Executive Board and Council Members

Executive Board

• Chair- Lisa Duncan-Purcell 
• Vice Chair - John Nilon
• Secretary - Ginny Layland
• Treasurer - Betty Phillips

Members & Appointing Authority 

Member composition:

20% - Child Care Consumer 20% - Child Care Provider 20% - Community Representative 20% - Public Agency Representative 20% - Appointed at the discretion of the appointing authority             

Child Care Consumer  - a parent or person who currently is using, or who has used child care services within the past 36 months.

Child Care Provider - a person who provides child care services in Kern County (family child care or center based care).

Community Representative - 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 California Department of Education to provide child care and development services.

Public Agency Representative - a person who represents a city,   county, city and county, or local education agency and who funds, regulates, or monitors the delivery of child care services.

Dicretionary Member - appointed from any of the four above categories at the discretion of the appointing agencies.

Members Appointed by the Kern County Board of Supervisors

Child Care Consumer       

• Suzy Jones
• Vacant
• Vacant

Child Care Provider

• Casey Knaak - Child Care Provider 
• Virginia Layland - Community Action Partnership of Kern
• Julie Manning - Standard School District

Community Representative

• Janet Swank - Special Education
• Jerri Alvarado - Child Care Consultant
• Linda Eberhart - East Kern County

Public Agency Representative

• Diane Rosso- Kern County Department of Human Services
• Irene Cook - California State University, Bakersfield and Taft College
• John Nilon - Kern County Department of Public Health

Discretionary Member 

• Kalina Marquez-Child Development Consultant
• Linda Oates- National Health Services, Inc.
• Sharon Brown- Kern Association for the Education of Young Children

Members Appointed by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools

Child Care Consumer

• Adam Alvidrez 
• Christie Howell
• Rosa Del Toro         

Child Care Provider

• Jessica Danel - Kreative Kidz
• Armida Bermudez - Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo
• Vacant

Community Member

• Annette Brown - Kern River Valley
• Candy Coats - Henrietta Weill Memorial Child Guidance Clinic 
• Barbara Best - WestEd, Program for Infant & Toddler Care

Public Agency Representative

• Betty Phillips - Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office,
  Child Development     
• Kathy Philley - Bakersfield Adult School Children's Center
• Vienna Gonzales Battistoni - Bakersfield College

Discretionary Member

• Cary Larson-McKay - Cal State University, Bakersfield 
• Elizabeth Williams - Mexican-American Opportunity Foundation 
• Lisa Duncan-Purcell - Community Connection for Child Care

 

Member Profiles

Jerri Alvarado
Appointing Entity – Supervisor Michael Rubio
Council Representation – Community Member
Employment – Child Development Consultant working with the Bakersfield Homeless Center and other community projects

Adam Alvidrez
Appointing Entity - Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council  Representation - Child Care Consumer
Employment - Consultant

Vienna Battistoni
Appointing Entity - Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Public Agency
Employment - Program Director, Bakersfield College Child Development Centers and Child Development Instructor, Bakersfield College

Armida Bermudez
Appointing Entity – Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools Council Representation – Child Care Provider
Employment – Area Manager with the Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo, Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

Barbara Best
Appointing Entity – Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation – Community Member
Employment – Regional Trainer Coordinator, Region VII Partners for Quality - WestEd, Program for Infant Toddler Caregivers.

Annette Brown
Appointing Entity – Dr. Larry E Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation – Community Member – Community of Lake Isabella
Employment – Community Connection for Child Care

Sharon Brown
Appointing Entity – Supervisor Ray Watson
Council Representation – Discretionary Member representing private sector child development programs and the Kern Association for the Education of Young Children
Employment – Mercy Child Care Director, of Child Care Services

Candy Coats
Appointing Entity - Dr. Larry E. Reider
Council Representation - Community Member
Employment - Henrietta Weill Memorial Child Guidance Clinic

 Irene Cook
Appointing Entity – Supervisor Ray Watson
Council Representation – Public Agency
Employment - Consultant, Early Childhood Education Instructor at California State University & Taft Colleges, trainer for the Porogram for Infant and Toddler Caregivers for the California Department of Education, Child Development Consultant for the California Association for the Education of Young Children professional development training and trainer for the Kern County School Readiness Coordinators.

Jessica Danel
Appointing Entity - Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Child Care Provider
Employment - Owner of Kreative Kidz Preschool Academy

Rosa Del Toro
Appointin Entity- Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation- Child Care Consumer
Employment - Site Supervisor, Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo

Lisa Duncan-Purcell
Appointing Entity – Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation – Discretionary Member
Employment - Program Manager of the Community Services Division with Community Connection for Child Care

Linda Eberhart
Appointing Entity – Supervisor Jon McQuiston
Council Representation – Community Member, East Kern
Employment – Child Development Consultant and adjunct faculty in the field of Child Development for Cerro Coso Community College. 

Christie Howell
Appointing Entity - Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Child Care Consumer
Employment - California State University, Bakersfield - Child, Adolescence and Family Studies Program Coordinator

Suzy Jones
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Don Maben
Council Representation - Child Care Consumer
Employment - Training Consultant

Casey Knaak
Appointing Entity - Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Child Care Provider
Employment - Family Child Care Provider

Cary Larson-McKay
Appointing Entity – Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation – Discretionary Member
Employment - California State University, Bakersfield-Coordinator for the Early Childhood and Family Education program.

Virginia Layland 
Appointing Entity – Supervisor Michael Rubio
Council Representation – Child Care Provider
Employment - Education Specialist, Community Action Partnership of Kern, Child Education and Development Services Division.

Julie Manning
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Mike Maggard
Council Representation - Child Care Provider
Employment - Child Care Manager for Standard School District

Kalina Marquez
Appointing Entity – Supervisor Don Maben
Council Representation – Discretionary Member, Child Development Consultant 
Employment - Child Development Consultant

 John Nilon
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Don Maben
Council Representation - Public Agency
Employment - Director, Kern County Department of Public Health

Linda Oates
Appointing Entity – Supervisor Mike Maggard
Council Representation – Community Member
Employment – Executive Secretary, National Health Services. Inc.

Kathy Philley
Appointing Entity - Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation – Public Agency – Kern High School District
Employment - Director, Bakersfield Adult School Children's Center Director

Betty Phillips
Appointing Entity - Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Public Agency, Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Division of Child Development
Employment, Teacher, Downtown Child Development Center

Dianne Rosso
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Mike Maggard
Council Representation - Public Agency
Employment - Assistant Program Director, Kern County Department of Human Services, CalWORKs program.

Janet Swank
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Watson
Council Representation - Community Member
Employment - KCSOS, Special Education

Elizabeth Williams
Appointing Entity – Dr. Larry E. Reider, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation – Child Care Provider
Employment - Site Supervisor, Mexican-American Opportunity Foundation State Preschool.

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