Senior Leadership

Martine Singer

President & CEO

Catherine Atack

Senior Vice President & Chief External Affairs Officer

Lizeth Bravo

Senior Director, ECE Business Operations

Alexis Chamberlin

Director of Recruitment and Staffing

Josh Ciszek

Chief Information Officer

William Covington

Chief Financial Officer

Patti Dilliner, LMFT

Senior Vice President, School Age

Diane Elias, Ed.D.CP, LMFT

Vice President, Behavioral Health

Juan Flores

Senior Director of Compliance

Charlie Gilman

Director, Program Technology

Lupe Guzman

Director, Talent Relations

Dee Dee Hitchcock

Vice President, Behavioral Health & Wellness Intensive Programs

Terry Kim

Director, Government Relations & Advocacy

Justine Lawrence

Senior Vice President, Prenatal to 5

Patrick Lu

Director, Information Technology

Amanda Mcknight

Director, Human Resources Operations

Pilar Padilla

Director, Marketing & Communications

Ana Palacios

Senior Vice President, Whole Family Strategies

Jesús Parra

Vice President, Health Innovation & Training

Ian Ryen

Vice President, Impact Investment

Lynda Sinatra

Chief Talent Officer

Eugene D. Straub

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Board of Trustees

Tarek Kutrieh

Chair
Liftoff Mobile

Charles P. Diamond

Vice Chair
O’Melveny

Nicole Anderson Leonard

Secretary
Cedars-Sinai

Steve Gomez

Treasurer
LiveControl

Raul E. Alvarado

A Thousand Joys
Trustee Emeritus

Cynthia Barboza

CII Head Start Policy Council

Lt. Gena Brooks

Los Angeles Police Department

William R. Burford

Bonel Management, Inc.

Sunil Gunderia

Age of Learning

Paul R. Kanin

Paul R. Kanin Law Corporation

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
Board of Trustees Community Safety Liaison

Barbera Hale Thornhill

Impact Design

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.