California Advisory Council
Abigail Stewart-Khan, MSW
Advisory Co-Chair
Managing Director
Stanford Center on Early Childhood
Mayra Alvarez, MHA
Executive Director
The Children’s Partnership
Jackie Wong, MSW
Advisory Co-Chair
Executive Director
First 5 California
Yvette Byes Edwards, JD
Parent Representative
Michelle Gaitmatan, PhD
Parent Representative
Maria Lupe Jaime, EdD
Deputy Director, Child Care and Development
California Department of Social Services
Jennifer Delos Reyes, MA
Quality Early Learning Programs Manager
San Francisco Department on Early Childhood
Meera Mani, EdD
Vice President, Families and Communities
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Hanna Melnick, MPP
Senior Policy Advisory
Learning Policy Institute
Sarah Neville-Morgan, MS
Deputy Superintendent, Public Instruction
California Department of Education
Stacy Lee, MBA
Chief Learning Officer
Children Now
Karen Pautz
Executive Director
First 5 Siskiyou County
Eric Walle, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences, UC Merced
Keisha Nzewi, MPH
Woman in Charge
Black Californians United for Early Care and Education