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Early Childhood Community Oversight and Advisory Committee

The EC COAC gives input and recommendations to the Department. It works with the Children and Families Commission. It guides DEC’s strategies, policies, and procedures.

The EC COAC also guides the Early Care and Education for All Initiative (aka Baby Prop C). It provides analysis and guides engagement processes. It makes recommendations to the Department, the Mayor, and the Board of Supervisors.

Keep reading for information on EC COAC members and upcoming meetings.

EC COAC Members

Monique Guidry (Vice Chair)
Owner, Guidry Early Child Care and Education Program and Co-founder, African American Early Childhood Educators

Abigail Stewart-Kahn
Managing Director, Stanford Center on Early Childhood

Christie Herrera, Ed.D
Assistant Superintendent of Early Education, San Francisco Unified School District

Cindy Lopez-Chastain (Chair)
Speech and Language Pathologist, Linguistic Connection

Krystle Danridge-Pierson
Founder and Director, Each One Teach One Child Care

Meredith Dodson 
Executive Director, San Francisco Parent Coalition

Emily de Ayora Moriarty
Co-founder and Operations Director, Design League and Downey Street Events and Parent Advocate

Meeting Information:

January 28, 2025 | 4:30pm–6:30pm | Joint CFC & EC COAC Meeting

Location:
1650 Mission Street
Suite 312
San Francisco, CA 94103

Public Access (if not attending in person): 

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Background on the Early Childhood Community Oversight and Advisory Committee

The ECCOAC shall consist of nine members: The Mayor shall appoint to seats 1-5 (subject to rejection by two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors within 30 days) and the Board of Supervisors shall appoint seats 6-9 as follows:

  • Seat 1: must be a parent or guardian of a child who is enrolled in a facility that provides early care and education services, which includes child care, early care, preschool, infant and toddlers care;
  • Seat 2: must be a representative of the San Francisco Unified School District’s Early Education Division, or any successor to that division, recommended by the Superintendent of Schools to the Mayor. If the Superintendent of Schools fails to make a recommendation within 90 days of a vacancy the Mayor may appoint a person to hold this seat;
  • Seat 3: must be an early care and education provider that serves infants and toddlers ages zero to three;
  • Seat 4: must be a family support provider, a provider or educator who works with children with special needs, a community member with expertise in early education, a member of the mental health community specializing in early care, a member of a philanthropic organization, which has an emphasis on early care and education issues, or a member of the business community with an interest in early care and education issues;
  • Seat 5: must be a representative of an institution of higher education that specializes in early care and education;
  • Seat 6: must be a family child care provider;
  • Seat 7: must be a provider of early care and education at a community-based childcare center in San Francisco, but this member cannot be a San Francisco Unified School District provider;
  • Seat 8: must be a family support provider, a provider or educator who works with children with special needs, a community member with expertise in early education, a member of the mental health community specializing in early care, a member of a philanthropic organization, which has an emphasis on early care and education issues, or a member of the business community with an interest in early care and education issues; and
  • Seat 9: must be a representative of the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council (“CCPAC”) established by Article XX of Chapter 5 of the Administrative Code, recommended to the Board of Supervisors by the CCPAC.

 

Become an EC COAC Member​

We are not currently accepting applications for the EC COAC.

To be added to our interest list, email:

Arianna Cruz-Sellu

Commission Policy and Administrative Coordinator

arianna.cruz-sellu@sfgov.org.

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