Transportation and the Environment

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT AGENDA & WITNESS LIST 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT ANNOUNCES A PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE Department of Energy and Environment DC Sustainable Energy Utility Green Finance Authority Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency (public witnesses only) Friday, February 20, 2026, 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Hybrid Hearing in Room 500 and via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/ http://video.oct.dc.gov/DCC/jw.htm https://www.youtube.com/@councilmembercharlesallen/streams AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY Panel 1 (approximately 9:35 a.m.) 1. Nathan Harrington, Executive Director, Ward 8 Woods Conservancy 2. Ayesha Hudson, Founder & CEO, A-Peace 3. Elana Mintz, Founder & Executive Director, Urban Adventure Squad 4. Vic Goncalves, Project Manager and Advocacy Specialist, Mi Casa, inc. 5. Rohan Salvani, Student Liaison, Anacostia Parks & Community Collaborative 6. Cecile Nouga-Ngog, Public Witness 1 7. Chris Weiss, Executive Director, DC Environmental Network 8. Dennis Chestnut, Board Member, Committee of 100 on the Federal City 9. Erin O’Grady, DC Regional Director, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay 10. Saisha Nanduri, Healthy Together Attorney, Children’s Law Center Panel 2 (approximately 10:35 a.m.) 11. Sebrena Rhodes, Community Organizer, Empower DC 12. Michael Sellner, Statistician, Empower DC 13. Maritza Mendoza, Environmental Justice Manager, Empower DC 14. Anthony David, Community Organizer, Empower DC 15. Afeni Evans, Public Witness 16. Patrick Cothern, Policy Attorney, Children’s Law Center 17. Brenda Richardson, Coordinator, Anacostia Parks & Community Collaborative Panel 3 (approximately 11:00 a.m.) 18. Maya Burton, Public Witness 19. Lara Levison, Energy Committee Chair, Sierra Club District of Columbia Chapter 20. Susan Schorr, Public Witness 21. Stephanie Miller, Public Witness 22. Mark Rodeffer, Co-Chair, Beyond Gas DC 23. David Whitehead, District of Columbia Chapter of the Sierra Club, Chapter Director 24. Gail A. Lelyveld, Public Witness 25. Anne deBuys, Public Witness 26. Barbara Briggs, WIN Liaison, Friends Meeting of Washington Peace & Social Concerns 27. Claire Mills, DC Campaigns Manager, Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund Panel 4 (approximately 12:05 p.m.) 28. Matthias Paustian, Public Witness 29. Lora Nunn, Public Witness 30. Annie Acosta, Public Witness 31. MJ Gray, DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Policy Fellow 32. Neil Seldman, Public Witness 2 33. Anne Scanley, Public Witness 34. Holly Pollinger, Public Witness 35. Ayla Frost, Public Witness 36. Anne Cauman, Public Witness 37. Caden Koontz, Public Witness Panel 5 (approximately 12:40 p.m.) 38. Oscar Villalobos, Green New Deal Organizer, DC Jobs With Justice 39. Karen Abrams, Public Witness 40. Evan Raskin, Earth Day Network, National Campaign Manager 41. Matthew Sehrsweeney, Co-Chair, We Power DC 42. Dusty Horwitt, Public Witness 43. Jim Dougherty, Public Witness 44. Brendan Shane, Climate Director, Trust for Public Land 45. Anita Beier, Member, Ward 3 Democrats Panel 6 (approximately 1:15 p.m.) 46. Andrew Schichtel, Casey Trees, Executive Director 47. Jamoni Overby, DC Conservation Advocate, Nature Forward 48. Max Broad, Founder & Executive Director, DC Voters for Animals 49. Ronnie Sharangpani, Public Witness 50. Jim Monsma, Administrative Director, City Wildlife 51. Trey Sherard, Riverkeeper, Anacostia Riverkeeper 52. Evan Quinter, Volunteer & Water Quality Coordinator, Potomac Riverkeeper Network 53. Janet Phoenix, MD, Member, Campaign to Reduce Lead Exposure & Asthma 54. Paul Schwartz, Co-Founder, Campaign for Lead Free Water Panel 7 (approximately 2:00 p.m.) 55. Liz DeBarros, CEO, DC Building Industry Association 56. Tyrell Holcomb, Vice President of External Affairs, Jubilee Housing 57. Jessica Pitts, Co-Founder, Flywheel Development 58. Drew Turner, Senior Vice President of Development, Douglas Development 59. Kristof Grina, Chief Farming Officer, Up Top Acres 60. Chris Marshall, Vice President of Development, The NRP Group 61. Christopher Agorsor, Principal, Agorsor Equity 3 Panel 8 (approximately 2:40 p.m.) 62. Sam Bonar, Policy Lead, DC Community Wealth Builders 63. Chip Ellis, CEO, Ellis Development Group 64. Christian Delisle, Managing Director, PACE Equity 65. Gaby Gilbeau, Senior Manager of Policy, Nuveen Green Capital 66. Jamal Lewis, Chair, DCSEU Advisory Board 67. Rahshek Ellis, Member, Residents of The Mo Apartments 68. Trupti Patel, Public Witness 69. Jocelynn Johnson, Public Witness Panel 9 (approximately 3:10 p.m.) 70. Daniel O'Brien, Public Witness 71. Susan Volman, Public Witness 72. Melesse Hunde, Public Witness 73. Deborah Akel, Public Witness 74. Amanda Wilson, Public Witness 75. Maru Yigzaw, Public Witness 76. Corry Westbrook, Public Witness 77. Dawit Demissive, Public Witness 78. Catharine Ferguson, Public Witness 79. Patricia Stamper, Public Witness 80. Katie Singh, Public Witness Panel 10 (approximately 4:00 p.m.) 81. Jean Stewart, Public Witness 82. Matthew Bond, Public Witness 83. Devan Samant, Public Witness 84. Gary Goodweather, Public Witness 85. Cody Jokfers, Public Witness 86. Parul Bhati, Public Witness 87. Lulu Li, Public Witness 88. Vivian Rowe, Public Witness 89. Mike Accardi, Public Witness 90. Tekle Gebreegzzabhem, Public Witness 91. Kimberly Smith, Public Witness 4 IV. ADJOURNMENT (4:40 pm) 5