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: DC Retirement Board Other Post-Employment Benefits Funds Commission on the Arts and Humanities on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Hearing Room 412 (Track B) John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW DC Council Website (www.dccouncil.gov) WITNESS LIST DC Retirement Board 1. Lyle Blanchard Trustee, DC Retirement Board 2. JP Balestrieri Executive Director, DC Retirement Board 3. Tom Vicente Bolton Other Post Employment Benefits Fund 1. Eric Goulet Public Witness 2. Carmen Pigler Deputy CFO and Treasurer, Other Post Employment Benefits Fund, Office of the Chief Financial Officer Commission on the Arts and Humanities 1. Gloria Hightower Founding President, Friends of Carter Barron Foundation for the Performing Arts 2. Amy Austin President and CEO, Theatre Washington 3. Andrew Lee Artistic/Exec. Director, DC Strings Workshop 4. Nicole Lewis Community Engagement Specialist, DC Strings Workshop 5. Jackie Carter Executive Director, Children's Legacy Theatre, Inc. 6. Mazi Mutafa Executive Director, Words Beats and Life 7. Carol Foster Board Chair, Joy of Motion Dance Center 8. Jenny Bilfield President & CEO, Washington Performing Arts 9. Edgar Dobie Executive Producer, Arena Stage 10. Brian Bailey Public Witness 11. Paul Spires Executive Director , Kids Krank 12. Paul Marengo Public Witness 13. Alfred Harrison Co-Founder, Angels of Hope Ministries, Inc. 14. Beverly Price Public Witness 15. Charles Hopkins Peer Engagement & Advocacy Coordinator, Voices For A Second Chance 16. John Mason Board President , Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA) 17. Maureen Dwyer Executive Director , Sitar Arts Center 18. Maria Bastasch Owner, Playhaus :: Disco Mary Collective 19. Ashley Jaye Williams Public Witness 20. Robyn Lingo Chief of Strategy and Impact, Mikva Challenge 21. Aliyah Ibikunle Public Witness 22. Eric Richardson Supervising Producer, Washington Performing Arts 23. Saaret Yoseph Public Witness 24. Amy K. Bormet Public Witness 25. Elin Melgarejo Public Witness 26. Reggie Van Lee Chair, Commission on the Arts and Humanities 27. Aaron Myers Executive Director, Commission on the Arts and Humanities