WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April 10, 2023 - 10:00 AM
For:
Adair, Bob (Advantous Consulting, LLC)
Ahlenius, Steve (Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce)
Avery, Pat (Self; US Chamber of Commerce,Texas Association of Business)
Bohn, Susan (Self; Aledo ISD, Fast Growth School Coalition, North Texas Commission)
Dunlap, Ray (Self; Texas Economic Development Council Terrell EDC)
Farmer, Gary (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Ferdinand, Michael (Self; Matagorda County Economic Development Corp.)
Gonzales, Marina (Texas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Coalition)
Gravell, Bill (Self; Williamson County)
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Harvey, Bob (Greater Houston Partnership)
Hollie, J.J. (The Woodlands area chamber of commerce)
Kelley, Rebecca (Self; Brazosport ISD & Texas School Coalition)
McGregor, Stewart (Kaufman Economic Development Corporation and Texas Economic
Development Council)
Padavil, Devin (Self; Taylor ISD)
Pape, Pete (Self; Texas Schools for Economic Development)
Porterie, Mark (Self; Port Arthur Independent School District)
Rosa, Mike (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Sharp, Kent (Self; Sherman Etconomic Development Corp)
Smitherman, Barry (Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance. Txgea)
Thames, Mitch (Bay city chamber of commerce)
Tindall, Sarah (CCREDC)
Villalobos, Javier (City of McAllen)
Webster, Jeff (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Boone, Charles (Self)
Brandon, Miles (Self; Central Texas Interfaith)
Carroll, Trevor (Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Clark-Leach, Gabriel (Eip)
Fleming, Bob (Tmo houston iaf affiliate)
Frank, Jerome (Dallas Area Interfaith/Texas IAF)
Goloby, Mark V (Self)
Greco, Doug (Central Texas Interfaith - Texas IAF)
Guerrero, Jose (Central Texas Interfaith/Texas IAF)
Hahn, Katherine (Self)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan)
Lunning, Everett (Central Texas Interfaith/ Texas IAF)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Moore, Lydia (Central Texas Interfaith/Texas IAF)
Oden, Rena (COPS/Metro/Texas IAF)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Oldham, Melanie (Self; Better Brazoria Clean Air and Water)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Rollerson, Manning (Self; Better brazoria)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Tristan, Rosalie (Valley Interfaith/Texas IAF)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Christian, George (Self)
Clark, Jeffrey (Advanced Power Alliance)
Clevenger, Teddy (Self; Bartlett ISD)
Cruz, Adriana (Texas Economic Development & Tourism, Office of the Governor)
Hood, Aaron (Self; Robert Lee ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albarado, Isaac (AEP Texas)
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston, Mayor's Office)
Arreola, Al (Self; United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce)
Ashton, Michael (Linde)
Bell, Mark (Awsociation of Electric Companies of Texas)
Bennett, Tony (Self; Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Billingsley, Anne (ONEOK,Inc.)
Blackburn, David (Bell County)
Bodisch, Charisse (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Boggs, Michele (New Braunfels Chamber)
Brookshire, Brook (S&B Engineering & Contractors)
Brophey, Patrick (North Texas Commission Regional Chamber Coalition)
Brown, Jay (Valero Energy Corporation)
Bruno, Michael (Competitive Power Ventures)
Burnett, Wesley (Self; Nacero, Inc)
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Carnahan, Alina (Real Estate Council of Austin)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Casselberry, Craig (Self)
Cesak, Brad (San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Chick, Craig (Texas Hydrogen Alliance)
Chiodo, Dana (Raytheon Technologies)
Coker, Alyssa (New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce)
Colyandro, John (Carbon Neutral Coalition)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Damen, Jason (Energy Transfer)
Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
DeWeese, Amy (The PNC Financial Services Group)
Eiland, Craig (Texas Schools for Economic Development)
Ellmer, Mindy (LyondellBasel)
Emerick, David (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
Fairbanks, Lauren (Freeport LNG)
Forbes, Tom (El Paso chamber of Commerce)
Foster, Wendy (Independent Bankers Assoc of Texas (IBAT))
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Garcia, Matthew (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Garza, Oscar (AEP Texas)
Gibson, Kari (ConocoPhillips)
Giesinger, Ross (Air Liquide)
Golemon, Ronald (Shell USA)
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Granado, Arthur (Self)
Gutierrez, Martin (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Hall, Kerry (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Harris, Dana (Samsung Austin Semiconductor)
Harris, Jason (Self)
Harvey, Bob (Metro 8 Chambers of Commerce)
Haynes, Adam (Conference ofUrban Counties)
Hebert, Bryan (Downtown Austin Alliance)
Heckler, Jeff (City of Buda)
Herman, Wendy (Self; The City of Corpus Christi)
Hutchinson, Scott (Entergy Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jacobson, Kyle (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce)
Jenke, Chester (Self; Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce)
Jones, Scott (Self; City of Manor, TX)
Juergens, Seth (Tezas REALTORS)
Kelley, Casey (Constellation Energy Generation)
Khataw, Ali (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Kroll, John (Self; Switch)
Landwehr, Martha (BASF Corporation)
Lee, Gerald (City of Del Rio)
Leo, Myra (Kansas City Southern)
Leon, Sara (Self)
Longanecker, Ed (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Lozano, Michael D. (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Macksood, Greg (Devon Energy)
Meade, Alexandra (New Braunfels Economic Development Foundation)
Meroney, Mike (BASF Corporation)
Miller, Lindsey (Enterprise Products Partners)
Modglin, Jason (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
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For:
Montanez, Manuel (Self; Copperas Cove City Counsel)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
Moore, Pasha (Olin)
Murillo, Moises (Cheniere)
Nathan, Robert (Schneider Electric)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
Oney, Jessica (NRG Energy)
Partida, Neftali (Phillips 66)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Pittenger, Randy (Self; Belton Area Chamber of Commerce)
Ratliff, Shannon (Jupiter Power)
Reid, Shannan (Montgomery area chamber of commerce)
Reyes, Stephanie (Real Estate Council of San Antonio (RECSA))
Richmond, Michele (Texas Competitve Power Advocates)
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
Robinson, Jordan (Round Rock Chamber of Commerce)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County)
Ruggieri, Michael (Southwestern Elec. Power Co.)
Rusing, Shannon (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Sadler, Kelly (AEP Texas)
Schlueter, Brad (USAA)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; OpportunityAustin)
Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Association of Manufacturers, Applied Materials, HP, and Gerdau
Ameristeel)
Shields, Chris (Toyota)
Shipton, Patricia (Nueces County)
Sims, Jami (The Real Estate Council of Dallas, Real Estate Council of Greater Fort Worth)
Slaughter, JD (S&B Engineering & Constructors)
Snyder, Julie (Kyle Area Chamber of Commerce)
Solis, Eddie (Abilene Chamber)
Spreen, Lauren (Williams Companies)
Spreen, Lauren (Targa Resources)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (Self)
Valls, John (Self)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Vargas, Victoria (Self; City of Kyle Economic Development Department)
Vaughn, Greg (Texas Association of Workforce Boards)
Walker, Becky (Texas Society of Architects)
Withrow, Damon (Xcel Energy)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Yarbrough, Brian (Port of Corpus Christi Authority)
Young Montgomery, Rebecca (Frisco Chamber of Commerce)
Young Montgomery, Rebecca (Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - Member)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Young Montgomery, Rebecca (Coalition East Tarrant Chambers)
Young Montgomery, Rebecca (Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce)
Zachary, Mance (Vistra Corporation)
Against:
Aguilar, Leonard (Texas AFL-CIO)
Bennett, Brent (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Cheshire, Cary (Self)
Clark, Edith (Texas IAF/Central Texas Interfaith)
Cornelius, Tracy (Self)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Green, Laura Chris (Self; Central Texas Interfaith)
Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Palacios, Virginia (Commission Shift)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Pitts, Jr, John (Texas Solar Power Association)
Reyes, Jommar (Central texas interfaith)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Sabo, Jason (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Saenz, Enrique j saenz (Self; Cental Yexas Interfith)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizem)
Turner, JJeanie (Self; Cops metro)
Turner, Yolanda (Self; CopsMetro)
Weems, James (Self; Central Texas Inerfaith)
White, Deborah (Self; Central Texas Interfaith)
On:
Boms, Matthew (Self)
Lee, Michael (Self; TARS)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Villarreal, John (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Juergens, Seth (Tezas REALTORS)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Fontenette, Janet (Self; Central Texas Interfaith)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Flippin, Ken (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camino, Marie (The Nature Conservancy Texas Chapter)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Lopez, Carisa (Texas Freedom Network)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sabo, Jason (Environment Texas)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizem)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Allen, Mark (Self; City of Cibolo)
Ayala, Juan (City of San Antonio)
Blackburn, David (Bell County)
Boyle, Stosh (Self; City of cibolo)
Cagle, Kent (City of Killeen)
Carpenter, Wayne (Self; City of Belton)
Carroll, Bobby (Lampasas County)
Fuller, Mitch (Self; Veterans of Foreign Affairs (VFW) Department of Texas)
Haverlah, Ryan (City of Copperas Cove)
Hoyer, Randall (Lampasas County)
Miller, Roger (Self; Coryell County)
Mitchell, David (City of Harker Heights)
Sledd, Keith (Executive Director for the Heart of Texas Defense Alliance and Chair for the
Governor’s Committee to Support the Military.)
Smith, Spencer (City of Harker Heights)
Williams, Andy (Self; City of Nolanville)
Woliver, Tim (Self)
On:
Arey, Howard (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brownson, Amanda (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Haynes, Adam (Conference ofUrban Counties)
Head, Ray (Taptp)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Office of Nueces County Tax Assessor Collector)
Montanez, Manuel (Self; Copperas Cove City Counsel)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Pittenger, Randy (Self; Belton Area Chamber of Commerce)
Shannon, Fred (City of Temple)
Shine, Hilary (Self)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Young, Christopher (Linebarger)
On:
Graf, Keith (Office of the Governor, Texas Military Preparedness Commission)
Malone, Tom (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council)
Goloby, Mark V (Self)
Longanecker, Ed (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
Lozano, Michael D. (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
McCormick, Travis (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)
Modglin, Jason (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Sebree, Ben (Marathon Oil Company)
On:
Wright, Commissioner Jim (Railroad Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biard, Amy (Self; Marathon Oil)
Bujano, Gil (Bpx energy)
Dow, Jim (Pioneer Natural Resources)
Edwards, Kirk (Latigo Petroleum LLC)
Gibson, Kari (ConocoPhillips)
Gutierrez, Hugo (Marathon Oil Company)
Henry, Kerrick (Port Houston)
Hosek, Chris (BP America)
Hosek, Chris (Halliburton)
LeBas, James (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Macksood, Greg (Devon Energy)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Yarbrough, Brian (Port of Corpus Christi Authority)
Against:
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizem)
On:
Brandt, Shannon (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Palacios, Virginia (Commission Shift)
For:
Grant, Stephen (Self; Popp Hutcheson)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blakemore, Charlotte (Popp Hutcheson)
Head, Ray (Taptp)
Juergens, Seth (Tezas REALTORS)
Popp, Jim (Self; Popp Hutcheson)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Slover, Pete (Linebarger)
Utley, Brian (TrueRoll)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blakemore, Charlotte (Popp Hutcheson)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference ofUrban Counties)
Popp, Jim (Self; Popp Hutcheson)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Byerly, Sloan (GEUS (Greenville Electric Utility System))
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill Central Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Garcia, Matthew (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Hubbard, John (Self; Texas Telephone Assoc.)
Kroll, John (Switch)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Messer, Caroline (AT&T)
Randolph, Ian (Texas Telephone Association)
Seale, Mark (Texas Telephone Association)
Weiseman, Ryan (Texas Cable Association)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Brandt, Shannon (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
On:
Mata, Stephanie (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Pennington, Paul (Self; Citizens for Appraisal Reform)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blakemore, Charlotte (Popp Hutcheson)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Head, Ray (Taptp)
LeBas, James (Texas Apartment Association)
Popp, Jim (Self; Popp Hutcheson)
Against:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
Summerville, Cody (Self; Texas Assocation for the Education of Young Children)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Kaminski, Tim (Self; Gingerbread Kids Academy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Garcia, Matthew (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Hilgers, Maddox (Texans Care for Children)
Hutson, Kurt (Self)
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism society of texas)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Yarbrough, Brian (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Bruno, Michael (Competitive Power Ventures)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bell, Mark (Awsociation of Electric Companies of Texas)
Burnett, Teresa (Self; Monahans Chamber of Commerce)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Bennett, Brent (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sabo, Jason (Environment Texas)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizem)
On:
Villarreal, John (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Bryant, Randall (Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce)
Kroll, John (Matthews Southwest)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garcia, Matthew (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Brownson, Amanda (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Gagen, Charlie (American Lung Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Reagan, Karen (McLane Co., Inc.)
Against:
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Owen, Charlotte (Self; American Vapor Manufacturers Association)
Solis, Pedro J. (American Vapor Manufacturer)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Stringer, Jacqueline (Self)
On:
Daniels, Julian (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Ellwell, Michael (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Hammel, Schell (SFATA)
Thigpen, Joshua (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Triplett, Mark (Swedish Match North America LLC)
On:
Gray, James (Amercan Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hodge, Daniel (Phillip Morris International)
On:
Daniels, Julian (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Ellwell, Michael (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Kyburz, Bryce (Integral care)
Thigpen, Joshua (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Head, Ray (Taptp)
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Mata, Stephanie (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camino, Marie (The Nature Conservancy Texas Chapter)
Flippin, Ken (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Lopez, Carisa (Texas Freedom Network)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sabo, Jason (Environment Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Hilgers, Maddox (Texans Care for Children)
Hutson, Kurt (Self)
Kaminski, Tim (Self; Gingerbread Kids Academy)
Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism society of texas)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Summerville, Cody (Self; Texas Assocation for the Education of Young Children)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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