WITNESS LIST
Health & Human Services
April 21, 2016 9:00 AM
Interim Charge #8: Refugee Resettlement Program
ON:
Harpole, Paul Mayor (also providing written testimony) (City of Amarillo), Amarillo, TX
Heckert, David E. (Self), TX
Hellerstedt, John Commissioner (also providing written testimony) (Department of State
Health Services), Austin, TX
Koons, Nancy Executive Director (Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle), Amarillo,
TX
Lane, Patty Director (also providing written testimony) (Texas Baptists), Dallas, TX
Quinn, Jo Kathryn Executive Director (also providing written testimony) (Caritas of
Austin), Austin, TX
Randall, Patrick Refugee Program Manager (Health and Human Services Commission),
Austin, TX
Reynolds, Heather CEO (also providing written testimony) (Catholic Charities Diocese of
Fort Worth), Fort Worth, TX
Rippenkroeger, Aaron CEO (also providing written testimony) (Refugee Services of
Texas), Austin, TX
Specia, John Commissioner (also providing written testimony) (Department of Family and
Protective Services), Austin, TX
Young, Cecile State Refugee Coordinator (also providing written testimony) (Health and
Human Services Commission), Austin, TX
Providing written testimony:
ON:
Abella Leonares, Gwen Danielle (Self), Austin, TX
Whitehurst, Darren VP-Advocacy (Texas Medical Association), Austin, TX
Update from Inspector General
ON:
Bowen, Jr., Stuart W. Inspector General (also providing written testimony) (Office of the
Inspector General, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), Austin, TX
Cardenas, MD, Carlos J. Chairman- Board of Managers (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance),
Edinburg, TX