Judiciary and Public Safety

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY BROOKE PINTO, CHAIR WITNESS LIST FOR BUDGET OVERSIGHT HEARING ON Office of Unified Communications; and Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Room 123, John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 (And Virtual Via Zoom) To Watch Live: Councilmember Pinto’s YouTube Page (www.youtube.com/@cmbrookepinto) Twitter (@cmbrookepinto) DC Council Website (dccouncil.gov) Office of Cable Television Website (entertainment.dc.gov) AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY OFFICE OF UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC WITNESSES VIRTUAL 1. Solomon Keene, President & CEO, Hotel Association of Washington DC 2. Debbie Knox, President, NAGE R3-07 GOVERNMENT WITNESS 1. Heather McGaffin, Director, Office of Unified Communications OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICE AND JUSTICE GRANTS IN PERSON 1. Nancy Drane, Public Witness 2. Kirra Jarratt, Chief Executive Officer, DC Bar Foundation 3. George Jones, CEO, Bread for the City 4. Vikram Swaruup, Executive Director, Legal Aid DC 5. Sara Tennen, Executive Director, DC Volunteer Lawyers Project 6. Crystal Norman, Public Witness 7. Fri Mbah, Public Witness 8. Indira Henard, DC Rape Crisis Center 9. Chijioke Akamigbo, Executive Director, Rising for Justice 10. Rhonda Cunningham Holmes, ESQ, Executive Director, Legal Counsel for the Elderly 11. Karen Newton Cole, Executive Director, Neighborhood Legal Services Program of the District of Columbia 12. Amanda Eisenhour, Lead Tenant Support Specialist, DC Bar Pro Bono Center 13. Ryan Downer, Legal Director, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs 14. Kristin Eliason, Head of Services, Network for Victim Recovery of DC 15. Shannarese Sims, Director of Therapeutic Services, Network for Victim Recovery of DC` 16. Laura Brown, Executive Director, First Shift Justice Project 17. Katherine Zeisel, Director of Special Legal Projects, Children’s Law Center 18. Allison Dowling, Georgetown Health Justice Project 19. Toni Monteiro, Public Witness 20. Sandy Bernstein, Legal Director, Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services 21. Gabby Majewski, DC Affordable Law Firm 22. Marla Spindel, Executive Director, DC KinCare Alliance 23. Rochanda Hiligh-Thomas, Executive Director, Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc 24. Sophie Thackray, Supervising Attorney, School Justice Project 25. Whitney Louchheim, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Open City Advocates 26. Ramon Bunch, Board Member, Open City Advocates 27. Marilyn Lovo, Language Access Director, Ayuda 28. Melissa Millar, Policy Director, Tzedek DC 29. Koube Ngaaje, President & CEO, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc (DASH) 30. Kandice Louis, Senior Director, Programs, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc (DASH) 31. Zaneta Greene, Director, Program Systems and Implementation, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc (DASH) 32. Olubunmi Akinkuowo, Chief Program Officer, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc (DASH) 2  33. Zaneta Greene, Director, Program Systems and Implementation, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc 34. Lul Mohamud, Executive Director, The Person Center, Victims Assistance Network (VAN) 35. Terry Young, Public Witness 36. Roger Marmet, Founder & Board Chair, Peace For DC 37. Kathryn Daon, Chief Executive Officer, Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition 38. Jocelyn Jacoby, Program Director & Psychotherapist, The DC LGBTQ+ Community Center 39. Lisa Rice, ANC Commissioner 7B07 40. Preston Grays, Executive Director, Project Purpose 41. Gerome Curtis, Public Witness 42. Charles Hopkins, Peer Engagement & Advocacy Coordinator, Voices For A Second Chance 43. Pete Kimbis, Public Witness 44. Tatiana Santos, Language Access Coordinator, Ayuda 45. Ashley Arrington, Public Witness 46. Karen Settles, Public Witness 47. Nathaniel Bookard, Voices For A Second Chance 48. Warren Young, Voice For A Second Chance 49. Dena Williams, Voices for a Second Chance 50. Penelope Griffith, Executive Director, Collaborative Solutions for Communities 51. Allen Graves, Voices for a Second Chance 52. David Black, Voice For A Second Chance 53. Danielle Burs, Senior Policy Counsel, Council for Court Excellence 54. Charles Lowery, President, District of Columbia Bar 55. Kelli Neptune, Executive Director, DC Bar Pro Bono Center 56. Melody Webb, Mother’s Outreach Network 57. Micaela Deming, Policy Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 58. Dawn Dalton, Executive Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence VIRTUAL 59. June Crenshaw, Executive Director, Wanda Alston Foundation 60. Tifphane Riley, Deputy Director, Wanda Alston Foundation 61. Massiel Leiva, Public Witness 62. Peter Wood, ANC Commissioner 1C03 63. Fatima Bah, Chief Program Officer, Calvary Women's Services 64. Bill Mefford, Executive Director, The Festival Center 65. Su Sie Ju, Steering Committee Member, DC Consortium of Legal Services Providers 66. Christina Jackson, Executive Director, Washington Council of Lawyers 67. Kelly Jarvis, Director of Research in Community Health, NPC Research 68. Alex Samuels, Data Organizer, DC Jobs with Justice 3 69. Loral Patchen, Scientific Director and Medical Champion for Perinatal LAW 70. Megan Respol, Public Witness 71. Natasha Walls Smith, Supervising attorney and Interim Director of the Jail & Prison Advocacy Project, Disability Rights DC, University Legal Services 72. Keri Vandeberg, Staff Attorney, The Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities 73. Michele Booth Cole, Executive Director, Safe Shores — The DC Children’s Advocacy Center 74. Natalia Otero, Executive Director, DC SAFE 75. Nicole Walter, Supportive Advocacy Services Director, DC SAFE 76. Michele Johns, Therapist/Advocate, The DC LGBTQ+ Community Center 77. Tina Frundt, Founder, Courtney's House 78. Terri Torain, Public Witness 79. Betty Gentle, Senior Advocacy and Community Engagement Specialist, SOME Inc. 80. Shayna Scholnick, Director of the Promotor Pathway, Latin American Youth Center 81. Iris Potter, Associate Director of Clinical Programs, DC Forensic Nurse Examiners 82. Beatriz Ortiz, Managing Attorney, Ayuda 83. Diana Fitz, Community Outreach Specialist, Ayuda 84. Katie Hodge, Public Witness 85. Jean Doe, Client, Network for Victim Recovery of DC 86. Natasha Walls Smith, Supervising attorney and Interim Director of the Jail & Prison Advocacy Project, Disability Rights DC, University Legal Services 87. Lupi Quinteros- Grady, President and CEO, Latin American Youth Center 88. Michelle Palmer, Executive Director, Wendt Center for Loss and Healing 89. Kate Rheaume, Pro Bono Support Housing Attorney, DC Bar Pro Bono Center 90. Juliette Wander, Public Witness 91. Bakary Sambou, Public Witness 92. Sean Hopkins, Public Witness 93. Earl Kenny, Public Witness 94. Sophia Bos-Shadi, Public Witness 95. Gregory Graves, Public Witness 96. Jazmin Jackson, Assistant Director of Victim Services, Community Family Life Services 97. Bishop Allyson Abrams, President, Empowerment Justice Center & EJC Wellness Center, Victims Assistance Network (VAN) 98. Jodi Ovca, Executive Director, Access Youth, Access Youth 99. Harley Morgan, Asst. Director for Programs, Truancy Prevention 100. Vincent Johnson, Public Witness 101. Donnell Felder, Voices for a Second Chance 102. Miquet Taylor, Voices for a Second Chance 103. Trenita Coleman, Voices for a Second Chance 104. James Reed, Voices for a Second Chance 105. Homer Richards, Voices for a Second Chance 106. Drain Short, Voices for a Second Chance 107. Kevon Lockerman, Voices for a Second Chance 4  108. Vincent Wheeler, Voices for a Second Chance 109. Warren Young, Voices for a Second Chance 110. Douglas McIntyre, Voices for a Second Chance 111. Donte Poe, Voices for a Second Chance 112. Lewis Waters, Voices for a Second Chance 113. Marcus Stockton, Voices for a Second Chance 114. Joel Farmer, Voices for a Second Chance 115. Terrell Peters, Voices for a Second Chance 116. Alisha Everhart, Voices for a Second Chance 117. Eric Franklin, Voices for a Second Chance GOVERNMENT WITNESS 1. Jennifer Porter, Director, Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants 5