Executive Board and Council Members

Members & Appointing Authority 

Member composition:

20% Child Care Consumer  - a parent or a person who currently is   using or used child care or center based care). 

20% Child Care Provider - a person who provides child care services in Kern County (family child care or center based care)

20% 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

20% Public Agency Repre

sentative - 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 

20% Dicretionary Member - appointed from any of the four above categories at the discretion of the appointing agencies.

Executive Committee

• Chair- Vacant
• Vice Chair - Candy Coats
• Secretary - Ginny Layland
• Treasurer - Betty Phillips

Child Care Consumer

• Heather Garcia
• Lisa Brum
• Vacant                                                                                                                                                 ViceMembersMemberAppointeHeather

Child Care Provider

• KCSOS - Tolle, Reyes, Munoz
• Armida Bermudez 
• Casey Knaak

Community Representative

• Janet Swank
• Jerri Alvarado
• Linda Eberhart

Public Agency Representative

• Diane Rosso
• Irene Cook
• Vacant

Discretionary Member 

• Kalina Marquez
• Linda Oates
• Sharon Brown
• KCSOS - Tolle, Reyes, Munoz

Members Appointed by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools

Child Care Consumer

• Christie Howell
• Vacant
• Vacant         

Child Care Provider

• Vacant
• Armida Bermudez
• Casey Knaak

Community Member

• Barbara Best
• Candy Coats 
• Marilyn Golleher

Public Agency Representative

• Betty Phillip
• Kathy Philley
• Vienna Gonzales Battistoni

Council Member

• Cary Larson-McKay - California State University, Bakersfield 
• 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

Vienna Battistoni
Appointing Entity - Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Public Agency
Employment - Professor of Child Development, Bakersfield College

Armida Bermudez
Appointing Entity – Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation – Child Care Provider
Employment – Area Manager with the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

Barbara Best
Appointing Entity – Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation – Community Member
Employment – Regional Trainer Coordinator, Region VII Partners for Quality - WestEd, Program for Infant Toddler 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 – Director,  Mercy Child Care Services

Lisa Brum
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Michel Rubio
Council Representation - Child Care Consumer
Employment - Director, The Children's Learning Center

Candy Coats
Appointing Entity - Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
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, Bakersfield Director, Discovery Depot. 

 Lisa Duncan-Purcell
Appointing Entity – Christine Lizardi-Frazier, 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. 

Heather Garcia
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Don Maben
Council Representation - Child Care Consumer
Employment - Director, Child Haven Preschool

Marilyn Golleher
Appointing Entity - AFS Director
Council Representative - Community Member
Employment - Clinica Sierra Vista

Christie Howell
Appointing Entity - Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Child Care Consumer
Employment - California State University, Bakersfield - Child, Adolescence and Family Studies Program Coordinator

Casey Knaak
Appointing Entity - Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Child Care Provider
Employment - Family Child Care Provider

Cary Larson-McKay
Appointing Entity – Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation – Discretionary Member
Employment - California State University, Bakersfield child, Adolescent and Family Studies 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
Employment - Child Development Consultant

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

Kathy Philley
Appointing Entity - Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation – Public Agency
Employment - Director, Bakersfield Adult School Children's Center

Betty Phillips
Appointing Entity - Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Public Agency
Employment, Teacher,  Kern County Super Intendent of Schools Office, Down town 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 - Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Director of  Special Education

Denine Tucker
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Jon McQuiston
Council Representation - Kern River Valley
Employment - Home Base Educator, Community Action Partnership of Kern.

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