Donna Sneeringer is Chief Strategy Officer for the Child Care Resource Center (CCRC), a position she has held since 2013. She leads CCRC’s efforts on advocacy, public policy, and strategic partnership development. In addition, she provides Government Relations support to the Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles is regularly called upon to provide technical assistance and support to decision makers on a variety of early childhood policy issues at the local, state, and federal level.
Ms. Sneeringer began her career at CCRC in 1992 and through her initial seven-year tenure developed her knowledge of subsidized childcare programs, childcare resource and referral and quality early childhood program and workforce development. Between 1999 and 2011, Ms. Sneeringer worked in Sacramento at Child Action, Inc. first as their Child Care Resource and Referral Manager focused on program development, personnel management, and community relations and then as Public Affairs Manager focusing on local, state, and federal public policy issues, contract management, fund development, agency communications and media relations.
Ms. Sneeringer holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration and Graduate Certificate in Political Management from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development from California State University, Northridge.
Ms. Sneeringer was appointed by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon to serve on the California Early Childhood Policy Council and currently serves as Commissioner on the First 5 Sacramento Commission.
Tonia McMillian has been a licensed Early Care and Education provider for over 28 years. She primarily serves low-income children and their working families. She has helped educate and “raise up” hundreds of children, ages 6 weeks through 13 years old, ensuring that every child has a fair shot at achieving the “California Dream.”
She is a proud member of the California Assembly Blue Ribbon Commission and in 2019 was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to the California Early Childhood Workforce Policy Advisory Subcommittee. She was later appointed the Chair of the Subcommittee and, most recently, she was voted to the Governor’s full Early Childhood Policy Council. Ms. McMillian is serving her second term appointment as the Public Member of the Physical Therapy Board of California and she is an Elected Delegate for the California Democratic Party’s – 58th Assembly District. She serves as the elected National Secretary to the SEIU National African American Caucus (AFRAM) and is a dues-paying member of Child Care Providers United.
Ms. McMillian was inspired to become an early care and education leader because she saw the need to increase access to quality childcare, provide increased opportunities for provider training and education, bring more support to working parents and empower Family Child Care Providers in California. She is a staunch advocate promoting equity and fighting bias within the Early Childcare Education field. Since 2009, she worked tirelessly for family childcare professionals, mostly women of color, to win the right to collective bargaining. She, along with thousands of family child providers, was honored to celebrate her unwavering dedication to the childcare campaign on September 30th, 2019 when California Governor Newsom signed AB 378 granting these workers the right to negotiate with the State.
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