WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
April 17, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bates, Georgia (City of Uvalde)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Cruz, Naomi (Self; Young Invincibles)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Hoppe, Christina (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kiser, Mary Beth (Texas Psychological Association)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Attal, Baraah (Self)
Cruz, Naomi (Self; Young Invincibles)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill Central Texas)
Cohen, Hayden (Self; Young Invincibles)
Feinstein, Jonathan (The Education Trust)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Krogman, Travis (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Parma, Rebecca (Texas Right to Life)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Zavala, Gilbert (Opportunity Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill Central Texas)
Cruz, Naomi (Self; Young Invincibles)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)
On:
Ortiz, Hector (DFPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kralj, Nicole (The Association of American Publishers)
Matthews, Stephanie (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Shannon, Fred (Cengage)
Sheppard, Jimmy (Cengage)
For:
Cohen, Hayden (Self; Young Invincibles)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atlas Kravitz, Laura (TXWF (Texas Women’s Foundation))
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Biundo, Jennifer (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill Central Texas)
Cruz, Naomi (Self; Young Invincibles)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Witt, Emily (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators & Texas Association of
Community Schools)
Calahan, Rebekah (Philanthropy Advocates)
Cruz, Naomi (Self; Young Invincibles)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Krogman, Travis (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Zavala, Gilbert (Opportunity Austin)
On:
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Biggerstaff, Chelsea (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Cohen, Hayden (Self; Young Invincibles)
Cruz, Naomi (Self; Young Invincibles)
LaCombe, Parker (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Ott, Angela (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Emory, Cathryn (Self)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
For:
Meyer, Kristine (Self)
On:
Robles, Joel (Joint Admission Medical Program)
For:
Parker, Sandra (Self; Texas Holocaust Genocide Antisemitism Advisory Commission)
Against:
Abdullah, Haseeb (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Vane, Mark (Self)
For:
Abdullah, Haseeb (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
On:
Wasielewski, Miguel (The University of Texas at Austin)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Krogman, Travis (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Matthews, Stephanie (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Soto, Renzo (Texas 2036)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Zavala, Gilbert (Opportunity Austin)
On:
Bunker Henderson, Nichole (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
On:
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Mitchell, Vickie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill Central Texas)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
For:
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Villarreal, Augustin (Self)
On:
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill Central Texas)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
On:
Contero-Puls, Charles (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
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