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California Head Start Association
1107 9th Street, Suite 810
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 444-7760 Fax: (916) 444-2257

Board Officers

	President Kay Wernert (2010-2012) Community Action Marin/Marin Head Start 359 Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Suite One Novato, CA 94949 Ph: (415) 883-3791 Fax: (415) 883-6088 e-mail: kay@marinheadstart.org
Vice President Brenda Poteete (2010-2012) Sierra Cascade Family Opportunities Head Start 80 Main St. Quincy, CA 95971 Ph: (530) 283-1242 Fax: (530) 283-1024 email: bpoteete@headstart4u.org
	Secretary Pamm Shaw (2010-2012) YMCA of the Central Bay Area, Early Childhood Services 2009 Tenth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 Ph: (510) 848-9092 Fax: (510) 848-0103 e-mail: pshaw@ymca-cba.org
Treasurer Wassy Tesfa (2010-2012) e-mail: wassytesfa@yahoo.com

Cluster Representatives

Cluster I
Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino


Damon Carson (2011 - 2013) Neighborhood House Association email: dcarson@neighborhoodhouse.org

Colleen Versteeg (Alternate) (2011 - 2013) Orange County Head Start, Inc email: colleen.versteeg@ochsinc.org

Cluster II
Los Angeles Co. Office of Education (LACOE) Grantee and Delegates

Keesha Woods (2011 - 2013)
Los Angeles County Office of Education
email: woods_keesha@lacoe.edu

Cynthia Allen (Alternate) (2011 - 2013)
Pomona Unified School District
email: Cynthia.Allen@pomona.k12.ca.us

Cluster III
Los Angeles County Grantees

Raymond Hernández (2011 - 2013)
USC School for Early Childhood Education
email: raymond@usc.edu

Stacey Scarborough (Alternate) (2011 - 2013)
Venice Family Clinic
email: sscarborough@mednet.ucla.edu

Cluster IV
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura

Alicia Ramirez (2011 - 2013)
Child Development Resources
email:alicia.ramirez@cdrv.org

Bill Castellanos (Alternate) (2011 - 2013) Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc email: bcastellanos@capslo.org

Cluster V
Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo,
Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz

Esther Rubio (2011 - 2013)
Monterey County Office of Education e-mail: erubio@monterey.k12.ca.us Ana Trujillo (Alternate) (2011 - 2013) Santa Clara County Office of Education e-mail: ana_trujillo@sccoe.org

Cluster VI
Amador/Tuolumne, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo-Mono, Kern,
Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare

Naomi Q. Mizumoto (2011 - 2013)
Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission
email: naomi.mizumoto@fresnoeoc.org Sheila Neal (Alternate) (2011 - 2013) The Resource Connection email: sneal@theresourceconnection.net

Cluster VII
Humboldt/Del Norte, Lake Mendocino, Marin, Napa/Solano, Sonoma

Siddiq Kilkenny (2011 - 2013)
North Coast Children's Services (Humboldt/Del Norte)
email: siddiqk@ncsheadstart.org

Debbie Peralez (Alternate) (2011 - 2013)
Child Start Inc./Napa-Solano Head Start
email: dperalez@childstartinc.org

Cluster VIII
Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas/Sierra,
Shasta, Siskiyu, Tehama, Yuba/Sutter

Carla Clark (2011 - 2013) Shasta County Head Start Child Development, Inc. email: e-d@shskids.org Brian Heese (Alternate) (2011 - 2013) Northern California Child Development, Inc. email: bheese@nccdi.com

Cluster IX
El Dorado, Placer/Nevada, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Yolo

Denyse Cardoza (2011 - 2013)
KidZKount: Placer Community Action Council, Inc. email: dcardoza@pcac-inc.org Denise Lee (Alternate) (2011 - 2013) SETA Head Start e-mail: denise@headstart.seta.net

Tribal Head Start Representative

Vacant

Migrant Head Start Representatives

Deborah Clipper (2011 - 2013) Stanislaus County Office of Education HS/EHS email: dclipper@stancoe.org
Janet Orvis-Cook (Alternate) (2011 - 2013) Stanislaus County Office of Education email: jorviscook@stancoe.org

Staff Representatives

Karen Gonzales (2011 - 2013) Center for Community & Family Services
e-mail: klgonzal@headstart.seta.net
Jenny Pettit (2011 - 2013) Stanislaus County Office of Education HS/EHS
e-mail: jpettit@stancoe.org
Kevin Smith (2011 - 2013)
Center for Community and Family Services, Inc. email:Smith_Kevin@lacoe.edu

Parent Representative

Keva Tryels (2011 - 2013)
KidZKount: Placer Community Action Council, Inc.

Friend Representative

Sophia Waugh (2011 - 2013)

Maria Fort (2011 - 2013)
e-mail: mariafort@earthlink.net

Board Liasions

Federal Liasion
Jan Len
Regional Program Manager
Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start - Region IX
90 7th Street, Ninth Floor San Francisco, CA 94103-6710
Phone: (415) 437-8447
Fax: (415) 437-8438
email:jan.len@acf.hhs.gov

State Liasion

Michael Zito

Consultant/CHSSCO Coordinator

California Department of Education/

Child Development Division

California Head Start

State Collaboration Office

1430 N Street, Suite 3410

Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: (916) 323-9727

Fax: (916) 323-6853

email:mzito@cde.ca.gov

OHS TTA System Liasion

Vicky Greening

Early Childhood Education Specialist Center Manager
California State TTA Center

Phone: (619) 964-4244

Fax: (571) 255-6472

email:Vicky.Greening@stginternational.com

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MISSION
STATEMENT
The California
Head Start
Association is the
unified voice
providing
leadership and
advocacy for the
Head Start
community.

VISION
STATEMENT
The California
Head Start
Association will
be an important
strategic partner
representing Head
Start interests in
California and the
nation.

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