WITNESS LIST
S/C on Workforce Committee
April 8, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Graves, Robert (Self; TAC RMP)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefighters association)
Ash, Ky (DPS Officers Association (DPSOA))
Chapa, Alberto (Self; Laredo firefighters association)
Fruge, Chase (Self; Texas State Association of fire fighters)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assciation)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
On:
Craddock, Allen (Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation)
Against:
Reagan, David (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool)
On:
Markham, Joe (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefighters association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assciation)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Serna, Ed (Texas Mutual Insurance Company)
On:
Craddock, Allen (Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation)
For:
Atkins, Grace (Texas 2036)
Voights, Betty (Career Tracks Smithville)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Borskey, Mark (Association of Equipment Manufacturers)
Caruthers, James (Coalition for the Homeless)
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
Cuevas, Jo Cassandra (UA Local 286 Plumbers & Pipefitters)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Juergens, Seth (Texas Realtors)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
York, Mary (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Flores-Rivera, Odette (Workforce Solutions Borderplex)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
On:
Miller, Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Ford, Victoria (Self)
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Borskey, Mark (Association of Equipment Manufacturers)
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Cuevas, Jo Cassandra (UA Local 286 Plumbers & Pipefitters)
Henderson, John (Self; TORCH)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
On:
York, Mary (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Markham, Joe (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefighters association)
Chapa, Alberto (Self; Laredo firefighters association)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organiation FOP #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assciation)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
For:
Ford, Victoria (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
Ross, Susan (Johnson & Johnson)
On:
Lawley, Cindy (Texas A&M Engineering)
Reeves, Baley (National center for theraputics manufacturing, Texas A&M Engineering)
York, Mary (Texas Workforce Commission)
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