WITNESS LIST
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Committee
April 23, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Barasch, Joan (Self)
Bishop, Ann (Self; TPEA)
Farias, Richard (ASCME Texas Retirees)
Hamilton, Bill (Self; Retired state employees association, president)
Taylor, Clay (Self; Texas DPS Officers Association)
Wald, Jerome (Texas State Employees Union)
On:
Wilson, Porter (Employees Retirement System of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguilar, Leonard (Secretary-Treasurer)
Bartee, Alex (Self)
Carroll, Monte (Self; DPSOA Reg. 6 Board Member)
Chesnut, Jimmy (Self)
Cole, Tommye (Self)
Day, Elizabeth (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Jones, Dennis (Self)
Martinez, Louann (Texas State Troopers Association)
Moore, Dana (Self)
Posson, Amanda (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Pruett, Kay (Self)
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
Ward (Self)
Wright, Ben (BLET/ TXSLB)
On:
Oney, Tom (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Shepard, Judge (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Deline, Steven (Self)
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Against:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Keefer, Andrew (Denton Municipal Electric)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Traub, Ariel (City of Garland, Texas)
Weist, Jon (City of Ivung)
On:
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bishop, Ann (Self; TPEA)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Hardway, Robin (Employees Retirement System of Texas)
For:
Besselman, Brett (Self; Houston Firefighters Relief & Retirement Fund)
Lancton, Patrick M “Marty” (Self; Houston professional fire fighters association)
On:
Cardona, Amy (Pension Review Board)
Fee, David (Pension Review Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
For:
Fowler, Doug (Austin firefighters retirement fund)
Kumar, Anumeha (Austin firefighters retirement fund)
Nicks, Bob (Self; Austin Firefighters Association)
Vallejo, Rene (Austin Retired Firefighters Association)
Van Eenoo, Ed (City of austin)
Watson, Kirk (City of Austin)
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On:
Cardona, Amy (Pension Review Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Chuck (Austin Fire Fighter R and R Fund)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hale, Eric (Austin Chamber)
Lowe, Donald (Self; Arffa)
Wesson, Jan (Self; ARFFA)
On:
Fee, David (Pension Review Board)
For:
Leeton, Scott (Self; Combined law enforcement associations of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Foster, Wendy (Independent Bankers Assoc of Texas)
Jenkins, Tramaine (Self)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Young, Larry (Self; Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
On:
Munoz, Debbie (TMRS)
For:
Garcia, Brandon (Texas public charter schools association)
Olivier, Jay (Meridian World School)
Against:
Lee, Timothy (Texas retired teachers association)
On:
Lamb, Caasi (TRS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wood, Justin (Self; Schulman Lopez Hoffer & Adelstein LLP)
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Against:
Cuevas, Jo Cassandra (Our Schools Our Democracy)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Exter, Monty (ATPE)
Hallamek, James (Texas State Teachers Association)
Quinzi, Patty (TX-AFT)
On:
Guthrie, Brian (Teacher Retirement System of Texas)
For:
Avera, Bill (Self; Texas School District Police Chiefs’ Association)
Cunningham, Paul (Self)
Foley, Jeffrey (Self; Texas association of school resource officers)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Killian, Douglas (Self; CFISD)
Lawrence, Kevin (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Mendez, Eric (Self; Cypress-Fairbanks ISD)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Springer, Chadd (Lake Dallas ISD PD)
Warnke, Kirby (Self; Texas ISD Police Chiefs Association)
On:
Barnes, John (Self)
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Lee, Timothy (Texas retired teachers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP Lodge 39)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Vessels, Chad (Chief of Police; Prosper ISD)
On:
Guthrie, Brian (Teacher Retirement System of Texas)
For:
Clancy, Austin (Texas Consumer Credit Coalition)
Hammond, Elizabeth (Texas Consumer Credit Coalition)
Against:
Gordley, Briana (Texas Appleseed)
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Against:
Mace, Stephanie (AARP Texas)
On:
Pettijohn, Leslie (Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McCartt, J. (Texas Consumer Credit Coalition)
Against:
Allmon, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Colvin, Elizabeth (RAISE Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Green, Shelton (Fellowship Southwest)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
McKenna, Sarah (Self; Society of St Vincent de Paul of Central Texas)
Whitley, Tracey (Self)
Against:
Stephen, John (Texas Cemeteries and Crematories Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Saucillo, Jesse (Texas department of banking)
For:
Cayce, John (Self; Texas association of senior retired and former judges)
Woodward, Ben (Self)
On:
Wilson, Porter (Employees Retirement System of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Laine, Dale (Self; TX Assoc of Senior, Retired and Former Judges, Inc (TASRFJ))
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Colby, Adam (Self; TX Financial Crimes Intelligence Center)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Decker, Kate (Texas Bankers Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
DeWeese, Amy (The PNC Financial Services Group)
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP Lodge 39)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Mace, Stephanie (AARP Texas)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
On:
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lee, Timothy (Texas retired teachers association)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hallamek, James (Texas State Teachers Association)
Quinzi, Patty (TX-AFT)
On:
Guthrie, Brian (Teacher Retirement Ststem of Texas)
Steffen, Carla (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hensley, Wesley (Self)
Smirl, Cody (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguilar, Leonard (Texas AFL-CIO)
Bishop, Ann (Self; TPEA)
Cadena, Luis (Self)
Combs, John (Self; Texas Office of the Attorney General Peace Officer Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP Lodge 39)
Fugitt, David (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
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For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Quinn, James (Self; Texas Attorney General Peace Officer Association)
Roper, Stanley (Self)
Rubio, Wayne (Self; Texas Attorney General Peace Officers Association)
Seales, Brian (Self)
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
Sunley, Robert (Texas Attorney General Peace Officer Assoc)
Wright, Ben (Blet/Txslb)
On:
Hardway, Robin (Employees Retirement System of Texas)
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