CT Early Childhood Cabinet Meeting Minutes October 18, 2018 4 p.m. – •2 Legislative Office Building, Room 1C, Hartford, CT ATTENDANCE Member Statutory Designation Member Member Type Nancy Wyman Elizabeth Ritter State Director of Head Start Lieutenant Governor Director, Connecticut Head Start Collaboration X Collaboration Office David Wilkinson Co-Chair Cathy Battista Representative from Family Commissioner, Office of Early X Family Resource Alliance Resource Centers Childhood Bill Halsey Commissioner of Social Patricia Bryant Representative from a public –Beausoleil Department of Social Services Services, or designee Director, Putnam Family Resource elementary school with a X prekindergarten program Center and Early Childhood Coordinator Ellen Cohn Responsible for administering Marisol Estrada-Soto Parent of a child attending or the provisions of Title 1 of the attended a school in an Deputy Commissioner, State Parent Elementary and Secondary education reform district Department of Education Act Kimberly Karanda Commissioner of Mental Vacant Representative of the CT Health and Addiction Services, State Employees Association Director, Statewide Services X or designee Division, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Harriet Feldlaufer Administrator of the Child Linda Fransicovich Representative from the Care and Development Fund Philanthropic Community Director, Care & Executive Director, Grossman X X (CCDF) Education, Office of Early Family Foundation Childhood Leah Grenier Secretary, Office of Policy & Vacant Representative from the Management, or designee Business Community Budget Analyst, Office of Policy X & Management Kimberly Nilson Commissioner of Children & Karen Rainville, Representative of an Families, or designee association of early education Program Manager, Department Executive Director, Bridge to and child care providers of Children & Families Success Community Partnership X and Member, CT Association for the Education of Children Evonne Commissioner of Department Edie Reichard Representative of a of Housing Child Care Center Commissioner, Department of Director, Sleeping Giant Day Care X Housing Rosa Biaggi, Commissioner of Public Roberto Burgos Representative from the Health, or designee Head Start Association Public Health Section Chief, Director, Early Childhood Department of Public Health Learning Center Raul Pino Commissioner of Eileen Ward Representative of Local Developmental Services, or Providers of Early Childhood Commissioner, Department X Director, Children’s Community X designee Education Development Center of Public Health Joan Parris Designee for President of Steven Hernandez Executive Director of the X X Board of Regents Commission on Women,
CT Early Childhood Cabinet Meeting Minutes October 18, 2018 •2 – 4 p.m. Legislative Office Building, Room 1C, Hartford, CT ATTENDANCE Member Statutory Designation Member Member Type Nancy Wyman Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Ritter Director, Connecticut Head Start Collaboration Office State Director of Head Start Collaboration X David Wilkinson Commissioner, Office of Early Childhood Co-Chair X Cathy Battista Family Resource Alliance Representative from Family Resource Centers Bill Halsey Department of Social Services Commissioner of Social Services, or designee X Patricia Bryant –Beausoleil Director, Putnam Family Resource Center and Early Childhood Coordinator Representative from a public elementary school with a prekindergarten program Ellen Cohn Deputy Commissioner, State Department of Education Responsible for administering the provisions of Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Act Marisol Estrada-Soto Parent Parent of a child attending or attended a school in an education reform district Kimberly Karanda Director, Statewide Services Division, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or designee X Vacant Representative of the CT State Employees Association Harriet Feldlaufer Director, Care & Education, Office of Early Childhood Administrator of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) X Linda Fransicovich Executive Director, Grossman Family Foundation Representative from the Philanthropic Community X Leah Grenier Budget Analyst, Office of Policy & Management Secretary, Office of Policy & Management, or designee X Vacant Representative from the Business Community Kimberly Nilson Program Manager, Department of Children & Families Commissioner of Children & Families, or designee Karen Rainville, Executive Director, Bridge to Success Community Partnership and Member, CT Association for the Education of Children Representative of an association of early education and child care providers X Evonne Commissioner, Department of Housing Commissioner of Department of Housing Edie Reichard Director, Sleeping Giant Day Care Representative of a Child Care Center X Rosa Biaggi, Public Health Section Chief, Department of Public Health Commissioner of Public Health, or designee Roberto Burgos Director, Early Childhood Learning Center Representative from the Head Start Association Raul Pino Commissioner, Department of Public Health Commissioner of Developmental Services, or designee X Eileen Ward Director, Children’s Community Development Center Representative of Local Providers of Early Childhood Education X Joan Parris Designee for President of Board of Regents X Steven Hernandez Executive Director of the Commission on Women, X
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