WITNESS LIST
Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee
April 23, 2025 - 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Perdichizzi, Gabriela (Texas Association of Business)
For:
Allmon, Eric (Self; Coastal Watch Association and Port Aransas Conservancy)
Byrum, John (Nueces River Authority)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Chispa Texas)
Hale, Jason (Self)
Nazor, Craig (Self; Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Spears, Evgenia (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Baldera, Alexis (Self; Audubon Texas)
Cofield, Melanie (Self)
Cortez, David (Self; Sierra club lone star chapter)
Cortez, Norma (Self; Sierra club)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Edwards, Rebecca (Texas Impact)
Entsminger, Tom (National Wildlife Federation)
Jaross, Maria (Self; Texas Shrimp Association)
Lopez, Javier (Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance)
Miller, Jeff (Gulf Trust)
Morgan, Patricia (Self)
Park, Joey (Coastal Conservation Association)
Pruett, Kay (Self)
Schwartz, Raphael (Self)
Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Wagner, Matt (Self; Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society)
Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)
Against:
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Desalination Association)
On:
Mills, Kelly (TCEQ)
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For:
Wagner, Matt (Self; Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society)
On:
Paddie, Chris (Texas Deer Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dreibelbis, Justin (Self; Texas Wildlife Association)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Sanders, Jenny (Self)
Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)
Young, Larry (Self; Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
On:
Cain, Alan (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
Winters, Kevin (TPWD)
For:
Akin, Robert (Self; Akin Holdings - CRC)
Bailey, Amy (Self)
Berry, Mike (Hillwood)
Doherty, Sean (Self)
Eiland, Craig (Self)
Harrelson, Woody (Self)
Husmann, Luke (Self)
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel Assn)
Juen, Christian (Out of Order Studios)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Mcconaughey, Matthew (Self)
Page, Heather (Self; The Shine Company)
Parker, Mattie (City of Fort Worth)
Pickens, Amber (Self)
Raymond, Mindy (Self; The Shine Company)
Thomas, Brandon (Self; TBD Post)
Against:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Peacock, Bill (Self)
On:
Cruz, Adriana (Texas Economic Development & Tourism, Office of the Governor)
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On:
Currah, Tom (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
McLaughlin, Tim (Texas A&M University)
Whallon, Stephanie (Texas Film Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Averitt, Kip (Self)
Bryan, Henry (North Texas Commission)
Cervantes, Alfred (Houston First Corp.)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
Franzese, Derek (Self)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jones, Garry (Self)
Legare, Courtney (Self; TXMPA)
Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)
Licon, Lailah (Self)
McConaughey, Camila (Self)
McGarah, Carol (Fort Worth Chamber)
Mica, Tara (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Montgomery, Rebecca (Visit Fort Worth)
Montgomery, Rebecca (Greater Arlington Chamber)
Montgomery, Rebecca (Hurst Euless Bedford Chamber)
Montgomery, Rebecca (Parker County Chamber)
Moore, Jason (Mansfield Economic Development Corporation)
OConnor, Andrew (Entertainment Software Association)
Partida, Neftali (Greater Houston Partnership)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Phelps, Natalie (Mansfield Economic Development Corporation)
Poinsett, Royce (IATSE)
Postpn, Fred (TXMPA)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County & City of Port Aransas)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
Smith, Julie (Self; City of Stephenville)
Sullivan, Jet (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (Self; El Paso County)
Treat, Mark (Self)
Utley, Mattie (Calpine)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Van dePutte, Leticia (City of Del Rio)
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For:
Webster, Richard (Media for Texas)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Texas Cultural Trust)
Wilson, Gertie (Self; W Public Affairs)
Yarnell, William (Hill Country Studios.)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
DeRusseau, Louise (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Legislative Priorities)
Hale, Paul (Self; Republican Party of Texas - SREC SD1)
Hopkins, Perla (Self)
McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Treat, Brita (Self)
On:
Abbott, Bill (Great American Media)
Coleman, Rob (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Cowley, Jennifer (UT Arlington)
Fleming, John (Texas State University)
Keener, Justin (Doug Deason, Great American Media)
For:
Oehmig, Alice (Self; Texas Deer Coalition)
Paddie, Chris (Texas Deer Association)
Wagner, Matt (Self; Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dreibelbis, Justin (Self; Texas Wildlife Association)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hamilton, Melissa (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
Sanders, Jenny (Self)
Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)
Spears, Evgenia (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
On:
Cain, Alan (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
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