Leading the way

Children’s Institute provides early education, behavioral health and family strengthening services to 30,000 children and families each year. We also train professionals and caregivers in trauma-informed care, evidence-based clinical treatment, parenting and fatherhood.

Senior Leadership

Catherine Atack

Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer

Jacqueline Atkins

Vice President of Strengthening Families

Mary Brougher

Director of Experiential Learning & Neighborhood Schools

Simona Brown

Director of Human Resources

Patti Dilliner

VP, Quality Assurance and Family Engagement

Amina Fields

VP, Research, Evaluation and Reporting

Juan Flores

Director of Program Compliance

Charlie Gilman

Vice President of Program Technology

Dee Dee Hitchcock

Vice President Behavioral Health & Wellness Intensive Programs

Eliz Hovsepian

Vice President of Finance

Terry Kim

Director of Government Relations & Advocacy

Justine Lawrence

Vice President of Head Start

Patrick Lu

Director of Information Technology

Danette McBride

Vice President of Community Innovations

Maggie Moe

Director of Marketing & Communications

Ana Palacios

Vice President of Early Childhood Services

Keith Parker

Director of Project Fatherhood

Jesús Parra

Vice President, Behavioral Health & Wellness

Ian Ryen

Director of Impact Investment

Martine Singer

President & CEO

Todd Sosna

Chief Program Officer

Gene Straub

Executive Vice President and Chief Finance & Operating Officer

Randy Votsch

Vice President of Operations & Facilities Management

Maria Willard

SVP/Chief Talent Officer

Board of Trustees

Paul R. Kanin

Chair
Kanin Soffer LLP

Adam Checchi

Vice Chair
Checchi Capital Advisers

Tarek Kutrieh

Treasurer
VCA Animal Hospitals

Barbera Hale Thornhill

Secretary
Impact Design

Raul E. Alvarado

A Thousand Joys
Trustee Emeritus

Loren Booth

Booth Ranches LLC
Trustee Emeritus

Gena Brooks

Los Angeles Police Department

William R. Burford

Bonel Management, Inc.

Charles P. Diamond

O’Melveny

Channing Dungey

Warner Brothers

James G. Freeman

Bridge Investment Group

Steve Gomez

Tech Executive and Advisor

Sunil Gunderia

Age of Learning

Nina Holland

CII Early Head Start Policy Council

Bridget Gless Keller

Bridget Gless Designs

Suzanne Marx

Community Leader

Sally J. Michaels

Community Leader

Lisa Baker Morgan

Attorney-at-Law, Writer and Chef

Chris Newman

Community Leader

Barry Patmore

Management Consulting

Gelila Assefa Puck

Couturier

David Rognlien

Cadna Automotive

Glenn A. Sonnenberg

Latitude Management Real Estate Investors

Emada E. Tingirides

Los Angeles Police Department

Kathleen Vanderziel

The Capital Group Companies

Support Groups

PAST
The Colleagues
The Colleagues, founded in 1950, is a women's volunteer non-profit who support and raise funds to benefit Children's Institute through their resale boutique in Santa Monica and an annual Spring Luncheon. Through their work, the Colleagues have donated over $25 million to serve Los Angeles’s most vulnerable children.
PAST
The C.H.I.P.S.
Since 1966, the C.H.I.P.S (Colleagues Helpers in Philanthropic Service) have provided program and fundraising support to Children's Institute. Comprised of approximately 50 volunteers, some of the members are daughters or daughters-in-law of the founding Colleagues.
PAST
Les Amies
For nearly half a century, Les Amies has played an important and unique role in generating much-needed resources for Children's Institute.

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