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Subject Matter Committee

State of California
Gavin Newsom, Governor

Instructional Quality Commission
An advisory body to the California State Board of Education



2024 Subject Matter Committee (SMC) Assignments

 

Executive Committee
  • Charice Guerra, Commission Chair
  • Kimberly Young, Commission Vice Chair
  • Jennifer Hicks
  • Alicia Raygoza
  • Niki Reina-Guerra
Arts Subject Matter Committee
  • Anita Friedman, Chair
  • Kou Vang, Vice Chair
  • Marcey Winawer
Education Technology Committee
  • Kimberly Young, Chair
  • Neil MacGaffey, Vice Chair
  • Lena Bradshaw
  • Ethan Chen
  • Javier Hernandez
  • Janet Lanning
  • Marcey Winawer
English Language Arts/English Language Development Subject Matter Committee
  • Kou Vang, Chair
  • Erica Zepeda, Vice Chair
  • Jacquay Durant
  • Javier Hernandez
  • Jennifer Hicks
  • Janet Lanning
  • Alicia Raygoza
Health Subject Matter Committe
  • Jennifer Hicks, Chair
  • Anita Friedman, Vice Chair
  • Cheryl Frye
History–Social Science Subject Matter Committee
  • Kimberly Young, Chair
  • Ethan Chen, Vice Chair
    Anita Friedman  
Mathematics Subject Matter Committee
  • Janet Lanning, Chair
  • Niki Reina-Guerra, Vice Chair
  • Lena Bradshaw
  • Ethan Chen
  • Neil MacGaffey
  • Marcey Winawer
  • Erica Zepeda
Physical Education Subject Matter Committee
  • Niki Reina-Guerra, Chair
  • Jacquay Durant, Vice Chair
  • Javier Hernandez
Science Subject Matter Committee
  • Neil MacGaffey, Chair
  • Cheryl Frye, Vice Chair
  • Marcey Winawer
World Languages Subject Matter Committee
  • Alicia Raygoza, Chair
  • Niki Reina-Guerra, Vice Chair
  • Anita Friedman
Ad Hoc Committee on State Board Initiatives
  • Erica Zepeda, Chair
  • Kou Vang, Vice Chair
  • Lena Bradshaw
  • Jacquay Durant
  • Cheryl Frye
  • Jennifer Hicks
  • Niki Reina-Guerra

*The Commission Chair serves as an ex-officio member of all of the Commission's SMCs and Ad Hoc Committee.

Commission Liaisons:

Concurrence Committee for California Subject Matter Projects (CSMP)
  • Kimberly Young
Last Reviewed: Tuesday, February 06, 2024
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