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The Executive Committee
Brianne (Bri) Naiman
ACDS President
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Neda Popat
ACDS Vice-President
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Karla Lee Kuester
ACDS Secretary
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Susan Gonzales
ACDS Treasurer
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Tajmaya "Taj" Anders
Committee Member
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Edie Bartnof
Committee Member
Joshua Carroll, MFT
Committee Member
Karen Dudley, MA, MFT
Committee Member
Linda Glasser, LCSW
Committee Member
Gay Macdonald, MA
Committee Member
Members
Daphna Avraham
323-428-8275
Julia Ambrose
Kelly Beech
Administrative Director
CHILDREN'S CIRCLE NURSERY SCHOOL
Email: childrenscirclens@gmail.com
Zip Code: 91604
Lisa Bauer
Email: lisabrauer2@gmail.com
Zip Code: 91401
Christie Brandel Benitez
Director, The Maggy Haves School
Email: christie.benitez@maggyhaves.com
Website: maggyhaves.com
Zip Code: 91606
Karen "Wren" Biers
Music Specialist
(ages toddler - 2nd grade)
Parent and Me Educator
20+ years in ECE as a preschool teacher, consultant, director and summer camp director. Specialize in FUN!
Email: kbiers1@gmail.com
Phone:(310) 909-3674
Website: www.wrensong.net
Cindy Borland
Kylie Borland
Jill Cannon
Devin Carrier
Edna Diaz
Susan Donner, MD
Phone: (818) 883-1020
Zip Code: 91364
Website: www.susandonnermd.com
Hannah Fletcher
Mona Franco
Rachel Goldstein, LMFT
Child Development Specialist
Email: rachel@rachelgmft.com
Phone: (424) 234-8552
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-goldstein-ma-ms-lmft-4194391b8/
Briana Gomez
Katie Gutierrez
Krickett Jones Halpern
30+ years in 0-5 child development, focusing on the whole child: growth mindset, emotional intelligence, brain building, resilience, and self-awareness.
Email: krickett@drumtolearn.com
Phone: (818) 929-0977
Website: www.drumtolearn.com
Kim Hanke, MA
MA in Clinical Psychology
I have worked with young children and their families for over 20 years.
Email: kimhanke@gmail.com
Donna Hollaran
I am a child development specialists, parent educator, and the owner of BABYGROUP. All parent-education groups are virtual (infants/toddler/preschool), with occasional playgroups in Mar Vista.
Email: donna.babygroup@gmail.com
Website: www.babygroup.me
Maria Ibarra
Danny Israel
Susan Israel
Marla Katz
Email: marlakatz@makeanythingpossible.org
Phone: (818) 259-9086
Anaïs Kelly
Email: dr.munozkelly@gmail.com
Website: dranaismunozkelly.com
Nancy Klein
Child Development Specialist; ACDS Founder; Former Director of Child Development Services, UCLA Medical Center; Faculty, CSULA; Play Therapist; Consultant to parents, children, and schools.
Email: n.m.klein@icloud.com
Phone: (818) 468-8151
Zip Code: 91208
Lynn Kuratomi
Email: lkuratomi@sbcglobal.net
Phone: (323) 401-3097
Lucy Sibrian Lopez
Heather Malley
Founder and Director of Caterpillar Cottage Preschool
Heather has been working in the field of early education and child development for over 25 years.
Email: heather@caterpillarcottage.com
Website: www.caterpillarcottage.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-malley-10930734/
Zip Code:91325
Brooklyn Martin
Nora Messian
Mani Mohsenin
Mary Orndorff
Christina Oropeza
Kathleen Ouimette
Ellen Pearlman
Phone (323) 428-8275
Zip code: 90027
Vanessa Perez-Bernal
Neda Ghaneian Popat
Email: director@pvhills.org
Website: www.pvhills.org
Adrienne Ramos
Nancy Salazar Reyes
Rose Shalom
Email: rshalom53@gmail.com
Phone: (818) 404-2296
Laila Taslimi
Laila founded Untitled No. 1, a non-profit serving families evenly spread across income levels, to focus on families of age 3-5 without access to ECE due to its unaffordability.
Email: untitledno.1school@gmail.com
Website: www.untitledno1.org
Zip Code: 90404
Charlotte Valli
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