Robert Velez
Acting Commissioner, NYS Office of Children & Family Services
Sharon Devine
Executive Deputy Commissioner, NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
Mario Musolino
Acting Commissioner, NYS Dept. of Labor
Corinda Crossdale
Director, NYS Office for the Aging
Sheila Harrigan
Executive Director, NY Public Welfare Association
James Purcell
CEO, Council of Family & Child Caring Agencies
Renee Smith-Rotondo
Chairperson, NYS Children's Alliance
Marie Dolfi, LCSW
Advocacy Chairperson, NYS Citizen's Coalition for Children
Stephanie Gendell
Associate Executive Director for Policy & Govt. Relations, Citizen's Committee for Children of NY
Kevin Douglas
Deputy Director for State Policy & Advocacy, United Neighborhood Houses
Sheriff Craig Apple
Albany County, Fight Crime Invest in Kids
Susan Antos
Senior Attorney, Empire Justice Center
Laura Mascuch
Executive Director, Supportive Housing Network of NY
Jessica Klos-Shapiro
Public Policy Director, Early Care & Learning Council
Laura Cameron
Executive Director, Association of Aging in NY
Laura Palmer
Acting Associate State Director for Advocacy, AARP NY
Kyle Stewart
Executive Director, Alliance of NYS YMCA's
Nora Niedzielski-Eichner
Executive Director, NYS After School Network
Susan Zimet
Executive Director, Hunger Action Network of NY
Adam Prizio
Manager, Govt. Affairs, Center for Disability Rights
Todd Vaarwerk
Director, Advocacy & Public Policy, WNYIL
Maura Kelley
Director, Mental Health Peer Connection, WNYIL
Susan Constantino
President/CEO, Cerebral Palsy
Barbara Crosier
Vice President, Govt. Relations
Edie Mesick
State Govt. Relations Executive, UJA - Federation of NY
Written Testimony
William T. Gettman, Jr.
Executive Director, St. Catherine's Center for Children
Jenn O'Connor & Kristen Kerr
Co-Chairs, Winning Beginning NY
Scott Wexler
Executive Director, Empire State Restaurant & Tavern Association
Mallory Nugent
Analyst for Human Services and Poverty Reduction
Gerard Wallace,Esq.
Director, Kinship Navigator at University of Albany
William Gettman, Jr.
Executive Director St. Catherine's Center for Children
Robert Biggerstaff, Esq,
Executive Director NYS Association of Small City School Districts
Allison Sesso
Executive Director of the Human Servises Council of NY
Susan Zimet
Executive Director, Hunger Action Network of NYS
Lara Kassel
Coordination of Medicaid Matters NY
Elisabeth Benjamen
Health Care For All NY
John Blowers
Vice President and Finance Chair for the Board Of Education ,Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School Districts
Brian J. Lombardozzi
Vice President of State Governmental Affairs, Alliance For American Manufacturing
Brad Dixon, President
Empire State Restaurant & Tavern Association
New York Civil Liberties Union, NCYLU
Kate Bresin
President & CEO, Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
New York Association on Independent Living (NYAIL)
Betty Falcoa
Director, Tompkins Health Network
Jennifer Jones-Austin
Executive Director & CEO, FPWA