Judiciary and Public Safety
Regular MeetingWashington, DC · June 10, 2025
Agenda
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
BROOKE PINTO, CHAIR
WITNESS LIST FOR A BUDGET OVERSIGHT HEARING ON
Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice
Metropolitan Police Department
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Room 120, 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)
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
DEPUTY MAYOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
PUBLIC WITNESSES
IN PERSON
1. Beatrice Gurwitz, Executive Director, Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
2. Christopher Wolf, President of the Board of Directors, Lillian and Albert Small Capital
Jewish Museum
3. Keya Chatterjee, Public Witness
4. Maya Martin Cadogan, Founder and Executive Director, PAVE (Parents Amplifying
Voices in Education)
5. Rachel Feinstein, Director of DC Government and Community Relations, Jewish
Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
6. Jennifer Zwilling, CEO, Edlavitch Jewish Community Center
7. Dr. Sousan Abadian, Executive Director of the Interfaith Council of Metropolitan
Washington
8. Eli Berne, State Director, Jewish Federations of North America
9. Robert Barton, Executive Director, More Than Our Crimes
10. Ava Millstone, Public Witness
11. Allison Kahn-Pauli, Associate Regional Director, ADL Washington D.C.
12. Nee Nee Taylor, Executive Director, Harriet’s Dreams
13. Eric Morris, Collaborative Solutions for Communities
14. Jermaine Clark, Collaborative Solutions for Communities
15. CSC Parent, Collaborative Solutions for Communities
16. Robert Vinson Brannum, Chairman, Ward 5 Leadership Council Public Safety
Committee
17. Steven Trauben, Public Witness
18. Steven Wernick, Director of Operations, Ohev Sholom Congregation
19. Hannah Loffman, Director of Women’s Impact and Development
VIRTUAL
20. Shannon Walsh, Clinical Director Court Urgent Care Clinic, Pathways to Housing DC
21. Will Doyle, Vice President of Housing First, Pathways to Housing DC
22. Jamila White, Public Witness
23. Lee Levitt, Executive Director, Temple Sinai DC
24. Natalia Otero, Co-founder and Executive Director, DC SAFE
25. Schuyler Armstrong, Board Member, DC SAFE
26. Ty Andrews, Parent Leader, PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education)
27. Sharn Boone Ruffin, Parent Leader, PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education)
28. Quiana Lamons, Parent Leader, PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education)
29. Elizabeth Reddick, Parent Leader, PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education)
30. Carolyn Bowen, Parent Leader, PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education)
31. Stephanie McGill, Public Witness
32. Pchas Dixon, Public Witness
METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC WITNESSES
IN PERSON
1. Keya Chatterjee, Public Witness
2. Ashlei Anderson, Fellow, DC Justice Lab
3. Chris Bosley, Public Witness
4. Tabatha Thompson, Public Witness
5. Christina Hanson, Executive Director, CARE DC, Anacostia Chapter
6. Maria Antonia, Montes, Public Witness
7. Greggory Pemberton, Chairman, DC Police Union
8. Alex Dodds, Campaign Director, Free DC
9. Tanya Golash-Boza, Public Witness
10. Laurel MacLaren, Public Witness
11. Karen Wooten, Public Witness
12. Stella Ghazi, Public Witness
13. Nikhil Delahaye, Public Witness
14. Michelle Chappell, Public Witness
15. Nee Nee Taylor, Executive Director, Harriet’s Dreams
16. Robert Vinson Brannum, Chairman, Ward 5 Leadership Council Public Safety Committee
VIRTUAL
17. Tiffany Montgomery, Public Witness
18. Ahoefa Anaouko, ACLU-DC
19. John Payne, Public Witness
20. Shane Sullivan, National Survivors Union (NSU)
21. Elizabeth Tang, Public Witness
22. Theodore Nastase, Public Witness
23. Kylie Hogan, Systems Advocacy Director, DC SAFE
24. Keeli Mallory, Public Witness
25. Paula Edwards, Commissioner, ANC 4A01
GOVERNMENT WITNESSES
1. Lindsey Appiah, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice
2. Pamela A. Smith, Chief, Metropolitan Police Department
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