WITNESS LIST
Human Services Committee
March 3, 2005-8:00A
Protective Services Reform
For: Armstrong, Kellie (The Arrow Project)
Baines, Greg (Self and Harris Co.Leadership Council;
Houston Ministers Against Crime; St. James
Missionary Baptist Church)
Belt, CPA, Robert (Self)
Bentley, Suzanne (Self)
Bitter, Dr. Joseph (Self)
Bledsoe, Tammy (Self and Children)
Blue Horse-Saager, Yolanda (North Texas Family Defense
Association)
Bower, Bruce (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition)
Bowie, Karen (Self)
Criswell, Elin (Self)
Crothers, Antwone (Self)
Garcia, Elizabeth Marie (Self and Youth Advocates in
Action)
Head, Gail (Self and North Texas Defense Association)
Jackson, Pat (Self)
James, Mike (Self and Citizens Commission on Human
Rights)
Jobe, Connie (Self and Central Texas Association of
Counsel for Children)
Kitchens, Mary (Self and Evan Kent Kitchens)
LaVallo, Richard (Advocacy, Incorporated)
Mader, John (Self and Youth Advocates in Action)
Mayhall, Danna Kirk (Self and North Texas Family Defense
Association)
McKeating, John (North Texas Family Defense Association)
Moore, Jim (Self)
Perez de Colon, Mercedes (Avance, Inc. Family Support
Programs)
Philpott, Elain (Self)
Rodriguez, Gloria (Avance, Inc.)
Saenz, Jonathan (Free Market Foundation)
Sanders, Tom (Home School Legal Defense Association)
Smith, Dr. Herschel (Harris County Leadership Council)
Talley, Jennifer (Self)
Taylor, Kenny (Human Service Org.; Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Central Texas and Texas)
Terracina, Barbara (Self)
Terracina, Vince (Self)
Tod, Theresa (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Wallace, Keith (Central Texas Youth Services)
Against: Bailey, Rhoda (Self)
Beshears, Lora Lee (Self)
Fanning, Nita (Self)
Gray, Ann (Self)
Hatfield, Melissa (Self)
Johnson, Gin (Self)
Katz, Ashley (National Association of Social Workers,
Texas Chapter)
McElvain, Robin (Self)
Mills, Margaret (Self)
Ratcliff, Candy (Monica Ratcliff)
Sanders, Lisa (Self)
Sheeds, Donna (Self)
Staudt, Edna (Self)
On: Amberboy, Tina (Self and Central Texas Association of
Counsel for Children)
Anderson-Vogt, Sherald (Self and Texas State Employees
Union)
Blevins, Ted (Self)
Brady, Denise (Mental Health Association in Texas)
Carr, Jennifer (Catholic Charities)
Caughy, Dennis (Self)
Clemmer, Valerie (Self)
Coker, Joni (Self)
Denmark, Pamela (Self)
Duke, Lori (Central Texas Association of Counsel for
Children)
Funk, Jim (Self and Texas State Employees Union)
Gates, Andy (Self)
Gates, Gary (Self and Texas Center for Family Rights)
Gates, Rick (Self)
Harting, Tracy (Self and Central Texas Association of
Counsel for Children)
Haverlah, Leroy (Self and Texas State Employees Union)
Horton, Colleen (Texas Center for Disability Studies,
University of Texas)
Johnson, Maurice (HCLC; Mt. Calvary MBC)
Ledbetter, Gayle (Texas State Employees Union)
Rachofsky, Marcia (Texas Mental Health Consumers;
Counsel of Families for Children)
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurse in Advanced
Practice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bitter, Mary Ann (Self)
Bledsoe, Collins (Self and Children)
Brown, Will (AARP)
Cook, Janie (Baptist Child & Family Services)
Head, Larry (Self and North Texas Family Defense
Association)
Hickman, Joye (Self)
Levy, Gil (Big Brothers Big Sisters of Texas)
Philpott, Ricky (Self)
Prude, Cynthia (Harris County Leadership Council)
Puryear, Audrey (Texas Alliance of Child and Family
Services)
Sanchez, Joe (AARP)
Washington, Michelle (Houston Area Council; Texas Center
for Family Rights)
On: Campbell, Pam (Self and Texas State Employees Union)
Coale, Jeannie (Texas Department of Family and
Protective Services)
Fadd, Cynthia (Self)
Glaze, Laurie (Adoptation)
Haight Hefner, Joyce (Self and Family Eldercare)
James, Joyce (Department of Family and Protective
Services)
Long, Marilyn Kay (Self and Texas State Employees Union)
McDowell, Susan (Self)
Spiser, Diana (Department of Family and Protective
Services)
Taylor, Jacqueline (Self and Texas State Employees
Union)
Valenzuela, Nicolas (Self and Texas State Employees
Union)
Warren, Quiniesha (Self)