Subject Matter Committee

2026 Subject Matter Committee (SMC) Assignments

Executive Committee

• Jennifer Hicks, Commission Chair
• Alicia Raygoza, Commission Vice Chair
• Charice Guerra
• Janet Lanning
• Kou Vang

Arts Subject Matter Committee

• Jacquay Durant, Chair
• Gia Daniller, Vice Chair
• Charice Guerra

Education Technology Committee

• Erica Zepeda, Chair
• Bonnie Sides, Vice Chair
• Janet Lanning

English Language Arts/English Language Development Subject Matter Committee

• Charice Guerra, Chair
• Kou Vang, Vice Chair
• Jacquay Durant
• Julie Goldman
• Bonnie Sides
• Kimberly Young
• Erica Zepeda

Health Subject Matter Committee

• Cheryl Frye, Chair
• Kimberly Young, Vice Chair
• Lena Bradshaw

History–Social Science Subject Matter Committee

• Kimberly Young, Chair
• Jacquay Durant, Vice Chair
• Gia Daniller
  

Mathematics Subject Matter Committee

• Lena Bradshaw, Chair
• Janet Lanning, Vice Chair
• Ananya Akkaraju
• Cheryl Frye
• Javier Hernandez
• Rebecca Lewis
• Bonnie Sides

Personal Finance Subject Matter Committee

• Janet Lanning, Chair
• Lena Bradshaw, Vice Chair
• Ananya Akkaraju
• Javier Hernandez
• Rebecca Lewis
• Kimberly Young
• Erica Zepeda

Physical Education Subject Matter Committee

• Kou Vang, Chair
• Cheryl Frye, Vice Chair
• Javier Hernandez
  

Science Subject Matter Committee

• Cheryl Frye, Chair
• Erica Zepeda, Vice Chair
• Rebecca Lewis

World Languages Subject Matter Committee

• Alicia Raygoza, Chair
• Julie Goldman, Vice Chair
• Gia Daniller

Ad Hoc Committee on State Board Initiatives

• Ananya Akkaraju, Chair
• Alicia Raygoza, Vice Chair
• Gia Daniller
• Julie Goldman
• Charice Guerra
• Alicia Raygoza
• Kou Vang

*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)

• Janet Lanning