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(* denotes BrightStart Executive Committee)
| Division of Administration | |
| Kim Dodd | Director of Legislative Affairs |
| Department of Children and Family Services | |
| Brent Villemarette* | Deputy Secretary of Programs |
| Rhenda Hodnett | Director, Prevention and Protection Services, Office of Community Service |
| Gail Kelso | Director, Child Development and Early Learning Section |
| Department of Education | |
| Jenna Conway* | Executive Director of Early Childhood |
| Louisiana Workforce Commission | |
| David Helveston |
Confidential Assistant |
| Board of Elementary and Secondary Education | |
| Kimberly Tripeaux | Acting BESE 8(g) Director |
| Department of Economic Development | |
| Brenda Guess |
Business Incentives Manager, LA Department of Economic Development |
| Department of Health and Hospitals | |
| Amy Zapata* | Director, Office of Public Health - Maternal and Child Health Section |
| Robyn Howard |
Office of Behavioral Health |
| Susan Berry | Director, Children's Special Health Services |
| Brenda Sharp | Coordinator, Part C - EarlySteps |
| Governor's Office | |
| Tiffany Simpson* | Executive Director, LA Children's Cabinet |
| Christie Smith | Executive Director, LA State Interagency Coordinating Council |
| Louisiana Senate | |
| Karen Carter Peterson |
State Senator |
| Louisiana House of Representatives | |
| Patricia Smith | State Representative |
| Other | |
| Jerry Pinsel | President, National Association of Community College Teacher Preparation |
| April Whatley Bedford |
Interim Dean, College of Education, University of New Orleans |
| Kahree Wahid | Director, Head Start Collaboration Project |
| Sondra Myers | Director, Acadia Parish Head Start |
| Pearlie Harris | Owner, Royal Castle Child Development Center |
| David Corona | Superintendent, West Baton Rouge Schools |
| Lynda Gavioli | Board, Louisiana Partnership for Children and Families |
| Judy Harrison | Executive Director, LA Children's Trust Fund |
| Adren Wilson | National Director, Equity and Inclusion Campaign |
| Ashley Lucas | Member, LA Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Geoff Nagle | Director, Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health |
| Brenda Swanigan* | Parent Representative, BrightStart Advisory Council |
| Staff | |
| Sandra Adams | Grant Writer |
| Maureen Gallagher | Diverse Delivery Coordinator |
| Kris Pottharst | Program Coordinator |
| Allen Schulenberg | Early Childhood Data System Project Manager |
| Martha South | Professional Development Coordinator |
| Lenell Young | LAPEN Coordinator |
| Lina Brou | >Early Childhood Epidemiologist |
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