Subject Matter Committee

2025 Subject Matter Committee (SMC) Assignments

Executive Committee

• Charice Guerra, Commission Chair
• Jennifer Hicks, Commission Vice Chair
• Janet Lanning
• Alicia Raygoza
• Kou Vang

Arts Subject Matter Committee

• Jennifer Hicks, Chair
• Jacquay Durant, Vice Chair
• Kimberly Young

Education Technology Committee

• Javier Hernandez, Chair
• Erica Zepeda, Vice Chair
• Jacquay Durant
• Janet Lanning
• Neil MacGaffey
• Katherine Verrano
• Marcey Winawer

English Language Arts/English Language Development Subject Matter Committee

• Erica Zepeda, Chair
• Kou Vang, Vice Chair
• Jacquay Durant
• Anita Friedman
• Javier Hernandez
• Jennifer Hicks
• Alicia Raygoza

Health Subject Matter Committe

• Lena Bradshaw, Chair
• Cheryl Frye, Vice Chair
• Kimberly Young

History–Social Science Subject Matter Committee

• Jacquay Durant, Chair
  Anita Friedman, Vice Chair 
• Kimberly Young

Mathematics Subject Matter Committee

• Janet Lanning, Chair
• Niki Reina-Guerra, Vice Chair
• Lena Bradshaw
• Neil MacGaffey
• Kou Vang
• Katherine Verrando
• Marcey Winawer

Personal Finance Subject Matter Committee

• Neil MacGaffey, Chair
• Lena Bradshaw, Vice Chair
• Javier Hernandez
• Janet Lanning
• Katherine Verrando
• Marcey Winawer
• Erica Zepeda
  

Physical Education Subject Matter Committee

• Kou Vang, Chair
• Niki Reina-Guerra, Vice Chair
• Cheryl Frye

Science Subject Matter Committee

• Cheryl Frye, Chair
• Lena Bradshaw, Vice Chair
• Erica Zepeda

World Languages Subject Matter Committee

• Alicia Raygoza, Chair
• Anita Friedman, Vice Chair
• Niki Reina-Guerra

Ad Hoc Committee on State Board Initiatives

• Niki Reina-Guerra, Chair
• Alicia Raygoza, Vice Chair
• Cheryl Frye
• Javier Hernandez
• Jennifer Hicks
• Neil MacGaffey
• Katherine Verrando

*The Commission Chair serves as an ex-officio member of all of the Commission's SMCs and Ad Hoc Committee.

Commission Liaisons:

Concurrence Committee for California Subject Matter Projects (CSMP)

• Jacquay Durant