Our Approach
"As the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, I am committed to creating every opportunity for students 0-22 to reach their potential. Collaboration, the use and sharing of data, and connecting education and health outcomes are essential to our children’s success in school, career and life."
Dr. Michele Cantwell-Copher, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
MISSION
Fresno C2C works to build equitable systems and inclusive economic mobility for children and families through cross-sector partnership, collaboration and measured improvement.
VISION
Trust, relationships and shared purpose make just and equitable systems possible. Cross-sector innovation, connectivity and collaboration are strong and ongoing. Working together we link, align and leverage resources.
The Fresno C2C Team
The Fresno C2C backbone is a small, multi-talented group deployed to link, align and leverage the work of local agencies, institutions and stakeholders. Maintaining discipline to a process (informed by the StriveTogether Theory of Action) and ensuring that all partners adhere to the Fresno C2C guiding principles are primary to the work of the backbone. The team focuses on driving innovation, building connectivity and strengthening the civic infrastructure.
Developing this environment includes:
- Building a culture of trust and collaboration
- Launching transformational ideas
- Moving work from instinct to evidence by collecting and connecting data
- Convening and mobilizing networks to coordinate efforts and create efficiencies
- Facilitating small pilots, applying continuous improvement, working toward scale
Linda Gleason
Director
Carol Christenson
Strategic Communications and Design
Brooke Frost
Advancing Collaborative Action
Cindy Jurado Hernandez
Policy Coordinator
Eric Cederquist
Superintendent Liaison
Tim Nightingale
Convening Strategy and Facilitation
MaryEllen Galvan
Program Coordinator-Community Engagement and Development
Sunshine Valenzuela
Program Assistant
Annie Sharp
Senior Director, Data and Research
Hilda Rivera Vazquez
Data & Analytics - Integrated Data Systems
Angelina Amaro-McNamara
Director-Community Schools RTAC
Angelica Reynosa
Executive Leadership Coach-Community Schools
David Castro
Executive Leadership Coach-Community Schools
Abby Petropolis
Executive Leadership Coach-Improvement Science
Heather Gomez
Executive Leadership Coach-Improvement Science
National Affiliation
StriveTogether
Fresno C2C is part of StriveTogether, a national movement with a clear purpose: helping every child succeed in school and life from cradle to career regardless of race, ethnicity, zip code or circumstance.
