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 Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Mayor’s Office on Women’s Policy and Initiatives Corrections Information Council Department of Corrections Thursday, February 27, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. Room 123, John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 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 1 CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL PUBLIC WITNESSES IN PERSON 1. Katie McConville, Policy Counsel, Council for Court Excellence VIRTUAL 2. Ashley Ruff, Commissioner, ANC 7F02 GOVERNMENT WITNESS 1. Kristy Love, Executive Director, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council MAYOR’S OFFICE ON WOMEN’S POLICY AND INITIATIVES PUBLIC WITNESSES IN PERSON 1. Karen Mulhauser, Public Witness VIRTUAL 2. Ashley Ruff, Commissioner, ANC 7F02 3. Marcia Lee, Public Witness 4. Jaren Hill, Dreaming out loud GOVERNMENT WITNESS 1. Natasha Dupee, Executive Director, Mayor’s Office of Women’s Policy and Initiatives 2 CORRECTIONS INFORMATION COUNCIL PUBLIC WITNESSES IN PERSON 1. Katie McConville, Policy Counsel, Council for Court Excellence GOVERNMENT WITNESS 1. Donald Isaac, Executive Director, Corrections Information Council DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PUBLIC WITNESSES IN PERSON 1. Erica Green, Public Witness 2. Imam Ibn Yaadee, Public Witness 3. Giancarlo Cambrelén Santiago, DC Justice Lab 4. Terrell Peters, Campaign and Advocacy Fellow, DC Justice Lab 5. Tracy Velazquez, Policy Director, Council for Court Excellence 6. Gabi Smith, Public Witness 7. Reggie Blackwood, DC Monday Jail Support 8. Keonte Lewis, Thrive Under 25 9. Dr. Isaias Tessema, DOC Medical Director, Unity Health Care 10. Jimmy Jenkins, CEO, Alabama Ave Community Development Corporation 11. Zachary Ragone, Research and Policy Associate, National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens 12. Cinquan Muhammad, Public Witness 13. Matthew Herencia, Public Witness 3 VIRTUAL 14. Joseph Alexander, Chairman/Lead Correctional Officer, DC DOC FOP Labor Committee 15. Daniel Rosen, Co-Founder, Coalition for Carceral Nutrition 16. Bernard Bryan, Public Witness 17. LaMonika Jones, Director, DC Hunger Solutions 18. Jessi Silverman, Campaign Manager, Center for Science in the Public Interest 19. Michael Johnson, Senior Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 20. Wanda Watkins-Pitt, Public Witness 21. Gwendolyne Langford, Public Witness 22. Katie Sullivan, Public Witness 23. Tara Libert, Co-founder and Executive Director, Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop 24. Chet Bennett, Public Witness 25. Max Broad, Executive Director, DC Veg Week 26. Shelley Broderick, District Task Force on Jails and Justice GOVERNMENT WITNESS 1. Thomas Faust, Director, Department of Corrections 2. Katerina Semyonova, Special Counsel for Policy and Legislation, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia 4