SBE Member Assignments

Member Committees

Screening Committee, State Board of Education

(required, SBE Bylaws, Art. VI, Sec. 1)

• Cynthia Glover Woods, Chair
• Francisco Escobedo
• Brenda Lewis
  

Member Liaison Assignments

(Commissions and Committees)

Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS)

(EC 33031 and 47634.2(b)(1))

• Cynthia Glover Woods
• Sharon Olken

Advisory Commission on Special Education (ACSE)

(EC 33590)

• Alison Yoshimoto-Towery

California Association of Student Councils (CASC)

(Student Advisory Board on Education)

• Vanessa Ejike (through July 31, 2026)
• James J. McQuillen

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC)

(required, SBE Bylaws, Art.XII, Sec. 1 (d))

• Haydee Rodriguez

California Practitioners Advisory Group (CPAG)

• Cynthia Glover Woods

Instructional Quality Commission

(EC 33530)

• Linda Darling-Hammond - Mathematics
• Cynthia Glover Woods - General
• Brenda Lewis - General

California Workforce Pathways Joint Advisory Committee

(EC 12053)

• James J. McQuillen, Chair
• Francisco Escobedo
• Haydee Rodriguez

Trustees of the California State Summer School for the Arts

(EC 8952.5)

• Kim Pattillo Brownson

Concurrence Commission - CA Subject Matter Projects

(EC 99200(d))

• Brenda Lewis

WestEd

(SBE Bylaws reference WestEd’s Joint Powers Agreement)

• Francisco Escobedo

Member Liaison Assignments

(Functional Areas)

Assessment

(discretionary, SBE Bylaws, Art. VI, Sec. 2)

• Linda Darling-Hammond
• Gabriela Orozco Gonzalez

Career Technical Education

• James J. McQuillen
• Haydee Rodriguez

Civic Learning

• Alison Yoshimoto-Towery

Community Schools

• Linda Darling-Hammond
• Alison Yoshimoto-Towery

District Reorganization

• Francisco Escobedo

Early Education

• Kim Pattillo Brownson

English Learners

• Francisco Escobedo
• Alison Yoshimoto-Towery

Environmental Literacy

• Sharon Olken

Federal

• Linda Darling-Hammond
• Francisco Escobedo

School Facilities

• Kim Pattillo Brownson

Waivers

(discretionary, SBE Bylaws, Art. VI, Sec. 2)

• Brenda Lewis

Local Control Funding Formula/ Accountability

(EC 42238.07, EC 52064, EC 52064.5)

• Linda Darling-Hammond
• Cynthia Glover Woods

California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE)

(EC 52074)

• Cynthia Glover Woods