Facilities and Family Services

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON FACILITIES AND FAMILY SERVICES NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER JANEESE LEWIS GEORGE, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON FACILITIES AND FAMILY SERVICES ANNOUNCES A PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING FOR THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF DEAF, DEAFBLIND AND HARD OF HEARING AND THE OFFICE OF DISABILITY RIGHTS AND THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY SERVICES Thursday, February 16, 2023, 2:00 p.m. Remote Hearing via Virtual Platform Streamed live at www.janeeseward4.com/live. AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. Call to Order II. Opening Remarks III. Performance Oversight Hearing Mayor’s Office of Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing Public Witnesses 1. Leonard Stevens, Member, Project Action! 2. Thomas Mangrum, Jr., Co-President, Project Action! 3. Ricardo Thornton, Sr., Co-President, Project Action! 4. Donna Thornton, Member, Project Action! 5. Thelma Green, Member, Project Action! 6. Victor Robinson, Member, Project Action!  7. Travis Dougherty, Public Witness 8. Brianne Burger, Public Witness 9. Judy Alden, President, Hearing Loss Association of America DC Chapter 10. Russell Misheloff, Hearing Loss Association of America - DC Chapter 11. Kirk Grabowski, Public Witness 12. J. Eugenio Ravelo Mendoza, CEO Ravelo Group LLC Government Witnesses 1. Kari Cooke, Director Office of Disability Rights Public Witnesses 1. Nicole Preston, Special Olympics District of Columbia, Inc. Government Witnesses 1. Mathew McCollough, Director Department on Disability Services Public Witnesses 1. Robin Shaffert, Senior Policy Associate and Adjunct Instructor, Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities 2. Sandy Bernstein, Legal Director, Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services 3. Ian Paregol, Executive Director, DC Coalition of Disability Service Providers 4. Roxanne Matthews, DOEE 5. Carol Grigsby, Public Witness 6. T.N. Tate, Founder/CEO, T.N.T. Solutions, LLC 7. Jimi Lethbridge, B3192 8. Shonnie Jones, Public Witness 9. Anjanette Shelby, Chairperson, Developmental Disabilities Council Government Witnesses 1. Andrew Reese, Director IV. ADJOURNMENT