WITNESS LIST
Urban Affairs Committee
March 21, 2023 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Irshad, Maria (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Harrington, Jim (Self)
Against:
Galeazzi, Dante (Texas international produce association)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
On:
Flores, Fabiola (Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid)
Wilkinson, Bobby (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguilar, Leonard (Texas AFL_CIO)
Eby French, Emily (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Fairbanks, Lauren (Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association)
Hodges, Kenneth (Texas Corn Producers)
Morris, Joe (Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association)
For:
Alexander, Melissa (Habitat for Humanity SBC)
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For:
Incitti, Cristen (Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota)
Parham, Amy (Habitat for Humanity Texas)
On:
Roquemore, Clarisse (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arriaga, Roger (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Chick, Craig (Habitat for Humanity Texas)
Dee, Erin (Self)
Eby French, Emily (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Foster, Douglas (Self)
Gorman, Jackie (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hopkins, Blake (Self)
Horak-Brown, Joy (Self; New Hope Housing)
Huling, Ja’net (Self; TAAHP)
Jackson, Antoinette (Self)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Kelley, Nathan (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Love, Jill (Self)
Martin, Amanda (Self)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Norman, Scott (Self; Texas Association of Builders)
Rhodes, Joshua (Self)
Stewart-Anchondo, Katie (New hope housing)
Straight, Thomas (Self)
Stratmann, Ben (Texans for Reasonable Solutions)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Thompson, Joe Bob (Self)
Uhl, Regina (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Williams, Mark (Self)
Williams, Tommy (Self)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
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For:
Harden, Adam (Self; Cantu Harden Montoya LLP)
Hornes, Michael (City of Kerrville)
Kelley, Nathan (Self; Houston Region Business Coalition)
Plummer, Jim (Self)
Walsh, Nick (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Zahn, Renee (Texas Apartment Association)
Against:
Bast, Cynthia (Texans for Workforce Housing)
Healy, Dan (Self; Civitas Capital Group)
Jeter, John (Post Investment Group)
Martin, Ben (Texas Housers)
On:
Way, Heather (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Akbari, Chris (Self; ITEX Group)
Allgeier, Dan (TAAHP)
Arriaga, Roger (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Bionat, Christian (Greater Houston Partnership)
Bobbitt, Debby (Taahp)
Buquet, Richard (Self; Habitat for Humanity Greater Garland)
Fernandes, Nathan (Self; Travis County)
Gorman, Jackie (Self)
Greathouse, Summer (Self)
Hale, Angela (City of mcKinney)
Hale, Angela (McKinnry Chamber if Commerce)
Hopkins, Blake (Self)
Huling, Ja’net (Self; TAAHP)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jackson, Antoinette (Self)
Jones, Neal t Buddy (Jefferson properties inc)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lowe, Karsten (Self; TAAHP, Streamline Advisory Partners)
Martin, Cyrus (Self)
McMurray, Brad (Self)
Naquin, Stephanie (Self)
Parker, Kim (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Pearce, Eve (Self; Texas Affiliation Affordable Housing Providers)
Pence, Dan (TAAHP)
Pollack, Joel (Self; TAAHP/Streamline Advisory Partners)
Rackleff, Neal (Self; Rackleff LLP)
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For:
Ramirez, Rick (Self; City of Sugar Land)
Sheffield, Rick (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Developers)
Sisak, Janine (Self)
Sledge, Brian (NRP Group)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stewart-Anchondo, Katie (New hope housing)
Stoll, Greg (Self; Broadway Homes)
Straight, Thomas (Self)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment
Officials (TXNAHRO))
Zeis, Matt (Self)
Against:
Avital, Matthew (Ascenda Capital)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Walker, Nate (Foundation Communities)
For:
Pendleton, DJ (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
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