WITNESS LIST
Health & Human Services
April 30, 2008 - 09:00 AM
Charge 4-CPS/Caseworkers
 
ON:
 
Elliott, Amee    (Self),  Garland, TX
 
Mayhall, Danna  Attorney  (North Texas Family Defense Association & Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers CPS Committee),  Athens, TX
 
Osobase, Derrick  Legislative Director  (Texas State Employees Union),  Austin, TX
 
Scannapieco, Maria  Professor/Director  (Center for Child Welfare, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington),  Arlington, TX
Charge 4-CPS/Caseworkers, Charge 5-Foster Care, Charge 6-Child Abuse
 
ON:
 
Amberboy, Tina  Executive Director  (Supreme Court Committee for Children, Youth, and Families),  Austin, TX
 
Coale, Jeannie  Assistant Commissioner  (Department of Family and Protective Services),  Austin, TX
 
Cockerell, Carey  Commissioner  (Department of Family and Protective Services),  Austin, TX
 
Engelking, Beth  Director - CPS  (Department of Family and Protective Services),  Austin, TX
 
Foster, Mike    (Texas Association of Child Placing Agencies),  Austin, TX
 
Garcia-Matthews, Eileen  Executive Director  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
Harrison, Tiffani  President  (Change for Today and Tomorrow/Texas Foster Youth),  Dallas, TX
 
Jones, Courtney  Member  (Change for Today and Tomorrow/Texas Foster Youth),  Dallas, TX
 
Miller, Trista  Youth Specialist - CPS  (Department of Family and Protective Services),  Austin, TX
 
Thomas-Donahue, Jlon    (Change for Today and Tomorrow/Texas Foster Youth),  Dallas, TX
 
Traylor, Chris  Associate Commissioner for Medicaid and CHIP  (Health and Human Services Commission),  Austin, TX
 
Ware, Terri  Chief Operating Officer  (Department of Family and Protective Services),  Austin, TX
Charge 4-CPS/Caseworkers, Charge 6-Child Abuse
 
ON:
 
McClure, Madeline  Executive Director  (Texas Association for the Protection of Children),  Dallas, TX
 
Pippins, Lydia    (Self),  Temple, TX
 
Tanner, Shelby    (Self),  Austin, TX
Charge 5-Foster Care
 
ON:
 
Barber, Sandy  Executive Director  (Fannin County Children's Center),  Bonham, TX
 
Clements, Irene  Vice President for Advocacy & President of TFFA  (Lutheran Social Services and Texas Foster Family Association),  Austin, TX
 
Gagen, Joe  Chief Operating Officer  (Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates),  Austin, TX
 
Glaze, Laurie  Managing Director  (Adoptation),  Houston, TX
 
Grammar, Melanie  Volunteer  (Self),  Whitewright, TX
 
Green, Ronald    (Children's Shelter of San Antonio),  San Antonio, TX
 
Holman, Nancy  Executive Director  (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services),  Austin, TX
 
Koebele, Steve  Government Relations Counselor  (Texas Coalition of Homes for Children),  Austin, TX
 
Murphy, Karen    (Self),  North Richland Hills, TX
 
Purvis, Karyn  Director  (Institute of Child Development),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Walker, Pamela  Director, Region 6 PAL Program/Houston Alumni & Youth Center  (Harris County),  Houston, TX
Charge 5-Foster Care, Charge 6-Child Abuse
 
ON:
 
Bennett, Chris    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Wolf, Laura  Executive Director  (Court Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County),  Austin, TX
Charge 6-Child Abuse
 
ON:
 
Boorhem, Harriet  President  (Services to At Risk Youth),  Dallas, TX
 
Crowe, Julie  Manager of Prevention and Early Intervention  (DePelchin Children's Center),  Houston, TX
 
Donahue, Sandra  Health Unit Coordinator  (Self),  Troy, TX
 
Hine, Jim  Board Chair  (Relief Nursery of Central Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Marks, Karen    (Relief Nursery of Collin County),  Plano, TX
 
Patrick, Pat  Vice President, Prevention  (Darkness to Light),  Charleston, SC
 
Quinn, Colleen  Program Developer  (Nurse Family Partnership, National Office),  Denver, CO
 
Ramirez, Amber  Associate, Prevention & Public Policy  (Healthy Family Initiatives),  Houston, TX
 
Rauls, Joy  Director of Community Relations  (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Rodriguez, Carolyne  Senior Director  (Casey Family Programs),  Austin, TX

 
Specia, John  Senior District Judge  (Supreme Court Permanent Judicial Committee on Child, Youth, and Family),  San Antonio, TX
 
Tod, Theresa  Executive Director  (Texas Association of Youth Services),  Austin, TX
 
Van Hoozer, Amanda  Director of Program Services  (Center for Child Protection/Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Wadge, Gyl  Public Policy Director  (Mental Health America of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Wilbur, Taylor    (Relief Nursery of Collin County),  Plano, TX
 
Williams-Mbengue, Nina  Program Principal  (National Conference of State Legislatures),  Denver, CO