NGA Staff

Office of the President

Greg Ferrara

President & CEO

Biography

Staff

Laura Strange

Senior Vice President, Communications and External Affairs

Jonathan Downey

Senior Vice President, Membership and Industry Relations

Chris Jones

Senior Vice President, Government Relations & Counsel

Michelle Tiller

Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration

Stephanie Johnson

Vice President, Government Relations

Jim Dudlicek

Director, Communications & External Affairs

Mary Whitehead

Senior Manager, Marketing

Eric Payne

Manager, Communications

LaKesha Gathers-Flowers

Senior Manager, Executive Office and Board Liaison

Marvelle Wright

Manager, Accounting Transactions and Member Support

Max Wengroff

Executive Assistant

NGA Foundation

Kelly Hanson

Project Assistant

Chelsea Matzen

Project Director, NGA Foundation

Josh Anderegg

Project Manager, NGA Foundation

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