WITNESS LIST

            Veteran Affairs & Military Installations

            August 28, 2012 8:30 AM

Charge 1: Veteran Employment

                  ON:

                                 Alcantar, Andre  Chairman (Texas Workforce Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Deabay, Shawn  Director, Veterans Employment Services (Texas Veterans Commission),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Dyer, Crystal  President & CEO, U.S. Veteran (Professional Coaching Consultants, LLC),

                                 Killeen, TX

                                 Engeman, Donna  Surviving Spouse of SM KIA Iraq  (Self; Surviving Spouses), Schertz,

                                 TX

                                 Jones, Donald  Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.) (Professional Coaching &

                                 Consultants), Killeen, TX

                                 Kamas, Susan  Executive Director (Workforce Solutions of Central Texas), Belton, TX

                                 Palladino, Col. Thomas  Executive Director (Texas Veteran Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Scott, James  Vice Chair (Texas Veterans Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Stevens, Joyce  Major General (Texas Military Forces), Austin, TX

                                 Villanueva, Alba  Lieutenant Colonel (Texas Military Forces), Austin, TX

                                 Williams, Paulette  Former President of the South Central Region of Gold Star Wives, Inc. 

                                 (Self; Gold Star Wives, Inc.), University City, TX

Providing written testimony:

                  ON:

                                 Gay, Clifford   (Self), Rosenberg, TX

Charge 3: Veteran Higher Education

                  ON:

                                 Coburn, Rufus  Director, Veterans Education Program (Texas Veterans Commission),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Palladino, Col. Thomas  Executive Director (Texas Veteran Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Ponce III, Domitilo   (Self; Student Veterans Group, Texas State University), Del Valle, TX

                                 Weaver, Don  Assistant Commissioner (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),

                                 Austin, TX

Charge 8: College Credit for Heroes

                  ON:

                                 Alcantar, Andre  Chairman (Texas Workforce Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Hunt, John  Deputy Chancellor, Texas Campuses and Distance Learning (Central Texas

                                 College District), Killeen, TX

                                 Klincar, Thomas  Chancellor (Central Texas College), Killeen, TX

Charge 8c: TCCVS

                  ON:

                                 Grief, Gary  Executive Director (Texas Lottery Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Palladino, Col. Thomas  Executive Director (Texas Veteran Commission), Austin, TX

SB 357

Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Armantrout, Mark  Dept. of the Army Civ., IMCOM HQ  (Self), Austin, TX