FIRST STEPS ADVISORY GROUP

Brenda Blasingame
Executive Director
Contra Costa County Children & Families Commission
Martinez, CA

Elliott Currie
Lecturer and Research Associate
Legal Studies Program
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

James Garbarino, Ph.D.
Co-Director
Family Life Development Center
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Laurie Kappe
President
i.e. communications, LLC
San Francisco, CA

Evelyn Martinez
Executive Director
Los Angeles Children & Families Commission
Los Angeles, CA

Maryann O'Sullivan, JD
State Director
Fight Crime, Invest in Kids California
Oakland, CA

Marilyn Ritholz, Ph.D.
Instructor in Psychology
Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Arlene Shea
Program Manager
California Attorney General's Office
Safe from the Start Project
Sacramento, CA

Vi Smith
Commissioner
Contra Costa County Children & Families Commission
Martinez, CA

Elaine Zimmerman
Executive Director
Connecticut Commission on Children
Hartford, CT

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