Cynthia Nelson Holmsky is joining CSU Monterey Bay in an administrative appointment to be director of the Monterey County Cradle to Career Partnership.

In that capacity, Ms. Holmsky will be responsible for establishing the Cradle to Career Partnership as a catalyst for regional partners to work together, across sectors, and along the social and educational continuum to drive better results in education, for every child from cradle to career.

The director will provide leadership and facilitate the achievement of the coalition’s goals to ensure that every child is prepared for school, supported inside and outside of school, succeeds in school, enrolls in some form of postsecondary education, graduates, and enters a career.

The Monterey County Cradle to Career partnership will be based on a model adopted by more than 100 communities across the country that share best practices through the Cradle to Career Network.

The network’s motto is “Every Child. Cradle to Career.” Cradle to Career Network communities promote a broad commitment among social service, education, business and philanthropic agencies to work together to achieve agreed-upon goals for student success.

Since the first Cradle to Career partnership began in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in 2006, communities in 37 states and the District of Columbia have established programs.

A Monterey resident, Ms. Holmsky has a background in non-profit and business organizations, including those devoted to student learning and career readiness. She comes to the university from a position as vice president for talent and organization development at Pacific Metrics Corp. in Monterey. Prior to that position, she was vice president for human resources at Shop.com and a consultant and general manager for the Big Sur Land Trust.

In volunteer capacities, she has served as board president of Camp SEA Lab, a program that helps youngsters discover the ocean through summer camps and outdoor school programs; has been a board member of the YMCA of the Monterey Peninsula; and an adviser and grant writer for a local independent high school.

She earned a master’s degree in human resource and organization development from the University of San Francisco.

Ms. Holmsky will assume the position on Feb. 17.