WITNESS LIST
Appropriations Committee
October 6, 2021 - 10:00 AM
For:
Burkey, Darby (Self; Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce)
Chick, Craig (Self)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Hryhorchuk, John (Texas 2036)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
McMichael, Chara (BCFS Health & Human Services - Human Trafficking Interdiction
Division)
Perez Jr, Rodolfo (Self; Travis County Adult Probation)
Salisbury, Nancy (Self)
Woodard, Shayne (Texas 9-1-1 Alliance)
Against:
Alejandro, Irina (Self; Community Justice Action Fund)
Dominick, Amite (Self; Texas Prisons Community Advocates)
Graham, Ann S (Texans for the Arts)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star sierra club)
Stallone, Donna (Self)
Weisman, Craig (Self)
Wheaton, David (Self; Texas Housers)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Anderson, Jarvis (Texas Probation Association (TPA))
Anderson, Priscilla (Self; Calab Inc)
Barron, Connie (Self; HCA)
Batton, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))
Berry, Traci (Excel Center Adult High School)
Bishop, Ann (Texas Public Emplyees Association)
Boyd, Erika (Texas Travel Alliance)
Burkhart, Geoff (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Burns, Sonja (Self)
Bursey, Molly (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Carriker, Terri (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
Cook, Damian (K9s For Warriors)
Daniel, Bryan (Texas Workforce Commission)
Davis, Khrystal K (Self; Texas Rare Alliance)
Dekowski, Donovan (Self; Regency Integrated Health Services)
DeLuna Castro, Eva (Every Texan)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Farmer, Drue (Self; Lubbock Star Care)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; U S Green Building Council Texas Chapter)
Friedrichs, Andrew (Office of the Governor; Trusteed Programs)
Fuller, Amanda (Self; National Wildlife Federation)
Garnett, Susan (MHMR of Tarrant County)
Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hammon, Rachel (Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Hurtado, Rene (Emergence Health Network)
Hymel, Ray (Self; TPEA (Texas Publuc Employees Association))
Kelly, Susan (Self)
Kerwood, PhD, Scott (Williamson County ESD #3)
Kidd, Nim (Texas division of emergency management)
Kirkle, Sarah (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health & TACHC)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability Rights Texas)
Lawson, Beth (Starcare specialty health care)
Lindberg, Linsey (Self; Texas Live Events Coalition)
Mehta, Hannah (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)
Murphree, Susan (Disability Rights Texas)
Naranjo, Mary (Self; A Piney Woods Home Health)
Oberhoff, Butch (Self; Texas EMS Alliance)
Ormsby, Jeff (AFSCME Texas Corrections)
Patrick, Arnold (Self; Dallas County Community Supervision and Corrections Department)
Peterson, Bronz (Self; Fumdamental Administrative Services and The Independent Coalition of
Nursing Home Providers)
Ramon, Maria Elena (Office of Court Administrative)
Reeves, Christine (Self; TETAF; Central TX RAC; Heart of TX RAC)
Rodriguez, Eduardo (Legislative Budget Board)
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
Smith, Carole (Private providers association of texas)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Sutton, Courtney (D&S Community Services)
Switzer, Gyl (Texas gun sense)
Tilton, Carmen (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Torres, Michael (GWM)
Trigg, Adrienne (Self; TexMEP Texas Medical Equipment Providers)
Tucker, Jennifer (Goodwill Central Texas)
Warren, Kevin (Texas Health Care Association)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
Woods, Tanisha (Afscme Texas Correctional Employees Council 907)
Zolnierek, Cindy (Self; Texas nurses association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atlas Kravitz, Laura (Texas State Teachers Association)
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Dickinson, Jennifer Alvarez (Self)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Fuller, Mitch (Self; Department of Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) aka Texas VFW)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Holley-Hurt, Carrie (Self)
Howard, Jo (Self; Fort Bend Forum)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
List, Amanda (Schulman, Lopez, Hoffer & Adelstein)
Melendrez, Eli (Texas AFT)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (Self; National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Pickren, Julie (Self)
Reynolds, Rebecca (Self; Music Venue Alliance)
Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Against:
Cranston, Catherine (Self; Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas (PACT))
Cranston, Ron (Self; Adapt of texas and self)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Kafka, Bob (Self; ADAPT of Texas)
Robinson, Karon (Self)
Wilbanks, Chad (The TX Rytes Company)
On:
Ashley, Phillip (Comptroller)
Bordas, Mark (Family Hospital Systems)
Bray, Tim (Health and Human Services Commission)
Cole, Kirk (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Crawford, Amanda (Department of Information Resources)
Currah, Tom (Comptroller)
Daniel, Katrina (TRS)
Dillon, Amanda (Health and Human Services Commission)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Gonzales, Larry (Kalahari Resorts and Conventions)
Guthrie, Brian (TRS)
Hoffman, John (Dir)
Lakey, David (U T System)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Love, Jarod (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR Health))
McGinty, Jerry (Legislative Budget Board)
Olson, Jamie (Feeding Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Richardson, Dale (Dept of information resources)
Serna, Ed (Texas Workforce Commission)
Sheppard, Donna (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Stevens, Christa (Autism Speaks)
Stoute Faniola, Mitzi (Texas Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs)
Sullivan, Brian (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Tamayo, Elisa (Self; Emergence Health Network)
Townsend, Randy (Texas Workforce Commission)
Whitfield, Hilary (Self)
Wolff, Benjamin (Office of Capital and Forensic Writs)
Wood, Robert (Comptroller)
Wood, Trey (Health and Human Services Commission)
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