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 Bill 26-658, Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026 Bill 26-659, Fiscal Year 2027 Local Budget Act of 2026 Bill 26-660, Fiscal Year 2027 Local Budget Emergency Act of 2026 Bill 26-661, Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act of 2026 Bill 26-662, Fiscal Year 2026 Revised Local Budget Emergency Act of 2026 Bill 26-663, Fiscal Year 2026 Revised Local Budget Temporary Act of 2026 on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. Hearing Room 500 (Track A) John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW DC Council Website (www.dccouncil.gov) GOVERNMENT WITNESSES 1. Kevin Donahue City Administrator PUBLIC WITNESSES 2. Derrick McNeely DC Community Wealth Builders 3. James Mompoint Public Witness 4. Sam Bonar DC Community Wealth Builders 5. Caroline Meyer DC Community Wealth Builders 6. Sriram Sridharan Public Witness 7. Vinny W Public Witness 8. Angel Neal Public Witness 9. Liz DeBarros President & CEO, DC Building Industry Association 10. Maura Brophy President & CEO, NoMa BID 11. Laura Hagood Executive Director, DC History Center 12. Bereket Selassie Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Rift Valley Capital 13. Robin Bettarel Head of Multifamily Land Acquisition and Development, EYA LLC 14. Randy Marcus Director of State Relations for DC, Virginia, and West Virginia, CSXT 15. Stephan Rodiger Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Rift Valley Capital 16. Emily Alexander Development Manager, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners 17. Lily Goldstein Vice President of Portfolio Management, LEO Impact Capital 18. Ruth Hoang Senior Vice President of Development, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners 19. Nancy Drane Executive Director, DC Access to Justice Commission 20. Eric Mulata Vice President of Development, Dalian Development 21. Yesim Sayin Executive Director, DC Policy Center 22. Leona Agouridis Executive Director, Golden Triangle BID 23. Dawn Dalton Executive Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 24. Micaela Deming Policy Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 25. Theresa Puhr Policy & Systems Engagement Manager, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 26. Scott Goldstein Executive Director, EmpowerEd 27. Margaret Dwyer Ward 3 Housing Justice 28. Koube Ngaaje President & CEO, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc. 29. Tyrell Holcomb Vice President of External Affairs, Jubilee Housing, Inc. 2 30. Ethan Fitzgerald Public Policy & Advocacy Intern, Jubilee Housing, Inc. 31. Lynn Amano Director of Advocacy, Friendship Place 32. Adam Barragan-Smith Director of Advocacy, Educare DC 33. Jhovi Polius Parent, Educare DC 34. Cesalie Jenkins Grandparent, Educare DC 35. Lawanda White Parent, Educare DC 36. Anne Gunderson Senior Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 37. Kate Coventry Director of Legislative Strategy, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 38. Maria Manansala State Policy Fellow, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 39. Taryn Morrissey Public Witness 40. Erica Williams Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 41. Eric Jones Vice President of Government Affairs for DC – Commercial, AOBA 42. Betty Gentle Senior Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, SOME, Inc. 43. Dominique Moore Community Organizer, EmpowerEd 44. Lee Blackmon Director, National Association of Government Employees 45. Julia Ward Chair, Legal Aid DC Union 46. Trupti Patel Chair, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A 47. Dr. Kofi Onumah First Vice President, AFGE Local 2725 48. Joseph Alexander DC Department of Corrections FOP Labor Committee 49. Kimberly Harrington Public Witness 50. Shira Markoff Director of Economic Policy, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 3 51. Sigute Meilus Executive Director, Community Services Agency of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO 52. East Peterson-Trujillo Organizing Director, DC Jobs with Justice 53. Abi Shakur Coalition Manager, DC Community Wealth Builders 54. Arthur Slade Vice President, AFSCME Local 2743 55. Caroline Pryor Director of Policy & Powerbuilding, EmpowerEd 56. Ann Chauvin Executive Director, Woodley House 57. Gabriela Silva Senior Program Manager, PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) 58. Heidi Ellis Director, DC LGBTQ+ Budget Coalition 59. Kate Croson Director, Department of Behavioral Health Psychologists Union – Local 3758 60. Kenyatta Smith Public Witness 61. Rachel Feinstein Director of DC Government and Community Relations, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington 62. Farah Fosse Community Development Director, Empower DC 63. Erin Larkin Director, Access to Justice Unit – DC Courts 64. Chris Weiss Executive Director, DC Environmental Network 65. Aisha Williams President, AFGE Local 2978 66. Countee Gilliam President, AFGE Local 2725 67. Alexandra Scott Public Witness 68. Gisela Hurtado Senior Program Director of EHS Community Sites, United Planning Organization 69. Gerika Brownlee Senior Program Director for In-School Sites, United Planning Organization 70. Yenis Martinez Teacher, United Planning Organization 4 71. Deborah Kerson Bilek CEO, Georgetown BID 72. Maya Martin Cadogan Founder & Executive Director, PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) 73. Sophia Bos-Shadi Coalition Organizer, Fair Budget Coalition 74. Lisa Rice CEO, Grow Democracy DC 75. Afeni Evans Community Organizer, Fair Budget Coalition 76. Brian Strege Chair, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6/8F 77. Ronnie Webb Co-Founder, Green Scheme 78. Ty Hobson-Powell Director of Campaigns, Fair Budget Coalition 79. Katharine Landfield Senior Advocacy Strategist, Fair Budget Coalition 80. Mushin Umar My Senior’s Keeper 81. Claire Mills DC Campaigns Manager, CCAN Action Fund 82. Niciah Petrovic Mujahid Executive Director, Fair Budget Coalition 83. Shaila Huq Public Witness 84. Megan Browder Director of Systemic Advocacy & Reform, Legal Aid DC 85. Patricia Stamper Public Witness 86. Ed Lazere Director of Legislative Advocacy, United Planning Organization 87. Joanna Blotner Government Affairs Director, DC Action 88. Andrea Thomas CEO & President, United Planning Organization 89. Ange Pirko Public Witness 90. Jaboa Lake Public Witness 91. Ryan Bos CEO, Capital Pride Alliance 92. June Crenshaw COO, Capital Pride Alliance 5 93. Ben Jessee Volunteer Manager, Capital Pride Alliance 94. Syrita Robinson Vice President/Director of Office of Early Learning, United Planning Organization 95. Brittany Smallwood Parent, United Planning Organization 96. Sandra Benavente Advocacy Manager, Ayuda 97. LaMonika Jones Director, DC Hunger Solutions 98. Elba Lopez Public Witness 99. Nicole Summers Schools Beyond Screens DC 100. Kris Thompson CEO, Calvary Women’s Services 101. Lindsay Lieberman Schools Beyond Screens DC 102. Kary Romero Shapiro Schools Beyond Screens DC 103. Michelle Harburg Schools Beyond Screens DC 104. Anastasia Fitz Schools Beyond Screens DC 105. Lisa Winjum Public Witness 106. Sofia Galvan-Puente Schools Beyond Screens DC 107. Amber Harding Executive Director, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless 108. Jessica Nguyan Capital Pride Alliance 109. Cody Austin Public Witness 110. Andy Wassenich Director of Policy, Miriam’s Kitchen 111. David Whitehead DC Chapter Director, Sierra Club 112. Matthias Paustian Public Witness 113. Shatasha Jordan Teacher, United Planning Organization 114. Savonne Caughey Vice President of Government Relations & Advocacy, Pet Food Institute 115. Jean Stewart Public Witness 116. Maya Baum Former DC Educator, EmpowerEd 117. Mei Miles Former DC Educator, EmpowerEd 6 118. Jamal Jones Former DC Educator, EmpowerEd 119. Alison Rice DC Teacher, EmpowerEd 120. Collin Radix-Carter DC Teacher, EmpowerEd 121. Frank Snodgrass Vice President of Government Affairs, DC Association of Realtors 122. Tene Lewis Volunteer Leader/Advocate, Campaign to Reduce Lead Exposure & Asthma 123. Merika Tapp Public Witness 124. Melody Webb Executive Director, Mothers Outreach Network 125. Sharon Harris Mom-Advocate, Mothers Outreach Network 126. Narayan Shybut Public Witness 127. Maame Nyarko Teacher, United Planning Organization 128. Chelsea Polite Teacher, United Planning Organization 129. Aaron Booe Public Witness 130. Evan Raskin National Campaign Manager, Earthday.org 131. Allison Miles-Lee Managing Attorney, Bread for the City 132. Aminah Taariq-Sidibe Manager, Earthday.org 133. Dorothy Anne Scanley Public Witness 134. Darby Hickey Senior Policy Counsel, DC Justice Lab 135. Oluwademilade Ogunlade Fellow, DC Justice Lab 136. Sharky Laguana Chairman, American Car Rental Association 137. Mary Katherine West Policy Analyst, DC Action 138. Rhonda Ayers Family Home Educator, SPACEs In Action 139. Joanne Lin Executive Director, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs 140. Susan Schorr Public Witness 141. Max Broad DC Good Food Purchasing Program 7 142. Kenyattah Robinson Member, Board of Directors, DC Bar Foundation 143. Hope Joyner Childcare Organizer, SPACEs In Action 144. Eve Hamilton Public Witness 145. Holly Pollinger Co-Chair of DC Chapter, The Climate Reality Project 146. Chelsea Hinton Public Witness 147. Lori Leibowitz Public Witness 148. Geneva Smith Public Witness 149. Cynthia Davis Executive Director, DC Family Child Care Association 150. Lara Levinson Public Witness 151. Nancy MacWood Former Chair, Committee of 100 on the Federal City 152. Linda Brown Parent Peet Organizer, Mothers Outreach Network 153. Devinn Lambert Public Witness 154. Joey Davis President, AFGE 1975 155. Tom Donohue Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner 8A01 156. Philip Johnson Legal Advocacy Fellow, United Planning Organization 157. Maryam Trowell Co-Executive Director, Live It Learn It 158. Kimberly Jackson Public Witness 159. Grace Hyde Vice President of Manufacturing, Phyto Cultivation LLC 160. Peter Atwill Public Witness 161. Judith Sandalow CEO, Children’s Law Center 162. Laura Hale Public Witness 163. Patricia Quinn Senior Director of Government Affairs & Policy, DC Primary Care Association 8 164. James Kahn Public Witness 165. Ariel Levinson-Waldman Steering Committee Member, DC Consortium of Legal Services Providers 166. Robbie Martin President, DC Cannabis Business Association 167. Jibran Eubanks Political Organizer, 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East 168. Caroline Crandall Owner, Green Theory 169. Charlottie Simpson Public Witness 170. Linda Greene CEO, Anacostia Organics 171. Chris Otten DC 4 Reasonable Development 9