WITNESS LIST
Business & Industry Committee
March 17, 2015 - 11:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Discussion of audit on Office of Injured Employee Counsel
On:
Clark, Nancy (Texas Department of Insurance - RESOURCE)
Corna, Jessica (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)
O'Neill, Audrey (State Auditor's Office)
Wiederhold, Jennifer (State Auditor's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Franco, Andria (Office of injured employee counsel)
Linder, Kelly (State Auditor's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)
Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Smith, Casey (Self; United Ways of Texas)
Willis, Cheree (Self)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Gallardo, Maxie (Workers Defense Project)
Murillo, Eric (Lift Up El Paso Alliance)
Scharrer, Gary (Associated General Contractors of Texas)
On:
Vajgert, Dana (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguilar, Leonard (Self)
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)
Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)
Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Donmoyer, Adam (Self)
Donmoyer, Krisdee (Self; Texas Breastfeeding Coalition; Central Texas Breastfeeding
Coalition)
Jones, Janet (Self; Central Texas Breastfeeding Coalition)
Waggett, Gordon (Self)
Waggett, Rega' (Self)
Wilson-Clay, Barbara (Self; Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies of Central Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)
Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)
Gallardo, Maxie (Workers DefensecProject)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)
Lucas, Shannon (Self; March of Dimes)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Smith, Anna (Self)
Smith, Casey (Self; United Ways of Texas)
For:
Kazen, Melissa (Communities in schools of san antonio)
On:
Shaddix, Julian (Self; Texas Association of Secondary School Principals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)
Carlberg, Mareth (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Chimene, Grace (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Clemmer, Nancy (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Friese, Jan (Texas counseling association)
Garcia, Jorge (Self)
Green, Krystal (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Hart, DeAnne (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Hughes, Lisa (AT&T)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Jarratt, Judy (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Mendoza, Dani (Self)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Newsham, Tarah (Self)
Pais iii, Jacob (Self; Tca)
Poe, Janet M (Self)
Proctor, Carrie (Self; Texas counseling association)
Sartor, Teri Ann (Self)
Scott, Glenn (Self)
Solmonson, LeAnn (Self)
Staggs, Kathryn (Self)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
White, Betty (Self; Texas Counseling Association, Texas School Counseling Association,
Public Education Employees, Texas Licensed Professional Counselors)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Williamson, Debra E. (Self)
Against:
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Spilman, Annie (National Association of Independent Business/TX)
Williams, Kathy (Texas association of Staffing)
For:
Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)
Kuttesch, Sarah (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Texas State Employees Union)
Smith, Anna (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wilson-Clay, Barbara (Self; Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies of Central Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)
Davé, Neesha (Self)
Donmoyer, Adam (Self)
Donmoyer, Krisdee (Self; Texas Breastfeeding Coalition; Central Texas Breastfeeding
Coalition)
Gallardo, Maxie (Workers DefensecProject)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Jones, Janet (Self; Central Texas Breastfeeding Coalition)
Kuhlmann, Kate (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)
Lucas, Shannon (Self; March of Dimes)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Scott, Glenn (Self)
Smith, Casey (Self; United Ways of Texas)
Waggett, Gordon (Self)
On:
Sajak, Tammy (Texas department of state health services)
Sajak, Tammy (Texas department of state health services)
For:
Hardy, Ashlee (Self; Concerns of Police Survivors)
Story, Danielle (Self; Concerns of Police Survivors)
On:
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Hatch, Brent (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers' Union)
Hurst, Amanda (Self; Surviving Spouses of LE)
Kincaid, Nancy (Self; Concerns of Police Survivors)
Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Williams, Deanna (Self; Concerns Of Police Survivors)
Against:
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
On:
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance- RESOURCE)
For:
Bryson, Freda (Self; Aauw@texas state univ)
On:
Covington, Vickie (Texas Workforce Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Prud'homme, Tommy (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Finley, Erin (Self; Mr. Gatti's)
Hagedorn, Stephen (Jani-King Int'l)
Hanscom, Jeff (International Franchise Association)
Perry, Scott (Sport Clips, Inc.)
Against:
Johnson, Aaron (Self; Equal Justice Center)
On:
Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Besserman, Kenneth (Texas restaurant Association)
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel @ Lodging Association)
Hopper, Drew (Self)
Jatzlau, Jamie (Self; Keller Williams Realty, Inc. - franchisor)
Johnson, Scot (Self)
Murphy, Don (Home Instead Senior Care)
Romo, Jesus (Self; MR Gattis)
Sanchez, George (Self)
Spilman, Annie (National Association of Independent Business/TX)
Williams, Charles (Self)
Against:
Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)
Scott, Glenn (Self)
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