1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Welcome & Opening Keynote 

• John Kim, President & CEO, Catalyst California 
• Vickie Ramos Harris, Director of Educational Equity, Catalyst California 

1:15 pm – 1:35 pm A Budget Landscape for the Birth to 12th Grade System 

• Christian Griffith, Chief Consultant, California State Assembly Budget Committee 

1:35 pm – 2:35 pm The State of Education: Where are we now? 

• Moderator: Vickie Ramos Harris 
• Max Arias, Executive Director, SEIU Local 99 
• Linda Asato, Executive Director, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network  
• Toby Boyd, President, California Teachers Association 
• Najla Gomez Rodriguez, Capacity Building Director, Californians For Justice  
• Edgar Zazueta, Executive Director, Association of California School Administrators 

2:35 pm – 2:45 pm Reflections on the B-12 Landscape 

• Sarah Neville-Morgan, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 

2:45 pm – 3:40 pm Student, Family, and Community-Led Healing and Thriving 

• Moderator: Elena Fernandez, Chief Program Officer, St. John’s Well Child & Family Clinic  
• Liza Bray, Executive Director, Partners for Children South LA  
• Alma Cervantes, Regional Education Equity Director, Building Healthy Communities-Monterey County 
• Kamal Kaur, Center Director, Just Plane Kids  
• Jessica Ramos, Student, UC Berkeley 

3:40 pm – 3:55 pm Closing Keynote 

• Kim Johnson, Director, California Department of Social Services 

3:55 pm – 4:00 pm Closing Remarks and Next Steps 

• Manuel Fierro, Associate Director of Early Childhood Policy, Catalyst California 

1:00 pm – 1:05 pm Welcoming Remarks 

• Day Son, Senior Manager of Educational Equity, Catalyst California 

1:05 pm – 1:10 pm Opening Reflections  

• Dr. Lupe Jaime-Mileham, Deputy Director, Child Care and Development Division, California Department of Social Services 

1:10 pm – 2:10 pm Designing Quality Whole Child Systems Rooted in Equity and Community Power   

• Moderator: Brenda Aguilera, Director of Community Transformation, Para Los Niños  
• Mayra Alvarez, President, The Children’s Partnership  
• Keisha Nzewi, Co-Founder, Black Californians Unified for ECE  
• Jackie Thu-Huong Wong, Executive Director, First 5 California  
• Noemi Valdes, Director of Early Childhood Education, Oxnard School District  

2:10 pm – 2:45 pm Featured Keynote: A Vision of Rebuilding a Racially Just, Equitable World  

• Moderator: Kirsten Roman, Youth Leader Alumna, InnerCity Struggle 
• Nic Stone, Author, Dear Martin 
  

2:45 pm – 3:40 pm Centering Equity in K-12 Systems 

• Moderator: Dr. Anya Hurwitz, Executive Director, Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL)  
• Miguel Dominguez, Director of Youth and Education Policy, Community Coalition 
• Dr. Jesse Levin, Principal Research Economist, American Institutes for Research  
• Michael McCormick, Superintendent, Val Verde Unified School District 
• Assemblymember Dr. Akilah Weber, California State Assembly District 79  

3:40 pm – 3:55 pm Closing Keynote 

• Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, State Board President, California State Board of Education 

3:55 pm – 4:00 pm Closing Remarks, Evaluation, and Next Steps  

• Jessenia Reyes, Associate Director of K-12 Policy, Catalyst California