Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Human Services

WITNESS LIST
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 117, Washington, D.C. 20004

THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

TOMMY WELLS, CHAIR

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON

BILL 18-1007, “TANF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND

ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2010”

BILL 18-1059, “HOMELESS SERVICES REFORM AMENDMENT ACT OF 2010”

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010 – 11:30 A.M.

THE JOHN WILSON BUILDING

1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
HEARING ROOM 500
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004

EXECUTIVE WITNESS

Clarence Carter, Director, Department of Human Services

Sue Marshall, Executive Director, The Community Partnership for the Prevention of
Homelessness

PUBLIC WITNESS

1. Adam Rocap, Director of Social Services, Miriam’s Kitchen

2. Emily Appel, Savings Program Director, CAAB
3. Stephanie Friday, CAAB Graduate
4. Larisa Kofman, J.D., Public Policy Director, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc.
5. Marina Streznewski, Coordinator, DC Jobs Council
6. Tulin Ozdeger, Civil Rights Director, National Law Center on Homelessness &
Poverty
7. Rebecca O’Connor, Policy Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence
8. Karma Cottman, Executive Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence
9. Monica Bell, Linman Fellow, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
10. Nechama Masliansky, Senior Advocacy Advisor, SOME, Inc. (So Others Might Eat)
11. Debby Shore, Executive Direcctor, Sasha Bruce Youthwork
12. Yaida Ford, Legal Aid Society
13. Matthew Fraiden, Professor, Georgetown School of Law
14. Mary Ann Luby, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
15. Chapman Todd
16. Lecester Johnson, Executive Director, Academy of Hope
17. Lartisha Graham, Student, Academy of Hope
18. Bridget Bright, Student, Academy of Hope
19. Albert Towsend, President, People for Fairness Coalition
20. Anthony Davis, Vice President/Director of Veterans Affairs, People for Fairness
Coalition
21. Robert Warren, Editorial Manager, People for Fairness Coalition
22. Paul Taylor, Financial Director, People for Fairness Coalition
23. John McDermott, Founding Member, People for Fairness Coalition
24. Ruth Ann Sauber
25. John P. Dean, Principal Administrative Law Judge, District of Columbia Office of
Administrative Hearings
26. Elissa Silverman, Communications and Policy Associate, DC Fiscal Policy Institute
27. Marta Beresin, Staff Attorney, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
28. Nassim Moshiree, Staff Attorney, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
29. Amber Harding, Staff Attorney, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
30. Lori Leibowitz
31. Steve Thomas, Better Believe Steve
32. Albert Townsend
33. Randy Brown
34. Neki Swinton
35. Aleksandra Gajdeczka, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute
36. Maggie Riden, Policy Analyst: Youth Homelessness and Out of School Time
Programming, DC Alliance of Youth Advocates
37. Jacob Newman, Latin American Youth Center
38. Jamila Larson, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Homeless Children’s Playtime
Project
39. Robert L. Doan
40. Paula Dyan