Executive Administration and Labor

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION & LABOR AGENDA/WITNESS LIST 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 AT-LARGE COUNCILMEMBER ANITA BONDS, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION AND LABOR ANNOUNCES A BUDGET OVERSIGHT HEARING On the Department of Employment Services on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 9:30 AM Room 123/Via Zoom https://dccouncil-us.zoom.us/j/83168494677?pwd=UY28LrMdLs8XIO3OKdQAKgoRiagjbc.1 YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@EALCommittee/streams) I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY Public Witnesses In-person Panel 1 1. Zachary Ragone Public Witness 2. Lynn Amano Friendship Place, Director of Advocacy 3. Richard McKey Friendship Place, Division Director - Friendship . Place Aim Hire Program Officer 4. Reginald Black Serve Your City Ward 6 Mutual Aid, Housing Policy . Liaison . Panel 2 5. Amy Dudas Senior Advisor - Career Readiness, DC Action 6. Sequnely Gray Community Organizer, DC Jobs With Justice 7. Andrew Galowicz Public Witness 8. John Capozzi Public Witness Panel 3 9. Laura Brown Executive Director, First Shift Justice Project 10. Veronica Mosqueda Public Witness 11. Vic Goncalves Public Witness 12. KT Beckman-Gotrich Public Witness Panel 4 13. Richard Funkhouser Public Witness Last updated: 4/21/26 10:12 AM  14. Tene Lewis CEO/Founder, WEDC – Warriors Empowering . District Communities 15. Laura Fuchs President, Washington Teachers’ Union 16. Keith Andrew Perry Vice President – Government Relations & Policy, DC . Chamber of Commerce Panel 5 17. Andrew Anbar-Shaheen Public Witness 18. Commissioner Kelly Mikel Williams ANC Commissioner, ANC 8E 19. Juliana Blanco Ramirez Public Witness 20. Kimberly Perry Executive Director, DC Action Panel 6 21. Sophie Miyoshi Executive Director, ROC-DC 22. Shira Markoff Director of Economic Policy, DC Fiscal Policy . Institute 23. Chairman Moses Chairman, DC Commission on Poverty 24. Slobodan Milic Public Witness Panel 7 25. Salim Adofo Chair, ANC 8C 26. Gideon Sandford Public Witness 27. Khadijah Williams Vice Chair, DC Commission on Poverty 28. Robert Gross Public Witness Panel 8 29. Tracy Johnson Public Witness 30. Jacob Zychick Region Sr. Lead - State Government Relations, . Community, American Hearth Association 31. Kymone Freeman Co-Founder, We Act Radio 32. Bill Mefford Executive Director, The Festival Center Panel 9 33. Elizabeth Falcon Public Witness 34. Eduarda Serafim Public Witness 35. Trupti Patel Chair, ANC 2A Government Witnesses 1. Dr. Unique Morris-Hughes Director, Department of Employment Services V. ADJOURNMENT 2