WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
April 15, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Monks, James (Self; Austin EMS Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguilar, Leonard (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Avery, Clay (SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Cain, Randy (Texas Fire Chiefs Assoc)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
For:
McDonald, Tim (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Ky (DPS Officers Association (DPSOA))
Blanchard, Jonathan (Dallas Police Department)
Crownover, Buffy (Justices of the Peace and Constables Assoc. (JPCA))
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Scott, David (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
For:
Lakshmanan, Rekha (The Immunization Partnership)
Against:
Evans, Michelle (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Darbari, Isha (Self)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Evans, Brian (Self)
Gallegos, Juan (Self)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Holzheauser, Craig (Texas Association of City and County Health Officials)
Ingram, Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Tollett, Amanda (Texas medical association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
On:
Hutchison, Josh (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Long, Matt (Self)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Morehead, Tracy (Mom’s Meals)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Davenport, Shelbi (Self; The Arc of Texas)
Erwin, Kason (Self)
Thompson, Kandice (Self)
On:
Barrio, Brenda (Self)
Hohfeld, Brooke (Texas Advocates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Evans, Brian (Self)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwill)
Kiser, Mary Beth (Texas Psychological Association)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
For:
Fleming, Zya (Self)
Iles, Jania (Self)
Walker, Dezaree (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Brian (Self)
Garcia, Amanda (Texas AFT-AAUP)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Hallamek, James (Texas State Teachers Association)
Okoli, Chidi (Self)
Polidor, Dominic (Self)
Watkins, Kennedie (Self)
For:
Kincheloe, Laura (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Ramirez, Sandra (San Jacinto College)
On:
Bruno, Steve (TDLR)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Austin, Glen (Greater Houston Partnership)
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Martinez, Ray (Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC))
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity austin)
Warren, Joanna (Educate Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Burciaga, Jeremy (Southwest University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
Evans, Brian (Self)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Sampson, Chance (College of Healthcare Professions)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity austin)
Valdez, Jerry (Career Colleges & Schools of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Lindsay, Thomas (Self; Texas public policy fdn.)
For:
Gallegos, Juan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cooke, Meredith (Texas Children’s Hospital)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Gambill, Lauren (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Hernandez, Elisa (El Paso Children’s Hospital)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Tollett, Amanda (Texas medical association)
Warren, Kevin (DHR Health)
Williams, Benjamin (Texas Hospital Association)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
For:
Novlan, Sarah (Self)
Tate, Jeremy (Classic Learning Test)
Wiens, Timothy (Self; The Woodlands Christian Academy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Browning, Jessica (Goldwater Institute)
List, Amanda (Blue Learning)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Marquez, Enrique (Cicero Institute)
Scott, Anita (Texas Home School Coalition)
On:
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Bayne, Stephen (Texas tech university)
Musa, Murvat (Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Moran, Carla (Self)
On:
Schovane, Lawrence (Texas Tech University)
For:
Blanchett, Amy (Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas)
Crocker, Duane (City of Victoria)
O’Connor, T.Michael (Self; O’Connor group)
Titas, Jonas (Self; VEDC Regional Partnership)
Zacek, John (Self; Victoria College)
Zeller, Ben (Self; Victoria County, TX.)
On:
Glenn, Robert (University of Houston Victoria)
Hallmark, Dr. James (Texas A&M University System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Holzheauser, Craig (Self)
Holzheauser, Craig (SpeedyStop)
Holzheauser, Steve (Self)
Montgomery, Rebecca (Montgomery Strategies)
Mundy, Amy (Self)
Murphy, Tammy (Self)
Rose, Denise (Community Health Systems)
Thomas, Ashlie (Self)
On:
Smith, Jason (University of Houston System)
For:
Mockler, Sarah (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Turner, Leah (Self)
On:
Cruser, Kevin (Texas Woman’s University)
Feyten, Carine (Texas Woman’s University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
Giesinger, Ross (Texas Medical Center)
Hernandez, Elisa (University Medical Center of El Paso)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Lee, Christopher (North Texas Commission)
Turner, McCann (Texas Health Resources (THR))
Warren, Kevin (DHR Health)
Williams, Benjamin (Texas Hospital Association)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Torres, Ed (Comptroller of Public Accounts / Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity austin)
Sims, Taylor (Project Lead the Way)
For:
Bumpus, Serena (Texas Nurses Associatiom)
On:
Cruser, Kevin (Texas Woman’s University)
Feyten, Carine (Texas Woman’s University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Evans, Brian (Self)
Garcia, Amanda (Texas AFT-AAUP)
Giesinger, Ross (Texas Medical Center)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Torres, Ed (Comptroller of Public Accounts / Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company)
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