Santa Barbara County Child Care Planning Council

Current Membership

Members of the Santa Barbara County Child Care Planning Council, listed below, represent sectors of the community by category: consumer (parent), public agency, child care provider and community (general). To help you identify a Council Member representing your sector of the community, the category of membership is listed below each member’s name. To contact a member click on their name.

Karin Dominguez
Council Chair
Public Agency Representative
Santa Maria School District,
Santa Maria School Readiness

Flo Furuike
Community Member Representative
Community Volunteer

Vishna Herrity
Strategic Plan Committee Chair
Public Agency Representative
Gevirtz Research Center, UCSB

Trudy Adair-Verbais
County Superintendent of Schools Representative
Liaison to the Santa Barbara County Education Office

Linda Williams
County Board of Supervisors Representative
County of Santa Barbara

Eileen Monahan
Liaison to First 5 Santa Barbara County
Early Care & Education Office,
First 5 Santa Barbara County

Diane Harmon
Discretionary Appointee/Community Member

Thesa Roepke
Consumer Representative
Allan Hancock College

Jennifer Bergquist
Vice Chair
Community Representative
Community Volunteer

Danielle Monroy
Child Care Provider Representative
Creative Care for Children

Erica Butler
Child Care Provider Representative
The Learning Den Preschool

JoAnn Rodrigez
Child Care Provider Representative
Santa Maria School District,

Ann E. Wood
Community Representative
Santa Barbara
Association for the Education of Young Children

Lina Bickel/Debbie Torres (Alt)
Public Agency Representative
Department of Social Services

Susie West
Nominating Committee Chair/Consumer
Santa Barbara Family Child Care Association

Sylvia Cruz
Discretionary Appointee
Children's Resource & Referral, North

Sunny Curry
Pending Member/Consumer Representative
Isla Vista Youth Projects

Leslie Voss
Child Care Provider Representative
UCSB Early Childhood Care and Education Services (ECCES)

LuAnn Miller
Child Care Provider Representative
Isla Vista Youth Projects

Susan Ashlock
Public Agency Representative
Santa Barbara School District

Mattie Gadsby
Chair-Elect/Discretionary Appointee
Community Action Commission

Georgene Lowe
Discretionary Appointee
Santa Barbara County Education Office
Health Linkages

Susan Walsh
Discretionary Appointee
Private Consultant/ULV

Hilda Zacarias
Public Agency Representative
Santa Maria City Council