Senior Leadership

Martine Singer

President & CEO

Catherine Atack

Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer

Lizeth Bravo

Senior Director of ECS Business Operations

Alexis Chamberlin

Director of Recruitment and Staffing

Josh Ciszek

Chief Information Officer

William Covington

Senior Vice President of Finance

Patti Dilliner

Vice President, Program Operations

Diane Elias, Ed.D.CP, LMFT

Director of Community Schools and School-Based Behavioral Health

Juan Flores

Senior Director of Operations & Compliance

Charlie Gilman

Director of Program Technology

Lupe Guzman

Director of Talent Relations

Dee Dee Hitchcock

Vice President Behavioral Health & Wellness Intensive Programs

Terry Kim

Director of Government Relations & Advocacy

Justine Lawrence

Vice President of Head Start

Patrick Lu

Director of Information Technology

Danette McBride

Vice President, Strengthening Families & Communities

Amanda Mcknight

Director of Human Resources Operations

Ana Palacios

Vice President of Early Childhood Services

Jesús Parra

Vice President, Behavioral Health & Wellness

Ian Ryen

Vice President, Impact Investment

Lynda Sinatra

Chief Talent Officer

Eugene D. Straub

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial & Operating Officer

Larry Woodland

Interim Chief Program Officer

Board of Trustees

Paul R. Kanin

Chair
Paul R. Kanin Law Corporation

Tarek Kutrieh

Vice Chair / Treasurer
Liftoff Mobile

Nicole Anderson Leonard

Vice Chair
Cedars-Sinai

Barbera Hale Thornhill

Secretary
Impact Design

Raul E. Alvarado

A Thousand Joys
Trustee Emeritus

Lt. Gena Brooks

Los Angeles Police Department

William R. Burford

Bonel Management, Inc.

Charles P. Diamond

O’Melveny

Steve Gomez

LiveControl

Sunil Gunderia

Age of Learning

Nina Holland

CII Early Head Start Policy Council

Chris Newman

Community Leader

Barry Patmore

Management Consulting

Gelila Assefa Puck

Global Creative Director

Lindsey Ross, MD, MHDS

Cedars-Sinai

Glenn A. Sonnenberg

Latitude Management Real Estate Investors

Deputy Chief Emada E. Tingirides

Los Angeles Police Department

Jenny Williams, PhD, LMFT

Licensed Psychotherapist

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
Since 1962, Les Amies, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization, has played an important role in generating much-needed resources for Children's Institute. Les Amies members raise funds to support CII through their annual Patron Drive and Benefit.