WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
April 12, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Milliron, Mark (Self; Texas Student Success Council)
On:
Davis, Van (Self)
Keller, Harrison (UT Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, BASF Corporation, and Huntsman Corporation)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Gardner, David (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
On:
Puls, Charles (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, BASF Corporation, and Huntsman Corporation)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Reddy, Indra (Texas A&M Rangel Colege of Pharmacy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hudman, Justin (Texas Pharmacy Association)
On:
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
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For:
Martinez, Francisco (Self)
Villarreal, Michael (Self)
On:
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas/Communities Foundation of Texas)
Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benbow, Michael (Self)
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Keller, Victoria (Self)
Le, Jaclyn (Self; Educate Texas)
Scherbele, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Thompson, Kelsey (Self)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
Trinh, Thomas (Self)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Booker, Jerel (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Fraire, Jacob (Texas Student Success Council / Educate Texas)
On:
Reynard, Betty (Lamar State College Port Arthur)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, BASF Corporation, and Huntsman Corporation)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)
On:
Demerson, Aaron (Texas Workforce Commission)
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)
Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and Texas Council of
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For:
Chapters of the Military Officers Association of America)
McKinny, John (Self; American Legion Department of Texas,)
Price, Steven (Self; Thhe voices of our veterans and texas dem vets)
On:
Blazer, PhD, Lisa (UT System and UTSA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Ivie, Walter (Self; American Legion Department of Texas)
Keller, Victoria (Self)
Spahr, John (Self; Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)
Walden, David (Self; Vfw)
On:
Bryant, Charles (Texas Veterans Commisssion)
Cline, Michael (Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, Rice University)
Eklund, Julie (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Montemayor, Cruz (Texas Veterans Commission, Resource Witness)
For:
Smith, Sierra (Self)
On:
Mercer, Wanda (The University of Texas System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benbow, Michael (Self)
Garcia, Davis (Self)
Hernandez, Steven (Self)
Krouse, Sam (Self)
For:
Hellyer, Dr. Brenda (Texas Association of Community Colleges)
On:
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas/Communities Foundation of Texas)
Keller, Harrison (UT Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benbow, Michael (Self)
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Le, Jaclyn (Self; Educate Texas)
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For:
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Against:
Castillo, Salvador (Self; Cameron County)
Ivie, Walter (Self; American Legion Department of Texas)
Price, Steven (Self; The V.O.I.C.E.S. of Our Veterans & The Texas Democratic Veterans)
Ruiz, Gus (Self; Cameron County)
Torres, Ann Marie (Self; VFW Post 2375)
On:
Blazer, PhD, Lisa (UT System and UTSA)
Cline, Michael (Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, Rice University)
Darwin, Jim (Self)
Pettibon, Joseph (Texas A&M University System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benbow, Michael (Self)
Harris, Marvin (National Guard Association of Texas)
Spahr, John (Self; Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)
Against:
Benbow, Michael (Self)
Christian, MaryAnn (Self; Survivor Outreach Services)
Dean, Lori (Self)
Gibson, Cynthia (Self; Gold Star Wives, Lone Star Chapter)
Hallford, Currie (Self; CWA/Texas Political and Legislative Committee)
Hallford, Currie (Self; CWA/Texas Political and Legislative Committee)
Heritage-Saenz, Christy (Self; Gold Star Wives, Lone Star Chapter)
Lewis, Elizabeth (Self; Gold Star Wives of America)
McKinny, John (Self; American Legion Department of Texas)
Peavler, E. jason (Self; Cwa6132)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Spyarks, Frank e (Self; Amvets State Dept)
Stokes, Della (Self; Gold Star Wives of America, Lone Star Chapter)
Stokes, James (Gold stars family)
Thomas, Curtis (Self; Amvets Department of Texas)
Walden, David (Self; Vfw)
Ward, Sabine (Self; Gold Star Wives Lone Star Chapter)
On:
Bryant, Charles (Texas Veterans Commisssion)
Chaney, Colonel Greg (Texas Military Department)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and Texas Council of
Chapters of the Military Officers Association of America)
Eklund, Julie (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Montemayor, Cruz (Texas Veterans Commission, Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Gardner, David (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
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