California Head Start Association
1107 9th Street, Suite 301
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 444-7760 Fax: (916) 444-2257

Board Officers
 
President
Kay Wernert (2008-2010)
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

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Vice President
William Castellanos (2006-2010)
EOC of San Luis Obispo
1030 Southwood Drive
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Ph: (805) 544-4355
Fax: (805) 544-4275
e-mail: bcastellanos@eocslo.org

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Secretary
Pamm Shaw (2008-2010)
Berkeley Albany YMCA Head Start
2009 Tenth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Ph: (510) 848-9092
Fax: (510) 848-0103
e-mail: pshaw@baymca.org

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Treasurer
Wassy Tesfa (2008-2010)
Center for Community & Family Services, Inc. Head Start
508 East Mendocino Street
Altadena, CA 91001
Ph: (626) 585-6500
Fax: (626) 585-0133
email: wassy.tesfa@ccafs.org

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Past President
Lucía I. Palacios, MSW (2008-2010)
Orange County Head Start, Inc.
2900 South Harbor Blvd., Suite 101
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Ph: (714) 241-8920
Fax: (714) 241-0376
email: lucia.palacios@ochsinc.org

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Cluster Representatives

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

Esmirna Valencia (2007 - 2009)
Riverside County Office of Education
email:evalencia@rcoe.us

Ron Griffin (Alternate) (2007 - 2009)
San Bernardino County Head Start Preschool Services
email:rgriffin@psd.sbcounty.gov
Cluster II
Los Angeles Co. Office of Education (LACOE) Grantee and Delegates
Sarah Younglove (2007 - 2009)
Los Angeles County Office of Education
email:younglove_sarah@lacoe.edu

Keesha Woods (Alternate) (2007 - 2009)
Los Angeles County Office of Education
email:woods_keesha@lacoe.edu
Cluster III
Los Angeles County Grantees
Sherrie Segovia (2007 - 2009)
Hope Street Family Center
email: sherrie.segovia@chw.edu

Ramona Locsina (Alternate) (2007 - 2009)
Long Beach Unified School District
email: rlocsina@lbusd.k12.ca.us
Cluster IV
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Alicia Ramirez (2007 - 2009)
Child Development Resources
email:alicia.ramirez@cdrv.org
Cluster V
Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo,
Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz
Juanita Santana (2007 - 2009)
San Francisco Head Start
e-mail: jsantana@headstart.sfsu.edu
Cluster VI
Amador/Tuolumne, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo-Mono, Kern,
Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare
Naomi Q. Mizumoto (2007 - 2009)
Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission
email: naomi.mizumoto@fresnoeoc.org

Mattie Mendez (Alternate) (2007 - 2009)
Community Action Partnership of Madera County
 email: mmendez@maderacap.org
Cluster VII
Humboldt/Del Norte, Lake Mendocino, Marin, Napa/Solano, Sonoma
Siddiq Kilkenny (2007 - 2009)
North Coast Children's Services (Humboldt/Del Norte)
 email: siddiqk@ncsheadstart.org

Ofelia Ochoa-Morris (Alternate) (2007 - 2009)
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County
email: ofelia@capsonoma.org
Cluster VIII
Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Modoc, Plumas/Sierra,
Shasta, Siskiyu, Tehama, Yuba/Sutter
Mary Ann Hagan (2007 - 2009)
Glenn County Office of Education
e-mail: mhagan@glenncoe.org

Brenda Poteete (Alternate) (2007 - 2009)
Sierra Cascade Family Opportunities Head Start
email: bpoteete@scfoheadstart.org
Cluster IX
El Dorado, Placer/Nevada, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Yolo
Kaye Medellin (2007 - 2009)
El Dorado County Office of Education
email: kmedelli@edcoe.k12.ca.us

Denyse Cardoza (Alternate) (2007 - 2009)
Placer Community Action Council, Inc.
email: dcardoza@pcac-inc.org

Tribal Head Start Representative
Mavany Verdugo (2007 - 2009)
Rincon Head Start
email:mavany1@aol.com

Migrant Head Start Representatives
Hal DeArmond (2007 - 2009)
Stanislaus County Office of Education
email:HDeArmond@stancoe.org

Ray Chavez (Alternate) (2007 - 2009)
Tulare County Office of Education
email: rchavez@cc.tcoe.org
Staff Representatives
Alisa Burton (2007 - 2009)
City of Oakland Head Start
e-mail: aburton@oaklandnet.com
Reyna Dominguez (2007 - 2009)
Child Development Resources
e-mail: reyna.dominguez@cdrofvtaco.org
Denise Lee (2007 - 2009)
SETA Head Start
e-mail: denise@headstart.seta.net
Kevin Smith (2007 - 2009)
Center for Community and Family Services, Inc.
email: kevin.smith@ccafs.org
Parent Representative
Andrea Jackson (2007 - 2009)
Head Start Child Development Council
e-mail:babykemoe@att.net
Heather Manning (2007 - 2009)
Orange County Office of Education
e-mail: heathermanning@juno.com
Marvena Moore (2007 - 2009)
e-mail: moormmny@aol.com
Diena Sylvia (2007 - 2009)
Sierra Cascade Family Opportunities Head Start
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Friend Representative
Judie Englesby-Smith (2007 - 2009)
e-mail: judie@shasta.com
Board Member at Large
Maria Fort (2007 - 2009)
e-mail: mariafort@earthlink.net
Board Liasions
Federal Liasion
Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Head Start - Region IX
Jan Len
Regional Program Manager
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
California Department of Education/
Child Development Division
California Head Start
State Collaboration Office
Michael Zito
Consultant/CHSSCO Coordinator
1430 N Street, Suite 3410
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 323-9727
Fax: (916) 323-6853
email:mzito@cde.ca.gov
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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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