House Appropriations Committee

FY2025/26 Budget Hearings - House Floor

10:00 AM - Department of Health and Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs

Dr. Debra Bogen, Secretary, Department of Health

Kristen Rodack, Executive Deputy Secretary, Department of Health

Dr. Latika-Jones, Secretary, Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs

Kelly Primus, Deputy Secretary, Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs

Erica Nocho, Bureau Director, County Program Oversight, Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs         

1:00 PM - Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Office of the State Fire Commissioner

David “Randy” Padfield, Director

Jeffrey Boyle, Executive Deputy Director, PEMA

Thomas Cook, State Fire Commissioner

John ‘JC’ Tedorski, Deputy State Fire Commissioner, Office of the State Fire Commissioner

10:00 AM and 1:00 PM - Department of Education

Dr. Carrie Rowe, Acting Secretary of Education

Lynette Kuhn, Deputy Secretary for Postsecondary and Higher Education

Shante’ Brown, Deputy Secretary for Child Development and Early Learning

Jessica Sites, Director, Bureau of Budget and Fiscal Management

10:00 AM - Department of State

Al Schmidt, Secretary of the Commonwealth

Jonathan Marks, Deputy Secretary for Elections and Commissions

Kalonji Johnson, Deputy Secretary for Regulatory Programs

Kim Mattis, Director, Bureau of Finance

Arion Clagget, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs

1:00 PM - Department of Labor and Industry

Nancy Walker, Secretary

Dan Kuba, Deputy Secretary of Workforce Development

Maria Macus, Deputy Secretary of Unemployment Compensation

Gerald Mullery, Deputy Secretary of Compensation and Insurance

Chris Hallock, Deputy Secretary of Safety & Labor Management Relations

Scott Weiant, Deputy Secretary of Administration

Ryan Hyde, Executive Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

10:00 AM - Office of the Attorney General

Dave Sunday, Attorney General

Jim Donohue, First Deputy Attorney General

Kirsten Heine, Executive Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Law Division

Kyle King, Chief of Staff

1:00 PM - Department of Agriculture

Russell Redding, Secretary

Greg Hostetter, Executive Deputy Secretary

3:00 PM - Judiciary

The Honorable Christine Donohue, Justice

The Honorable P. Kevin Brobson, Justice

 Andrea B. Tuominen, Court Administrator of Pennsylvania

10:00 AM - Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Jessica Shirley, Acting Secretary, DEP

Ramez Ziadeh, Executive Deputy Secretary, DEP

Ian Harlow, Deputy Secretary for Administration, DEP

Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary, DCNR

John Norbeck, Deputy Secretary, Parks and Forestry, DCNR

Mike Walsh, Deputy Secretary, Administration, DCNR

Claire Jantz, Deputy Secretary, Conservation and Technical Services, DCNR

1:00 PM - Department of Aging

Jason Kavulich, Secretary

Jonathan Bowman, Acting Deputy Secretary

Tom Snedden, Bureau Director of PACE

10:00 AM - Department of Corrections and Board of Probation and Parole

1:00 PM - Public Utility Commission

Stephen M. DeFrank, Chairman

Kimberly M. Barrow, Vice Chair

Kathryn L. Zerfuss, Commissioner

John F. Coleman, Jr., Commissioner

10:00 AM and 1PM - Department of Human Services

Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, Secretary for Human Services

Gloria Gilligan, Director, Fiscal Management

Stephanie Shell, Deputy Secretary, Office of Administration

Shante’ Brown, Deputy Secretary, Office of Child Development and Early Learning

Laval Miller-Wilson, Deputy Secretary, Office of Children, Youth, and Families

Kristin Ahrens, Deputy Secretary, Office of Developmental Programs

Hoa Pham, Deputy Secretary, Office of Income Maintenance

Juliet Marsala, Deputy Secretary, Office of Long-Term Living

Sally Kozak, Deputy Secretary, Office of Medical Assistance Programs

Jen Smith, Deputy Secretary, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

10:00 AM - Department of Insurance and PENNIE

Michael Humphreys, Insurance Commissioner

Jodi Frantz, Chief of Staff

Anu Upadhyaya, Bureau Director, Budget and Procurement

Devon Trolley, Executive Director, PENNIE

1:00 PM - Pennsylvania Treasury

Stacy Garrity, Treasurer

Christopher Craig, Chief Counsel

Charles Zogby, Deputy Treasurer, Fiscal Operations & Policy

10:00 AM - Office of the Auditor General

1:00 PM - Governor's Office of the Budget/Executive Offices

Uri Monson, Secretary, Governor's Executive Office of the Budget

Prior Hearings

10:00 AM - Department of Community and Economic Development

Secretary Rick Siger, Secretarylt;/span>

Mike Hanna, Executive Deputy Secretary

1:45 PM - Department of Revenue

Patrick M. Browne, Secretary of Revenue

Allison Morgan, Executive Deputy Secretary of Revenue

Adria Zimmerman, Deputy Secretary for Administration

Amy Gill, Deputy Secretary for Tax Policy

Stephanie Weyant, Deputy Executive Director for Marketing & Products

10:00 AM - Department of Transportation

Mike Carroll, Secretary

Larry Shifflet, Executive Deputy Secretary

Chris Norris, Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration

Meredith Biggica, Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation

Kara Templeton, Deputy Secretary for Driver and Vehicle Services

Chuck Zimmerman, Director, Bureau of Fiscal Management

1:45 PM - State Police

Colonel Christopher L. Paris, Commissioner

Lt. Colonel George L. Bivens, Deputy Commissioner of Operations

Lt. Colonel Christopher M. King, Deputy Commissioner of Administration and Professional Responsibility

Lt. Colonel Joanne R. Reed, Deputy Commissioner of Staff

Ms. Brooke L. Meade, Special Assistant to the Commissioner

10:00 AM - Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and Community Colleges

Christopher M. Fiorentino, Ph.D., Interim Chancellor, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

Sharon Minnich, Executive Vice Chancellor, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

Dr. Nicholas Neupauer, Vice President, PA Commission for Community Colleges

Dr. Quintin B. Bullock, President, Community College of Allegheny County

Dr. Donald Guy Generals, President, Community College of Philadelphia

1:15 PM - State Related Universities

John Fry, President, Temple University

Neeli Bendapudi, Ph.D., President, Penn State University

Joan Gabel, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh

Brenda Allen, Ph.D., President, Lincoln University