Community Engagement Advisory Board Meeting Agenda

This meeting will be hosted via Zoom. A link will be provided 15 minutes prior to the meeting here: https://c2c.ca.gov/meetings/community-engagement-advisory-board-meeting-5/

Teleconference Meeting

The meeting may be accessed virtually through Zoom. Senate Bill (SB) 544 was enacted and adds meeting options to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. This meeting will be scheduled as a teleconference meeting in compliance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act and SB 544. All members will be participating remotely.

Reasonable Accommodation

All meetings shall be accessible to Advisory Board members with disabilities and members of the public with disabilities. To request accessible format materials, auxiliary aids/services, or sign language translation services to participate in the meeting, please contact Marykate Cruz Jones at info@c2c.ca.gov, (916) 216-5439.

Providing your accommodation request at least 7 (seven) calendar days before the meeting will help ensure availability of the requested accommodation. Any requests received after this date will be given prompt consideration, but logistical constraints may not allow for their fulfillment.

Addressing the Advisory Board

The public may speak at the meeting during the periods for public comment. Each speaker is invited to speak for up to two minutes per agenda item. Three or more individuals who are present may pool their time for one speaker. Please note that the Advisory Board may not discuss or take action on any matter raised during this public comment section, except to decide whether to place the matter on the agenda of a future meeting. [Government Code Sections 11125, 11125.7(a)]

Meeting Materials

This Agenda and any supplemental meeting materials may be accessed at the following website address: https://c2c.ca.gov/board-meetings/.

Community Engagement Advisory Board Members*

Durriya Ahmed
Omar Butler
Lisa Countryman-Quiroz
Lorenzo Gamboa, EdD
Natalia Gonzalez
Adam Gottlieb

Abigail Grattidge
Marisa Johnson
Dar’rell Jones
Karina Lopez
Carla Lopez-Valdes, PhD
Juliet M. Maestas, EdD

Danielle McCullough-Carmesin
Mike Nguyen
Vincent J. Rasso
Alexis Takagi, EdD

*All members will be participating remotely.

Agenda

Action may be taken on any item listed on the agenda. Meeting times and order of agenda items are subject to change. Please see Meeting Information for additional information on public participation.

Call to Order, Establishment of Quorum, and Welcome – Marykate Cruz Jones, Chief of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships

Introduction of New Community Engagement Advisory Board Members (Information) – Marykate Cruz Jones, Chief of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships

Approval of the Community Engagement Advisory Board Consent Calendar (Information/Action) – Marykate Cruz Jones, Chief of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships
3.1 Approval of the Minutes from the July 11, 2025 Data and Tools and Community Engagement Advisory Boards Meeting
Note: These matters are routine in nature and are usually approved by a single vote. Prior to action by the Advisory Board, Advisory Board members and the public will be given the opportunity to remove any item from the Consent Calendar. Items removed from the Consent Calendar may be heard immediately following approval of the Consent Calendar or set aside until later in the day.

Update on the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data (Information) – Mary Ann Bates, Executive Director

Update and Discussion on the Cradle-to-Career Data’s Language Access, Accessibility, Training and Outreach Initiatives (Information) – Angelique Palomar, Deputy Director of Communications, Cintia Lopez-Montes, Communications and Language Access Coordinator, Shannon Serrato, Director of Engagement, Lorenzo Gamboa, Community Engagement Advisory Board Member, and Marisa Johnson, Community Engagement Advisory Board Member

Presentation and Discussion of the 2025 Cradle-to-Career Community Engagement Advisory Board Proposal Process (Information) – Marykate Cruz Jones, Chief of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, Christopher J. Nellum, Governing Board Member, and Alexandra Lozanoff, Senior Project Manager, Economic Mobility, Postsecondary, and Workforce Systems, WestEd

Report out of Community Ambassador Work of Advisory Board Members Related to Cradle-to-Career Mission and Vision (Information) – Marykate Cruz Jones, Chief of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships and Angelique Palomar, Deputy Director of Communications

General Public Comment
Note: the Board may not discuss or take action on any matter raised during this public comment section, except to decide whether to place the matter on the agenda of a future meeting. [Government Code Sections 11125, 11125.7(a)]

Adjournment – Marykate Cruz Jones, Chief of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships

Date of Meeting Posting: October 10, 2025