Theresia Heller
Theresia joined NAAG in August 2008. As chief financial officer, she oversees the financial transactions of NAAG and is responsible for financial planning and reporting, and administration of the Association’s assets. She has significant expertise in financial analysis and accounting, investment management and corporate financial planning. Previously, Theresia worked for several years in the banking…
Todd Leatherman
Todd Leatherman joined NAAG as program counsel for the NAGTRI Center for Consumer Protection. Before joining NAAG, Todd worked for 23 years with the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection, where he served as executive director from 1996-2016. During his time in Kentucky, Todd’s work encompassed the full range of consumer issues. The last…
Patricia Molteni
Patricia Molteni joined the NAAG Center for Tobacco and Public Health in June 2007. She provides bankruptcy, collection, and commercial litigation expertise to the Settling States in their work to enforce the Master Settlement Agreement and related tobacco laws. When a tobacco manufacturer files for bankruptcy protection, Patricia represents the Settling States in bankruptcy court…
Tamara Schlinger
In her work with the NAAG Center for Tobacco and Public Health, Tamara provides commercial litigation and arbitration expertise to the Settling States in their work to enforce the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). She is involved with matters related to the MSA’s public health provisions and works with the Settling States on various tobacco matters….
Mike Kuykendall
Mike Kuykendall is director of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Center for Excellence in Governance. He has previously served NAAG as a consultant, where he provided mentorship and training to newly hired attorneys; assisted with the development and implementation of the National Center for Ethics and Public Integrity; served as technical advisor for…
Maria Humayun
Maria Humayun joined NAGTRI in October 2018 as the NAGTRI policy and strategy intern, where she conducted research, assisted with NAGTRI programs, and analyzed data. She was promoted to senior program coordinator in June 2021. Maria was previous a NAGTRI program assistant and NAGTRI program specialist. Maria has been instrumental in supporting various NAGTRI initiatives…
Michael Hering
Michael was appointed NAAG tobacco chief counsel in April 2013. He previously worked six years as NAAG deputy chief counsel of Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments. Michael leads the NAAG tobacco team of four staff attorneys and two paralegals. They specialize in all matters related to tobacco, and in the MSA in particular. The staff…
Michael Willis
Michael joined NAAG in April 2019 as the director of online learning and was promoted to director of learning, compliance, & innovation in April 2021. Prior to joining NAAG, Michael worked for the University of Central Oklahoma as a member of the faculty and staff. During his 17-year tenure at the university, Michael spent the…
Linda Austing
Linda Austing joined NAAG in May 2019 as a staff accountant. She is a senior banking professional with over 20 years in the banking industry. Her areas of expertise are budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and regulatory reporting. Linda is a graduate of the University of Maryland and is a certified public accountant. She is excited…
Linda Vang
Linda joined the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units (NAMFCU) in May 2014. She became the meetings manager in July 2018. In this role, she manages logistics for NAMFCU’s numerous meetings and training programs. Prior to joining NAMFCU, she has over 6 years of experience in event services, working as an operations assistant/curriculum specialist…
