Utah House Speaker, Mississippi staff director receive top NCSL posts.

• Position: Brief Article

Utah House Speaker Martin Stephens was named the new NCSL president at the Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Max Arinder, executive director of Mississippi's Legislative PEER Committee, became the new NCSL staff chair.

Speaker Stephens, a Republican, accepted the gavel from Oklahoma Senator Angela Monson, a Democrat. NCSL's bylaws require a rotation between a Democrat and Republican president each year.

Arinder replaces Gary Olson, director of the Senate Fiscal Agency in Michigan. Jim Greenwalt, director of information...