Executive Administration and Labor
Regular MeetingWashington, DC · February 19, 2026
Agenda
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION & LABOR
AGENDA/WITNESS LIST
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004
COUNCILMEMBER ANITA BONDS, CHAIRPERSON
COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION AND LABOR
ANNOUNCES A PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING
On the
Commission on Aging
Department of Aging and Community Living
on
Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 9:30 AM
Room 123/Via Zoom
https://dccouncil-us.zoom.us/j/85638890346?pwd=i5b5hK7vNbcVbavWybu2MVLrr0ugCn.1
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@EALCommittee/streams)
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. OPENING REMARKS
III. WITNESS TESTIMONY
Public Witnesses
Panel 1
1. Marla Lahat Executive Director, Home Care Partners, Inc.
2. Max Broad DC Voters for Animals
3. Eva Lucero Executive Director, Dupont Circle Village
Panel 2
4. Rhonda Cunningham Holmes Executive Director, Legal Counsel for the Elderly
5. Betty Gentle Senior Director of Advocacy & Public Policy, SOME,
. Inc.
6. Melanie Bates Public Witness
7. Joon Bang CEO, IONA Senior Services
Panel 3
8. Ralph Jones Public Witness
9. Maryam Saleem Site Manager of Kaybar, Seabury
10. Evans Hope Model Cities
11. Dawn Quattlebaum CEO, Seabury Resources for Aging
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Panel 4
12. Starlene Williams Public Witness
13. Laura Brito Public Witness
14. Sharon Sellers Assistant Director of Community Health, Sibley
. Memorial Hospital
15. Joyce Thompson Public Witness
Panel 5
16. Lyndsay Niles Managing Attorney, Disability Rights DC at
. University Legal Services
17. Rahman Branch CEO, East River Family Strengthening Collaborative
18. Wendy Brehm Executive Director, Greater Brookland
. Intergenerational Village
Panel 6
19. Valerie Robinson Public Witness
20. Dr. Katrina Polk Executive Director, DC Villages Collaborative
21. Elester Sutton Public Witness
Panel 7
22. Marcia Lee Public Witness
23. Teresa Smith Public Witness
24. Floirestine Jones Public Witness
Panel 8
25. Alicia Hetzner Public Witness
26. Haven King-Nobles Public Witness
27. Corry Westbrook Public Witness
Panel 9
28. Matthew Bond MS, RDN, MeatlessMarch.org
29. Nicholas DelleDonne President, Dupont East Civic Action Association
30. Will Meade Manager of Business Development, Visiting Angels
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Panel 10
31. Jocelynn Johnson Public Witness
32. Celeste Stroman Public Witness
33. Alka Chandna Public Witness
Panel 11
34. Ethel Burroughs Public Witness
35. Bill Hasson Public Witness
36. Karen Zuckerstein Public Witness
Panel 12
37. Judith Bunnell President of the Board, Georgetown Village
38. Maria McPhail President & CEO, Vida Senior Centers
39. Hilary Kacser Individual
Panel 13
40. Edith White Public Witness
41. Bruce Baker Public Witness
42. Mike Accardi Public Witness
Panel 14
43. Joseph Williams Senior Pastor, Faith United Church of Christ
44. Am Shannon Public Witness
Government Witnesses
1. Frances Johnson Commissioner, Commission on Aging
2. Charon P.W. Hines Director, Department of Aging and Community
. Living
V. ADJOURNMENT
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