Regional Catalysts & Executive Board
Executive Board 2024-25
Position | Person | Contact Information |
President | Laurel Doyle 2024-26 Cosumnes River College |
doylel@crc.losrios.edu |
Treasurer | Thesa Roepke 2024-26 Allan Hancock CollegeThesa is a Department Chair of Applied Behavior Sciences and Professor of Early Childhood Studies at Allan Hancock College. Thesa has been a member of CCCECE since 2010 and has served as a Regional Catalyst in Region 6 for many years. Thesa is currently serving as Treasurer. |
troepke@hancockcollege.edu |
Secretary | Alice Hampton 2024-26 Santa Rosa Junior College |
ahampton@santarosa.edu |
VP Membership | Sondra Moe 2024-26![]() |
cccecemembership@gmail.com or sondramoe@hotmail.com |
VP Public Policy – North | Tony Ayala 2023-25 Solano CollegeTony Ayala is a full-time instructor of Child Development and Family studies at Solano Community College. He began his career in early childhood in the late 1900’s while teaching after-school, preschool, infants, and toddlers. He went on to become a mentor teacher for Diablo Valley College and later was hired by DVC as a part time instructor. He joined the California Community College Early Childhood Educators (CCCECE) in 2012, served on the board as the Region 3 Catalyst in 2015 and in 2021 was elected Vice President of Public Policy North. He has previously written and presented for the Faculty Initiative Project through WestEd and is currently a PEACH Steering Committee member and serves on his Local Planning Council. |
Anthony.ayala@solano.edu |
VP Public Policy – South | Donna Cecil 2024-26 San Diego College ![]() |
dcecil@sdccd.edu |
VP Program – North | Michelle St. Germaine 2024-26 Merritt College |
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VP Program – South | LaTanga Hardy 2023-25 Los Angeles Trade Tech |
hardylg@lattc.edu |
VP Public Relations | Kristina Brower 2023-25 Cañada College ![]() |
brower@smccd.edu |
Catalyst Liaison | Jenny Fererro 2023-25 Palomar College ![]() |
jfererro@palomar.edu |
Lab School Liaison | Brianne Ayala 2023-25 Contra Costa College ![]() |
bayala@contracosta.edu |
Regional Catalysts 2024-25
Catalyst Liaison: Jenny Fererro, Palomar College
jfererro@palomar.edu
Regions and Colleges | Catalyst | Catalyst | |
Region 1 Butte Feather River Lassen Shasta |
Siskiyous Woodland Yuba |
Denice Burbach Yuba College dburbach@yccd.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2025 |
Jeanne Veich Shasta College jveich@shastacollege.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2026 |
Region 2 American River Columbia Cosumnes Folsom Lake Lake Tahoe |
Merced Modesto Sacramento City San Joaquin Delta Sierra |
Adrienne Seegers Columbia College seegers@yosemite.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2025 |
Gisele Flores Modesto Junior College floresg@yosemite.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2026 |
Region 3 Alameda Berkeley City Chabot Contra Costa Diablo Valley Laney Las Positas Los Medanos |
Marin Mendocino Merritt Napa Valley Ohlone Redwoods Santa Rosa Solano |
Michell Naidoo Contra Costa College mnaidoo@contracosta.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2026 |
Randi Osburn Los Medanos College rosburn@losmedanos.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2025 |
Region 4 Cabrillo Canada De Anza Evergreen Foothill Gavilan Hartnell Mission |
Monterey Peninsula San Francisco San Jose City San Mateo Skyline West Valley |
Willy Kwong Mission College willy.kwong@missioncollege.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2025 |
VACANT TERM ENDS: 6/30/2024 |
Region 5 Bakersfield Cerro Coso Fresno City Porterville Reedley |
Sequoias Taft West Hills (Coalinga/Lemoore) |
Ric Swallow Reedley College richell.swallow@reedleycollege.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2025 |
Heather Boynton Clovis College heather.boynton@cloviscollege.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2026 |
Region 6 Alan Hancock Cuesta Moorpark |
Oxnard Santa Barbara Ventura |
Helen “Winkie” Cooper TERM ENDS: 6/30/2025 |
Thesa Roepke TERM ENDS: 6/30/2026 |
Region 7 Antelope Valley Canyons Compton East LA El Camino Glendale LA City LA Harbor |
LA Mission LA Pierce LA Southwest LA Trade Tech LA Valley Pasadena Santa Monica West LA |
Deborah Owens Glendale Community College deboraho@glendale.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2025 |
LaShawn Brinson Los Angeles Southwest College brinsoll@lasc.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2026 |
Region 8 Cerritos Coastline Cypress Fullerton Golden West Irvine Valley |
Long Beach Orange Coast Saddleback Santa Ana Santiago Canyon |
Le Tresse Trahan Grissom TERM ENDS: 6/30/2025 |
VACANT TERM ENDS: 6/30/2024 |
Region 9 Barstow Chaffey Citrus Copper Mountain Crafton Hills Desert |
Mt. San Antonio Mt. San Jacinto Rio Hondo Riverside San Bernardino Victor Valley |
Sandy Visser-Jones TERM ENDS: 6/30/2026 |
Annette Franquez Victor Valley College annette.franquez@vvc.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2025 |
Region 10 Cuyamaca Grossmont Imperial Valley Mira Costa Palo Verde |
Palomar San Diego City San Diego Mesa San Diego Miramar Southwestern |
Becky Green Imperial Valley College becky.green@imperial.edu TERM ENDS: 6/30/2025 |
Maura Mehrian TERM ENDS: 6/30/2026 |