Membership
The Child Care Planning Council (CCPC) serves as a forum to address the child care needs of all families and all child care programs in Sonoma County. The Council is composed of up to 35 individuals who represent one of five categories as mandated by law: child care consumer, child care provider, public agency, community member, and discretionary. All voting members are appointed jointly by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and Superintendent of Schools. The CCPC provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ethnic group, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, age, or any other unlawful consideration.
The Council meets monthly to help develop ongoing comprehensive planning for child care needs in the county and to provide greater coordination of and advocacy for child care services. All meetings are open to the public.
Child Care Consumer Representatives
Jason Riggs, Extended Child Care
Steven Worker, University of California Cooperative Extension
Child Care Provider Representatives
Jessica Borland, Windsor Unified School district
Ursula Richardson, Family Child Care
Cathy Vaughn, Montessori School of Sonoma/PACE
Public Agency Representatives
Susan Langer, Director, Special Education Programs, Roseland School District
Jennifer Perez, Santa Rosa Junior College
Chris Sorg, Employment & Training Analyst, County of Sonoma
Yajuan (Vivian) Xiang, Sonoma State University
Community Representatives
Soledad Figueroa, River to Coast Children’s Services
Kathleen Kelley, Early Learning Institute
Stephen Zollman, Sebastopol Coucilmember
Discretionary Representatives
Lara Magnusdottir, Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County (4Cs)
Sonya Valiente, El Verano Preschool Director
Advisors
The following individuals serve as non-voting advisors to the Child Care Planning Council of Sonoma County.
Melanie Dodson, Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County (4Cs)
Current Vacancies
Advisor
Child Care Consumer Representative
Child Care Provider Representative
Community Representative
Discretionary Representative
Public Agency Representative
CCPC is currently seeking new members, particularly Early Childhood Education staff (directors, teachers, assistants, FCC providers, etc.) and parents using child care. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Planning Council, please read the CCPC Membership Information (pdf) and fill out the Google form.
