Council Membership

The Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council (Council) consists of approximately 40 members appointed by the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the Orange County Superintendent of Schools. Council members serve a two-year term and may serve more than one term. Membership applications are kept on file and reviewed each spring to fill open vacancies. For more information, contact us at OCChildCareCouncil@ocde.us.

The state statute provides guidelines for the composition of the LPC membership and how appointments are made. The statute specifically requires that every effort should be made by the appointing agencies to assure that the ethnic, racial, and geographic composition of the LPC is reflective of the population of the county. Members shall be appointed from each of the five following categories of representation:

20 percent consumers, defined as a parent or person who receives, or who has received within the past 36 months, child care services.
20 percent child care providers, defined as a person who provides child care services or represents persons who provide child care services.
20 percent public agency representatives, defined as a person who represents a city, county, city and county, or local education agency.
20 percent community representatives, defined as a person who represents an agency or business that provides private funding for child care services, or who advocates for child care services through participation in civic or community-based organizations but is not a child care provider and does not represent an agency that contracts with the CDE to provide child care and development services.
The remaining percent (20%) are discretionary, appointed from any of the above categories or outside of these categories at the discretion of the appointing agencies.

Membership

Tiffany Alva First 5 OC, Children & Families Commission Public Agency Representative Member, Steering Committee Co-Chair, Membership Committee	Janet Anderson-Deusenberry Holy Family Catholic Preschool Child Care Provider Representative Member, Workforce Development
Jane Avila YMCA Orange County Discretionary Representative	Sandy Avzaradel Charitable Ventures / Early Childhood OC Community Representative Member, Workforce Development Member, Emergency Child Care Task Force
Scott Ayres Spectrum Montessori Child Care Provider Representative Co-Chair, Civic Engagement Member, Workforce Development	Hailey Ayala Children's Home Society/Resource & Referral Community Representative
Dolores Barrett Community Action Partnership of OC Community Representative Member, Strategic Planning & Evaluation	Chris Becerra Chris Becerra Consulting Consumer Representative Second Vice-Chair Member, Membership Committee Member, Steering Committee
Sue Bierlich Retired Preschool Director Discretionary Representative Member, Workforce Development	Kate Bono California State University, Fullerton Public Agency Representative
Silenna Brown Silly Little Genius Child Care Provider Representative	Julie DeLorenzo Irvine Unified School District Consumer Representative Member, Membership Committee
Maureen Fitzpatrick Retired Early Childhood Educator Discretionary Representative Co-Chair, Strategic Planning & Evaluation Member, Steering Committee	Dr. Elida Garcia Orange County Department of Education Superintendent of Schools Liaison Member, Steering Committee
Fritzi Gragg Discretionary Representative Council Chair Member, Steering Committee	Nadhira Hathotuwegama Little Scholars Academy of CA Consumer Representative Member, Workforce Development
Jenn Kinkel Fullerton College Discretionary Representative Co-Chair, Workforce Development	Kathleen Leary Newport Mesa Unified School District Public Agency Representative Member, Workforce Development
Janneth Linnell Rancho Santiago Community College District Child Care Provider Representative Member, Workforce Development	Lee Lombardo YMCA Community Services of OC Community Representative Member, Inclusion Collaborative
Yessika Magdaleno Little Flowers Family Child Care Child Care Provider Representative Member, Workforce Development	Bertha Manzanares Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Public Agency Representative Member, Inclusion Collaborative
Kathleen McFarlin Regional Center of OC Community Representative Member, Inclusion Collaborative	Diane Montano California State PTA Discretionary Representative Member, Strategic Planning & Evaluation
Bryan Nguyen Parent/Consumer Consumer Representative Member, Strategic Planning & Evaluation	Maria Michea Family Child Care Owner Child Care Provider Representative
Misael Hernandez County of Orange, Social Services Agency Public Agency Representative Board of Supervisors Liaison Member, Strategic Planning & Evaluation	Valerie Padilla Orange County Head Start Community Representative Council Vice-Chair Co-Chair, Strategic Planning & Evaluation Member, Steering Committee
Deanna Parga Help Me Grow Consumer Representative Co-Chair, Membership Committee Member, Steering Committee Member, Inclusion Collaborative	Megan Pritchard Parent, Consumer Consumer Representative Member, Workforce Development
Yumi Ramirez Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove Child Care Provider Representative Member, Workforce Development Member, Inclusion Collaborative	Amanda Selogie Inclusion Education Project Discretionary Representative Member, Inclusion Collaborative
Lisa Stambolis Families Forward Community Representative Member, Workforce Development	Traci Stubbler The City of Irvine Consumer Representative Council Parliamentarian Co-Chair, Inclusion Collaborative Member, Steering Committee
Sarah Shawesh OCAEYC Discretionary Representative	Laura Vidal CA Early Childhood Mentor Program Community Representative Co-Chair, Workforce Development Member, Steering Committee
Scarlett vonThenen CA State Council on Developmental Disabilities Public Agency Representative Member, Inclusion Collaborative	Ajah White Parent Consumer Representative

Council Staff:

Melissa Wheelahan, LPC Coordinator

Lisa Edwards, LPC Administrative Assistant