Meet our Team
Our Staff
Shelly Masur
Vice President, Advisory & State Policy
Esmeralda Martin-Singh
Partnerships & Policy Manager,
Early Care & Education
Early Care & Education
Samantha Peyton
Policy and Program Officer,
Early Care & Education
Early Care & Education
Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board help inform the ongoing engagement and research efforts of Build Up CA, ensuring the work is responsive and relevant to practitioners and thought-leaders focused on improving the child care system.
Angie Garling
Senior Vice President, Early Care & Education, LIIF
Christine Padilla
Director, Build Up San Mateo County
Courtney Baltiyskyy, MPA
Vice President of
Policy & Advocacy
YMCA of San Diego County
Policy & Advocacy
YMCA of San Diego County
Courtney Baltiyskyy
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Eilieen Monahan
Consultant
Ellen Dektar
Senior Administrator | ECE Facilities
Early Care & Education
First 5 Alameda County
Early Care & Education
First 5 Alameda County
Ellen Dektar
Senior Administrator | ECE Facilities
Early Care & Education
First 5 Alameda County
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Elsa Jacobsen
Consultant
Erich Nakano
Executive Director,
Little Tokyo Service Center
Little Tokyo Service Center
Ericka Erickson
Director of Strategic Administration and Equity
Jameelah Hanif
President of Solano Family Child Care Association | FCC Owner, Director, & Educator at Watch Me Grow Inc.
Jennifer Allen
Executive Director,
Long Beach Day Nursery
Long Beach Day Nursery
Joanne Brion
Consultant,
Brion Economics
Brion Economics
Kim Nall
Executive Director
Tribal Child Care Association of California
Tribal Child Care Association of California
Kristen Anderson
Child Care Planner and Consultant
Laura Kohn
Senior Director of Care and Education, Mission Driven Finance
Laurie Furstenfeld
Co-Director of Legal & Legislative Advocacy,
Child Care Law Center
Child Care Law Center
Leanne Drogin
Senior Program Analyst,
Office for the Advancement of ECE at LA County Department
of Public Health
Office for the Advancement of ECE at LA County Department
of Public Health
Liz Winograd
Team Leader of SF Early Care and Education, LIIF
Matthew Tinsley, Ph.D.
Director – Strong Start
Office of the Superintendent
Santa Clara County
Office of Education
Office of the Superintendent
Santa Clara County
Office of Education
Matthew Tinsley, Ph.D.
Director: Strong Start
Office of the Superintendent
Santa Clara County
Office of Education
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Miren Algorri
Family Child Care Owner, Director & Educator
Little Blossoms
Little Blossoms
Monica Walters
Chief Executive Officer,
Wu Yee Children’s Services
Wu Yee Children’s Services
Monique Guidry
FCC Owner, Director, & Educator at Guidry's Early Child Care
& Education Program
& Education Program
Monique Guidry
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Penny Garton
Loan Officer
CDC Small Business Finance
CDC Small Business Finance
Penny Garton
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Yessika Magdaleno
Founder, Child Care Business Institute
Former Members
Kim DiGiacomo
National Program Director of Early Care and Education, LIIF
Rodrigo Antonio
Parent Leader, Parent Voices California
Rodrigo Antonio
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Van Scott
Director of Development,
Bridge Housing Los Angeles
Bridge Housing Los Angeles
