Appendix
Child Development Permit Workgroup Members 2023-24
Workgroup Members
NAME | AFFLIATION |
Amy Smith | California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office |
Becky Green | Imperial Community College District |
Betsy Uda | Head Start |
Chris Reefe | Legislative Director, California School Board Association |
Christine Shreve | Holy Cross Preschool |
Giovanni Aragon | Community Action Partnership Kern |
Giselle Navarro-Cruz | Cal Poly Pomona |
Heather Snipes | El Dorado County Office of Education |
Helen Davis | University of California Los Angeles |
Hilary Seitz | California State University Chancellor’s Office |
Jacqueline Cruz | United Teachers Los Angeles |
Jeanne Veich | Shasta College |
Jessica Tejada | Mount Pleasant Elementary School District San Jose |
Julie Montali | Sacramento County Office of Education |
Katie Mervin | EDvance College |
LaTanga Hardy | Los Angeles Community College District |
Laurel Doyle | Cosumnes River College |
Liz Alvarado | Californians Together |
Lynette Ridgel | Riverside County Office of Education |
Mandy Redfern | Glendale Unified School District |
Melissa Wheelahan | Orange County Office of Education |
Nicole Willard | Windmill School, Portola Valley |
Pranita Venkatesh | Paragon Montessori, San Carlos |
Ranae Amezquita | Los Angeles Unified School District |
Stephanie Orozco | First 5 Los Angeles |
Tommetta Shaw | Mount St. Mary’s University |
Toni Isaacs | Ventura County Office of Education |
Valerie Denero | EveryChild California |
Liaisons
NAME | AFFILIATION |
Shanna Birkholz-Vasquez | CDE Liaison |
Erin Dubey | CDE Liaison |
Lisa Velarde | CDE Liaison |
Monika Belton | CDSS Liaison-CCL |
Deborah Stipek | Stanford University |
Cathy Yun | LPI |
Melanee Cottrill | Head Start |
Cynthia Yao | Head Start |
Kate Williams-Brown | Commission on Teacher Credentialing |
Martha E. Dominguez-Brinkley | MDominguez@ccfc.ca.gov |
CTC Staff to the Child Development Permit Workgroup
David DeGuire
Renee Marshall
Debra Keeler
Bronwyn Kennedy
June Millovich
Mika Laidler
Christina Villanueva
Updated February 27, 2024