2025 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Human Services
February 12, 2025
9:30 AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
Dr. DaMia Harris-Madden
Commissioner
New York State Office of Children and Family Services

Barbara Guinn
Acting Commissioner
New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance

Greg Olsen
Acting Director
New York State Office for the Aging

Rev. Viviana DeCohen
Commissioner
New York State Department of Veterans' Services

Beth Finkel
State Director
AARP New York

Gail Myers
Deputy Director
New York Statewide Senior Action Council

Barbara Baer
Director
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens

Ann Marie Cook
President/ CEO
Lifespan of Greater Rochester

Dora Fisher
State Policy Director
Liveon NY

Rebecca Preve
Executive Director
Association on Aging in New York

Shanita Bowen
Chief Operating Officer
ECE on the Move

Alice Bufkin
Associate Executive Director of Policy
Citizens Committee for Children of NY

Meredith Chimento
Executive Director
Early Care & Learning Council

Chris Bennet
CEO
Wonderschool

Kimberly George
President and CEO
Project Guardianship

William Gettman
CEO
Northern Rivers Family of Services

Yolanda McBride     (Testimony Pending)
Senior Vice President of External Affairs & Public Policy
The New York Foundling

Michelle Newman
Associate Executive Director, Upstate
Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies

Theresa Daly
President & CEO
United Ways of New York State

Jenn O’Connor
Director of Partnerships and Early Child Policy
Raising NY

Frank Williams Jr.
President
Association of NYS Youth Bureaus

Kelly McMahon     (Testimony Pending)
CEO
New York State Network for Youth Success

Dona Anderson
Executive Director
NY Early Childhood Professional Development

Katelyn Ryan
Director
Adirondack Birth to Three Alliance

Perry Junjulas
Executive Director
Albany Damien Center

Nic Rangel
Executive Director
Legal Services Access Alliance

Bryan J Ellicott-Cook
Director of Government Relations
SAGE

Annie Minguez     (Testimony Pending)
Vice President
Good Shepherd Services

Pascale Leone
Executive Director
Supportive Housing Network of New York

Gabriela Sandoval Requena
Director of Policy Communications
New Destiny Housing

Rev. Paul Fleck
Executive Director
Immigration Law & Justice New York

Tara Klein
Deputy Director of Policy
United Neighborhood Houses

Marcella Goheen
Founder
Essential Care Visitor

Joel Berg
CEO
Hunger Free America

Ryan Healy
Advocacy Manager
Feeding New York State

Krista Hesdorfer
Director of Public Affairs
Hunger Solutions New York

Written Testimony
Deb Rosen
President & CEO
Jewish Family Services of Rochester

Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc.

Sebrina Barrett
President and CEO
LeadingAge New York