January 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM - Advisory Committee Regular Meeting

A. Call to Order – Kari Middleton-Hendrix, Advisory Chair

A.1. Pledge of Allegiance

A.2. Roll Call – Lynn Stephens, Executive Assistant IV

B. Public Comments (for items not listed on the agenda) – Kari Middleton-Hendrix, Chair

C. Commission and Advisory Committee Business – Kari Middleton-Hendrix, Chair

C.1. Recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rob Reiner

C.2. Director Updates – Charna Widby, Executive Director; Michael Knight, Assistant Director; Patricia Perez, Deputy Director

C.3. Public Information Updates – Sean Pravica, Senior Public Information Specialist

C.4. Advisory Committee Comments 

C.5. First 5 Riverside County Advisory Committee Annual Chair and Vice Chair Process/Elections — Kristine Bell-Valdez, Supervising Deputy Counsel

D. Consent Items – Chair (A Copy of all Consent Items and attachments can be viewed at www.rccfc.org and at the Commission Business Office)

D.1. Approve First 5 Riverside County Draft Advisory Committee September 10, 2025 Meeting Minutes

E. Presentation/Information Item – Chair (A copy of all Presentation/Information Item and attachments can be viewed at www.rccfc.org and at the Commission Business Office)

E.1. Inland Empire Children's Cabinet Presentation — Susan Gomez, Chief Executive Officer, and Brian Romo, Director of Policy and Project Lead, Inland Empire Community Collaborative (IECC) — Carol Abella, Regional Manager 

E.2. Champion for Children 2026 Update — Sean Pravica, Senior Public Information Specialist

F. Future Agenda Items:

F.1. First 5 Riverside County Updates

F.2. Champion for Children 2026 Nomination

G. Adjournment: Adjournment to the next Regular Meeting of the Advisory Committee to be held on March 11, 2026, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at:
First 5 Riverside County Children and Families Commission Office
585 Technology Court — Conference Room A
Riverside, CA 92507