Minutes of the Commission on Social Impact Partnerships (Commission) 

Public Meeting 

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 

Commission Members Present: 

Paul Bradford Edgerley, Commission Chair 

Donald Cohen 

Kimberley Lee 

Jeremy Keele 

James Sullivan 

Mathew Weidinger 

Anne Wilson 

Harlan Yu 

Treasury Officers and Staff Present: 

Daniel Kowalski, Counselor to the Secretary 

Michael Faulkender, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy 

Kathleen Victorino, Program Manager, Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act 

(SIPPRA) 

Baylor Myers, Deputy Chief of Staff 

Chris Soares, Acting Director, Office of Microeconomic Analysis, Office of Economic Policy 

Theodore Figinski, Economist, Office of Microeconomic Analysis, Office of Economic Policy 

Steven Johnson, Economist, Office of Microeconomic Analysis, Office of Economic Policy 

Holly Posin, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Office of Economic Policy 

William Girardo, Policy Advisor, Office of Economic Policy 

Elizabeth Sawyer, Research Assistant, Office of Microeconomic Analysis, Office of Economic 

Policy 

Christopher Blickley, Attorney-Advisor, Office of the Assistant General Counsel (Banking & 

Finance) 

Nevelyn Jones, Awards Manager, Office of Grants & Asset Management 

Spencer Clark, Records & Information Management Specialist, Office of Privacy, Transparency, 

& Records 

Welcome and Opening Remarks 

The meeting commenced at 9:00 a.m., Holly Posin, the DFO, called the meeting to order. 

Members of the Commission and Treasury officers and staff supporting SIPPRA introduced 

themselves. 

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Deputy Secretary Justin Muzinich welcomed the members of the Commission, staff from 

SIPPRA partner agencies, and members of the public and thanked the members of the 

Commission for their service. 

Application Review Process 

Kathy Victorino explained the application review process coordinated by Treasury as set forth in 

the Notice of Funding Availability for SIPPRA Demonstration Projects published by Treasury on 

February 21, 2019. 

Ms. Victorino explained that, at today's meeting, the Commission would provide an overview of 

nine applications but would not be making award recommendations. Treasury expects the 

Commission to make award recommendations during the Commission's October 28, 2019 public 

meeting. 

Commission Chairman Paul Edgerley explained the principles that guided the Commission's 

review of the applications being discussed at the meeting. 

Ms. Victorino then explained that the Commission had been divided into two subcommittees to 

review the applications in depth. The nine applications reviewed by the subcommittees included 

applications submitted by the: 

• Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska; 

• City and County of Denver, Colorado; 

• Indiana State Department of Health; 

• New York City Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; 

• State ofNew York Energy Research and Development Authority; 

• Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services; 

• High Desert Education Service District, Oregon; 

• County of Ventura, California; and 

• City of Spartanburg, South Carolina. 

The subcommittee members then presented an analysis of each of the applications to the full 

Commission. The full Commission discussed each application individually. 

Adiournment 

The meeting adjourned at 11 :30 a.m. 

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I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the foregoing minutes are accurate. 

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