Leadership Team
Erin Sipes
Committed to June 2027, Leadership Team Co-Chair
Director of Expanded Learning,
Elk Grove Unified School District
Erin Sipes currently serves as the director of Elk Grove Unified School District’s Office of Expanded Learning, overseeing district summer learning programs, attendance and credit recovery, intersession, and before and after school programs that serve over 15,000 youth daily. During her 25+ years as an educator, she has worked as a site administrator, curriculum specialist, classroom teacher, and inclusive education specialist and first became involved with after school programs in 2006.
Laura Wasson
Committed to June 2026
Director of Talent and Quality Initiatives, Extended Child Care
I was born and raised in Sonoma County. I started my journey in Expanded Learning during my school-age years as I attended Extended Child Care kinder-6th grade. After graduating high school, I became an Instructional Aide for Extended Child Care. My education revolves around human behavior. Through experience and education, I rose the ECC ladder, directed a site, and now am the Director of Talent and Quality Initiatives/Program Director. I have two AA degrees from Santa Rosa Junior College in child development and behavioral and social sciences, my BA in human development from Sonoma State University, and an MA in psychology from the University of Arizona.