Othni Lathram is the director of Alabama’s Legislative Services Agency, is committed to the professional staffers who keep the Legislature working, even as lawmakers come and go.

John Turcotte, who retired from North Carolina’s program evaluation agency in 2020, also served as an NCSL staff chair. He spoke with NCSL as part of the series “Profiles in Service.”

Alberto León Ayala is the secretary of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives.

Thaizza M. Rodríguez Pagán is the deputy secretary of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives.

Amber Snyder has been in one supporting role or another at the Texas Legislature for over 30 years. She spoke with NCSL as part of the series “Profiles in Service.”

Leo Memmott, a longtime fiscal analyst for the Utah Legislature and former staff chair for NCSL, died in May. He was 90.