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 Teacher and Principal Retention on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. Hearing Room 412 (Track B) John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW DC Council Website (www.dccouncil.gov) Teacher Support Panel (PD’s, Induction, LEAP) 1. Laura Maestas DC Prep, CEO 2. Elise Pas Research Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 3. Catherine Peretti CitySchools Collaborative, Executive Director Principal Panel 1. Jake Lappi DC Public Schools, Instructional Superintendent 2. Mekia Love KIPP DC, Chief of Schools 3. Robert Bies Professor of Management and Founder of the Executive Master’s in Leadership Program at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University 4. Erica Beal School Leader Lab, Executive Director  PUBLIC WITNESSES 1. Robert Henderson DC SBOE, Ward 5 Representative 2. Ben Williams Dc SBOE, Ward 1 Representative 3. Hannah Mason D.C. Policy Center, Senior Education Research Analyst 4. Noah Dougherty DC Charter School Alliance, Director of Special Projects 5. Scott Goldstein EmpowerEd, Executive Director 6. Ashley Bryant EmpowerEd, DC Educator 7. Laura Fuchs Washington Teachers Union, President 8. Salim Adofo Public Witness 9. Dr. Kenya C. Ramey Public Witness 10. Allison Denny Public Witness 11. Belicia Reaves Executive Director, Two Rivers Public Charter School 12. Justin Lessek Sojourner Truth PCS, Executive Director 13. Raymond Weeden, Jr. Thurgood Marshall Academy PCHS, Executive Director 14. Lanette Bacchus Public Witness 15. Cara Schiavone EmpowerEd, Teacher 16. Kerry Savage PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Chief of Policy 17. Russ Williams Center City PCS, CEO 2 18. Peter Anderson Washington Latin PCS, Head of Schools/CEO 19. Jessica Giles Center for Strong Public Schools Action Fund, Executive Director, DC 20. Caroline Pryor EmpowerEd, Director of Policy and Power- Building 21. Dr Jeffrey Grant Monument Academy Public Charter School, CEO 22. Charlette Butler-Strickland DCPS, Principal, Hart Middle School 23. Salim Adofo Public Witness 24. Gracy Obuchowicz EmpowerEd, Director of Educator Wellness 25. Elizabeth Weiss EmpowerEd, DC Educator 26. DaVaughn Montgomery EmpowerEd, DC Educator 27. Marlena Mitchell EmpowerEd, DC Educator 28. Jordan Daugherty EmpowerEd, DC Educator 29. Anita Middleton EmpowerEd, DC Educator 30. Chandler Dennard EmpowerEd, DC Educator 31. Nathaniel McVey-Finney EmpowerEd, DC Educator 32. Armand Cuevas EmpowerEd, DC Educator 33. Gabe Mernoff EmpowerEd, DC Educator 34. Emily Griswold 11:11 Wellness, Founder 35. Caleb Franklin EmpowerEd, DC Educator 36. Carlie Fisherow Executive Director, Washington Yu Ying PCS 3 37. Ange Pirko EmpowerEd, DC Educator 38. Jody Peltason EmpowerEd, DC Educator 39. Dylan Craig Washington Teachers' Union, Teacher 40. Shawn SN STEMPower International, President 41. Fabiana Perera Truesdell Family Teacher Organization, President 42. Dr. Ashley Tucker Public Witness 43. Kathryn Procope Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science, Executive Director 44. Carlos Richardson Friendship Public Charter School 45. Pat Brantley Friendship Public Charter School, CEO 46. Shalini Shybut Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS, Executive Director 47. Sophia Baratta EmpowerEd, DC Educator 48. Alfons Prince EmpowerEd, DC Educator 49. Angenette Planter EmpowerEd, DC Educator 50. Toi Witcher EmpowerEd, DC Educator 51. Celia Daughtridge EmpowerEd, DC Educator 52. Michael Lake EmpowerEd, DC Educator 53. Fareha Ahmed Public Witness 54. Elizabeth Foley Public Witness 4 55. Martita Fleming Washington Latin Public Charter School, Director of Operations 56. Clarisse Mendoza-Davis Maya Angelou Public Charter School & See Forever Foundation, CEO 57. Cielo Contreras Public Witness 58. Adrian Dhanaraj Maya Angelou Public Charter School & See Forever Foundation, Principal 59. Leila Ali Maya Angelou Public Charter School & See Forever Foundation, Teacher 60. Jamia Thurman EmpowerEd, DC Educator 61. Anise Walker PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 62. Sherry McDaniel-Thomas PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Parent Leader 63. Robert Allen Public Witness 64. Eduardo Canedo WTU, Teacher 65. Melissa Jeanty Maya Angelou Public Charter School & See Forever Foundation, Assistant Principal 66. Eliasib Yakx Public Witness 67. Christina Hanson WTU, Educator 68. Andrew Hinshaw Carlos Rosario School, Teacher 69. Pauline Azore Carlos Rosario School, Teacher 70. Tiffany Fuller Public Witness 71. Sandra Gonzalez Carlos Rosario School, Vice-Principal 5 72. Kimberly De Jesus Carlos Rosario School, Teacher 73. Ebraheem Bannister Jr. Public Witness 74. Dr. Jermal Sewell Public Witness 75. Ste’Niya Williams Public Witness 6