Executive Leadership
Professional Experience, Dedication and Commitment
The executive staff of the Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) is charged with overseeing programs, infrastructure, human resources, finances, and communication for the agency. Combined, this six member executive team brings over 120 years of professional experience and commitment to CCRC. The team is dedicated to providing children and families access to quality child care, family support, economic development, and community education.
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Michael Olenick, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Michael Olenick has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) for 23 years overseeing all programs, projects, and services provided to over 125,000 children, families and providers each month in a 22,500 square mile service area. For more than four decades, Michael has served on numerous boards and committees at the county, state, and national level. He is a past president of Child Care Aware of America, the California Child Care Resource & Referral Network (CCRRN) and the Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles. He was a Governor’s appointee to the California State Advisory Council on Early Learning and Care and an appointee on the Assembly Speaker’s Blue-Ribbon Commission on Early Childhood Education. Michael currently serves on the California Child Welfare Council, the Zero to Three Board of Directors, and the Unite LA Board of Directors. In 2025, The Michael Olenick Ph.D. Scholarship Fund was made possible by a partnership with, and major contribution from, Columbia Bank and is being awarded to scholars in the Master of Arts in Early Childhood Educational Psychology Program. For his progress and impact across the Greater San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles region, the Los Angeles Business Journal has named him for nine years to the Inside the Valley’s Top 200 list and to the LA500 Most Influential Leaders list for the last two years. Before he began his tenure at CCRC, Dr. Olenick spent 2 years as Director of Emancipation Services at the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services. He also spent 14 years as Senior Vice President at the California Community Colleges Foundation responsible for youth development programs at 60 community colleges across the state of California. He obtained his BA from the University of Illinois, a master’s degree from the Erikson Institute and his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology in Education from UCLA.
Donna Sneeringer, MPA
President
Donna Sneeringer is President of the Child Care Resource Center (CCRC). She has served as the agency’s Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer.
She leads the Office of Strategic Engagement that includes Communications, Government Relations, Research, and Statewide Systems Integration and will now oversee the Office of Programs, Information Technology, Special Application Support & Reporting, and Business Operations.
Donna began her career at CCRC in 1992 and through 1999 developed a knowledge of subsidized child care programs, resource and referral, and quality early childhood program and workforce development. Between 1999 and 2011, Donna worked in Sacramento at Child Action, Inc. first as Child Care Resource and Referral Manager, then as Public Affairs Manager. She served as the agency’s Director of Government Relations since 2013 where she provided government relations support to both the Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles and the California State Head Start Association.
Donna holds a master’s in Public Administration and Graduate Certificate in Political Management from the University of Southern California, and a BA in Child Development from California State University, Northridge. She also serves as Commissioner on the First 5 Sacramento Commission.
Virginia Bergman Loo, CMA, CPA
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Virginia Bergman Loo is a leader and strategic partner with achievements in finance and operations with a focus on commercial real estate, hospitality, and healthcare for both public and privately held companies. She thrives on making a positive impact to people in the organization and to the bottom line by being a versatile, transformational leader and having high business acumen. She drives strategy focused on accelerating growth, improving profitability, managing costs, creating efficiencies, and mitigating risk. Additionally, she is passionate about mentoring the next generation of leaders, fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion, and using employee communities to share knowledge and experiences such as moderating panel discussions with experts in personal branding and real estate. She is a Certified Professional Accountant and Certified Management Accountant with a degree in Business Administration from Camosun College, British Columbia.
Lisseth Zouhbi, SHRM-CP
Vice President &
Chief Human Resources Officer
Lisseth Zouhbi joined Child Care Resource Center in 2022 as the Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, Lisseth manages workplace policy, employee relations and benefits for 1,200 staff members. Prior to her arrival at CCRC, Ms. Zouhbi oversaw human resources at a global hospitality company based in Long Beach. Her resume showcases her expertise in recruiting and candidate sourcing, guiding management on staffing strategy, building HR organizations from the ground up, administering employee benefits programs and much more.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in international business management. A California State University graduate, Ms. Zouhbi has six human resources certificates and is a Vice President for Los Angeles Hospitality Human Resources Association (LAHHRA), and member of both the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and Professional in Human Resources Association (PIHRA).
Ms. Zouhbi is bilingual in Spanish and has experience working with associates stationed in various places around the world. As an executive level leader of human resources for more than a decade, Ms. Zouhbi is a skilled people manager who brings a strong emotional intelligence to the practice of employee communication, retention, recruiting, development and operations.
Jose Ramos, Jr., MSW, MBA
Vice President &
Chief Program Officer
Jose Ramos brings to Child Care Resource Center a storied career in child well-being. Mr. Ramos took on the role of Chief Program Officer in 2022. For the seven years leading up to accepting the position at CCRC, he served as Senior Director of the Child Welfare Prevention Department at the Children’s Bureau of Southern California. There, he led and supported his team in administering 20 programs in Los Angeles and Orange Counties that served 10,000 children in 2019-2020. In addition to supporting the organization’s strategic vision, Mr. Ramos grew sustainable child welfare programs and co-led Trauma Informed initiatives.
His earlier professional experience includes Children’s Bureau of Southern California, where he served as Director of Metro Region for 10 years, and the Children’s Bureau of Southern California, where for eight years he was the director of Oakwood Family Center. Mr. Ramos holds a Masters of Business Administration from California State University of Monterey Bay, a Masters of Social Work, California State University of Long Beach, and a Bachelor of Science in Major in Social Work from California State University of L.A. He’s a board member of the National Association of Social Work (NASW), Family Resource Center, and Value Charter Schools. He serves on the Child Welfare Prevention Committee for the California Alliance, acts as an Early Head Start Policy Council Board Member for Home Safe, and a Project Answer Benefiting Children (ABC) Governance Board Member. He’s also affiliated with the Association of Community Human Service Agencies and C.A. Citizens Review Council.
Becca Patton
Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
For 20 years, Becca Patton has driven systems and policy change to improve services for children, families, and early childhood educators. As CCRC Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Becca leads the Communications, Government Relations, Research and Statewide Partnerships divisions. Her work as CCRC’s Senior Director of Innovation and Strategy has led to the creation of partnerships with national, state, and local partners to build systems that work for children, families, and the early childhood professionals who serve them. She led Connecting California Families, a statewide initiative supporting over 60 agencies across California, as well as the federally focused Government Relations team. Becca’s early career began in a preschool classroom and moved steadily toward larger-scale change. She managed Jumpstart at CSU Northridge and Pepperdine University, grew Reading Partners to serve 750 students across LA County, and supported LAUP campaigns that drove an additional $100 million into early learning. During her seven years at First 5 LA as Director of Early Care and Education, Becca worked with partners to secure $1 billion for early learning and supported the development of a new home-based child care portfolio.