WITNESS LIST
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Committee
March 5, 2025 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Bosher, Mark (Career and Technical Association of Texas)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Meroney, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
On:
Pruneda, Mary Lynn (Texas 2036)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas)
Barksdale, Jay (Plano Chamber of Commerce)
Barksdale, Jay (Greater Irving - Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce)
Borskey, Mark (Association of Equipment Manufacturers)
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Johnson, Michael (NRG Energy)
Johnson, Michael (Texans for Resonable Solutions)
Lee, Christopher (North Texas Commission)
Lord, Rick (Texas Building & Construction Trades)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Industrial Vocational Association)
Pieniazek, Ray (Self; Ag teachers association of texas)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company)
Scott, Anita (Texas Home School Coalition)
Short, Jim (Houston Real estate Council)
VanNest, Vicki (Plumbing heating cooling contractors association)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)
Bosher, Mark (Career and Technical Association of Texas)
Gonzalez, Michael (Rural schools innovation zone)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Harris, Dagmar (KilleenISD)
Harris, Tom (Mayors Council on Education and Workforce Development)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Meroney, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Noble, Shannon (Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association)
Pruneda, Mary Lynn (Texas 2036)
Snell, Steven (Liberty Hill ISD)
VanNest, Vicki (Plumbing heating cooling contractors association)
Williams, Natalie (T3 Partnership)
On:
DeWitt, Chris (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas)
Alexander, Laura (Greater Houston Partnership)
Bhatia, Yasmin (Uplift Education)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Corte, Frank (Self; International Leadership of Texas)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Feinstein, Jonathan (EdTrust in Texas)
Franklin, Ryan (Philanthropy Advocates)
Fraser, Katrina (The Commit Partnership)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Grizzard, Julia (Bexar county education coalition)
Grizzard, Julia (Guadalupe county education coalition)
Grizzard, Julia (Permian basin education coalition)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Johnson, Michael (NRG Energy)
Jones, Garry (DFER TX)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
Lee, Christopher (North Texas Commission)
Leo, Myra (Schneider Electric)
List, Amanda (AList Consulting)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Busness)
McClain, Rachael (Self; Collegiate Edu-Nation)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Morton, Alyssa (Self; Empower Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Pieniazek, Ray (Self; Ag teachers association of texas)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company)
White, David (ACT)
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