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WITNESS LIST
Finance
February 18, 2009 - 08:30 AM
SB 1
 
ON:
 
Beck, Tina   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Childs, Hayden   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Clark, Ayanna   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Conklin, Lena   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Henricksen, Aaron   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Hernandez, Demetrio   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Hujar, Deborah   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Lambert, Tom   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Mason, Jack   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Parks, Ursula   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Smith, Zelma   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Tanner, Beth   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Yawn, Keith   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Scallion, Marva   LBB Staff  (LBB)
SB 1 - Animal Health Commission
 
ON:
 
Hillman, Bob   Executive Director - TAHC  (Texas Animal Health Commission),  Austin, TX
 
Morales, Ernie   Commercial Feedlot Owner - Cattlemen  (TAHC),  Devine, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Winters, Jr., Richard W.   Rancher  (Texas Animal Health Commission Exotic Livestock & Fowl),  Beady, TX
SB 1 - Department of Agriculture
 
ON:
 
Staples, Todd   Commissioner  (Texas Department of Agriculture)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Haselwood, Dacota   TX Wine & Grape Growers Association  (TX Wine & Grape Growers Association),  Grapevine, TX
 
On:
 
DeBerry, Drew   Deputy Commissioner  (Texas Department of Agriculture)
 
Peterson, Heather   (Texas Dept. of Agriculture)
 
Rosing, Shannon   Chief of Staff, Dept. of Ag.  (TD Agriculture)
SB 1 - Ethics Commission
 
ON:
 
Reisman, David A.   Executive Director  (Texas Ethics Commission),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Ashley, Natalia L.   State Govt  (TX Ethics Commission)
 
McElhaney, Michael L.   State Govt.  (Texas Ethics Commission),  Lockhart, TX
SB 1 - Facilities Commission
 
ON:
 
Johnson, Edward   Executive Director  (Texas Facilities Commission),  Austin, TX
 
Molina, Kay   General Counsel  (Texas Facilities Commission)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Arellano, Luis   TFC CFO  (Texas Facilities Commission)
 
Beckendorff, Malcolm   Engineer  (TFC),  Houston, TX
 
Reinbeck, Betty   Ex. Dir., Tomball Ec. Dev. Corp.  (Texas Facilities Commission),  Tomball, TX
SB 1 - Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner
 
FOR:
 
Patterson, Max   Chairman, Investment Committee  (Texas Emergency Services Retirement System),  Spring, TX
 
Torres, Frank   Emergency Management Coordinator Willacy County  (Texas Emergency Services Retirement Services),  Raymondville, TX
 
ON:
 
Miller, Lisa Ivie   Commissioner  (Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Barboza, Andres (Andy)   Firefighter  (Corpus Christi Firefighters Retirements Sys.),  Corpus Christi, TX
 
Barron, Chris   Executive Director  (State Firemen's & Fire Marshals' Association)
 
DeWitt, Jim   Travis County Emergency Services Dist. #6  (TCESD #6),  Austin, TX
 
Gold, Kenneth   Firefighter  (Denton Firefighters Pension System for FFPC)
 
Higgins, Mike   Chief of Staff  (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters),  Austin, TX
 
Littlejohn, Alva   Retired Firefighter  (Lubbock Fire Pension Fund),  Lubbock, TX
 
Melton, Mike   Gilmer Vol. Fire Dept.  (City of Gilmer),  Gilmer, TX
 
Phillips, Ron   Firefighter  (FFPC - Big Spring Fire Fighters' Relief & Retirement Fund),  Big Spring, TX
 
On:
 
Brown, Paul R.   President  (TEXPERS TX. Public Employee Retirement Systems)
 
Fenlaw, Mark   Actuary  (Texas Emergency Services Retirement System),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Historical Commission
 
FOR:
 
Bumpas, Diane   NA  (Texas Historical Commission),  Dallas, TX
 
ON:
 
Oaks, F. Lawrence (Larry)   Executive Director: THC  (Texas Historical Commission)
 
Wolfe, Mark   Chief Deputy Executive Director  (Texas Historical Commission),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Gravelle, David A.   Marketing Consultant  (Texas Historical Commission),  Dallas, TX
 
On:
 
Colley, Terry   Deputy Executive Director  (Texas Historical Commission),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Parks and Wildlife Department
 
FOR:
 
Bosak, Stephen A.   Parks & Recreation Director  (Texas Recreation & Parks Society),  Leander, TX
 
Bristol, George L.   Conservationist (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Coalition for Conservation - President)
 
Brown, Kirby   Vice President (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Wildlife Association),  San Antonio, TX
 
ON:
 
Holt, Peter   Chairman, Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission  (TPWD)
 
Merz, Evelyn L.   Real Estate Mgmt. (also providing written testimony)  (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
 
Smith, Carter   Executive Director, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept.  (TPWD)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Boruff, Scott   Deputy Director for Programs  (TPWD)
 
Flores, Col. Peter   Director, TPWD Law Enforcement Division  (TPWD)
 
McCarty, Gene   Deputy Executive Director for Administration  (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Kramer, Ken   Director  (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Railroad Commission
 
ON:
 
Carrillo, Chariman Victor   Commissioner Railroad Commission of Texas  (RRC)
 
Hudson, Denise   Deputy Executive Director  (Railroad Commission of TX)
 
Tintera, John   Acting Executive Director  (Railroad Commission of TX)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Jones, Commissioner Elizabeth   Railroad Commission of Texas  (RRS)
SB 1 - Secretary of State
 
ON:
 
Andrade, Hope   Texas Secretary of State  (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
Beck, Jim   Director of Admin Services  (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
McGeehan, Ann   Director of Election Administrations  (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
Shorter III, Coby   Deputy Secretary of State  (Office of the Secretary of State)
SB 1 - Soil and Water Conservation Board
 
FOR:
 
Bartel, Fred   Rancher (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Boerne, TX
 
Brister, Jackie   Farm-Ranch-Recreation  (San Saba Soil and Water Conservation Board),  Bend, TX
 
Dodier, Jose O.   Rancher  (TSSWCB)
 
Mengers, Dale   Consultant for El Creek Watershed Authority (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Association of Watershed Sponsors (TAWS)),  Temple, TX
 
Richmond, Jule   Rancher (also providing written testimony)  (Association Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Dist.),  Blanket, TX
 
West, Jr., William E. (Bill)   General Manager (also providing written testimony)  (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority),  Seguin, TX
 
ON:
 
Foster, John   Programs Officer  (Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board),  Temple, TX
 
Isom, Rex   Exec Director TX State Soil & Water Cons. Board  (Soil and Water Conservation Board),  Temple, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Pool, Pat   Rancher  (San Saba Soil & Water Conservation Dist 250)
 
Winters, Jr., Richard W.   Rancher  (McCulloch Soil & Water Conservation District),  Brady, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
On:
 
Buck, Raymond   General Manager  (Upper Guadalupe River Authority),  Kerrville, TX
SB 1 - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
 
ON:
 
Alvarez, Ph.D., Ramon   Scientist (also providing written testimony)  (Environmental Defense Fund),  Austin, TX
 
Garcia, Buddy   Chairman  (TCEQ),  Austin, TX
 
Reed, Cyrus   Conservation Director Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter (also providing written testimony)  (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter),  San Antonio, TX
 
Shaw, Ph.D., Bryan   Commissioner  (TCEQ),  Austin, TX
 
Vickery, Mark   Executive Director  (TCEQ),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Soward, Larry   Commissioner  (TCEQ),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Veterans Commission
 
FOR:
 
Johnson, Charlie   Retired  (Myself - Vietnam Vet),  Wimberley, TX
 
Morley, Charles Thomas (Tom)   Staff Assistant  (VA Regional Office, Waco, TX),  Waco, TX
 
Spahr, John   Retired  (Veterans of Foreign Wars),  Georgetown, TX
 
ON:
 
Nier, James E.   Executive Director  (Texas Veterans Commission),  Austin, TX
 
Rankin, Karen S.   Chair TX Veterans Commission  (TX Vets Comm)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Buerschinger, Charlie   Deputy Executive Director  (Texas Veterans Commission),  Austin, TX
 
O'Mahoney, TP   Retired  (TVC),  Dallas, TX
 
Richman, Jim   Director of Claims Representation & Counseling  (Texas Veterans Commission),  Waco, TX
SB 1 - Water Development Board
 
ON:
 
Callahan, Melanie   Chief Financial Officer, TWDB  (TWDB)
 
Herring, James   Chairman, TWDB  (TWDB)
 
Kramer, Ken   Director (also providing written testimony)  (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club),  Austin, TX
 
Ward, J. Kevin   Executive Administrator  (TX Water Development Bd)