Members, as your new Speaker, I am pleased to advise you of key staff appointments I have made to Councils, Committees, and offices in the House. 

Please accept my deep appreciation for your support.  I am enthusiastic about our work over the next two years.  We face challenges and opportunities.  Let’s approach both with enthusiasm and resolve.

These are the appointments:

Office of the Speaker Pro Tempore – George Levesque, Staff Director and Special Counsel
Office of the Majority Leader – Todd Reid, Staff Director
Office of the Majority Floor Leader and Whip – Alberto Martinez, Staff Director
Office of Reapportionment – Don Rubottom, Staff Director
Minority Office – Barry Kling, Staff Director
General Counsel – Karen Camechis
Rules & Calendar Council – Stephanie Birtman, Council Director
Bill Drafting – David Savelle, Staff Director
House Office of Information Technology – Scott McPherson, Chief Information Technology Officer
House Administration – Steve Godwin, Director
Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development - Skip Martin, Council Director
• PreK-12 Appropriations Committee  - Allyce Heflin, Staff Director
• State Universities & Private Colleges Appropriations Committee – Alicia Trexler, Staff Director
• State & Community Colleges & Workforce Appropriations Committee – Mark Eggers, Staff Director
• Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations Committee – Teddi Creamer, Staff Director
Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care – JoAnne Leznoff, Council Director
• Health Care Appropriations Committee – Eric Pridgeon, Staff Director
• Human Services Appropriations Committee ¬¬– Stephanie Massengale, Staff Director
• Healthy Seniors Appropriations Committee – Lynn Dixon, Staff Director
• Natural Resources Appropriations Committee – Leo Lechat, Staff Director
• Government Operations Appropriations Committee – Bruce Topp, Staff Director
• Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations Committee – Greg Davis, Staff Director
Policy Council – Stephen Hogge, Council Director
Government Accountability Act Council - Paul Lowell, Council Director
Finance & Tax Council – Don Langston, Council Director
Education Policy Council – Lynn Cobb, Council Director
• PreK-12 Policy Committee – Marleen Ahearn, Staff Director
• State Universities & Private Colleges Policy Committee – Betty Tilton, Staff Director
• State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee – Tina White, Staff Director
Health & Family Services Policy Council – Mat Bahl, Council Director
• Health Care Services Policy Committee – Kerry Schoolfield, Staff Director
• Health Care Regulation Policy Committee – Christa Calamas, Staff Director
• Elder & Family Services Policy Committee – Lucy Ciccone, Staff Director
General Government Policy Council – Tom Hamby, Council Director
• Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy Committee – Susan Reese, Staff Director
• Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Policy Committee – Tom Cooper, Staff Director
• Energy & Utilities Policy Committee – Lucretia Collins, Staff Director
Economic Development & Community Affairs Policy Council – Teresa Tinker, Council Director
• Economic Development Policy Committee  - Eric Thorn, Staff Director
• Roads, Bridges, & Ports Policy Committee – Phillip Miller, Staff Director
• Governmental Affairs Policy Committee – Heather Williamson, Staff Director
• Military & Local Affairs Policy Committee – Barbara Hoagland, Staff Director
Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council – Randy Havlicak, Council Director
• Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee – David De La Paz, Staff Director
Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy Committee – Trina Kramer, Staff Director