Committee of the Whole

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITNESS LIST 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING on Agency Performance Oversight: All Education Agencies (Public Witnesses only) on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. Live via Zoom Video Conference Broadcast (Track B) Council Channel 13 (Cable Television Providers) DC Council Website (www.dccouncil.gov) Chairman’s Website (www.ChairmanMendelson.com/Live) WITNESS LIST 1. Eric Goulet Ward 3 Representative, DC State Board of Education 2. David Alpert President, Ward 2 Education Council 3. Suzanne Wells President, Ward 6 Public Schools Parent Organization 4. Cathy Reilly Director- SHAPPE, Ward 4 Ed Alliance, C4DC 5. Akela Dogbe Principal, Moten Elementary School 6. Jasmine Brann Principal/Director, Tyler Elementary School 7. Kortni Stafford Principal, McKinley Tech 8. Cara Fuller Principal, Phelps A.C.E. HS 9. Chunita Pilgrim Principal, Burrville Elementary School 10. Patrice Billups Principal, KIPP DC Legacy College Preparatory High School 11. Nicole McCrae Principal, IDEA Public Charter School 12. Joshua Wiley Assistant Principal 13. Robert Henderson Public Witness 14. Amy Dunn Public Witness 15. Mary Levy Public Witness 16. Dina Tomic Public Witness 17. Camille Tate Public Witness 18. Renica Robinson Public Witness 19. Danielle Bolton Public Witness 20. Maria Bolton Public Witness 21. Trupti Patel Public Witness 22. Elizabeth Carter Public Witness 23. Yasmin Salina Public Witness 24. Sharon Howell Public Witness 25. Ivett Arellano EmpowerEd 26. Scott Goldstein EmpowerEd 27. Josh Boots EmpowerK12 28. Andria Hollis Tobin Kid Power DC 29. Katrina Owens Executive Director, DC SCORES 30. David Grosso DC SCORES Boardmember 31. Jessica Giles Executive Director, Education Reform Now DC 32. Adam Barragan-Smith Educare DC 33. Vielka Scott-Marcus Chief Academic Officer, Friendship Public Charter School 34. Ariel Johnson Executive Director, DC Charter School Alliance 35. Danielle Robinette Policy Analyst, Children's Law Center Page 2 of 11 36. Lecester Johnson Chief Executive Officer, Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School 37. Christian Edge Regional Director - DC, The Literacy Lab 38. Nicole Hanrahan LAYC Career Academy 39. Grace Hu Digital Equity in DC Education 40. Jamal Berry Educare DC 41. Chioma Oruh Chi Bornfree, Inc. 42. Muhsin Umar My Seniors Keeper Foundation 43. Sharod Wade My Seniors Keeper Foundation, Inc. 44. Kimberly Perry DC Action 45. Tazra Mitchell Chief Policy and Strategy Officer 46. Kelsey Desmond Youth Programs Manager, Casey Trees 47. Jennifer Cartland Reach, Incorporated 48. Ryllie Danylko DC Action Policy Analyst 49. Rachel Usdan Peace For DC, Strategy and Advocacy Lead 50. Elana Mintz Founder and Executive Director, Urban Adventure Squad 51. Max Broad DC Voters for Animals 52. Wida Amir Global Kids, Managing Director 53. Andrew Lee DC Strings Workshop, Executive Director 54. Victoria Williams DC Strings Workshop, Education Coordinator 55. Jackie Carter Executive Director, Children's Legacy Theatre 56. Christie Walser Executive Director, Project Create 57. Lea Howe Director of School Food Initiatives, DC Greens Page 3 of 11 58. Michael Rodrigues Chief Executive Officer, St. Coletta of Greater Washington 59. Gretchen Vanderveer CEO Fair Chance and Coalition for Nonprofit Equity 60. Kishan Putta Commissioner, ANC 2E01 61. Veronica Simmons OSSE-DC REC 62. Julie Rubin DC Policy Center 63. Tahjiani Jones Peer educator of the YJC 64. Laura Maestas DC Prep 65. Blair Johnson Senior Manager of Post-Secondary Support & Strategic Partnerships, KIPP DC 66. Khari Brown Chief Executive Officer 67. Brandon White Executive Director, Spark the Journey 68. Liz Odongo Odongo DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 69. JaVaan Veal Senior Director of Network Compliance, KIPP DC 70. Sarah Comeau Director of Programs & Co-Founder, School Justice Project 71. Chris Thurlow SPACES In Action 72. Trish McFadden SPACES In Action 73. Meaza Kassa SPACES In Action 74. Janet Wilson SPACES in Action 75. Sonia Orantes SPACES in Action 76. Evelyn Velasquez SPACES in Action 77. Kelsey Shaffer SPACES In Action 78. Tamara Drakeford SPACES in Action 79. Angel Woodley SPACES In Action 80. Breanna Cloyd SPACES In Action Page 4 of 11 81. Joseph Thomas SPACES In Action 82. Magdalene Ogah SPACES In Action 83. Victoria Taplin Managing Attorney, DC KinCare Alliance 84. Sia Barbara Kamara Chief Strategy Officer, DC Early Learning Collaborative 85. Cristina Encinas President, The Multicultural Spanish Speaking Providers Association 86. Audrey Walker Director of Youth Services- Jubilee Housing 87. Cynthia Davis Executive Director / DC Family Child Care Association 88. Natasha Riddle Romero DC Action / Under 3 89. Michael Johnson State Policy Fellow, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 90. Jeffrey Credit CEO, Washington Association of Child Care Centers 91. HollyAnn Freso-Moore CAO Carlos Rosario School 92. Kendall Bryan Executive Director Amy Jacques Garvey Institute 93. Julie Camerata DC Special Education Cooperative 94. Sheila CarsonCarr Co-Founder Decoding Dyslexia DC 95. Dana Mitchell Kindred Communities 96. De Angelo Rorie Director, Youth Services Division of United Planning Organization 97. Maya Martin Cadogan Founder and Executive Director, PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) 98. Russchelle Moore PAVE parent leader 99. Quiana Lamons PAVE parent leader 100. Renee Davis PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), PAVE Parent Leader Page 5 of 11 101. Russchelle Moore PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 102. Tracy Barnes PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 103. Christine Miller PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 104. Dominique Moore PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 105. Sherry McDaniel-Thomas PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 106. Simone Scott PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 107. Tyesha Andrews PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 108. Yolanda Corbett PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 109. Yvette Selby PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 110. Tara Brown PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 111. Kelita Boyd PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 112. Katrice Fuller-Whitaker PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 113. Rochanda Hiligh-Thomas Executive Director of AJE 114. Maria Blaeuer Director of Programs and Outreach of AJE 115. Stacey Eunnae Senior Staff Attorney at AJE 116. Elena Milivojevic Youth Justice Advocate and School Lead at YWP 117. Maeve Sullivan Staff Attorney - Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services 118. Samantha Walukonis DC Special Education Cooperative Page 6 of 11 119. Jeffrey Grant CEO of Monument Academy PCS 120. Veronica Duran The Community Project 121. Doreen Blue SHADE PTO Duke Ellington School of Arts 122. Stephanie Wolfe External Relations Director, Reading Partners 123. Dr. Stephania Herrera Executive Director, BEST Kids 124. Antoine Kirby Kirby & Associates 125. Beth Perry DCPS New Heights Program 126. Cynthia Davis DC Family Child Care Association 127. Danielle Dooley Medical Director of Community Affairs, Child Health Advocacy Institute, Children's National Hospital 128. Sally D'Italia Directors Exchange 129. Regina Bell General Vice President, WTU 130. Andrea Boudreaux Executive Director, Children’s School Services, Children’s National Hospital 131. Karla Reid-Witt Special Education Advocates Coalition 132. Rosalind Styles President, National Assn of Minority Contractors-Washington, DC Metro Area Chapter 133. Patience Singleton ANC 4A 134. Rodney Red Grant BWFJ 135. Cayla Parson Program Coordinator- Sasha Bruce Youthwork 136. Raul Echevarria Co-Founder, President, CEO CommuniKids Preschool 137. Fari Ghamina Tumpe Communuity Builder 138. Carl Thomas PREP, LLC 139. Leonard Smith SoberlivingProject (Founder) Trigger Project (Co-chair) Page 7 of 11 140. Darius Baxter GOODProjects 141. Stephanie McGill Founder of AHMENIQUE Enterprises LLC and Conductor of the SOLE TRAIN 142. Salim K.T. Adofo Commissioner ANC 8C 143. Erin Bibo Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, CityWorks DC 144. Silvina Hopkins Bambini DC 145. Amarachi Orusakwe Student, McKinley Tech High School & Global Kids DC 146. Prasaya Proctor Student, McKinley Tech High School & Global Kids 147. Lundyn Pearsall Student, McKinley Tech High School & Global Kids 148. Seojin Kim Young Women's Project Youth Justice Advocate 149. Danika Howard Young Women's Project 150. Mya Martin Youth Women's Project 151. Thandi Kirk Young Women's Project 152. Nigel Levell Youth Advocate Young Women's Project 153. Kaliyah Smith Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 154. Leah Mallard Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 155. Amanda Menjivar Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 156. Aniyah Thomas Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 157. Ayoka Miller-Aganyemi Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 158. Blake Debose Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 159. Jesica Vergara Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 160. Madison DeBose Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 161. Marcel Hayes Jr Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project Page 8 of 11 162. Tanihya Hill Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 163. Taylor Allston Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 164. Tori Scott Youth Advocate, Young Women's Project 165. Bailey McFadden Young Women's Project 166. Madeline Aebersold- Burke Young Women's Project 167. Chiamaka Orusakwe Youth Advocate / Young Women's Project 168. Raea Jordan Young Women's Project 169. Stephanie Tran Young Women’s Project 170. XiaoYi Luo Young Women’s Project 171. Madeline Aebersold-Burke Youth Health Educator with the Young Women's Project 172. Nadia Gold-Moritz Exeuctive Director, Young Women's Project 173. Mekhi Blackwell Student 174. Raven Faunteroy Student, Dunbar High School 175. Sophia Posner Brown Student, Jackson Reed High School 176. Melora Tebo Student, McKinley High School 177. Belinda Alcoser Student, Jackson Reed High School 178. Daniela Mendez Castro Student, Jackson Reed High School 179. Bailey McFadden School Without Walls Student 180. Chiamaka Orusakwe Student, Banneker 181. Sydney Mabry Student, Jackson Reed High School 182. Thandi Kirk Student, Benjamin Banneker Academic Highschool 183. Nyla Anderson Student, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School 184. Maggie Adams DCPS Parent 185. Patricia Capetillo Marie Reed ES Parent & Parent Coordinator Page 9 of 11 186. Elizabeth Daggett Parent of student who uses OSSE transportation 187. Alexandra Simbana DCPS Parent 188. Rachel Dancy Parent of a DCPS 3rd grader; FRESHFARM Foodprints supporter 189. Craig Leen Parent of student with autism and intellectual disability attending St. Coletta 190. Jacquay Plummer St. Coletta 191. Elizabeth Mitchell Parent 192. LaJoy Johnson-Law Parent 193. Jeremy Joseph DCPS Parent, Key ES LSAT Co-Chair, etc. 194. Stephanie Maltz Parent 195. Josh Lewis Parent of St Coletta Student, Vice Chair of St. Coletta Special Education PCS Board 196. Emily Wack Parent 197. L'Erin Garner-Holden Parent of Student at St. Coletta’s 198. Elizabeth Stuart co-chair, Alice Deal LSAT 199. Rachel Steele Parent 200. Davinia Seay parent of DC charter school student 201. Elizabeth Corinth LSAT Chair of School-Within-School @ Goding; co-organizer of the DC LSAT Collective 202. Constance Britt Parent 203. Caitlin Givens Parent 204. Valerie Jablow DCPS parent 205. Andrea Jones AJE Parent 206. Yumica Thompson Parent 207. Adrienne Smith Parent Page 10 of 11 208. Michelle Parrish Lead AJE Parent Ambassador 209. Yolanda Corbett AJE Parent Organizer 210. Valencia Roye Parent 211. Angela Anderson Whittier Elementary School 212. Cate Brandon Parent Representative, Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School LSAT 213. Dimelsa Zelaya Briya Public Charter School 214. Keyra Martinez Briya Public Charter School 215. Shakira Hemphill Parent 216. Constance Galloway Britt Parent 217. Troy Kravitz Hardy Parent 218. Laura Fuchs Teacher, DC Public Schools 219. Kerry Nolan Teacher, John Burroughs ES, DCPS 220. Modestine Montgomery DCPS SPED Teacher 221. Diana Desimone Teacher - Carlos Rosario School 222. Misstere Zelele Teacher - Carlos Rosario School 223. Monica Brewer Director/Teacher 224. Patricia Stamper Empower Ed Fellow 225. Alice McNeill DCPS EmpowerED Page 11 of 11