Governing NCSL
The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues. NCSL is an effective and respected advocate for the interests of state governments before Congress and federal agencies.
NCSL is your organization. The leadership of NCSL is composed of legislators and staff from across the country. The NCSL Executive Committee provides overall direction on operations of the Conference.
William T. Pound, NCSL Executive Director
The National Conference of State Legislatures' Executive Committee is the governing body of the Conference. The executive committee and Conference officers have supervision, control and direction of the affairs of the Conference, its committees and publications. It also implements the policies and supervises the disbursement of its funds.
The executive committee, an elected body, is composed of 60 members: seven officers; 30 at-large legislator members; four regional legislators from the Council of State Government; three ex officio members; and 16 legislative staff members. Officers include a president, president elect, vice president, immediate past president, staff chair, staff vice chair and immediate past staff chair. Each member is entitled to vote on any matter coming before the committee. Legislative staff are entitled to vote only on organizational matters--not on matters of public policy.
The Executive Committee meets four times a year at such time and place as the committee decides. The president may call special meetings as necessary.
The preliminary agenda will be available online and the Executive Committee Agenda Book includes detailed agendas of meetings. The book will be mailed to all members prior to the meeting.
NCSL Contacts:
Deana Blackwood, Executive Assistant
Paul Parsons, Staff Coordinator
The Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC)
The LSCC is made up of the legislative staff members elected to the NCSL Executive Committee, the staff chair and staff vice chairs of the NCSL Standing Committees, two officers of each of the ten staff sections, and four discretionary appointees of the Staff Chair.
The purposes of the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC) are to oversee the legislative staff division of NCSL, to coordinate the work of the ten staff sections of NCSL, to promote professional development of legislative staff, and to review and evaluate NCSL services to legislative staff. LSCC serves in an advisory capacity to the NCSL Executive Committee.
The LSCC meets four times a year in conjunction with the Executive Committee.
NCSL Contacts:
Karl Kurtz, Director, NCSL Trust for Representative Democracy Division
Larry Morandi, Director, State Policy Research Division
Joyce Johnson, Directors Assistant
Conference Year 2008-2009
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President
Representative Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House
North Carolina
President Elect
Senator Don Balfour
Georgia
Vice President
Senator Richard Moore
Massachusetts
Immediate Past President
Representative Donna Stone
Delaware |
Staff Chair
Gary VanLandingham
Director, Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA)
Florida
Staff Vice Chair
Nancy Cyr, Legal Counsel
Legislative Research Division
Nebraska
Immediate Past Staff Chair
and Secretary/Treasurer, NCSL Foundation
Sharon Crouch Steidel
Director, Information Systems
Virginia |
Senator Pamela Althoff, Illinois
Senator Curtis Bramble, Majority Leader, Utah
Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula, Deputy Speaker, New Jersey
Senator Spencer Coggs, Wisconsin
Senator Jay Costa Jr., Pennsylvania
Senator Denton Darrington, Idaho
Senator Denise Ducheny, Chair, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, California
Senator Deb Fischer, Nebraska
Representative Dan Flynn, Texas
Senator Carol Fukunaga, Hawaii
Representative John Grange, Kansas
Senator Kemp Hannon, New York
Senator Verna Jones, Maryland
Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Minnesota
Assemblymember Fiona Ma, Majority Whip, California
Representative Denise Merrill, Appropriations Chair, Connecticut
Representative Joseph Miro, Delaware
Senator Edwin Murray, Louisiana
Senator Tom Niehaus, Majority Floor Leader, Ohio
Representative Phillip Owens, South Carolina
Senator Robert Plymale, West Virginia
Representative Jody Richards, Speaker, Kentucky
Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos, Majority Whip, Washington
Senator John Arthur Smith, Finance Committee Chair, New Mexico
Senator Bruce Starr, Oregon
Representative Ken Svedjan, Appropriations Chair, North Dakota
Representative Curtis Thomas, Pennsylvania
Representative Sharon Treat, Maine
Senator John Watkins, Virginia
Senator David Williams, Kentucky
At-Large Members
Legislative Staff
Jonathan Ball, Director, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, Utah
Tony Beard, Jr., Chief Sergeant at Arms, Senate, California
Laura Clemens, Clerk of the House, Ohio
Cathy Fernandez, Deputy Director, Legislative Finance Committee, New Mexico
Jamie Jo Franklin, Chief of Staff, House Majority Caucus Office, Kentucky
Wade Melton, Staff Director, Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
Accountability, (OPPAGA), Florida
Norman Moore, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives, Arizona
Roger A. Norman, Legislative Auditor/Director, Division of Legislative Audit, Arkansas
Julie Pelegrin, Senior Attorney/Team Leader, Legislative Legal Services, Colorado
Margaret "Peggy" Piety, Staff Attorney, Legislative Services Agency, Indiana
Tim Rice, Executive Director, Legislative Information Systems, Illinois
Gary Schaefer, Senate Information Systems Coordinator, Louisiana
L. Carol Shaw, Principal Program Evaluator, Program Evaluation Division, North Carolina
Patsy Spaw, Secretary of the Senate, Texas
Dick Sweet, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council, Wisconsin
Lisa Wallmeyer, Executive Director, Joint Commission on Technology & Science, Virginia
Speaker Terie Norelli, New Hampshire
Chair, NCSL Standing Committees
Martha Carter, Legislative Auditor, Legislative Audit and research Office, Nebraska
Staff Chair, NCSL Standing Committees
Representative Kim Koppelman, North Dakota
Chair, The Council of State Governments (CSG)
Gerry Sklavounos, Member, Québec National Assembly
International Affiliate Member
Eastern Region
Senator Roberto Anango Vinent, Puerto Rico (member)
(alternate vacant)
Midwestern Region
Representative Joni Cutler, South Dakota (member)
(alternate vacant)
Southern Region
(member vacant)
(alternate vacant)
Western Region
Senator Gary Stevens, Alaska (member)
(alternate vacant)
National Conference of State Legislatures
William T. Pound, Executive Director
The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization founded to:
- To improve the quality and effectiveness of state legislatures;
- To promote policy innovation and communication among state legislatures;
- To ensure state legislatures a strong, cohesive voice in the federal system.
File posted August 5, 2008
Updated, January 2, 2009
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