Judiciary and Public Safety

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY BROOKE PINTO, CHAIR WITNESS LIST FOR A PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. Room 500, John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 To Watch Live: Councilmember Pinto’s YouTube Page (www.youtube.com/@cmbrookepinto) X (@cmbrookepinto) DC Council Website (dccouncil.gov) Council Channel 13 (Cable Television Providers) Office of Cable Television Website (entertainment.dc.gov) AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES AND JUSTICE GRANTS PUBLIC WITNESSES IN PERSON 1. Nancy Drane, Executive Director, DC Access to Justice Commission 2. Aracelis Gray, Director of Programs, DC Bar Foundation 3. Shaun Snyder, President, DC Bar and DC Bar Pro Bono Center 4. Kathy Zeisel, Director of Special Legal Projects, Children's Law Center 5. Megan Browder, Legal Director for Systemic Advocacy and Law Reform, Legal Aid DC 6. Joanne Savage, Dir. of Litigation, Legal Counsel for the Elderly 7. Sunny Desai, Managing Attorney, Legal Counsel for the Elderly 8. Tina Nelson, Sr. Managing Attorney, Legal Counsel for the Elderly 9. Melissa Millar, Policy Director, Tzedek DC 10. Tammy Seltzer, Disability Rights DC at ULS 11. Penelope Spain, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Open City Advocates 12. Kristin Eliason, Head of Services, Volare (formerly known as Network for Victim Recovery of DC) 13. Diana Batres, Language Access Coordinator, Ayuda 14. Tatiana Santos, Language Access Coordinator, Ayuda 15. Henry Floyd, Jr. Board President, Washington Council of Lawyers 16. Olubunmi Akinkuowo, Chief Program Officer, District Alliance for Safe Housing (DASH) 17. Zaneta Greene, Director, Community Housing Programs, District Alliance for Safe Housing (DASH) 18. Micaela Deming, Policy Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 19. Kristin Eliason, Head of Services, Volare (formerly known as Network for Victim Recovery of DC) 20. Charles Hopkins, Public Witness 21. Paula Thompson, President & CEO/ Founder, Co-chair, Voices for a Second Chance/DC Reentry Action Network 22. La'Nasa Clarkson, Executive Assistant, Voices for a Second Chance 23. Natalia Otero, Co-founder and Executive Director, DC SAFE 24. Darnell Keyes, Public Witness 25. Maggie Koziol, Executive Director, Wendt Center for Loss and Healing 26. Rod Adel, Public Witness 27. Omoronike Hamilton, Licensed Counselor, The Person Center 28. Rupa Cunninghame, Public Witness VIRTUAL 29. Erin Pollitt, Executive Director, District of Columbia Forensic Nurse Examiners  30. Daniel del Pielago, Empower DC 31. Sara Tennen, Public Witness 32. Victoria Taplin, Managing Attorney, Policy & Advocacy, DC KinCare Alliance 33. Caroline Ackerman, Executive Director, Amara Legal Center 34. Bridget Claborn, Director of Strategy & Advancement, DC SAFE 35. Nicole Quiroga, President & CEO, Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 36. Lul Mohamud, Executive Director, The Person Center 37. Colleen Normile, Project End Managing Attorney, Ayuda 38. Stephanie McGill, Public Witness 39. Avius Poole, Public Witness 40. Sharon Musgrove, Public Witness 41. Dr. Nana Brantuo, Chair of the Board of Directors, The Person Center 42. Paula Thompson, Public Witness 43. Tamiesha Lawrence, Public Witness 44. Gina Day-Williams, Director of Reentry Housing and Services, Jubilee Housing, Inc 45. Elizabeth Davis, Government Affairs Manager, Children's National Hospital 46. Dawn Dalton, Executive Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence GOVERNMENT WITNESS 1. Jennifer Porter, Director, Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants