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WITNESS LIST
SB  553
Senate Committee Report
Health & Human Services
April  30, 2009 - 9:00 AM
 
FOR:
 
 
Breeding, John  Psychologist (also providing written testimony)  (Self and Texans for Safe Education),  Austin, TX
 
 
Sherry, Duane  Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
 
Spiller, Lee  Director of Investigations  (Citizens Commission on Human Rights),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
 
Elting, Kimberley  Vice President & General Counsel Neuromodulation  (St. Jude Medical),  Plano, TX
 
 
Enloe, David  President & Chief Executive Officer  (Introgen Therapeutics, Inc./Vivante GMP, Inc.),  Houston, TX
 
 
Gannaway, Dale  Vice President, Business Development & Investor Relations  (Emergent Technologies, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
 
Kowalski, Tom  President  (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute),  Austin, TX
 
 
Margrave, David  Vice President, Administration & General Counsel  (BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc.),  San Antonio, TX
 
 
McClellan, Brette  Director, Government Relations  (Alcon Labs, Inc.),  Fort Worth, TX
 
 
Tremble, Thomas  Associate Vice President  (Advanced Medical Technology Association),  Washington, DC
 
 
Tuffin, Nancy  Director of Healthcare Policy  (Healthpoint, Ltd.),  Fort Worth, TX
 
ON:
 
 
Morris, Susan  Vice President  (Kinetic Concepts, Inc.),  San Antonio, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
 
Ballard, Lyndelle  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Blanchard, Dean  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Buirski, Clive  (Self),  Round Rock, TX
 
 
Carlin, Gary  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Cates, Maryann  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Cochran, Jackie  (Self),  Pflugerville, TX
 
 
Conrad, John  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Crain, Renvie  (Self),  Coupland, TX
 
 
Croman, Stephanie  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Crosley, Krisha  Bookkeeper  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
DeWitt, Lauren  Medical Director  (Citizens Commission on Human Rights),  Austin, TX
 
 
Duchesne, Atalia  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Duchesne, Loic  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Elias, Antonio  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Ellzey, Gareth  Realtor  (Citizens Commission on Human Rights),  Austin, TX
 
 
Fischer, Jeffrey  Realtor  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Gay, Clifford  Programmatic Recovery Specialist  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  Education Liaison  (Texas Eagle Forum),  Weatherford, TX
 
 
Gow, Brett  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Jackson, Kathryn  Manager  (Self),  Pflugerville, TX
 
 
Jackson, Ula  (Self),  Pflugerville, TX
 
 
Kappel, Katy  Capitol Area Representative  (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature),  Austin, TX
 
 
Lambert, Tim  President  (Texas Home School Coalition),  Lubbock, TX
 
 
LeFebvre, Jean  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Marth, Christina  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
McMurrough, Daniel  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Neikirk, Eva  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Noe, Carol  (Self),  Round Rock, TX
 
 
Noe, Ron  (Self),  Round Rock, TX
 
 
Paddock, Anna  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Paquette, Elizabeth  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Patterson, Sheila  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Potter, Linda  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Powell, Judy  Communications Director  (Parent Guidance Center),  Austin, TX
 
 
Schoenfield, John  Architect  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Scouras, Deborah  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Smith, Claudia  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Smith, Tom  Director  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Spencer, Steve  Consultant  (Self),  Dripping Springs, TX
 
 
Springer, Tracy  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Still, Sasha  (Texas Health Freedom Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
 
Tafoya, Marcelo  Director  (LULAC National & LULAC District 12/League of Latin American Citizens),  Austin, TX
 
 
Wright, Dorothy  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
 
Barton, Yvonne  Regional Director  (Abbott Laboratories),  Austin, TX
 
 
Bellsnyder, Luke  Executive Director  (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
 
Bilby, Curt  President & Chief Executive Officer  (Terapio Corp.),  Austin, TX
 
 
Cole, George  President-Elect  (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association),  Dallas, TX
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy  Vice President  (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
 
Evans, Richard  (Medtronic),  Austin, TX
 
 
Hargraves, Jo Anne  Contract Lobbyist  (Schering-Plough),  Austin, TX
 
 
Hill, Holli  Associate Director  (Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceuticals),  Austin, TX
 
 
Hutto, Kathy  Governmental Affairs Consultant  (Astra Zeneca),  Austin, TX
 
 
Paylor, Ryan  (Texas Conservative Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
 
Saylak, Daniel  Osteopathic Physician  (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association),  Bryan, TX
 
 
Stoll, Elizabeth  Senior Manager, Government Affairs  (Baxter Healthcare),  Atlanta, GA
 
 
Waldrop, Rebecca  Senior Manager, Government Affairs  (Sanofi Aventis),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
 
Tannert, Karen  Chief Pharmacist  (Texas Department of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
 
Pruett, Mark  Operations Director  (Medical Accountability Network),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
 
Pearce, Amber  (Michael Shearn),  Austin, TX
 
 
Wakefield, Kakhi  (Genetech, Inc.),  Austin, TX