Our Team
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Janet Walden President & CEO Janet is our founding President and CEO. She has been at the helm of CCS since its inception in 1991. Commenting on her work, Janet says, "I have a passion for collaboration and partnership, and leading CCS is a great place to put this passion into productive action!" Janet's earliest vocation was social work, which led to a career in labor relations, culminating in her appointment to positions as regional director and division chief with the California Public Employment Relations Board. Janet left state government in 1991 to start CCS and is a past managing director of the California Afterschool Partnership. Janet has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work from California State University, Long Beach. |
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Kathy B. Lewis Vice President & COO Kathy formally joined CCS in January 2007, but has been a CCS Board member since 2003 and has worked with CCS on a variety of afterschool projects over the past few years. Kathy first became involved with CCS when she was a Deputy at the California Department of Education (CDE), and CCS served as the afterschool intermediary for the California Afterschool Partnership. Speaking about that work, Kathy says, “Without CCS’ valuable expertise, we would have been unable to provide the much needed on-the-ground assistance to struggling afterschool programs. Every program CCS coached and mentored improved its performance.” Kathy’s background includes working in state government for 30 years, overseeing a variety of programs at the California Department of Social Services and the California Employment Development Department, and ultimately serving as a Deputy at CDE for five years. Since retiring in 2003, she has returned to state government to work on numerous high profile projects, including the Governor’s California Performance Review, a California Health and Human Services’ licensing improvement project, and the implementation of the TANF Reauthorization at the California Department of Social Services. She is passionate about helping government and organizations work better through collaboration. Kathy has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Indiana University and a Master of Arts in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has also completed the course work and qualifying examination for a Ph.D. in English at University of California, Santa Barbara |
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Maureen McEnnerney Director, Program Services & Finance Maureen, who has been with CCS since 1995, has coordinated workshops, conferences and meetings both professionally and as a volunteer, for over 35 years. She manages all workplace and afterschool fee-for-service offerings, from initiating contracts and service agreements to overseeing that each project meets all contractual agreements. Maureen received an Associate of Science degree with Honors from Heald Business College. |
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Kim Settle Executive Assistant |
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