Adonai Mack
Chief Executive Officer
Child Action, Inc.
Adonai Mack is the CEO of Child Action, Inc. Child Action, Inc. is a resource and referral service for families seeking child care, child care subsidies for qualifying families, and a recruitment and professional development program for the child care workforce. As CEO, Mr. Mack leads a team that promotes the education and social welfare of children and families and advocates on their behalf.
Mr. Mack has most recently been leading efforts to reform childcare reimbursement rates and ensure additional resources for children in California as the Senior Director for Education at Children Now, whole-child research, policy development, and advocacy organization.
Before Children Now, Mack was the Senior Director of Equity Services for the Association for California School Administrators (ACSA). As Sr. Director of Equity Services, Mack focuses on increasing diversity and awareness and providing relevant equity leadership training to build capacity in cultural proficiency and educational equity.
Prior to this position, Mack was the Senior Director of Federal Relations where he led ACSA’s federal advocacy activities. In addition, Mack has also served as the Director of Political Affairs and Strategy leading ACSA’s efforts to select candidates for endorsements and investments in political campaigns. Mack directed ACSA’s Political Action Committee (PAC), which has supported Democrats and Republicans, incumbents and new candidates. Mack also led ACSA’s legislative advocacy for members during ACSA’s Legislative Action Day. Mack has advocated of members of ACSA in the areas of the state budget, special education, transportation, pupil services, and preschool other areas for just under a decade.
Prior to joining ACSA, Mack was a legislative advocate at the California School Boards Association, where he focused on the issues of charter schools, facilities, retirement and professional development. He has also worked as an advocate for the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O’Connell and for Governor Gray Davis in his Office of the Secretary for Education.
The son of former longtime Sacramento-area superintendent, Dr. Carl Mack, Adonai has been interested in education most of his life. He attended Morehouse College in Atlanta before returning to the Sacramento area.
Mack has three children, 2 adult children, a college freshman and 3 grandchildren. He spends his spare time serving on the board of a nonprofit that advocates for closing the achievement gap for African-American children and on an advisory committee for a nonprofit that specializes in advocating for children with mental health needs.
