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
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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