WITNESS LIST
S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Committee
March 20, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Buhler, Brigham (Self; End Chronic Disease)
Evilsizer, Hawley (Self; TAND)
Gavvala, Sheela (Self; Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society)
Hawthorne, Keli (Self)
Naylor, Rachel (TAHPERD & The Partnership for Healthy Texas)
Nelson, Amy (Self)
Smeltzer, Barry (Self)
Tyler, Amy (Self)
Against:
Jackson, Wroe (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Raden, Erin (Consumer Brands Association)
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemistry Council)
On:
Bosher, Mark (Career and Technical Association of Texas)
Campos, Dya (H-E-B)
Howard, Mike (Self; Texas Fine Arts Administrators Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barnes, Ann (Episcopal Health Foundation)
Blaha, Morgan (Self)
Cummins, Taylor (Empower Pharmacy)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Lackey, Sheila (Self)
Lancton, Patrick (Self)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Romo, Joel (American Diabetes Association/Greenlight Fitness/Texas Public Health
Coalition/Partnership for a Healthy Texas)
Schlegel, Jackie (Self; Texans for medical freedom)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Vallot, Colette (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Fordham, Phillip (Nutrinova)
Gutierrez, Carlos (The Consumer Healthcare Products Association)
Shannon, Fred (Walmart)
On:
Baker, Tammy (Self)
Jones, Neal t. Buddy (HEB grocery)
Stevenson, Timothy (Dshs)
Triplett, Jeremy (Dshs)
For:
Brendle, Kevin (Self; South Plains Association of Governments)
Denmark, Kevin (Findhelp)
Myers, Sharla (Community Council of Greater Dallas)
Price, Amy (United Way for Greater Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Chaney, Brent (Vistra Corp)
Dove, Emily (Texas2036)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition for Patients)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Mace, Stephanie (AARP Texas)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-TX)
Mendoza, Alec (Texans Care for Children)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self)
O'Connor, Amber (Every Texan)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Riley, Kyle (Texas Impact)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Tollett, Amanda (Texas Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Waldock, Brianna (TexProtects)
Walker, Janet (Texas Association of Community Health Plans)
Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wolstencroft, Evan (Texas Rural Funders)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Stringer, Summer (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Armstrong, Nicholas (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Meier, Adam (Cicero Action)
Against:
Childs, Tilden (Self; Texas Medical Association)
On:
Bruno, Steve (TDLR)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Against:
Caballero, Darcy (Planned Parenthood Texas Votes)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Assn)
Cohen, Sarah (Self)
Erisman, Wendy (Self)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Hendricks, Robert (Self)
James, Gracie (Self)
KNIGHT, ANITA (Self; Equality Texas)
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
Richie, Landon (Self; Transgender Education Network of Texas)
Tahbou, Samuina (Self)
Thye, Asher (Self)
Tigner, Drucilla (Self; Planned Parenthood Texas Votes)
Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)
For:
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-TX)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County Hospital District)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Helathcarem)
On:
Simpson, Jennie (Health and Human Services Commission)
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