications team on outreach and engagement with all state legislatures. Previously, Enlund worked for the Colorado General... Staff Directory, Communications, Public Affairs & Outreach
Angela Andrews Angela Andrews is the professional development senior partner of NCSL’s Legislative Training Institute, where she designs and delivers soft skill trainings to legislators and legislative staff. She has worked in or for legislatures... Staff Directory, State Services, Legislative Training Institute
Edward Green Edward Green focuses on the registration of NCSL meetings and webinars. He comes to NCSL with more than 10 years of experience working in accounting and registration at other nonprofit associations. He enjoys working for an organization committed... Staff Directory, Operations, Meetings
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
Chris Csanyi As NCSL's associate IT director, Chris Csanyi focuses on the technical and infrastructure systems that are used every day for NCSL members and staff. Csanyi has 20 years of experience staying on top of technologies that can help NCSL’s... Staff Directory, Operations, Information Technology
Feray Baytok As the chief information officer, Feray Baytok oversees all systems, hardware, network, security, technical resources and processes in use at NCSL to ensure they deliver outcomes that support the organization’s mission. She has 30 years of... Staff Directory, Operations, Information Technology
Kevin Frazzini As a senior editor, Kevin Frazzini edits and writes for NCSL’s State Legislatures News website and State Legislatures magazine. He also helps edit the reports, newsletters and other documents produced by NCSL staff. Frazzini comes to NCSL... Staff Directory, Communications, Publishing & Digital Content
Stephen Miller As associate director for design, Steve Miller leads design for NCSL, including reports, State Legislatures Magazine, graphics and marketing. Miller has 20 years of experience in journalism, where he earned numerous awards in editorial and... Staff Directory, Communications, Marketing
Mick Bullock Mick Bullock is NCSL’s public affairs director. Based in the Washington, D.C., office, Bullock has nearly 20 years of communications experience and is responsible for NCSL’s digital media, podcast, media relations and member outreach.... Staff Directory, Communications, Public Affairs & Outreach
Leanne Reed As data analyst, Leanne Reed works with all NCSL staff. She has over 16 years of experience in the IT field. She is dedicated to providing support to the organization so that we can continue being a source of excellence to the state legislatures. Staff Directory, Operations, Information Technology
Katie Ziegler Katie Fischer Ziegler is the program director for member outreach at NCSL. She leads NCSL’s work in engaging legislators and staff in every state and territory through the state liaison system, state coordinator program and general customer... Staff Directory, Communications, Public Affairs & Outreach
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
Tim Lucero As director of facilities, Tim Lucero heads the Building Operations and Central Services departments. He came to NCSL with more than eight years’ experience working with UBS Telecommunications and Mobil Oil Corp. At UBS, he received... Staff Directory, Operations, Building & Facilities