Council Members and Staff
Council Members
Child Care Consumers:
Defined as a parent or person who receives, or who have received within the past 36 months, child care services
Katie Hollingsworth
Community Action Partnership of SLO County – Child Youth and Family Services
Lauren Thorne
Vacancies (2)
Child Care Providers:
Defined as a person who provides child care services or represents person who provide child care services
Maddy Chevalier
Cuesta College Children’s Center
Michelle Holm
Shannon Pimentel
Jamie Sanbonmatsu
Valley View Children’s Center, Council Chair
Public Agency Representatives:
Defined as a person who represents a city, county or local education agency
Patty Clarkson
Melina Simonds
Cuesta College
Shelby West
Lucia Mar Unified School District
Vacancies (1)
Community Representatives:
Defined as 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 organization but is not a child care provider or CDE/CDSS funded agency representative.
Lisa Fraser
Center for Family Strengthening
Shana Paulson
Vacancies (2)
Discretionary Appointee:
Appointed from any of the above categories or outside of these categories at the discretion of the appointing agencies
Mika Buchanan
CAPSLO Child Care Resource Connection
Katie Mervin
EDvance College
Vacancies (2)
Liasons
Michael Specchierla
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education
Wendy Wendt
Staff
Raechelle Bowlay
Council Coordinator
Quality Counts Administrator
Lorie Ingan
Administrative Assistant III
Lauren Handley
Universal PreKindergarten Coordinator
Millie Tolani
Quality Counts Coordinator
Molly Myers
Quality Counts Coordinator
Jennifer Blackburn
Workforce Development Coordinator