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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Health & Human Services

            April 20, 2016 9:00 AM

            Interim Charge #2, Part A: Recurrence of Abuse and Neglect

                  ON:

                                 Antich, Deborah  CASA Volunteer (CASA), Leander, TX

                                 Dosch-Evangelista, Jessmunda Marie  (Foster youth of Texas), San Antonio, TX

                                 Dyann, Daylee  Executive Director  (also providing written testimony) (Cook Children's

                                 Center for Prevention of Child Maltreatment), Fort Worth, TX

                                 Foster, Mike  LCPAA  (also providing written testimony)  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Johnson, Dan  President  (also providing written testimony) (Behavioral Health Advocates

                                 of Texas; Pathways Youth and Family Services), Leakey, TX

                                 Litzinger, Linda  Parent, caregiver, advocate  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 McClure, Madeline  CEO  (also providing written testimony) (TexProtects, the Texas

                                 Association for the Protection of Children), Dallas

                                 Patel, Dimple  Senior Policy Analyst  (also providing written testimony) (TexProtects,

                                 Texas Association for the Protection of Children), Dallas, TX

                                 Powell, Judy  Communications Director (Parent Guidance Center), Austin, TX

                                 Rauls, Joy  Executive Director  (also providing written testimony) (Children's Advocacy

                                 Centers of Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX

                                 Sharp, Carla Lynn   (Self), Strawn, TX

                                 Specia, John  Commissioner  (also providing written testimony) (Department of Family and

                                 Protective Services), Austin, TX

                                 Stone, Randall   (Self; Estranged parents), Telferner, TX

                                 Wood, Cecilia M.  Attorney (Texas Home School Coalition), Austin, TX

            Interim Charge #2, Part B: High Acuity Foster Children

                  ON:

                                 Aylor, Candace  Health Policy and Systems Consultant  (also providing written testimony) 

                                 (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Bourgeois, Katy  Senior Consultant, Leadership Team  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Travis County Collaborative for Children), Austin, TX

                                 Carson, Wayne  CEO  (also providing written testimony) (ACH Child & Family Services),

                                 Fort Worth, TX

                                 Castro, James   (Self), San Antonio, TX

                                 Crockett, Sarah  Public Policy Coordinator  (also providing written testimony) (Texas

                                 CASA), Austin, TX

                                 Crumrine, Samantha  Founder and Board President  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Heart Gallery of Northwest Texas), San Angelo, TX

                                 Decker, Emily  Research Analyst  (also providing written testimony) (TexProtects: The

                                 Texas Association for the Protection of Children), Dallas, TX

                                 Dosch-Evangelista, Jessmunda Marie  (Foster youth of Texas), San Antonio, TX

                                 Dvorkin, Janice  Music Therapist Professor (Music Therapy Services), San Antonio, TX

                                 Echazarreta, Roberto  Former educator  (Self), Georgetown, TX

                                 Foster, Mike  LCPAA  (also providing written testimony)  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Francis, Will  Government Relations Director (National Association of Social Workers -

                                 Texas Chapter), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Health & Human Services

            April 20, 2016 9:00 AM

                                 Hansch, Greg  Public Policy Director (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Harmon, David  Chief Medical Director  (also providing written testimony) (Superior

                                 Health Plan), Austin, TX

                                 Holman, Nancy  Executive Director  (also providing written testimony) (Texas Alliance of

                                 Child and Family Services), Austin, TX

                                 Jessee, Gary  State Medicaid Director (Health and Human Services Commission), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Johnson, Dan  President  (also providing written testimony) (Behavioral Health Advocates

                                 of Texas; Pathways), Leakey, TX

                                 Litzinger, Linda  Parent, caregiver, advocate  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Lopez, Ana-Alicia  Board Certified Music Therapist (Texas State Task Force for Music

                                 Therapy), Pflugerville, TX

                                 Obaseki, Tyrone  Minister (Foster youth), Fresno, TX

                                 Partap, Anu  Director; Asst. Professor  (also providing written testimony) (UT

                                 Southwestern, Children's Health System of Texas; Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care

                                 Excellence at Children's Medical Center), Dallas, TX

                                 Powell, Judy  Communications Director (Parent Guidance Center), Austin, TX

                                 Rodriguez, Annette  President/CEO  (also providing written testimony) (The Children's

                                 Shelter- San Antonio), San Antonio, TX

                                 Saxton, Josette  Director of Mental Health Policy  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Texans Care for Children), Austin, TX

                                 Specia, John  Commissioner  (also providing written testimony) (Department of Family and

                                 Protective Services), Austin, TX

                                 Spiller, Lee  Executive Director (Citizens Commission on Human Rights-Texas), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Stephen, John  Managing Partner  (also providing written testimony) (The Stephen Group,

                                 LLC), Manchester, NH

                                 Stone, Randall   (Self; Estranged parents), Telferner, TX

                                 Vandervoort, Annie  Music Therapy Student/Intern (Texas Task Force for Music Therapy),

                                 Pflugerville, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  ON:

                                 Horton, Colleen  Program Officer (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health), Austin, TX

                                 Redden, Michael  CEO (New Horizons Ranch and Center, Inc), Abilene, TX

            Interim Charge #2, Part C: Strengthening Adoptions

                  ON:

                                 Calder Price, Renee  Director of CWS  (also providing written testimony) (Depelchin

                                 Children's Center), Austin, TX

                                 Crumrine, Samantha  Founder and Board President  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Heart Gallery of Northwest Texas), San Angelo, TX

                                 Daylee, Dyann  Executive Director  (also providing written testimony) (Cook Children's

                                 Center for Prevention of Child Maltreatment), Fort Worth, TX

                                 Dosch-Evangelista, Jessmunda Marie  (Foster youth of Texas), San Antonio, TX

                                 Foster, Mike  LCPAA  (also providing written testimony)  (Self), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Health & Human Services

            April 20, 2016 9:00 AM

                                 Litzinger, Linda  Parent, caregiver, advocate  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Martin, Metoyer  CASA Program Director  (also providing written testimony) (TX CASA),

                                 Rosenberg, TX

                                 North, Ryan  Executive Director  (also providing written testimony) (Tapestry), Irving, TX

                                 Obaseki, Tyrone  Minister  (Self; Foster youth), Fresno, TX

                                 Patel, Dimple  Senior Policy Analyst  (also providing written testimony) (TexProtects),

                                 Dallas, TX

                                 Petree, Holly Ann  Executive Director  (also providing written testimony) (Addy's Hope

                                 Adoption Agency), Midland, TX

                                 Reeves, Doug   (also providing written testimony)  (Self), Plano, TX

                                 Specia, John  Commissioner  (also providing written testimony) (Department of Family and

                                 Protective Services), Austin, TX

                                 Wood, Cecilia M.  Attorney (Texas Home School Coalition), Austin, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  ON:

                                 Santa, Sherry   (Self), Pflugerville, TX