WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
April 15, 2021 - 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
On:
Cormier, Emily (Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Owens, Greg (Legislative Budget Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brophey, Patrick (North Texas Commission)
Gutierrez, Martin (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Lynch, William (Coalition of East Tarrant Chambers of Commerce)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chambr)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Zavala, Gilbert (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
For:
Brophey, Patrick (North Texas Commission)
Villarreal, Massey (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Wallace, Brent (TACC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Gutierrez, Martin (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Henning, Lori (TX Association of Goodwills)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Landin, Taylor (Metro 8)
Landin, Taylor (Greater Houston Partnership)
Lynch, William (Coalition of East Tarrant Chambers of Commerce)
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For:
McCord, John (NFIB)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pitts, Jr, John (Western Governors University - Texas)
Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chambr)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Walters, Chris (Texas 2036)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
Williams, Todd (Commit Partnership)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Zavala, Gilbert (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
On:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Vaughn, Greg (Texas Association of Workforce Boards)
For:
Fraire, Jacob (Texas Association of Community Colleges)
Glaser, Robert (Chair elect Community College Association of Texas Trustees)
Williams, Todd (Commit Partnership)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Garcia, Sarah (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Mitchell, Suzanne (Self)
Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chambr)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Zavala, Gilbert (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
On:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
On:
Keller, Harrison (Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brophey, Patrick (North Texas Commission)
On:
Zrubek, Terry (Office of the Governor)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ward, Jayla (Texas Home School Coalition Association)
On:
Adams, Karen (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Rodriguez, JesusRoberto (Texas Southmost Texas)
On:
Rejino, David (The Texas A&M University System)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bunker-Henderson, Nichole (Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
For:
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Valdez, Erin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Womack, Daniel (Dow, Inc.)
Zavala, Gilbert (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
On:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
For:
Walters, Chris (Texas 2036)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brophey, Patrick (North Texas Commission)
Gaines, Charles (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Latham Sikes, Chloe (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Williams, Todd (Commit Partnership)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Zavala, Gilbert (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
On:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
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