Business and Economic Development

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER KENYAN R. MCDUFFIE, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES A BUDGET OVERSIGHT HEARING ON FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET FOR ALL AGENCIES UNDER COMMITTEE PUBLIC WITNESS TESTIMONY Monday, April 8, 2024, 9:30 a.m. Room 500 and via Zoom Video Conference Broadcast Streamed live at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbFwXXcbCuQk3- zlwqe97mA/streams and www.dccouncil.gov/hearings AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. BUDGET OVERSIGHT HEARING (in-person, Zoom) A. Events DC 1. Laura Hagood, Executive Director, DC History Center B. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking 2. Joseph Leitmann-Santa Cruz, CEO & Executive Director, Capital Area Asset Builders C. Office of the People’s Counsel 3. Gregory Booker, Public Witness 4. Renee Booker, Public Witness D. Office of Chief Financial Officer 5. Moshe Pasternak, Public Witness 6. Sonia Oranges, Public Witness  7. Rosa Pelaez, Public Witness 8. Joanna Blotner, Director of Government Affairs, DC Action 9. Sandra Williams, SPACEs In Action 10. Reina Moreno, Public Witness 11. Elizabeth Falcon, Public Witness 12. Michael Johnson, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 13. Tazra Mitchell, Chief Policy and Strategy Officer, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 14. Erica Williams, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 15. Richard Benjumea, Public Witness 16. Deja Williams, Health Equity Organizer, SPACEs In Action 17. Katharine Landfield, Fair Budget Coalition 18. Karissa Warren, Strategic Partnership Manager, SPACEs In Action 19. Kunta Bedney, Council Representative, Carpenters Union (also DMPED and DSLBD) 20. Liz DeBarros, CEO, District of Columbia Building Industry Association (also DMPED) 21. Travis Ballie, Public Witness 22. Angelica Martinez, Public Witness 23. Robert Harvey, Public Witness 24. Maria Aguilar, Public Witness 25. David Schwartzman, Chair, Political Policy & Action Committee, DC Statehood Green Party 26. Charlottie Simpson, Member, Fair Budget Coalition 27. Chellee Walker, Main Street Manager, District Bridges 28. Katie Schnur, Deputy Policy Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute E. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development 29. Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis, former Councilmember 30. William Jordan, Public Witness (also DSLBD) 31. Abi Shakur, Public Witness 32. Michael Mullings-Whitaker, Donor Engagement Manager, Capital Pride Alliance 33. Isaac Brooks Fishman, Public Witness 34. Ryan Bos, Executive Director, Capital Pride Alliance (also ABCA, DSLBD, Events DC, and MONC) 35. Joan Kato, Public Witness 36. Nicholas DelleDonne, DuPont East Civic Action Association (also DMPED) 37. Katalin Peter, VP Government Affairs, AOBA 38. Deatrice Simpson, Committee Chair, Ward 5 Leadership Council, Economic Development Committee 39. Rodney Foxworth, Committee Advisor, Ward 5 Leadership Council, Economic Development Committee 40. Adam Green, Public Witness 41. Alison Powers, Director, Economic Opportunities, Capital Impact Partners 42. Leona Agouridis, President and CEO, Golden Triangle BID 43. Gerren G. Price, President and CEO, DowntownDC BID 44. Delores Bushong, Member, Langdon Park Forest Stewards 45. Derek Ford, President and CEO, Washington DC Economic Partnership 2  46. Melody Webb, Executive Director, Mother's Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition 47. Maria Jackson , Mom Organizer, Mother's Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition 48. Yesmine Holmes, Mom Organizer, Mother's Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition 49. Linda Brown, Mom Organizer, Mother's Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition 50. Meg Maguire, Public Witness 51. DeJuan Mason, Public Witness 52. Michael Havlin, Presidents, Friends of DC Streetcar 53. Jamila White, Public Witness 54. Douglas Firstenberg, Public Witness 55. Alex Baca, D.C. Policy Director, Greater Greater Washington 56. Jhonna Turner , Founder, Project Director, CARE Anacostia/Brookland (also other agencies) 57. Chris Otten, Public Witness 58. Virginia Johnson, Public Witness 59. Hilary Goldfarb, Public Witness 60. Katelyn Crawford, Public Witness 61. Kimberly Jackson, Mom Organizer, Mother's Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition 62. Eric Jones, VP of Government Affairs, DC – Commercial, AOBA 63. Shonta' High, President, The Council at Park Morton 64. Jennifer Fischer, Public Witness 65. Andrea Rosen, Public Witness F. Department of Small and Local Business Development 66. Brianne Dornbush, Executive Director, District Bridges 67. Carolina Buitrago, Director of Programming, District Bridges 68. Francisco Ramos-Meyer, Public Witness 69. Rachel Mowery, Main Street Manager, Chevy Chase, District Bridges 70. Rachel Shank, Executive Director, Georgetown Main Street 71. Charlie Whitaker, CEO, Career Path DC 72. Tyrone Ricks, Director of Clean Team Services, Career Path DC 73. Wayne Ware, Crewmember, Career Path DC 74. Vance Kingsbury, Crewmember, Career Path DC 75. Antonie Tabron, Crewmember, Career Path DC 76. James Dandridge, Crewmember, Career Path DC 77. Shmar Brown, Crewmember, Career Path DC 78. Shaun Lewis, Crewmember, Career Path DC 79. Alexander Padro, Executive Director, Shaw Main Streets Inc. 80. Dario Martinez, Director of Community Navigation, District Bridges 81. Trupti Patel, Commissioner, ANC 2A03 82. Latisha Atkins, Program Director, Pennsylvania Ave East Main Street/Marshall Heights Community Development Organization 83. Chioma Oruh, Founding Member, NeuroMama Cooperative (also DMPED) 84. Cassandra Hetherington, Director, Cleveland Park Main Street, District Bridges 3  85. Anwar Saleem, Executive Director, H Street Main Street 86. Michele Molotsky, Senior Main Street Director, District Bridges 87. Stephanie Campbell, Executive Director, Congress Heights Community Training & Development Corporation 88. Lindsay N. Hicks, Public Witness 89. Michaela Blanchard, Executive Director, DC Squared (Rhode Island Avenue + Bladensburg Road Main Street) 90. Evette Banfield, Chief Economic Development Officer, CNHED 91. Andrew Shapiro, Public Witness IV. ADJOURNMENT 4