WITNESS LIST
S/C on Higher Education
April 10, 2007 - 07:00 AM
SB  85
 
FOR:
 
Fields, Jess Alan    (Texas A&M University Student Body),  College Station, TX
 
Hall, Zack  Co-Director of Legislative Relations  (University of Texas Student Government),  Frisco, TX
 
Richey, Christopher  Vice Chairman of Legislative Affairs  (Young Conservatives of Texas),  Slaton, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Haley, Brian  Former Student Regent UT System, former UT Austin SG Pres.  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Benhalim, Basheer  Student Body President  (The University of Texas at Dallas),  Dallas, TX
 
Morris, Kyle  Student Body President  (Student Body, Texas State University),  San Marcos, TX
 
Paredes, Raymund  Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Powers, Bill  President  (University of Texas at Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Rugoff, Danielle  Student Body President, UT Austin  (Student Body, UT Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Solomon, Andrew  Student Body President - Elect  (University of Texas at Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Connole, Michele  Senior Vice Chairman  (Young Conservatives of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Fajardo, Erick  UT student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Gonzales-Garza, Rita  LULAC District Director, District 7  (LULAC District 7),  Round Rock, TX
 
Powell, Preston  Co-director, Legislative Relations Agency  (University of Texas Student Government),  Austin, TX
 
Tran, Ken  UT Student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Yanez-Correa, Ana  President  (Self; LULAC Legislative Council 4788),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Ceniceros, Marcus  Student Body Vice President - UT Austin  (Student Government),  El Paso, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Rowland, Brian  Economic Development Chair  (Texas NAACP),  Austin, TX
SB  96
 
AGAINST:
 
Patterson, Clark  Ex Student (UT Austin)  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Paredes, Raymund  Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Bledsoe, Gary  President  (Texas NAACP),  Austin, TX
 
Hall, Zack  Co-Director of Legislative Relations  (University of Texas Student Government),  Frisco, TX
SB  100
 
AGAINST:
 
Morris, Kyle  Student Body President  (Student Body, Texas State University),  San Marcos, TX
 
ON:
 
Daniel, David  President  (UT Dallas),  Richardson, TX
 
Hegarty, Kevin  Vice President & Chief Financial Officer  (University of Texas at Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Malandra, Geri  Interim Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs  (UT System),  Austin, TX
 
Paredes, Raymund  Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Wallace, Randy  Comptroller  (UT System),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Wyly, Joseph  student  (Young Conservatives of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Kelman, Marsha  Asst. Vice Chancellor  (UT System),  Austin, TX
SB  101
 
FOR:
 
Westerman, Ashley  Chair - Recruitment and Retention Committee  (Senate of College Councils - The University of Texas),  Sugar Land, TX
 
ON:
 
Carter, Narietha  Community Relations Coordinator  (Self),  Bryan, TX
 
Paredes, Raymund  Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Powers, Jr., William  President  (University of Texas at Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Reinarz, Alice  Assistant Provost for Enrollment  (Texas A&M University),  College Station, TX
 
Weedew, L. Darnell  Associate Dean & Professor, Texas Southern University  (Resource Information),  Houston, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Goulding, Tarah  Student  (Self; Senate of College Councils, Young Conservatives of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Long, Reid  Policy Director  (Senate of College Councils at the University of Texas at Austin),  Sulpher Springs, TX
 
Myers, Stephen  Chairman  (University of Texas Senate of College Councils),  Texas City, TX
 
Oden IV, Edward Clay  UT - At-large member  (UT Senate of College Councils),  Austin, TX
 
Pathak, Priyanka  Student/UT Senate Memeber  (UT Senate of College Councils),  Austin, TX
 
Wyly, Joseph  Student  (Young Conservatives of Texas)
 
On:
 
Lavergne, Gary  Program Manager, Admissions Research  (UT Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Walker, Bruce  Vice Provost - Director of Admissions  (UT Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
Figueroa, Luis  Legislative Staff Attorney  (Mexican Legal Defense & Educational Fund),  San Antonio, TX
SB  128
 
FOR:
 
Anthony, David  Superintendent  (Texas School Alliance),  Houston, TX
 
Bledsoe, Gary  President  (Texas NAACP),  Austin, TX
 
Cedillo, Gus  President, TACHE  (Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education),  Haslet, TX
 
Garcia, Gabriel  Principal  (Carrizo Springs ISD),  Carrizo Springs, TX
 
Hobdy, Willie  Pres. Texas Publishers Association - Managing Partner  (Black Press),  Greenville, TX
 
Patterson, Clark  Ex UT Austin Student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Perez, Leocadio  Carrizo Springs School Board Member  (Carriso Springs ISD),  Carrizo Springs, TX
 
Wright, Howell  Superintendent  (Rosebud Lott ISD),  Rosebud, TX
 
ON:
 
Figueroa, Luis  Legislative Staff Attorney  (Mexican Legal Defense & Educational Fund),  San Antonio, TX
 
Murdock, Steve  State Demographer  (Institute for Demographic & Socioeconomic Research),  San Antonio, TX
 
Paredes, Raymund  Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Weedew, L. Darnell  Associate Dean & Professor, Texas Southern University  (Resource Information),  Houston, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Fajardo, Erick  UT Student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Gonzales-Garza, Rita  LULAC District Director, District 7  (LULAC District 7),  Round Rock, TX
 
Olguin, Javier  VP for TACHE  (Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education),  Austin, TX
 
Rowlund, Brian  Economic Development Chair  (Texas NAACP),  Austin, TX
 
Tran, Ken  UT Student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Yanez-Correa, Ana  President  (Self; LULAC Legislative Council 4786),  Austin, TX
SB  578
 
ON:
 
Paredes, Raymund  Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Bledsoe, Gary  President  (Texas NAACP),  Austin, TX
 
Fajardo, Erick  UT student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Yanez-Correa, Ana  President  (LULAC Legislative Council 4788),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Hollis, Lois  Assistant Commissioner for Student Services  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Wood, Robert  Director, Local Government Assistance  (Comptroller of Public Affairs),  Austin, TX
SB  579
 
ON:
 
Paredes, Raymund  Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Bledsoe, Gary  President  (Texas NAACP),  Austin, TX
 
Fajardo, Erick  UT student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Wood, Robert  Director, Local Government Assistance  (Comptroller of Public Affairs),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Rowland, Brian  Economic Development Chair  (Texas NAACP),  Austin, TX
SB  1146
 
ON:
 
Paredes, Raymund  Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Brown, Susan  Asst. Commisioner of Planning & Accountability  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
SB  1569
 
AGAINST:
 
Figueroa, Luis  Legislative Staff Attorney  (Mexican Legal Defense & Educational Fund),  San Antonio, TX
 
ON:
 
Paredes, Raymund  Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
 
Fajardo, Erick  UT Student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Tran, Ken  UT Student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Yanez-Correa, Ana  President  (Self; LULAC Legislative Council 4786),  Austin, TX
SB  1570
 
AGAINST:
 
Figueroa, Luis  Legislative Staff Attorney  (Mexican Legal Defense & Educational Fund),  San Antonio, TX
 
ON:
 
Paredes, Raymund  Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),  Austin, TX
 
Weedew, L. Darnell  Associate Dean & Professor, Texas Southern University  (Resource Information),  Houston, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
 
Fajardo, Erick  UT Student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Tran, Ken  UT Student  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Yanez-Correa, Ana  President  (Self; LULAC Legislative Council 4786),  Austin, TX