• John W. Turcotte: is a career legislative program evaluator who has now headed legislative program evaluation staffs in three states over a 35 year period. The Legislative Services Commission appointed John as the first Director of the Program Evaluation Division in June 2007 following his services as Project Manager of the NC General Assembly’s Government Performance Audit Committee in 2006. John was CEO of Turcotte Public Administration Consulting and Training, LLC (TPACT) from 2003-2007. TPACT provided training and consulting for audit and other knowledge-based staffs at all levels of government. From 1996-2003, John was Director of the Florida Legislature’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA). From 1977-1995, John served as Director of Mississippi’s Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER). In Mississippi and Florida, John and his staffs produced over 750 technical reports and program evaluations. He was the National Staff Chair of the National Conference of State Legislatures in 1994. John has also been an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Mississippi College and Millsaps College and an instructor of American Government at Hinds Community College in Jackson, Mississippi. He began his career as a math and science teacher in Leakesville, Mississippi. He received a BA in Political Science with Highest Honors and a MA in Political Science and American Government from the University of Southern Mississippi. He completed additional study at Millsaps College, the Federal Executive Institute, Mississippi State Executive Development Institute, and the National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Staff Management Institute. In 1983, John was selected as one of the first group of Henry Toll Fellows of the Council of State Government.

  John W. Turcotte
  Director
  Program Evaluation Division
  North Carolina General Assembly
  919-301-1399
  Doris Gilbert, Administrative Assistant, 919-301-1402
  Legislative Office Building Room 100
  300 North Salisbury Street
  Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
  johnt@ncleg.net
• Gordan Momcilovic
  Master's graduate, 1992
  Attorney in Texas specializing in Social Security disability law with emphasis on federal court's practice. He also serves as an adjunct instructor of government at San Antonio College in the Alamo Community College system.

• Darryll W. Barksdale, D.O., M.S., FAEP
  Master's graduate, 1978
  Practicing Emergency Medicine on the Coast now for almost 20 years.
  

• Colonel Robert "Bob" Blevins
  Master's graduate, 1974; Bachelor's, 1973
  Currently serving as the legal advisor for NATO'S counter-intelligence unit based at S.H.A.P.E. Headquarters in Casteau, Belgium. Retired Staff Judge Advocate for Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

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