WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
May 6, 2025 - 8:00 AM
On:
Stoner, James (Southwest Association of College and University Housing Officers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Jones, Garry (Self; DFER TX)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers -Texas)
Mckiernan - Gonzalez, John (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Thurston, Andrea (EdTrust in Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cusack, Erin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dole, Michael (Driscoll Childrens Hospital Rio Grande Valley)
Holguin, Eric (Self; UnidosUS)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Martin, Mckenzie (Self; Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Yarbrough, Brian (South Texas Health System (UHS of Delaware, Inc.))
On:
Samsel, Rachel (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atkins, Grace (Texas 2036)
Boiser, Samantha (Educate Texas)
On:
Deline, Steven (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Butler, Carrie (Self)
Johnson, Richard (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Martinez, Paola (Self)
Rodriguez, Will (Self; Texas A&M Student Government Association)
Sylvester, Sherry (Texas Public Policy Foundatiin)
Against:
Achar, Caro (ACLU of Texas)
Albert, David (Self)
Baldwin, Debra Romanick (Self)
Bastone, Gina (Self)
Berman, Emily (Self)
Bledsoe, Gary (Texas NAACP)
Braaten, Daniel (Self)
Bright, Leonard (Self)
Brookins, Julia (Self; American Historical Association)
Burger, Jennifer (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chavez, Karma (Self)
Chin, Wynne (Self)
Cordova, Cary (Self)
Datla, Vivek (Texas Legislative Education Equity Coaliation)
DiSanza, Maggie (Self; Texas state employees union)
Escamilla, Edwin (Self)
Evans, Brian (Self)
Fagelson, Bill (Self)
Garcia, Amanda (Texas AFT-AAUP)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Gonzalez, Maria (Self)
Gore, Andrea (Self)
Gutterman, Lauren (Self)
Heilrayne, Arwyn (Self)
Iverson, Brent (Self)
Jordan, Makya (Self; University of Texas at Dallas, Student Government)
Juarez, Romeo (Self)
Kafer, Alison (Self)
Klein, James (Self)
Klieman, Kairn (Self)
Ladue, Matthew (Self)
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Against:
Lauener, Autumn (Self; Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Scholars)
Liu, Allen (Self; NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND)
Lopez Cepero, Myles (Self)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers -Texas)
Martinez, Laura (Self)
Martinez-Ebers, Valerie (Self)
McArdle, Kate (Self)
Mckiernan - Gonzalez, John (Self)
Mcneal, Keith (Self)
McSpadden, Victoria (Self; UT Dallas Student Government)
Mehdy, Mona (Self)
Miller, Brooke (Self)
Minivh, Julie (Self)
Mulder, Stephennie (Self)
Nelson, Adele (Self)
Newman, Martha (Self)
Onyisi, Peter (Self)
Osseo-Asare, Abena (Self)
Perez hodge, Alicia (Self; Texas LULAC Education Commmittee)
Prado, Maximiliano (Self; Texas Students for DEI)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Raby, Megan (Self)
Rao, Nicholas (Self)
Rizvi, Sameeha (Self)
Rubel, Timothy (Self)
Seeman, Sonia (Self)
Serrano, Danya (Self)
Sherris, Ari (Self)
Small, Colleen (Self)
Smith, Caitlin (Self)
Unda, Maria (Self; Black Brown Dialogues on Policy)
Valenzuela, Angela (Self; Texas LULAC education committee)
Zamora, Emillio (Self; Texas LULAC Education Committee)
Zavala, Leticia (Self)
On:
Bonilla, Ray (Texas A&M University System)
Keyton, Sarah (THECB)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Head, Vim (Self)
Against:
Allen, Tianna (Self)
Bier, Marti (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
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Against:
Cotera, Martha (Self)
Giles, Mars (Self)
Gomez, Adamari (Self)
Heil Rayne, Arwyn Ree (Self)
Heilrayne, Julia (Self)
Jones, Amber (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Kandikonda, Aneesha (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Self)
Longoria, Raul (Self)
Lopez Valdez, Daniella (Self; Brownsville Independent School District)
Miller, Matilda (Self)
Miller, Patricia (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Papadakis, Emanuel (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
Rayne, Karen (Self)
Richie, Landon (Self)
Sayde, Rox (Self)
Segel, Emily (Self)
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
VanKoughnett, Paul (Self)
Williams, Eric (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jordan (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Eickstaedt, Wendy (Self)
Kaplan, Judith (Self)
Mckiernan - Gonzalez, John (Self)
Turpin, Jenna (Self)
On:
Pena, Lauren (Self)
For:
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
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For:
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Deline, Steven (Self)
Galloso, Tessa (Texans Care for Children)
Glosser, Cole (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Hulsey, Cassandra (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Jones, Garry (Self; DFER TX)
Kiser, Mary Beth (Texas Psychological Association)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers -Texas)
Martin, Mckenzie (Self; Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Page, Stefanie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)
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