Board Of Directors
RUTH BEAGLEHOLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Founder & Executive Director, Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting
Member, National Association for the Education of the Young Children
Member, Southern California Association of the Education of the Young Children
“2006” Woman of the Year by CA State Assembly
LINDA KESTON, CHAIR
Licensed Marriage Family Therapist
Former Facilitator, Mann Early Childhood Parenting Center
Volunteer Counselor, Maple Center Community Circle Program
Member, Association of Child Development Specialists
Former Member, Board of Directors Early Childhood Center at Cedars Sinai
KERRY HANNAWELL, TREASURER
Financial Consultant
Community Parent
Former Controller, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Former Controller, Lannan Foundation
Former Vice President, Finance; Lieberman Research West Inc.
Former Supervisor, Corporate Business Planning
Former Senior Consultant, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
CAROL MELVILLE, SECRETARY
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Member, National Association of Clinical Social Workers
Participant, Cedar’s Sinai Two Year Interdisciplinary Course on Children created and directed by Connie Lillas, Ph.D.
Former Regional Director for Jewish Family Service South Bay Mental Health Center
Former volunteer, Vistas for Children
Board Member, Temple Menorah of Redondo Beach
LILA ANN GUIRGUIS
Girls on the Run – Assistant Coach August
Next Generation Young Professionals Group- Member Young and Healthy Pasadena, CA
Board Member of Young and Healthy Pasadena, CA
Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce -Member
Former Member, Southern California Grant Makers Association
KIT KOLLENBERG
Former Outreach Coordinator: UCLA Early Care and Education
Former Teacher-Organizer: Silverlake Peoples’ Playgroup and Echo Park Peoples’ Child Care
Former Director: Adele Rome Child Care Center, Center for Early Education
Former Teacher: University of Chicago Laboratory Nursery School
Child Care Consultant
Volunteer: Alliance for Children’s Rights, Planned Parenthood
Member and Participant: GPACC (Griffith Park Adult Community Center)
LAURA KRUG
Founder and owner of Art Zone Children’s Studio, Hermosa Beach, CA
Former Director of Playgroup, Echo Park Silverlake People’s Child Care Center, originally founded by Ruth Beaglehole.
Former Preschool Teacher, Los Angeles Teen Parenting Center founded by Ruth Beaglehole.
Former Controller, Community Corporation of Santa Monica, a non-profit organization managing and developing low-income housing.
Former Accountant, Venice Community Housing Corporation, a non-profit organization managing and developing low-income housing with supportive services.
Former Accountant, Gramercy Housing Corporation, a non-profit organization providing supportive, transitional low-income housing to young women emancipated from foster care with children ages zero to five who are at risk of homelessness.
FRANCINE LIPSMAN-TANSEY
Former Commercial Property Manager
Former Board Member, Downtown Artists Development Association
Former Board Member Los Angeles Center Business Improvement District
Former Board Member Central City East Association
Former Board Member Downtown Industrial Business Improvement District
Former Board Member Grand Performances
Former Board Member and Volunteer, All Children Great and Small Pre-School
Volunteer, Temple Israel of Hollywood Day School
DEENA MARGOLIS
Principal, Focali Consulting, LLC
Former Analyst, Chief Administrative Office, County of Los Angeles
Former Analyst, Office of Mayor Richard Riordan
Volunteer, Silver Lake Independent Jewish Community Center Preschool
Volunteer, Ivanhoe Elementary School
MEGAN OESTERREICH
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Member National Association of Social Workers
KENNETH ROBINS
Playwright, writer for film and television
Member, WGA
Owner/manager of residential rental property
Volunteer, The Oaks School
CORINNE TAYLOR-CYNGISER
Nonprofit and Educational Consultant
Owner/manager rental property
Former Regional Director, Moving Traditions
Former Board Member, UCSC Women’s Center
Former Co-chair, Women at Work Retreat
Former Union Member and Activist, CUE
Former Volunteer, Planned Parenthood
Volunteer, The Peace School
REBECCA L. WEIKER
Mediator
Mediator with Center for Civic Mediation, LA County Bar Association
Volunteer, Human Rights Watch, Juvenile Justice projects
Former Coordinator of Evaluation, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Former Board Treasurer, All Children Great and Small Preschool
Volunteer, Oaks School
