Facilities and Family Services

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON FACILITIES AND FAMILY SERVICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE 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 Office of Disability Rights Mayor’s Office of Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Department on Disability Services on Friday, February 23rd at 9:30am in John. A. Wilson Building, Room 500 and via Zoom Streamed live at www.janeeseward4.com/live. AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. Call to Order II. Opening Remarks III. Witness Testimony Office of Disability Rights Public Witnesses 1. Gail Williams, Public Witness Government Witnesses 1. Ngoc Trinh, Chief of Staff, Office of Disability Rights 2. Peter Stephan, Attorney Advisor, Office of Disability Rights 3. Anthony Young, Agency Fiscal Officer, Office of Disability Rights 4. Alison White, Executive Director, DC Developmental Disabilities Council Mayor’s Office of Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Public Witnesses 1. Marylyn Rivas, Public Witness 2. Harish Ramroop, Public Witness 3. Brianne Burger, President (DIG), DC Association of the Deaf and Deaf In Government Government Witnesses 1. Kari Cooke, Director, Mayor’s Office of Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Department on Disability Services Public Witnesses 1. Lindsey Wilkes, Project Action! 2. Lynn Snyder, Project Action! 3. Thelma Green, Project Action! 4. Donna Thornton, Project Action! 5. Ricardo Thornton, Project Action! 6. Robert Kennedy, Project Action! 7. Thomas Mangrum, Project Action! 8. Carol Grigsby, Public Witness 9. Diego Mariscal, Public Witness 10. Lesia Veloz, Public Witness 11. Irma Washington, Public Witness 12. Shonnie Jones, Public Witness 13. Taunya Martin, Public Witness 14. Hazell Brooks, Public Witness 15. Marie Bolden, Public Witness 16. Jerome Walker, Public Witness 17. Troy Stevenson, Public Witness 18. Ian Paregol, Executive Director, DC Coalition of Disability Service Providers 19. Robin Shaffert, Senior Policy Associate and Research Instructor, Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities 20. Sandy Bernstein, Legal Director, Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services 21. Chloe Peeples, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services 22. Anjanette Shelby, Chairperson, DC Developmental Disabilities Council 23. Doreen Blue, Executive Director, Family Voices of the District of Columbia Inc. 24. Jimi Lethbridge, Deputy Director of Programs, Quality Trust Government Witnesses  1. Andrew Reese, Director, Department on Disability Services IV. ADJOURNMENT