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Consultant Regional Assignments

This is a list of California counties by region and the Early Education Division Consultants assigned to each region.

Early Education Division (EED) Consultants are available to provide assistance and answer questions about early education and support, and are assigned by region. Find the county in the list below to identify the assigned EED Consultant to contact.

Map of California displaying the 58 counties grouped into 11 regions. The region number, county names, and contact information of the EESD Consultants for each region are listed in the following table.

Region Counties/SPAs Consultant Phone Email
1 Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma
Shellie MacColl
916-906-5794
2 Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity

Shellie MacColl

916-906-5794
3 Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba

Vacant
Interim, Shellie MacColl

916-906-5794
3 Sacramento
Cassandra Lewis
916-906-5782
4 Alameda
Cassandra Lewis
916-906-5782
4 Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Solano
Nancy DeArmond
916-906-5790
4 San Francisco

Amy Silva

916-906-5779
5 Santa Clara

Amy Silva

916-906-5779
5 Santa Cruz
Nancy DeArmond
916-906-5790
5 Monterey, San Benito

Silvia Figueroa

916-906-5795
6 Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne
Vacant
Interim, Nancy DeArmond
916-906-5790
7 Merced
Vacant
Interim, Cassandra Lewis
916-906-5782
7 Fresno, Madera, Mariposa

Yer Xiong

916-445-4703
7 Kings, Tulare

Silvia Figueroa

916-906-5795
8 Kern

Silvia Figueroa

916-906-5795
8 San Luis Obispo, Ventura

Richard Miller

916-906-5786
8 Santa Barbara
Sandy Patitucci
916-906-5793
9 Imperial
Sandy Patitucci
916-906-5793
9 Orange
Richard Miller
916-906-5786
9 San Diego
Sandy Patitucci
916-906-5793
10 Inyo, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino
Tyra Block
916-906-5784
11 Los Angeles, (Agency Assignments for Michael Benton) SPA 2, SPA 3 (A-F), SPA 4, SPA 5
Michael Benton
916-906-5791
11 Los Angeles, (Agency Assignments for Sandra Flores) SPA 1, SPA 3 (G-R), SPA 6, SPA 7, SPA 8
Sandra Flores
916-906-5792

Program Quality Implementation (PQI) Office

PQI North Unit

Crystal Devlin, Education Administrator
Phone: 916-906-5783
Email: cdevlin@cde.ca.gov

Child Development Consultant (CDC)
Child Development Assistant (CDA)
Associate Government Program Analyst (AGPA)
Staff Services Analyst (SSA)
Office Technician (OT)

  • Nancy DeArmond, CDC
  • Cassandra Lewis, CDC
  • Shellie MacColl, CDC
  • Amy Silva, CDC
  • Vacant, CDC
  • Vacant, CDC
  • Vacant, CDC
  • Alice Ludwig, AGPA
  • Mai Xiong, SSA
  • Adam High, OT

PQI Central Unit

Monique Williams, Education Administrator
Phone: mwilliams@cde.ca.gov
Email: 916-323-7833

  • Silvia Figueroa, CDC
  • Yer Xiong, CDC
  • Vacant, CDC
  • Vacant, CDC
  • Vacant, CDC
  • Tyra Block, CDA

PQI South Unit

Linda Morales, Education Administrator
Phone: 916-906-5785
Email: lmorales@cde.ca.gov

  • Michael Benton, CDC
  • Sandra Flores, CDC
  • Richard Miller, CDC
  • Sandra Patitucci, CDC
  • Roxane Fidler, AGPA
  • Marcia Smith, AGPA
  • Damon Fenrirson, OT
  • Roxann Slivatz, OT

Eligibility and Support Services Office

Ramona Bermudez, Staff Services Manager I
Phone: 916-323-2211
Email: rbermudez@cde.ca.gov

  • Diane Edwards, AGPA
  • Jesse Her, AGPA
  • Jennifer Huddy, AGPA
  • Vacant, AGPA

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Last Reviewed: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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