WITNESS LIST
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Committee
April 5, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Bode, Trish (Self; Leander ISD trustee)
Marchman, Suzanne (Self; Huckabee)
Ray, Alfred (Self; Stephens Inc)
Smith, Greg (Fast Growth School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Fortune, Andrew (City of Plano)
Hale, Angela (City of mcKinney)
Hale, Angela (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kuhlmann, Kate (Arlington Independent School District)
Luke, Charles (Self; Coalition for Education Funding)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
Martinez, Louann (Texas Urban Council of Superintendents)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugar Land)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
For:
Clark, Doug (Self; Texas Consumer Finance Association)
Meza, Linda (Self; Texas Consumer Finance Association)
Parra, Jr, Jaime (Self; Texas Consumer Finance Association)
Against:
Andrews, Jenny (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Gordley, Briana (Texas Appleseed)
Obanion, Stephanie (United way of central texas)
On:
Pettijohn, Leslie (Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Buddin, Adrienne (Self; Texas Consumer Finance Association)
Howden, Robert (Texas Consumer Finance Association)
Hudgins, James (Self; Texas Consumer Finance Association)
Moore, William (Self; Texas Consumer Finance Assoc)
Against:
Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)
Moore, Lydia (Self; Central texas interfaith)
Morstad, Tim (AARP)
Reyes, Jommar (Central Texas Interfaith)
For:
Antoni, E. J. (The Heritage Foundation)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Nuñez, Michael (El Paso County Hospital District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for prosperity)
Sierra, Karla (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Elliot, Troy (City of San Antonio)
Fortune, Andrew (City of Plano)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Granado, Art (Self; Nueces County Hospital District)
Hale, Angela (City of McKinney)
Hale, Angela (Self)
Hipp, Jonny (Nueces County Hospital District)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Narvaez, Tammy (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Quintana, LaRessa (City of Denton)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugar Land)
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
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Against:
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Traub, Ariel (City of Georgetown)
Valls, John (Self; Nuecs County Hospital District)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Duckett, Khayree (Self; Alliance for Multifamily Production)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chick, Craig (Alliance for Multifamily Production)
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Association Local Housing Finance Agencies)
Laine, Dale (Self; LDG Development, LLC)
Lee, Gerald (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
For:
Palatino, April (Houston police Department)
Solomon, Rex (Self; Texas Jewelers Associate & Houston Jewelry Inc)
Against:
McMurtry, Allan (Self)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Nance, Matthew (Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Durst, Melodie (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)
Spencer, Charlottr (TexasCredit Union Assn)
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For:
Shurtz, David (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)
On:
Nance, Matthew (Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Durst, Melodie (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)
Martinez, Mario A. (Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association)
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Spencer, Charlotte (Tecas Credit Union Assn)
Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)
For:
Hilderbran, Harvey (Self; Texas Funeral Directors Association)
Nicholson, Tim (Sci)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Corte Jr., Frank (Self; Texas Funeral Directors Association)
Hughes, Caressa (SCI)
For:
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
Greenwood, Dianna (Texas State Rifle Association)
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Lasorte, Darren (National Shooting Sports Foundation)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Schafer-junger, Karl (Self; North Texas Conservatives)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Against:
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
On:
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Marshall, Andy (Self; FirstBank Southwest and TX Bankers Association)
Russell, William (Self)
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Against:
Ash, K. Dalyn (Self; Farmers State Bank, Texas Bankers Association)
Aycock, Brian (Self)
Bezdek, Chris (Self; Stellar Bank)
Billeaudeau, Twana (The Bank & Trust SSB)
Boles, Micah (Self; FNB of Bosque County)
Bruhn, Shelby (Self; First Financial Bank)
Claxton, Gary (Self)
Crabb, Tammy (First National Bank of Ballinger)
Cullen, Richard (Self)
David, Joseph Raymond (Self; PointBank, Texas Bankers Assoication, IBAT)
Day, Donna (Sunflower Bank NA and Texas Bankers Association)
Elsner, Austin (Self; First Financial Bank)
Emerick, David (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
Enkhtur, Telmen (Self)
Esch, Jamie (Self; First Financial Bank)
Flinchbaugh, Travis (Self)
Foster, Doug (Self; SouthStar Bank)
Furlow, Chris (Self; Texas Bankers Association)
Gassiott, Joel (PlainsCapital Bank)
Gibson, Lee (Southside Bank)
Giles, Elise (Self; Texas Banking Assoc)
Guajardo, Albert (Self; Rio Bank)
Hansard, George (Self; Pecos County State Bank)
Harbers, Casey (Self; National Bank & Trust)
Hendrix, Sheldon (Self)
Hickox, Michelle (Self)
Hill, Whitnie (Self; Rawls Banking Association)
Isaacs, Jay (Self; Texas Bankers Association)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jenkins, William (Self; The First State Bank and Texas Bankers Association)
Kanady, Candi (Self; First Financial Bank)
Lane, Brooke (Self; Shrlby Sabings Bank)
Lane, Norma (Self; Lovelady state Bank Texas Bankers Association)
Longhofer, Luke (First Financial Bank)
Malone, Zachary (Self; TexasBank / Texas Bankers Association)
Meed, Alex (Self)
Mills, Janet (Self; First National Bank of Winnsboro)
Neill, Michael (Self; First State Bank, Athens TX)
Perez, Rick (Self; Rio bank)
Raffaele, Stephen (Self; American Bank, NA)
Riebe, Mark (Self; TexasBank and Texas Bankers Association)
Rust, Raymond (Self; Texas Bankers Assoc)
Sandoval, Anthony (Self; First National Bank Albany)
Sasser, Ford (Self)
Shedd, Marelyn (Self; First Financial Bank)
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Against:
Snider, John (Self)
Spencer, Charlottr (TexasCredit Union Assn)
Stanfield, Camille (Self)
Swearengin, Trent (Self; First Financial Bank)
Thomas, Ashley (Self)
Thompson, Nora (First Financial Bank)
Upchurch, Divin (Self; First State Bank of Bedias)
Upchurch, Robert (Self; First State Bank of Bedia)
Weems, Danny (Self)
For:
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Loftin, Mike (City of Galveston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Herman, Wendy (The City of Corpus Christi)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wilcox, Clarke (Self; Oak Grove Memorial Gardens)
On:
Pettijohn, Leslie (Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mcvey, Kyle (Self)
Against:
Riddel, Ralph (Self; The First National Bank of Aspermont)
For:
Kantor, Douglas (Self; National Association of Convenience Stores)
Maxey, Terry (Self)
Miller, Skeeter (Self; The county line restaurants)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Villarreal, Al (International Bank of Commerce Brownsville and Texas Bankers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Calvin, Taylor (Sysco)
Cantu, Louis (Self)
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food and Fuel Association)
Gabrielsen, Adam (Self)
Gonzalez, Celinda (The Home Depot)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)
Hobbs, Carter (Self)
Kalyan, Hari (Self)
Legarreta, Lorena (Self)
Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)
Mattocks, Allison (Self)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Miller, Chris (Uber Technologies, Inc)
Miller, Dallas (Self)
Molina, Amy (Self)
Molina, Ricardo (Self)
Norton, Edwin (Self)
Reach, Mark (Self)
Scott, Harlan (Self)
Shannon, Fred (Walmart)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Stone, Gerald (Self)
Warden, Kevin (Self)
Against:
Ash, K. Dalyn (Self; Farmers State Bank, Texas Bankers Association)
Aycock, Brian (Self)
Bailey, David (Self)
Barrett, Casey (Self)
Baughman, Chris (First financial bank)
Bezdek, Chris (Self; Stellar Bank)
Billeaudeau, Twana (The Bank & Trust SSB)
Boles, Micah (Self; FNB of Bosque County)
Brown, Sabrina (American Express)
Bruhn, Shelby (Self; First Financial Bank)
Bushkuhl, Rebecca (Bank of America)
Butler, Ron (First Financial Bank)
Carroll, Alissa (Community Bank & Trust and Texas Bankers Association)
Claxton, Gary (Self)
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Against:
Cooper, Tim (First National Bank Albany/Breckenridge)
Cortes, Kimberly (Self)
Cox, Jeff (Self; Communtiy Bank & Trust)
Crabb, Tammy (First National Bank of Ballinger)
Cullen, Richard (Self)
Dacus, Shelley (First Financial Bank)
David, Joseph Raymond (Self; PointBank, Texas Bankers Assoication, IBAT)
Day, Donna (Sunflower Bank NA and Texas Bankers Association)
Deluca, Steven (Capital one)
DeWeese, Amy (The PNC Financial Services Group)
Dueser, Scott (Self; First Financial Bank)
Durst, Melodie (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)
Elsner, Austin (Self; First Financial Bank)
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Emerick, David (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
Enkhtur, Telmen (Self)
Esch, Jamie (Self; First Financial Bank)
Evans (Self)
Evatt, Chris (Self; First Financial Bank, NA - San Angelo)
Flinchbaugh, Travis (Self)
Foster, Doug (Self; SouthStar Bank)
Furlow, Chris (Self; Texas Bankers Association)
Gibson, Lee (Southside Bank)
Giles, Elise (Self; Texas Banking Assoc)
Goudge, James (Self; Broadway Bank, San Antonio and the Texas Bankers Association)
Groves, Curtis (Self; Texas Bankers Assoc)
Guajardo, Albert (Self; Rio Bank)
Hansard, George (Self; Pecos County State Bank)
Harbers, Casey (Self; National Bank & Trust)
Harris, Robert (Self; Shelby savings bank)
Hassell, Dana (Self; American Bank, NA)
Hetrick, Elizabeth (Self; Texas Bankers Association)
Hickox, Michelle (Self)
Hill, Whitnie (Self; Rawls Banking Association)
Hoff, Jennifer (Self; IBC Bank)
Hooper, Justin (Self; First Financial Bank)
Humphreys, Brian (Rio Bank)
Isaacs, Jay (Self; Texas Bankers Association)
Jenkins, William (Self; The First State Bank and Texas Bankers Association)
Jones, Jr, Bowden (Self; FirstBank Southwest)
Kanady, Candi (Self; First Financial Bank)
Koonce, David (Self; Shelby SavingsBank)
Lane, Brooke (Self; Shelby Savings Bank)
Lane, Norma (Self; Texas Bankers Association Lovelady State Bank)
Lawal, Sherifat (Self; Texas Bankers Association)
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Against:
Lewis, Ron (Mastercard)
Longhofer, Luke (First Financial Bank)
Malone, Zachary (Self; TexasBank / Texas Bankers Association)
Marshall, Andy (Self; FirstBank Southwest and TX Bankers Association)
Mcadams, Lisa (Shelby savings bank)
McCartt, J. (Capital One Bank)
McCauley, Randall (Self)
Mcvey, Kyle (Self)
Mills, Janet (Self; First National Bank of Winnsboro)
Moore, John (Alliane Bank Central Texas)
Morris, Marcus (Self; First Financial Bank)
Neill, Michael (Self; First State Bank, Athens TX)
Osborn, David (Self; WesrStar Bank and TBA)
Perez, Rick (Self; Rio bank)
Prim, Joseph (Self)
Raffaele, Stephen (Self; American Bank, NA)
Renfroe, Barry (TIB, NA)
Riebe, Mark (Self; TexasBank and Texas Bankers Association)
Rogers, Scott (Self; Alliance Bank Central Texas)
Ruiz, Sonja (First State Bank of Uvalde)
Rust, Raymond (Self; Texas Bankers Assoc)
Sandoval, Anthony (Self; First National Bank Albany)
Sasser, Ford (Self)
Shurtz, David (EECU credit union)
Snider, John (Self)
Spencer, Charlottr (TexasCredit Union Assn)
Stanfield, Camille (Self)
Strama, Keith (Visa)
Stranz, Paul (Bank of America)
Sullivan, Brian (Alliance Bank Central Texas)
Swearengin, Trent (Self; First Financial Bank)
Taylor, Bruce A (Self; TIB,N.A.)
Temple, Robb (Self)
Thaxton, Kirk (Self)
Thomas, Ashley (Self)
Thompson, Nora (First Financial Bank)
Tschirhart, Scott E (Self; Castroville State Bank)
Turner, Austin (Self; TBA)
Upchurch, Divin (Self; First State Bank of Bedias)
Upchurch, Robert (Self; First State Bank of Bedias)
Urrabazo, Ignacio (Self; Commerce bank)
Vaughan, Mason (Self; First National Bank of Eldorado)
Weems, Danny (Self)
Young, Guy (Self; First national Bank of Quitaque)
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On:
Schreiber, Rachael (Electronic Transactions Association)
On:
Hartman, Kristina (Windham School District)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Brown, Erik (Windham School District)
Hardaway, Robin (Employees Retirement System)
Lilley, Jon (Windam School District)
For:
Aleshire, Bill (Self)
Antoni, EJ (The Heritage Foundation)
Barrientos, Gonzalo (Self)
Daugherty, Gerald (Self)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Nemir, Mark (Dirty Martins Place)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Sierra, Karla (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Spataro, Susan (Self)
Wood, Ellen (Self)
Against:
Canally, Greg (Austin transit partnership)
Crossley, Jay (Farm And City)
Langmore, John (Self)
McCamley, Bill (Self; Transit Forward)
Meed, Alex (Self)
Peart, Dewitt (Downtown Austin Alliance)
Rose, Patrick (Self; Transit Forward)
On:
Polumbo, Carol (McCall, Parkhurst & Horton L.L.P. For Austin Transit Partnership)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Self)
Buddin, Adrienne (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Duchen, Marc (Self)
Falk, Roger (Self)
Kohler, Walker (Self)
Lewis, Fred (Self)
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For:
Miller, Skeeter (Self; The county line restaurants and Flyrite chicken)
Parsons, Brad (Self)
Reynolds, David (Self)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for prosperity)
Smith, Mark (Self; Hunt Companies Inc)
Thornton, Brian (Self)
Wassdorf, Trey (Self)
Against:
Alloway, Leroy (CapMetro)
Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)
Boyer, Victor (San Antonio Mobility Coalition)
Carnahan, Alina (Real Estate Council of Austin)
Cranston, Cathy (Self; PERSONAL ATTENDANT COALITION OF TEXAS AND ADAPT
OF TEXAS)
Cranston, Ron (Self; ADAPT of Texas)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dochen, Sandy (Self)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Greenfield, Adam (Self)
Guzman, Sandy (Self; Austin Area Research Organization)
Hale, Angela (Self)
Hale, Angela (McKinney Chamber of Commerce)
Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Local 1624 Austin/Travis County)
Handal, Edgar (Self)
Hoffpauir, Robin (Self; Adapt)
Howard, John (Self)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kafka, Bob (Self; Institute for Disability A cc ess)
Kafka, Bob (Self; Texas Disability Project)
Kavelman, Daniel (Farm&City)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kennedy, Thomas (Texas Building Trades)
Long, Wade (Texas Transit Association)
Maxwell, Felicity (Self)
Montgomery, Steve (Trinity Metro)
Osta Lugo, Luis (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Razian, Anoosheh (Self)
Richmond, Debra (Kiewit)
Rife, Lynda (Self; Rifeline)
Sabo, Jason (Environment Texas)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
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Against:
Sullivan, Ray (HNTB)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thomas, Stephanie (Self; Institute for Disability Acess)
Trevino, Lawrence (CapMetro)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
On:
Brock, Leslie (Office of the Attorney General)
Brophey, Patrick (North Texas Commission Regional Chamber Coalition)
Garcia, Matthew (Dallas Regional Chamber)
For:
Sierra, Karla (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Against:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Elliot, Troy (City of San Antonio)
Fortune, Andrew (City of Plano)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Hale, Angela (City of McKinney)
Hale, Angela (McKinney Chamber of Commerce)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Quintana, LaRessa (City of Denton)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugar Land)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
On:
Brock, Leslie (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Fisher, Katherine (Revenue Based Finance Coalition)
Against:
Harmonson, Cole (Self; American Factoring Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)
For:
Banales, Jose manuel (Self; TARSFJ, inc)
Hecht, Nathan (Self; Texas Supreme Court)
Thomas, Linda (Self; Tarfs judges, inc)
Walther, Barbara (Self; TARSF Judges)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Laine, Dale (Self; Texas Association of Former, Senior and Retired Judges, Inc)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
On:
Nail, Shack (Employees Retirement System of Texas)
For:
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
On:
Mond, Joshua (Dallas Police and Fire Pension System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers Union)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC (HPROA))
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officer Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Gottschalk, Kelly (Dallas Police and Fire Pension System)
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