2026/27 House Budget Hearings

By Jennifer Belz , Committee Administrator | one month ago

Hearings will be held on the House Floor in the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building.

10AM - Judiciary

1PM - Department of Corrections and Board of Probation & Parole

10AM - Insurance

• Michael Humphreys, Commissioner 
• Jodi Frantz, Chief of Staff 
• Anu Upadhyaya, Bureau Director of Budget and Procurement 

1PM - Department of Health and Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs

10AM - Department of Community & Economic Development

• Rick Siger, Secretary 
• Mike Hanna, Executive Deputy Secretary 

1PM - Agriculture

10AM - Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

10AM - Office of the Attorney General

1PM - Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation & Natural Resources

• Secretary Cindy Dunn, Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
• Mike Walsh, Deputy Secretary 
• John Norbeck, Deputy Secretary 
• Claire Jantz, Deputy Seceretary 

10AM - Department of Labor & Industry

• Nancy A. Walker, Secretary 
• Maria Macus, Deputy Secretary 
• Christopher Hallock, Deputy Secretary 
• Patricia Blumenauer, Deputy Secretary 
• Gerald Mullery, Deputy Secretary 
• Scott Weiant, Deputy Secretary  
• Ryan Hyde, Director 

1PM - Department of Education

• Carrie Rowe, Secretary of Education 
• Amy Lena, Deputy Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education 
• Lynette Kuhn, Deputy Secretary for Postsecondary and Higher Education 
• Shante’ Brown, Deputy Secretary for Child Development and Early Learning 
• Jessica Sites, Director, PDE Bureau of Financial Operations 

10AM and 1PM  Department of Human Services

• Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, Secretary
• Gloria Gilligan, Fiscal Management Director 
• Hoa Pham, Deputy Secretary, Office of Income Maintenance 
• Laval Miller-Wilson, Deputy Secretary, Office of Children, Youth and Families 
• Juliet Marsala, Deputy Secretary, Office of Long Term Living 
• Kristin Ahrens, Deputy Secretary, Office of Developmental Programs 
• Shante' Brown, Deputy Secretary, Office of Child Development and Early Learning 
• Sally Kozak, Deputy Secretary, Office of Medical Assistance Programs 
• Stephanie Shell, Deputy Secretary, Office of Administration 
• Jen Smith, Deputy Secretary, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services 

10AM - Department of State

1PM - Public Utility Commission

10AM - Department of Transportation

• Mike Carroll, Secretary
• Larry Shifflet, Executive Deputy Secretary
• Corey Pellington, Deputy Secretary for Administration
• Meredith Biggica, Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation
• Kara Templeton, Deputy Secretary for Driver and Vehicle Services
• Chuck Zimmerman, Director of Bureau of Fiscal Management

1PM - Pennsylvania State Police

10AM - Department of Revenue

1PM - Department of Aging

10AM - State Related Universities

1PM - Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and Community Colleges

• Sharon Minnich, PASSHE’s Executive Vice Chancellor, PASSHE
• Christopher Fiorentino, Chancellor, PASSHE
• Jennifer Hoover, Director of Governmental Relations, PASSHE
• Dr. Karen Riley, President, Slippery Rock University, PASSHE

10AM - Governor’s Office of the Budget