WITNESS LIST
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Committee
April 14, 2025 - 9:00 AM
For:
Garey, Lara (Self)
On:
Hardway, Robin (Employees Retirement System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garey, Edward (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
For:
Campbell, Brady (Self)
Chase, Brandon (Momentum Capital Funding)
Garza, Alan (ParaComm Ventures, LLC.)
Schober, Teresa (Self)
Schwartz, Robert (Self)
Against:
Fisher, Katherine (Revenue Based Finance Coalition)
Shapiro, Alexis (Forward Financing LLP)
Stewart, Scott (Innovative Lending Platform Association)
On:
Nance, Matthew (Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner)
Pappas, Natalie (Small Business Finance Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Foster, Wendy (IBAT independent Bankers Assoc of Texas)
Troxclair, Caleb (American Factoring Association)
Against:
Donohue, Mary (Revenue Based Fianace Coalition)
Schreiber, Rachael (Electronic Transactions Association)
Vane, Mark (HB Strategies)
For:
Hernandez, Cynthia (Dallas County)
Medrano, Pauline (Dallas county)
Salas, Joe (Dallas County)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Zeller, Ben (Self; Victoria County)
For:
Walker, Carl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
French, Emily (Common Cause Texas)
Juergens, Seth (Texas Realtors)
Russell, Ryland (Texas Press Association)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
On:
Groll, Justin (Self)
Latsha, Rob (Texas Bond Review Board)
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Harris, Tracy (Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT))
Talbert, Lincoln (Self; Texas Regional Bank)
Against:
Warner, Greg (Self; Hilltop Securities Asset Management, LLC)
On:
Monk, Leann (Self; County Treasurers Association of Texas)
Soldan, Tracy (County Treasurers Assoc of TX)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Courreges, David (Self)
Foster, Wendy (Independent Bankers Association of Texaa)
Raines, Stephen (Texas Credit Union Association)
Against:
Anderson, Jake (City of Dallas)
Emerick, David (JPMorganChase)
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Against:
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Shannon, Fred (City of Temple)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Wassdorf, Petrus (City of Denton)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Zeller, Ben (Self; Victoria County)
On:
Castaneda, Tristan (Public Trust Advisors)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Shannon, Fred (City of Temple)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
For:
Bailey, Mark Davis (Self; The Original Pancake House - DFW)
Duckett, Brennan (National Restaurant Association)
Hardin, Paul (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Vaught, Tracy (Self; Htown Restaurant Group)
Against:
Courreges, David (Self; Texas Credit Union Association)
Furlow, Chris (Texas Bankers Association)
Rajadurai, Ben (Americans for Tax Reform)
Rauschenberger, Steven (Self; The Electronic Payment Coalition)
Williams, Sean (Airlines for America)
Williston, Christopher (Independent Bankers Assoc of Texas)
Yates, Brian (Electronic Transactions Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boes, Karol (Self)
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Burdett, Jeff (NFIB)
DeAngelo, David (Casey’s General Stores, RaceTrac, Inc.)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Assoc of Fire Fighters)
Deshields, Holly (Walgreens)
Dussault, Valencia (Self)
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Wine and Grape Growers)
Giesinger, Ross (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
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For:
Giesinger, Ross (Chcik-fil-A)
Giesinger, Ross (Speedy Stop)
Giesinger, Ross (QuikTrip)
Gonzalez, Celinda (The Home Depot)
Grigsby, Meredithe (Self)
Harkins, Arnold (Self)
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)
Hinson, Michael (Self)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Hutton, Paul (Albertsons and Randalls)
Jaime, Ivan (Walmart)
Jaime, Ivan (Sam’s Club)
Kenney, Thomas (Self; WFK Restaurant Group)
Luparello, Marti (Sysco)
Massingill, Gavin (Texas McDonald’s Operators)
Mathis, James (Landrys)
Miller, Dallas (Self)
Pacheco, Edward (Lowes market)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Posey, Jake (International Franchise Association (IFA))
Reach, Mark (Self)
Shannon, Fred (Walmart)
Smith, Christopher (Self)
Smith, Curtis (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Stone, Gerald (Self)
Toomey, Michael (HEB)
Wilkes, Morris (United Supermarkets)
Yarnell, William (James Avery Craftsman)
Zapata, Mireya (Lumbermen's Association of Texas)
Ziskovsky, Scott (Self)
Against:
Barnes, Robert (Self)
Brown, Sabrina (American Express)
Cacheaux, Lauren (PayPal, Inc.)
De Ochoa, Gabriel (Citi)
DeWeese, Amy (The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc)
Durst, Melodie (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)
Emerick, David (JPMorganChase)
Erwin, James (Americans for Tax Reform)
Erwin, James (Americans for Tax Reform)
Fonteno, Scott (Wells Fargo)
Fuhrman, Nicholas (Self)
Glunz, Billy (American Airlines)
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Against:
Hull, Sherri (Southwest Airlines)
Hunter, Nelda (United Airlines, Inc.)
Lewis, Alec (Mastercard)
McCartt, J. (Capital One Bank)
McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Pepper, Bradley (United Airlines)
Raines, Stephen (Texas Credit Union Association)
Rangel, Jason (Self)
Strama, Keith (Visa)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Bank of America)
Wise, Allen (Self)
For:
Duckett, Brennan (National Restaurant Association)
Hardin, Paul (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Kenney, Thomas (Self; WFK Restaurant Group)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Against:
Coaxum, Ryan (Self; TBA and Guaranty Bank)
Courreges, David (Self; Texas Credit Union Association)
Furlow, Chris (Texas Bankers Association)
Rauschenberger, Steven (Self; The Electronic Payment Coalition)
Schweig, Brad (Self)
Stagner, Billy (ACORI Diamonds & Design)
Williston, Christopher (Independent Bankers Assoc of Texas)
Yates, Brian (Electronic Transactions Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, Mark Davis (Self; The Original Pancake House - DFW)
Boes, Karol (Self)
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Burdett, Jeff (NFIB)
Carter, Janis (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
DeAngelo, David (Casey’s General Stores, RaceTrac, Inc.)
Deshields, Holly (Walgreens)
Dussault, Valencia (Self)
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Wine and Grape Growers)
Giesinger, Ross (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Giesinger, Ross (Chcik-fil-A)
Giesinger, Ross (Speedy Stop)
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For:
Giesinger, Ross (QuikTrip)
Gonzalez, Celinda (The Home Depot)
Grigsby, Meredithe (Self)
Harkins, Arnold (Self)
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)
Hinson, Michael (Self)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Hutton, Paul (Albertsons and Randalls)
Jaime, Ivan (Walmart)
Jaime, Ivan (Sam’s Club)
Luparello, Marti (Sysco)
Massingill, Gavin (Texas McDonald’s Operators)
Mathis, James (Landrys)
Miller, Dallas (Self)
Pacheco, Edward (Lowes market)
Posey, Jake (International Franchise Association (IFA))
Reach, Mark (Self)
Shannon, Fred (Walmart)
Smith, Christopher (Self)
Smith, Curtis (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Stone, Gerald (Self)
Toomey, Michael (HEB)
Vaught, Tracy (Self; Htown Restaurant Group)
Wilkes, Morris (United Supermarkets)
Yarnell, William (James Avery Craftsman)
Zapata, Mireya (Lumbermen's Association of Texas)
Ziskovsky, Scott (Self)
Against:
Barnes, Robert (Self)
Brown, Sabrina (American Express)
Cacheaux, Lauren (PayPal, Inc.)
De Ochoa, Gabriel (Citi)
DeWeese, Amy (The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc)
Durst, Melodie (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)
Emerick, David (JPMorganChase)
Fonteno, Scott (Wells Fargo)
Fuhrman, Nicholas (Self)
Glunz, Billy (American Airlines)
Hull, Sherri (Southwest Airlines)
Hunter, Nelda (United Airlines, Inc.)
Lewis, Alec (Mastercard)
McCartt, J. (Capital One Bank)
McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Morehead, Tracy (Chime)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Pepper, Bradley (United Airlines)
Raines, Stephen (Texas Credit Union Association)
Rangel, Jason (Self)
Saenz, Luis (Chime)
Williams, Sean (Airlines for America)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Bank of America)
Wise, Allen (Self)
For:
Bridges, Paula (Self)
Womack, John (Self)
On:
Berry, Iain (Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bennett, Kyndel (Self)
Boyda, Mira (Self)
Campbell, Kevin (Self)
Campbell, Scot (Self)
Cheaney, Heather (Self)
Frisby, Chris (Self)
Gray, Anthony (Self)
Janik, Derek (Self)
McCelland, Jack (Self)
Weyand, Krys (Self)
Woodward, Nellie (Self; Vista MC)
On:
Purce, William (Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending (resource only))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Schar, Amanda (McCall, Parkhurst & Horton LLP)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
For:
Featherston, Pattie (Austin Police Retirement System)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bullock, Michael (Austin Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Reyes, Jaime (Self; Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Scott, Bob (Self)
On:
Munoz, Debbie (Texas Municipal Retirement System)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Lawrence, Kevin (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Hardway, Robin (Employees Retirement System)
For:
Moore, Virginia (Jeenny) (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sreenivasan, Rahul (Texas 2036)
On:
Fenlaw, Mark (Texas Emergency Services Retirement System)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Ashley, Phillip (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Ashley, Phillip (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Andersen, Lee (Texas A&M Forest Service)
Lamb, Caasi (Teacher retirement system)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
For:
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
On:
Buster, Jason (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chambless, Diana (Self)
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