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 Fiscal Year 2027 Proposed Budgets for: Office of the District of Columbia Auditor DC Retirement Board Office of the Chief Financial Officer on Monday, May 4, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Hearing Room 412 (Track B) John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW DC Council Website (www.dccouncil.gov) WITNESS LIST District of Columbia Auditor 1. Scott Goldstein Executive Director, EmpowerEd 2. Donshia Predeoux Advocate, SWAN DC 3. Kathleen Patterson District of Columbia Auditor DC Retirement Board 1. Robert Raben Founder and Executive Director, Diverse Asset Managers Initiative 2. Donshia Predeoux Advocate, SWAN DC 3. JP Balestrieri Executive Director, DC Reti United States Representative Office of the Chief Financial Officer 1. Scott Goldstein Executive Director, EmpowerEd 2. Sam Bonar Policy Director, DC Community Wealth Builders 3. Ricardo Sheler DC Community Wealth Builders 4. Ayden Simpson DC Community Wealth Builders 5. Austin Cipriano DC Community Wealth Builders 6. Brianna McGowan DC Community Wealth Builders 7. Danyel Tharakan DC Community Wealth Builders 8. Jen Jenkins Senior Policy Attorney, Legal Aid DC 9. Erika Wadlington Vice President of Public Policy and Strategic Affairs, DCBIA 10. Betty Gentle Senior Director, Advocacy & Public Policy, SOME, Inc. 11. Erica Williams Public Witness 12. Tazra Mitchell Chief Policy and Strategy Officer, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 13. Brittany Pope Public Witness 14. Funke Idowu Public Witness 15. John Simmons Public Witness 16. Deborah Ogarro Public Witness 17. Daisy Gomez Palacios Public Witness 18. Vincent Orange Managing Partner , Law Office of Vincent Orange 19. Salim Adofo Commissioner, Single Member District 8C07 20. Michelle Chappell Co-Chair, Congress Working Group, Free DC 21. Abel Amene Policy Fellow, Fair Budget Coalition 22. Vernon Suggs Public Witness 2 23. Niciah Petrovic Mujahid Executive Director, Fair Budget Coalition 24. Eduarda Serafim Solidarity Organizer, DC Jobs With Justice 25. Akua Danqua Mom-advocate, Mother's Outreach Network 26. Mary Rhodes Senior Counsel, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington 27. Donshia Predeoux Advocate, SWAC DC 28. Robert Warren Lead Organizer, People for Fairness Campaign 29. Kenyatta Smith Public Witness 30. Glen Lee Chief Financial Officer 3