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The Convening
Participants

 

The Convening
Opening Remarks
Panel Presentations
Breakout Sessions
Closing Remarks
Bios
Participants
Event Info
KCET would like to thank the following individuals for attending our highly successful Convening of Experts. Your participation and efforts have helped provide the insight we needed to drive this project forward.


Convening Participants:
Yolie Flores Aguilar
Executive Director
Los Angeles County Children’s Planning Council

Alan Arkatov
President
eEducation Group

Ann Barbour
Professor of Early Childhood Education
Charter College of Education
California State University, Los Angeles

Carlos Barron
Los Angeles Unified School District

Dr. Gordon Berry
Professor Emeritus
Graduate School of Education
University of California, Los Angeles

Gail Brodie
Child Development Division
California Department of Education

Sherryl Browne-Graves
Professor & Chair
Education Department
Hunter College

Laura Cardenas
Counselor
Creative Breaches
Human Services Association

Solveig Chandler
Grant Coordinator
The Orfalea Family Foundation

Dr. Mary Christianakis
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Occidental College

Renatta Cooper
Director
Pacific Oaks Institute
Commissioner
First 5 Los Angeles

Lynne Doll
President
Rogers & Associates

Aurora Dominguez
Consultant
California Department of Education

Dr. Aimee Dorr
Dean and Professor
Graduate School of Education
University of California, Los Angeles

Jan Eisenberg
Project Director
Los Angeles County Office of Education

Dr. Allison Fuligni
Research Scientist
Center for Improving Child Care
University of California, Los Angeles

Jane Henderson
Executive Director
First 5 California

Sarah Ingram
Vice-President
Rogers & Associates

Linda Johannesen
President
The Galef Institute

Dr. Diane Klein
Professor of Special Education
Charter College of Education
California State University, Los Angeles

Pat Kocsis
Program Coordinator
Foothill Family Services

Lois Mitchell
Executive Director
The Orfalea Family Foundation

Helen Morran-Wolf
Executive Director
Foothill Family Services

Teresa Nuno
Commissioner
First 5 Los Angeles

Terry Ogawa
Executive Director
Los Angeles
Children’s Youth & Family Commission

Roberta Peck
Administrator
First 5 California

Ray Reisler
Executive Director
S. Mark Taper Foundation

Richard Riordan
Former Mayor
City of Los Angeles

Elizabeth Robitalle
Urban Education Partnership

Dr. Gloria Rodriguez
President & CEO
Avance, Inc.

Dr. Faith Rogow
President
Alliance for a Media Literate America

Dr. James Rosser
President
California State University,
Los Angeles

Flora Rostamiam
Education & Diversity Consultant

Laura Sandoval
AltaMed

Dr. Dorothy Singer
Co-Director
Family Television Research Center
Yale University

Dr. Jerome Singer
Co-Director
Family Television Research Center
Yale University

Dr. Iris Sroka
President
Hypothesis Research & Consulting

Patricia Stallone
Partner
Motherlode Productions

Nancy Steingard
Consultant
Sesame Street Workshop

Andrea Thompkins
Education Consultant

Dr. Rosemarie Truglio
Vice President, Education and Research
Sesame Street Workshop

Dr. Louis Vismara
Consultant
California State Senator John L. Burton

Michelle Williams
Executive Director
The Times – Mirror Foundation

Dr. Olga Winbush
Pacific Oaks Institute

Dr. Jennifer Zvi
Disability Resources
California State University, Northridge


KCET Attendees: John Agoglia
KCET Board of Directors

Ann Ehringer
Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship
University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin Ireland
Boardmember, KCET Board of Directors

Lynne Christian
Associate Director of Outreach

Joyce Campbell
Director of Production

Philip Dunn
Producer, New Media

Barbara Goen
Senior Vice President, Communications

Debbi Hinton
Executive Vice President, Operations
& CFO

Noreen Huang
Project Administrator

Al Jerome
President & CEO

Jackie Kain
Vice President, New Media

Deena Kuper
Account Executive

Laurel Lambert
Director of Advertising & Promotion

Mare Mazur
Executive Vice President, Production and Programming

David Melendez
Executive Director, Foundation and Corporate Relations

Betsy Pfromm
Executive Director,
Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic
KCET Community Advisory Board

Susan Erburu Reardon
Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Vicki Reynolds
Boardmember, KCET Board of Directors

Murray Pepper
Guest, KCET Board of Directors

Roger Workman
Executive Vice President, Institutional Advancement