WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
March 25, 2025 - 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
On:
Bentley, Eric (Texas Tech University System)
Moore, Brooks (Texas A&M University System)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
For:
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Corpus, Kasey (Self; Young Invincibles)
Garcia, Amanda (Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT))
Glosser, Cole (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Cruz, Mireya (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)
Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Department of Texas)
On:
Blew, Mike (Texas Military Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
West, William (The American Legion, Dept of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Adams, Neal (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Department of Texas)
Garcia, Amanda (Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT))
West, William (The American Legion, Dept of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
For:
Rove, Karen (City of Eagle Pass)
On:
Hernandez, Carlos (Sul Ross State University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
For:
Arevalo, Daniel (Self)
Garcia, Natanael (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Corpus, Kasey (Self; Young Invincibles)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Garcia, Amanda (Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT))
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Thurston, Andrea (EdTrust in Texas)
For:
Donjuan, Daisy (Self)
Hryhorchuk, John (Texas 2036)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Martinez, Ray (Texas Association of Community Colleges)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Serrata, William (Self; El Paso Community College)
On:
Rosser, Wynn (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Corpus, Kasey (Self; Young Invincibles)
Franklin, Ryan (Philanthropy Advocates)
Fraser, Katrina (The Commit Partnership)
Garcia, Amanda (Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT))
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Jones, Garry (Democrats for Education Reform TX)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Latham Sikes, Chloe (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Meroney, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Manufacturers and Texas Association of Builders)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
Pate, Dana (Samsung)
Puthoff, Elizabeth (ICUT)
Rodriguez, Marc (North Texas Commission)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Thurston, Andrea (EdTrust in Texas)
On:
Keyton, Sarah (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
MacLaurin, Andy (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Atkins, Grace (Texas 2036)
Bennett, Tony (Self; Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Esparza, John (Self; Texas Trucking Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Kelly, Patrick (City of Lewisville - Mayot Pro Tem)
Meroney, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Manufacturers and Texas Association of Builders)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
On:
Reeser, Mike (Texas State Technical College System)
Wooten, Chad (TSTC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas)
Borskey, Mark (Association of Equipment Manufacturers)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Garcia, Amanda (Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT))
Gessner, Madison (Texas Restaurant Association)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Jenke, Chester (Self; Seguin and Guadalupe County Chamber of Commerece)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Korpi, Tate (Greater New Braunfels Economic Development Foundation)
Landwehr, Martha (BASF Corporation)
Lobsinger Bush, Danielle (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
McAdams, Will (Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Texas)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
McCord, Mia (Texas Chemistry Council)
Packer, Jonathan (Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce)
Pate, Dana (Samsung)
Pate, Gardner (Texas Apartment Association)
Pendleton, DJ (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
Rodriguez, Marc (North Texas Commission)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Williamson, Jay (Transfr, Inc.)
Woomer, Eric (Precast Concrete Manufacturers Assoc., Texas Crane Owners Assoc.)
Yarbrough, Brian (General Motors, LLC)
Yarnell, William (Lumberman Association of Texas)
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