WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
April 10, 2023 - 10:00 AM
For:
Cruz, Naomi (Self; Young Invincibles)
Saxton, Josette (Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams Hernandez, Theo (Self)
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bates, Georgia (Self; Texas Southern University, Houston Community College)
Bissex, Ramsey (Self)
Calkins, Carter (Self)
Caraway, Ethan (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Charrie, Miguel (Self)
Clausen, Liz (Self)
Destefano, Christina (Self)
Edwards, Cody (Self)
Figueroa, Tez (Self)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Harper, Cole (Self)
Hatcher, Daniel (Self)
Heroux, Emily (Self)
Hogan, Carter (Self)
M., Samuel (Self)
Ma, Nicole (Self; Woori juntis)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self; EQTX Equality Texas)
Meis, Nova (Self)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori juntos)
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism society of texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
S, Rox (Self)
Soto, Charles (Self)
Spence, Nelson (Self)
Steele, Montana (Self)
Strub, Matthew (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
Urieta, Leticia (Self)
Urieta, Ramiro (Self)
1
WITNESS LIST
For:
V., Paul (Self)
Violet, Benjamin (Self)
Walsh, Brendan (Self)
Waters, Hally (Self)
Wu, Steven (Self; Woori Juntos)
For:
Barrera, Jorge (Eagle Pass Independent School District, Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce and
Eagle Pass/Maverick County Economic Development Alliance)
English Cantu, Ramsey (Maverick County)
Mijares, Samuel (Eagle Pass ISD)
Salinas, Rolando (Self; City of eagle pass)
Against:
Faseler Schell, Randa (Self; Southwest Texas Junior College)
Gonzales, Hector (Self; Southwest Texas Junior College)
Haynes, Landon (Self)
Haynes, Xaviera (Southwest Texas Junior College)
Moreno, Joe (Self)
Watkins, Harry (Self; Southwest Texas Junior College)
On:
Hernandez, Carlos (Sul Ross State University)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Bates, Georgia (City of Uvalde)
Herndon, Bonny (Self; Employee of Southwest Texas Junior College)
For:
Gardner, William (Self; State Firefighters’ & Fire Marshals’ Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Destefano, Christina (Self)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Society of CPAs)
On:
Treacy, William “Bill” (Texas State Board of Public Accountancy)
2
WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Byerly, Sloan (Cohn Reznick)
Hill, Jerry (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Destefano, Christina (Self)
Dow, Jim (Amazon)
Esparza, Servando (TechNet)
Garcia, Matthew (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Gonzales, Larry (Dell Technologies)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Love, Jarod (The College Board)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Russell, Matthew (Texas Computer Education Association)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Sims, Taylor (Project Lead the Way)
Spratt, Molly (CS4TX)
Zavala, Gilbert (Opportunity Austin)
For:
Etri, Christina (ScholarShot)
Valdez, Erin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill cwntral Texas)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Matthews, Stephanie (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Soto, Renzo (Texas 2036)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Zavala, Gilbert (Opportunity Austin)
3
WITNESS LIST
On:
Troutman, David (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Monge, Maria (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Public Health Coalition, Texas
Pediatric Society)
Puente, Alec (American Heart Association/American Stroke Association)
On:
Cofer, Jennifer (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gagen, Charlie (American Lung Association)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
For:
Zaragoza, Danielle (Educate Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calahan, Rebekah (Philanthropy Advocates)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Garcia, Matthew (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Martinez, Ray (Texas Association of Community Colleges)
Matthews, Stephanie (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Puente, Jaime (Self; Every Texan)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Soto, Renzo (Texas 2036)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Zavala, Gilbert (Opportunity Austin)
On:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Mayer, Elizabeth (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Simmons, Kara (Texas Home School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ma, Nicole (Self; Woori juntis)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori juntos)
4
WITNESS LIST
For:
Scott, Anita (Texas Home School Coalition)
Wu, Steven (Self; Woori Juntos)
Against:
Puente, Jaime (Self; Every Texan)
For:
Hoover, JoLisa (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Shari (Charles Butt Foundation)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Calahan, Rebekah (Philanthropy Advocates)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Destefano, Christina (Self)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
McPeters, Pamela (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Puente, Jaime (Self; Every Texan)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Warren, Joanna (Educate Texas)
Zavala, Gilbert (Opportunity Austin)
For:
Cancino Sandoval, Angelica (Self)
On:
Biediger-Friedman, Lesli (Texas State University)
Kemp, Dustin (Texas A&M University)
Williams, Ronesia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bates, Georgia (Self; Texas Southern University, Houston Community College)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill cwntral Texas)
Destefano, Christina (Self)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
5
WITNESS LIST
For:
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan)
Ma, Nicole (Self; Woori juntis)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori juntos)
Orozco, Caroline (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Soto, Renzo (Texas 2036)
Wu, Steven (Self; Woori Juntos)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Crawford, Aisha (Health and Human Services Commission)
Ortega, Andrea (UT Austin)
For:
Dinscore, Jason (CMC Steel, TXFAME Lonestar Chapter, Seguin/New Braunfels area
manufacturers)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Harris, Dana (Samsung Austin Semiconductor)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Valdez, Erin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
On:
Johnson, Thomas (Lamar State College Orange)
Reeser, Mike (Texas State Technical College System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boggs, Michele (New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce)
Brown, Jay (Valero Energy Corporation)
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food and Fuel Association)
Coker, Alyssa (New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce)
DeWitt, Cathy (Bombardier)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas construction association)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Garcia, Matthew (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Hutchinson, Scott (Entergy Texas)
Khataw, Ali (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Landwehr, Martha (BASF Corporation)
Matthews, Stephanie (Texas Association of Business)
Meade, Alexandra (New Braunfels Economic Development Foundation)
Messer, Judd (Advanced Power Alliance)
Moore, Dana (Texas Trucking Association)
6
WITNESS LIST
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Shannon, Fred (Gerdau Ameristeel)
Soto, Renzo (Texas 2036)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Vaughn, Greg (Texas Association of Workforce Boards)
Yarnell, William (Texas Lumberman Association)
Zavala, Gilbert (Opportunity Austin)
On:
Wooten, Chad (Texas State Technical College)
7