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WITNESS LIST
Finance
February 19, 2009 - 08:30 AM
SB 1
 
ON:
 
Childs, Hayden   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Connolly, Michelle   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Davila, Yolanda   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Dow, Susan   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Gabbert, Lori   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Guszak, Garron   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Isaack, Angela   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Lambert, Tom   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Parks, Ursula   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Shepperd, Val   LBB Staff  (LBB)
 
Smith, Zelma   LBB Staff  (LBB)
SB 1 - Adjutant General's Department
 
FOR:
 
Sharman, MSG Michael T   NCOIC Education & Incentives Office  (Texas Army National Guard State Tuition Reimbursement),  Austin, TX
 
West, Col. Tony   TX NG Counterdrug Commander  (Adj.  Gen. Dept.),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Duffy, Claire   State Property & Fiscal Officer  (Adjutant General's Dept.),  Austin, TX
 
Rodriguez, LTG (TX) Charles   Adjutant General of Texas  (Adjutant General's Dept.)
 
Smith, Brigadier General William L.   Chief of Joint Staff  (Adjutant General's Dept.)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Lovelace, Joe   Associate Director of Behavioral Health  (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Alcoholic Beverage Commission
 
ON:
 
Steen, Alan   Administrator  (TABC)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Kerr, Charlie   CFO  (TABC)
SB 1 - Commission on Fire Protection
 
FOR:
 
Connealy, Chris   Fire Chief  (Texas Commission on Fire Protection & Texas Fire Chiefs Assoc.),  Cedar Park, TX
 
Cooper, Rhea   Fire Chief - City of Lubbock  (Commission on Fire Protection - Texas Fire Chiefs),  Lubbock, TX
 
Gillette III, John K.   Fire Marshal  (Texas Commission on Fire Protection - Commissioner),  University Park, TX
 
Stalder, Kelley   Commissioner  (Texas Commission on Fire Protection),  Parker, TX
 
ON:
 
Soterion, Jake   Director TCFP  (TCFP),  Austin, TX
 
Warren, Sr., Gary L.   Executive Director  (Tx. Commission on Fire)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Brown, Paul   Sec-Treas.  (TX AFL-CIO)
 
Higgins, Mike   Chief of Staff/Legislative Director  (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters),  Austin, TX
 
Melton, Michael   City of Gilmer Fire Department  (TCFP),  Gilmer, TX
 
Villarreal, Johnny   Fire Fighter/Legislative Director  (Houston Fire Fighters Local 341),  Houston, TX
 
On:
 
Munoz, Ana R.   Dir. of Support Services  (Tx. Comm. on Fire Protection),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Commission on Jail Standards
 
FOR:
 
Munoz, Adan   Executive Director  (Tx. Commission on Jail Standards),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Valls, Rodney   Budget Analyst  (TCJS)
 
Wood, Brandon   Assistant Director  (Jail Commission),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
 
FOR:
 
Hall, Charles   Constable  (Chairman/TCLEOSE),  Midland, TX
 
ON:
 
Braaten, Timothy A.   Executive Director  (Texas Comm. on Law Enforcement Officers Standards & Education)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Woodall, J. Frank   Director, Education and Training  (Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Department of Criminal Justice
 
FOR:
 
Cook, William   Correctional Officer (also providing written testimony)  (TDCJ),  Livingston, TX
 
Gay, Clifford   Programmatic Recovery Specialist  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Homer, Andrew   Director of Government Relations  (Texas Public Employees Association),  Austin, TX
 
Horton, Janice   Supply Polunsky Unit (also providing written testimony)  (TDCJ),  Livingston, TX
 
Lovelace, Joe   Associate Director of Behavioral Health (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers),  Austin, TX
 
McKee, Richard   Law Librarian TDCJ - ID (also providing written testimony)  (TDCJ - ID),  Livingston, TX
 
Noyes Ph.D., Michael E.   Director  (Dallas County CSCD),  Dallas, TX
 
Setliff, Aaron   Director of Policy (also providing written testimony)  (The Texas Council on Family Violence),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Bell, Oliver   Management Consulting  (Chairman Texas Board of Criminal Justice)
 
Cosper, Caprice   Senior/retired judge (criminal justice)  (CJAD/Judiciary Advisory Council),  Houston, TX
 
Hightower, Allen   Executive Director  (Correctional Managed Health Care)
 
Livingston, Brad   Executive Director  (Texas Department of Criminal Justice),  Huntsville, TX
 
Owens, Rissie   Chair (also providing written testimony)  (Tx Bd of Padrons & Paroles)
 
Simpson, Dee   Political Director - Amer Federation of State County Municipal Employees  (AFSCME Corrections Council 7),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Wadge, Gyl   Public Policy Director  (Mental Health America of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
On:
 
Gutierrez, Isela   Juvenile Justice Initiative Director  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Department of Public Safety
 
FOR:
 
Chandler, Sgt. Gary   Sergeant Highway Patrol (also providing written testimony)  (Department of Public Safety Officers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Gilleland, Greg   1st Asst D.A., Bastrop Co.  (UNT-CHI),  Bastrop, TX
 
Hawthorne, Sgt. Brian   Sergeant Highway Patrol (also providing written testimony)  (Department of Public Safety Officers Association),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Beckworth, Lamar   State Police  (TX-DPS),  Austin, TX
 
Clark, Stan   Director  (DPS),  Austin, TX
 
Eisenberg Ph.D., Arthur   Professor & Chair Dept. of Forensic & Investigative Genetics (also providing written testimony)  (Univ of North TX Health Science Center),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Polunsky, Allan   (Public Safety Commission and DPS)
 
Ybarra, Oscar   Chief of Fin.  (DPS)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Parker, Carl   (TSTA TEX State Trooper Assn.),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Fischer, Heidi   (Tx. Dept. of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
 
Fulmer, Valerie   Chief, Administration  (TXDPS),  Austin, TX
 
Leal, Antonio   Chief - Texas Rangers  (DPS),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
On:
 
Ingersoll, Deborah   Lobbyist  (Texas State Troopers Assn.),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board
 
ON:
 
Hagood, Gary   (GLO)
 
Martin, Rusty   Deputy Commissioner of Funds Mgt.  (Texas General Land Office),  Austin, TX
 
Patterson, Jerry   Commissioner  (GLO),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Juvenile Probation Commission
 
FOR:
 
Collier, Annie   Chief Financial Officer  (TJPC)
 
Cozadd, David   Mental Health Care (also providing written testimony)  (Burke Center),  Lufkin, TX
 
ON:
 
Campbell, Leah   Policy Analyst/Sunset Staff  (Sunset Advisory Commission)
 
Hinckson, Andrea   Dir. of Policy/Gov't Rel. (also providing written testimony)  (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
 
Smith, Jodie   Public Policy (also providing written testimony)  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
Spock, Karl   Sunset Staff  (Sunset Commission)
 
Spriggs, Vicki   Executive Director  (Texas Juvenile Probation Commission)
 
Turner, Randy   Juvenile Probation - Chief  (Tarrant County Juvenile Probation),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Lovelace, Joe   Associate Director of Behavioral/Health  (Texas Council of MHMR Centers),  Austin, TX
 
Wadge, Gyl   Public Policy Director  (Mental Health America of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
On:
 
Gutierrez, Isela   Juvenile Justice Initiative Director  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
Velasquez, Sally   (TX Probation Association),  Austin, TX
SB 1 - Youth Commission
 
ON:
 
Campbell, Leah   Policy Analyst/Sunset Staff  (Sunset Advisory Commission)
 
Gay, Clifford   Programmatic Recovery Specialist  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Jodie   Public Policy (also providing written testimony)  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
Spock, Karl   Sunset Staff  (Sunset Commission)
 
Townsend, Cherie   Executive Commissioner - TYC  (Texas Youth Commission),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
On:
 
Gutierrez, Isela   Juvenile Justice Initiative Director  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition),  Austin, TX