WITNESS LIST
Youth Health & Safety, Select Committee
March 20, 2023 - 2:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Toon, Jennifer (Self)
On:
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Busse, Christine (The National Association Of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Caballero, Kristian (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Fowler, Rebecca (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Keener, Justin (Doug Deason)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
List, Amanda (AList Consulting)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Sanders foster, Jolene (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
On:
Abrahams, Sarah (DFPS)
Banuelos, Erica (DFPS)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Talbert, Marta (DFPS)
For:
Dixon, Brian (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Greenup, Danielle (Self; Erik’s cause)
Hogue, Jennifer (Self)
Ivins, Cody (Self; Texas against fentynal)
Johnson, Kathy (Self)
McAdams, Annie (Self)
Molak, Maurine (Self; David’s Legacy Foundation)
Oviedo, Xiomi (Self; Unbound Now Austin)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Schnelzer, Heather (Self)
Srinivasan, Chloe (Self)
Whiting, Zachary (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Wible, Dawn (Self; Talk More. Tech Less)
Against:
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values Action)
Davis, Antigone (Meta)
Esparza, Servando (TechNet)
Kane, Kevin (YouTube)
Kingman, Andrew (State Privacy & Security Coalition)
Marshall, Kouri (Chamber of Progress)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
On:
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Fowler, Rebecca (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Hunsucker, Jackson (Self)
Hunsucker, Michael (Self)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Sutton, Jill (Self; Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Against:
Bionat, Christian (Greater Houston Partnership)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
McDurham, Robin (Transformation Waco)
Against:
Heffelfinger, Laura (Self)
On:
Paynter March, Suzii (H,E.Butt Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Lindsey (City of El Paso)
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bates, Georgia (City of Uvalde)
Biundo, Jennifer (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Blackwell, LaNaya (Self; Equality Texas)
Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Busse, Christine (The National Association Of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Caballero, Kristian (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Corpus, Kasey (Young Invincibles)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Elegon, Uyiosa (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Fowler, Rebecca (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Hubbard, John (Self; Texas Assoc. of Rural Schools)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
List, Amanda (AList Consulting)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
McMahon, Hailey (Texans Care for Children)
Miller, Amy (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Okoro, Ikenna (Texas Psychological Association)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Person, Maria (Self)
Randolph, Ian (MSB School Services)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sanders foster, Jolene (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Smith, Valerie (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Self; Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values Action)
Drewry, Chris (Self)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Green, Robert L. (Self; TCRP Election Integrity Committee)
Najera, Cindy (Self; CCDF Travis)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Woodruff, Cristin (Self)
On:
Erwin, Michelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
Wayman, Julie (TEA)
Wolfe, Megan (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Munn, Michelle (Self; Epicenter)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Robinson, Larry (Self; Epicenter)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Busse, Christine (The National Association Of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Fowler, Rebecca (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Keener, Justin (Doug Deason)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
List, Amanda (AList Consulting)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sanders foster, Jolene (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Slattery, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women's Alliance)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
On:
Lumpkin, Bobby (Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Against:
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Hearn, Skylor (Sherriffs Association of Texas)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Sexton, Shane (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Hairston, Andrew (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Saleh, Noor (Minaret foundatiom)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Cave, Tricia (ATPE)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Albert Donovan, Carolyn (Self)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)
Brown, Celeste (Self; Compass Rose Public Schools)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Busse, Christine (The National Association Of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Caballero, Kristian (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Elegon, Uyiosa (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Ford, Ashley (The arc of texas)
Fowler, Rebecca (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
List, Amanda (AList Consulting)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
McMahon, Hailey (Texans Care for Children)
Miller, Amy (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Sanders foster, Jolene (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Smith, Valerie (Self)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Woodruff, Cristin (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
Sexton, Shane (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Brown, Celeste (Self; Compass Rose Public Schools)
Ezemba, Chima Jonathan (Self)
Against:
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Elegon, Uyiosa (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Feinstein, Jonathan (The Education Trust)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Fowler, Rebecca (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)
Henderson, Dr. Howard (Center For Justice Research)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
List, Amanda (AList Consulting)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Miller, Amy (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Sanders foster, Jolene (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Slattery, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
On:
Blakey, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
Sexton, Shane (Tx Education Agency)
For:
Cook, William (Self)
Oates, Brenda (North East Independent School District)
Against:
Alejandro, Sophia (Self)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Caballero, Kristian (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Elegon, Uyiosa (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Freeze, Pat (Self)
Fruge, Christy (Self)
Grantham, Emily (Self)
Hairston, Andrew (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Pacheco, Edgar (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Zeidan, Gabriella (Self; Austin Area Urban League)
On:
Brown, Celeste (Compass Rose Public Schools)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
Mahankali, Susmitha (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Against:
Albert Donovan, Carolyn (Self)
Armstrong, Aidyn (Self)
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)
Busse, Christine (The National Association Of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self)
Hodges, Anita (Self)
Holley-Hurt, Carrie (Self)
Johnson, LyAnna (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Ma, Nicole (Self; Woori Juntos)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Person, Maria (Self)
Sanders foster, Jolene (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Syed, Sarah (Self; Woori Juntos)
Tavary, Heather (Self)
Tendler, Stuart (Self)
Thornton, Bis (Self)
Venegas-Matula, Michelle (Self)
Walter, Erin (Self)
Wu, Steven (Self; Woori Juntos)
On:
Blakey, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
Sexton, Shane (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Fowler, Rebecca (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Sanders foster, Jolene (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
On:
Grove, Sean (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Streufert, Preston (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Beebe, Sarah (Disability Rights Texas)
Fowler, Rebecca (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Pressey, Sandra (Harris County Juvenile Probation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Busse, Christine (The National Association Of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Elegon, Uyiosa (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Feinstein, Jonathan (The Education Trust)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
McMahon, Hailey (Texans Care for Children)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Sanders foster, Jolene (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Against:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Blakey, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Harris, Z. Leah (Self; Ascension Seton and Dell Children’s Medical Center)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Lindsey (City of El Paso)
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bates, Georgia (City of Uvalde)
Bennett, Michaela (Children’s Health)
Cates, Andrew (Nurse Family Partnership)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Cooke, Meredith (Texas Children’s Hospital)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Health System)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Fowler, Rebecca (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Hernandez, Elisa (El Paso Children’s Hospital)
Hunter, Nelda (Cook Children’s Hospital)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
McMahon, Hailey (Texans Care for Children)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Person, Maria (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Smith, Valerie (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Self; Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Grady, Victoria (Health and Human Services Commission)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Wolfe, Megan (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Cardenas, Fred (Self; FAMILY SERVICE)
McAllister, Brittany (The National Service Office for Nurse-Family Partnership and Child
First)
Williams, Courtney (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Lindsey (City of El Paso)
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Bates, Georgia (City of Uvalde)
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Busse, Christine (The National Association Of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
McMahon, Hailey (Texans Care for Children)
Monnig, Kolby (Fight Crime: Invest in Kids)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Piotrzkowski, Rachel Pearl (Council for a Strong America)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Sanders foster, Jolene (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Smith, Valerie (Self)
Sutton, Jill (Self; Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
On:
Abrahams, Sarah (DFPS)
For:
Lyssy, Katherine (Northside Independent School District (Bexar County))
Reyes, Sarah (Texas Center for Justice & Equity)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Slattery, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)
On:
Blakey, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
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