Gap Closing 7-24-09

Council of the District of Columbia Committee of the Whole Public Oversight Hearing Witness List John A. W ilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Draft CHAIRMAN VINCENT C. GRAY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE PUBLIC OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2009 AND FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET GAP-CLOSING STRATEGIES FRIDAY, JULY 24 2009, 10:00 A.M. JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING, ROOM 500 1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W. WITNESS LIST 1.

Panel - State Board of Education Lisa Raymond, President Ted Trabue, Vice President

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Panel - AARP DC Denise Rolark Barnes, State President Jerry Kasunic, DC Longterm Care Ombudsman

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Marina Streznewski, Coordinator, DC JOBS Council

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Panel - SOME, Inc ( So Others Might Eat) Nechama Masliansky, Senior Advocacy Advisor Joni Podschun, Advocacy Associate Neki Swinton Georgia Smith Tanisha Graham

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Panel - The Washington Ballet Sylvia De Leon, Artistic Director Septime Webre, Artistic Director Demario Ford, Student Regina Jackson Sr., Father of Student Alison Brooks, Mother of Student

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Panel - City Year DC Jeff Franco Audra Clark

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Jennifer Mezey, Legal Aid Society of D.C.

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Labor Panel Joslyn Williams, President, Metropolitan Washington Council Al Bilik, AFSCME Council 20 Steven Anderson, AFSCME Local 1403 Kristopher Baumann, Fraternal Order of Police

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Robert Vinson Brannum, 5th District Citizens Advocacy Council

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Courtney Chappell, Advocacy Manager, D.C. Employment Justice Center

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Panel - Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington (AOBA) David Fuss, Esq. Wilkes Artis, Frann Francis, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Nicola Whiteman, Vice President of Government Affairs

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Panel - Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Fair Budget Kristi Matthews, Grassroots Advocacy Coordinator Christly Fellow

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Panel - Access to Justice Commission Jonathan Smith, Executive Director of Legal Aid Society Peter Edelman, Chair DC Access to Justice Commission Kim Keenan, President of DC Bar Katherine Garret, Executive Director

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Matt Watson, Board Member Washington DCJCC

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Judith Sandalow, Executive Director, Children’s Law Center

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Michael Allen, Principal for Property Tax, Ryan Inc.

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Gary Hankins, President, Association of Retired Police, D.C.

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Colleen Daley, Executive Director, Capital Area Asset Builders

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Panel - DC Fiscal Policy Institute Ed Lazere, Executive Director Katie Kertstetter Melissa Silverman

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Panel - The DC GLBT Community Center David Mariner, Executive Director Todd Metrokin, Chair-Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence Matt Bamford (Volunteer), HIV Working Group Miguel Tuason, Secretary-Gay Activists Alliance Jeff D. Richardson, President-Gertrude Stein Democratic Club Julius Agers, Transgender Activist

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Peg Hacskaylo, Executive Director, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc.

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Rebecca O’Connor, Policy Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence

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Panel - Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Scott McNeilly, Staff Attorney Andy Silver, Staff Attorney

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Foster and Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center (FAPAC) Margie Chalofsky, Executive Director

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Jeff Carter, Executive Director, D.C. Learns

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Steffi Benjamin, National Center for Children and Families

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Sharon Baskerville, CEO-DC Primary Care Association

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Dr. Ray Brown, Doctors Council of the District of Columbia

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Vanessa Dixon, Coalition for Government Responsibility

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Panel - Parklands Community Center Brenda Jones Deloris Walker Vanella Crawford

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Panel - Language Etc Caroline Morrissey, Executive Director Francis DiCello, Former Board Chair Rosa Siguenza, Student

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East River Family Strengthening Collaborative Latisha Atkins May Bess

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Sunny Sumter, Managing Director, Festivals DC/Duke Ellington Jazz Festival

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Khrisna Irby

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Panel - Bread for the City George A. Jones, Executive Director Vytas Vergeer, Legal Clinic Director

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Jason S. King, President, Turning the Page

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Mercia Bowser, Vice President, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-DC)

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Elizabeth Lower-Basch, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy

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Panel - Young Playwrights Theater David Snider, Producing Artistic Director and CEO Jorge Hernandez, Student

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Panel - Humanities Council of DC Don Murray, Board Member Ro Quander, Board Member

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Michael Allen

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Neale Perl, President, Washington Performing Arts Society

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Marc Eisenberg, Executive Director, Washington Bach Consort

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Panel Joseph Askew David Wilmot Denis Dunn Christopher Ternet Curtis Boykin

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Marie Drissel

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Rebecca Madrona, Executive Director, GALA Hispanic

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Ed Spitzberg, SITAR Arts Center

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Marie Claire Ramsey, Chief Executive Officer, Textile Museum

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David A. Fuss, Wilkes Artis

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Anne Korbett, Executive Director, Cultural Development Corporation

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Scott Kratz, Vice-President for Education, National Building Museum

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Varissa L. McMickens, Executive Director, DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative

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Kermit Walker

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Wanda Aikens, Ward 7 Arts Collaborative, Inc.

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Panel - Healthy Families/Thriving Communities Collaborative Council Dr. Jacquelyn Henry, Executive Director Richard Flintrop, Director of Policy and Planning

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Peggy Simpson, President, Dupont Circle Village

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David M. Furchgott, President, International Arts & Artist

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Robert Bettmann, Chair, DC Advocates for the Arts

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Elisabeth Liptak, Executive Director, Washington Literacy Council

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Robert Pohlman, Executive Director, Coalition for NonProfit Housing & Economic Development

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Connie L. Perez, Director of Foundation & Government Relations, Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Harman Center for the Arts

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Elisabeth Olds, Co-Executive Director, SAFE, Inc.

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Panel - The Citywide Coordinating Council on Youth Violence Prevention JoAnn M. Williams, Executive Director, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Penny Griffith, Executive Director, Columbia Heights/Shaw Family Support Collaborative Ronald Moten, Founding Director, Peaceoholics, Inc.

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Jovan Davis, Youth Outreach Worker, East of the River Clergy-Police Community Partnership

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Desiree P. Urquhart, Director of Government Relations & Corporate Development, Arena Stage

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Deborah Shore, Executive Director, Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Inc.

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Dr. Lynne Yao, Chair Elect of Board of Directors, National Kidney Foundation

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Aaron Hargrove, Licensed Realtor, Realty Executive 2000

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Miguel Tuason, Secretary, Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA)

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Mark Weinheimer, Vice Chair of the Board, CHAMPS

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Janair Williams

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Larry Pretlow II, Founder, Associated Society of Youth Engaged in Politics (ASYEP-DC)

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Gertrude Aikin

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Panel - Academy of Hope Lecester Johnson, Executive Director Marvin Bynum, Student

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Todd Metrokin, Co-Chairman of GLOVE, DC Center

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Brian Watson, Director of Programs, Transgender Health Empowerment

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Panel Robert Robinson Sherrill Berger

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Todd Lard, General Counsel, Council on State Taxation

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Tamika Holiday

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Panel - DC FireFighters Association Ray Sneed, President of Local 36 Ed Smith, Active Representative

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Bill Largess, The Washington Stage Guild

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Sharon Baskerville, Executive Director, DC Primary Care Association

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Camille Corkier, Director of Local Programs and Policy, Wider Opportunities for Women

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Anise Jenkins, President, standup for Democracy in DC

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Darren Sharp, Property Tax Advisers

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Matt Bamford

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Kathy Cox, Executive Director, Fort Dupont Ice Arena