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COMMISSIONERS

First 5 Kings County is operated under the Children and Families Commission of Kings County. The commission is comprised of 7 members. 5 of the members are specifically designated by the legislation that established the Commission, and include the following:

  • A member of the Board of Supervisors
  • The Kings County Human Services Agency Director or his/her designee
  • The Kings County Public Health Director or his/her designee
  • The Kings County Behavioral Health Director or his/her designee
  • The Kings County Superintendant of Schools or his/her designee

Two of the members are designated by the Board of Supervisors from the following categories:

  • Recipients of project services included in the county strategic plan
  • Educators specializing in early-childhood development
  • Representatives of a local childcare resources or referral agency, or a local childcare coordinating group
  • Representatives of a local organization for the prevention or early intervention for families at risk
  • Representatives of community-based organizations that have the goal of promoting and nurturing early-childhood development
  • Representatives of local school districts
  • Representative of local medical, pediatric, or obstetric associations or societies

It is our pleasure to introduce to you the Kings County Children and Families Commissioners

 

Bill Black
Retired Public School Administrator

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Tim Bowers
Kings County Superintendant of Schools

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Mary-Anne Ford-Sherman
Director of Kings County Behavioral Health

Mary Anne Ford Sherman is the Director of Behavioral Health Administration in Kings County and also served as the AOD Program Administrator for the past six years. Her interest in stewardship is organizational change and partnership and her Masters Degree is in Organizational Behavior.

She oversees all mental health programs, the Mental Health Services Act, Prevention Services, AOD Treatment, and the Prop 36 program. Mary Anne serves on Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council, Pediatric Death Review Team, Kings Partnership for Prevention, and is also a Commissioner for First Five in Kings County.

Mary Anne landed in Lemoore after serving 4 years in the Navy, and now lives in Hanford with her husband of 26 years and two daughters, ages 7 and 6. In her spare time, Mary Anne is the board president of the community SPCA

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Jacky Lowe
Child Development Ad-junct Instructor, College of the Sequoias

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Peggy Montgomery
Director of Kings County Human Services Agency

I have lived in Kings County since I was 6 years old, graduating from the local school systems. I graduated from COS and went on and graduated from California State University Fresno with my major in social work in 1977. I also have graduate studies in the public administration field.

I have worked in the social services field since 1977. My main area of service was in the child protective services field and adult services. I have been Director of the Kings County Human Services since 2001 prior to that I was deputy director for 10 years. My involvement:

  • Board member of the Commission on Aging
  • Board member of the Executive School Area Review Board
  • Hanford Kiwanis member
  • California Welfare Directors Association
  • National Association of Human Services
  • Past president of Central California Area Social Service Consortium
  • First 5 Board member; past chair
  • Past member of the Kings Federal Credit Union Board

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Keith Winkler
Director of Kings County Department of Public Health

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Joe Neves
Board of Supervisors

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