Committee of the Whole
Regular MeetingWashington, DC · April 14, 2023
Agenda
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
WITNESS LIST
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 FINAL
CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING
on
Bill 25-202, Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Support Act of 2023
Bill 25-203, Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023
Bill 25-204, Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2023
Bill 25-205, Fiscal Year 2023 Revised Local Budget Emergency Act of 2023
Bill 25-206, Fiscal Year 2023 Revised Local Budget Temporary Act of 2023
on
Friday, April 14, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.
Live via Zoom Video Conference Broadcast (Track A)
Council Channel 13 (Cable Television Providers)
DC Council Website (www.dccouncil.us)
Chairman’s Website (www.ChairmanMendelson.com/live)
WITNESS LIST
1. Kevin Donahue City Administrator
2. Liz DeBarros District of Columbia Building Industry
Association, CEO
3. Alex Ern Mid-Atlantic Lead, Avison Young
4. Christine Espenshade Vice Chair Multifamily Capital Markets,
Newmark
5. Kassandra Saridakis Managing Director of Debt & Structured
Finance Newmark
6. Chris LeBarton Director Market Analytics, CoStar Group
7. John Farrell Managing Director Washington DC,
Colliers Valuation & Advisory Services
8. Chris Leinberger Emeritus Professor, Center for Real Estate
& Urban Analysis, George Washington
University
9. Richard Lake District of Columbia Building Industry
Association, Board President
10. William Rich President, Delta Associates
11. Jean-Michel Giraud President and CEO, Friendship Place
12. David Schwartzman Chair, Political Policy & Action Committee,
DC Statehood Green Party
13. Amber Harding Executive Director, Washington Legal
Clinic for the Homeless
14. Scott Goldstein Executive Director, EmpowerEd
15. Rachel Rintelmann Legal Aid of DC
16. Alana Eichner Co-Director, DC Chapter of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance
17. Gerren Price DowntownDC Business Improvement
District, President and CEO
18. Leona Agouridis Golden Triangle Business Improvement
District, Executive Director
19. Elana Dean Hand in Hand volunteer, domestic worker
employer
20. Meg Maguire Committee of 100 on the Federal City
21. Micaela Deming Policy Director
22. Erica Williams DC Fiscal Policy Institute
23. Katharine Landfield Fair Budget Coalition
24. Jean-Michel Giraud President/CEO
25. Niciah Petrovic Mujahid Executive Director of Fair Budget Coalition
26. Bill Rice Public Witness
27. Gordon Chaffin Public Witness
28. Kurt Newman President & CEO, Children's National
Hospital
29. Tonya Vidal Kinlow Vice President Community Engagement,
Advocacy & Government Affairs, Children's
National Hospital
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30. Aldwin Lindsay Chief Financial Officer, Children's National
Hospital
31. Brad Fennell Chief Operating Officer, WC Smith
32. Yael Shafritz DC Director Jews United for Justice
33. Allison Rosenberg Volunteer, Jews United for Justice
34. Michaela Friedman Volunteer, Jews United for Justice
35. Ben Sharp Volunteer, Jews United for Justice
36. Taylor Kahn-Perry Volunteer, Jews United for Justice
37. Nathan Worob Volunteer, Jews United for Justice
38. Amanda Liaw Volunteer, Jews United for Justice
39. Kim Perry Executive Director, DC Action
40. Bonnie Trein VP Marketing, Chief of Staff - Capitol
Riverfront BID
41. Elinor Hart Chair, DC for Democracy Affordable
Housing Group
42. Judy Estey Executive Director, The Platform of Hope
43. Judith Sandalow Executive Director, Children's Law Center
44. Lena Moffitt Public Witness
45. Robert J Murphy Managing Principal, MRP Realty
46. Aakash Thakkar EYA LLC
47. Melody Webb Founder & Executive Director, Mother's
Outreach Network/DC Guaranteed Income
Coalition
48. Robert Harvey DC Guaranteed Income Coalition
49. Tangela Hicks Public Witness
50. Sharece Crawford President and CEO
51. Eric Jones Apartment & Office Building Association of
Metropolitan Washington
52. Angela Franco President & CEO, DC Chamber
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53. Jesse Rabinowitz Senior Manager for Advocacy and Policy at
Miriam's Kitchen
54. Nancy Drane Executive Director, DC Access to Justice
55. Katalin Peter AOBA
56. Seanniece Bamiro Policy Analyst, Fair Budget Coaltion
57. Gloria Nauden DC Community Development Consortium
58. Travis Ballie Assistant Treasurer, DC for Democracy
59. Andrew Cheyne Managing Director of Public Policy,
GRACE/End Child Poverty California
60. Shira Markoff Sr. Policy Fellow, Prosperity Now
61. Claudia Schlosberg Convener, Coalition on Long Term Care
62. Joshua Davis Student - Education Reform Now DC
63. Sherri Daniels Civic Leader - Education Reform Now DC
64. Elizabeth Falcon DC Jobs With Justice
65. Chibundo Anwuli Egwuatu Advocacy Coordinator, HIPS
66. Sara Tennen DC Volunteer Lawyers Project- Executive
Director
67. Marla Spindel DC KinCare Alliance
68. Reana Kovalcik Policy Director, DC Greens
69. David Radcliffe Institute on Race, Power, and Political
Economy
70. Cynthia Smith Survivor's Advisory Board/ Sisters of Hope
71. Antonia Peña Co-Director, DC Chapter of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance
72. Meredith Fascett Navy Yard Resident, Capitol Riverfront BiD
Board member, former ANC Commissioner
for Navy Yard
73. Sue Udry Executive Committee Member, DC National
Layers Guild
74. Koube Ngaaje President & CEO, District Alliance for Safe
Housing (DASH)
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75. William Jarvis Managing Principal The Jarvis Company
LLC
76. Kymone Freeman Co-founder, We Act Radio
77. Rodriguez Norman Versa Traffic Management
78. Geoff Gilbert Beloved Community Incubator, Legal and
Technical Assistance Directorni
79. Shane Sullivan Harm Reduction Coordinator, HIPS
80. Ronald Moten Don't Mute DC
81. Samantha Davis Executive Director- Black Swan Academy
82. Ceon Dubose Black Swan Academy
83. Jalen Gross Black Swan Academy
84. Karla Canales Member, DC Chapter of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance
85. Christopher White Senior Advisor, DC Community
Development Consortium Institute
86. Susan Sedgewick Capitol Hill Village
87. Reina Moreno Member, DC Chapter of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance
88. Alfredo Castro Labor Organizer | DC Jobs With Justice
89. Maura Brophy President & CEO, NoMa Business
Improvement District
90. Michael Stevens President, Capital Riverfront BID
91. Kristin Connall Akridge, Vice President - Development
92. Drew Turner Douglas Development, Development and
Project Manager
93. Tom Wilbur Akridge, Executive Vice President
94. Shimica Gaskins President & CEO - GRACE - End Child
Poverty in California
95. Andrew Christopher Development Assistant & Manager, Akridge
96. Vinu Ilakkuvan, DrPH The DC School Behavioral Health
Stakeholder Learning Community, The
Goerge Washington University
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97. Margarita Crespo Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
98. Teresa Garcia Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
99. Socorro Crespo Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
100. Agustina Diaz Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
101. Francisca Tejeda Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
102. Laura Ramirez Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
103. Norma Castillo Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
104. Lorena Solano Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
105. Rodrigo Torres Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
106. Nayeli Pineda Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
107. Jacqueline Lopez Excluded Workers + ROC-DC
108. Yemesrach Wodneh ROC-DC
109. Dia King ROC-DC
110. Rachelle Ellison Senior Mentor Advisor PFFC
111. Robert Warren Director PFFC
112. Sela Gebrechirstos Black Swan Academy
113. Sophie Miyoshi ROC-DC, Lead Organizer
114. Helen Abraha Organizer, ROC-DC
115. Norma Chavez ROC-DC
116. Miguel Castro Organizer, ROC-DC
117. Germaine Williams Student
118. Candace Cunningham Organizer & Programs Manager, ROC-DC
119. Marcus Williams Student
120. Venorica Tucker ROC-DC
121. La'Georgia Callaham Student
122. Annisha Marie Perry Student
123. Tendani Mpulubusi DC Community Development Consortium
Director
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124. Jazzmen Graham Student
125. Kamara Crawford Student
126. Tyela Dawson Student
127. Artemis Whyte Excluded Worker Coalition
128. Reyna Sosa Excluded Worker Coalition
129. Silvia Hernandez Excluded Workers
130. Ermelinda Guardado Excluded Workers
131. Maria Beltran Excluded Workers
132. Marilu Nava Excluded workers
133. Reyna Sosa Excluded Worker Coalition
134. Girma Tadese ROC-DC
135. Mary Pinzon Excluded workers + ROC-DC
136. Maria Jackson Legal & Advocacy Fellow, Mother's
Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income
Coalition
137. Tiffany Blakney Legal & Advocacy Fellow, Mother's
Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income
Coalition
138. Anjelica Lopez Lopez Excluded Worker Coalition
139. Rishan Berhane ROC-DC
140. Noemi Lopez Sanchez Excluded Worker Coalition
141. Tenika McEachin Outreach & Advocacy Fellow, Mother's
Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income
Coalition
142. Devon Gray President, End Poverty in CA (EPIC)
143. Sharon Harris Mother's Outreach Network / DC
Guaranteed Income Coalition
144. Carol Robinson Mother's Outreach Network / DC
Guaranteed Income Coalition
145. Bill Mefford Executive Director The Festival Center
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146. Andrea De Paz Member, DC Chapter of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance
147. Estefani Iglesias Member, DC Chapter of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance
148. Carlos Mejia Member, DC Chapter of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance
149. Abel Amene Community Member
150. Carmen Mejia Member, DC Chapter of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance
151. Francisca Mendez Excluded workers
152. Beatriz Pacheco Vidal Excluded Workers+ ROC-DC
153. Nayeli Pineda Excluded Workers
154. Nadia Salazar Sandi Organizing Director, DCJWJ
155. Chibundo Egwuatu Advocacy Coordinator
156. Jamal Jones Academy of Hope
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