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…
Lisa Jeter
Lisa Jeter joined NAAG in September 2004. She oversees the creative portion of print and digital publications. Lisa is a graduate of the University of Virginia and holds a degree in Classical Studies, with a concentration in Latin. She has over 30 years’ experience in the technology industry which include development and management of financial…
Gloria Post
Gloria serves as human resources director. Her responsibilities include payroll, human resource, benefits, accounting, and investor relations. She joined the Association in May 2006, and since then has held various positions in NAAG office administrations. Gloria has extensive experience in business and office administration. She worked with organizations such as CareFirst, CIBER, and Electronic Data…
Jeanette Manning
Jeanette Manning is Chief of NAAG Training and Research (previously NAGTRI). In this role, she oversees a team of attorneys and a program associate concerning all aspects of the training and research division at NAAG. This work includes providing national and targeted state training to the 56 attorney general member states and in international settings,…
Erjona Fatusha
Erjona joined NAAG’s tobacco team in May 2005 as a paralegal and project assistant. In November 2021, she was promoted to center manager and senior legal administrator. Erjona follows the status of tobacco-related litigation throughout the country and interacts daily with tobacco contacts in the state and territorial attorneys general offices, as well as with…
Erika Kutterna
Erika Kutterna joined NAAG in August 2018 as a membership and meetings coordinator. In January 2020 she was promoted to the meetings and membership manager and in April 2021 she was promoted to director of meetings & member services. Erika earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire, master’s degree from James Madison…
