Candidate for
San Mateo County, Board Member; County of San Mateo; Supervisorial District 1

State and National Leaders

Jackie Speier, United States Congresswoman
Rich Gordon, California Assemblymember; three term San Mateo County Supervisor
Don Horsley, San Mateo County Supervisor; Former San Mateo County Sheriff
Gene Mullin, California Assemblymember (ret.); long time educator
Pete McCloskey, Congressman (ret.)
Ted Lempert, California Assemblymember (ret); Board Member, SMC Office of Education
Tom Huening, San Mateo County Controller
Josh Becker, Green Energy Entrepreneur, 2010 candidate for the California Assembly (21st District)
Chris Kelly, 2010 candidate for California State Attorney General

Newspapers

San Mateo County Times
San Mateo Daily Journal

City Council Members

Omar Ahmad, San Carlos Mayor
Jay Benton, Hillsborough Vice Mayor
Ian Bain, Redwood City Council Member
Cathy Baylock, Burlingame City Council Member
Brent Britschgi, Redwood City Mayor (ret.)
Michael Brownrigg, Burlingame City Council Member
Dave Burow, Woodside Town Council Member
Jerry Carlson, Atherton City Council Member
Judith Christensen, Daly City Council Member (ret.)
Marie Chuang, Hillsborough City Council Member
Richard Claire, Redwood City Mayor (ret.)
Andy Cohen, Menlo Park City Council Member
Russ Cohen, Burlingame City Council Member (ret.)
Jerry Deal, Burlingame Vice Mayor
Mike Ferreira, Half Moon Bay Mayor (ret.)
Dani Gasparini, Redwood City Mayor (ret.)
Pedro Gonzalez, South San Francisco City Council Member
Jim Hartnett, Redwood City Mayor (ret.)
Diane Howard, Redwood City Mayor (ret.)
Jeff Ira, Redwood City Mayor
Ann Keighran, Burlingame City Council Member
Kirsten Keith, Menlo Park Vice Mayor
Andy Klein, San Carlos Vice Mayor
Christine Krolik, Hillsborough City Council Member
Georgi LaBerge, Redwood City Mayor (ret.)
David Lim, San Mateo City Council Member
Karyl Matsumoto, South San Francisco City Council Member
Mary Ann Nihart, Pacifica Mayor
Barbara Pierce, Redwood City Council Member
Heyward Robinson, Menlo Park Mayor (ret.)
Randy Royce, San Carlos City Council Member
John Seybert, Redwood City Council Member
Steve Schmidt, Menlo Park Mayor (ret.)
Jon Silver, Portola Valley Mayor (ret.)
Gail Slocum, Menlo Park Mayor (ret.)
Dee Tolles, Menlo Park Mayor (ret.)
Jim Tucker, Daly City Mayor (ret.); SMC Harbor Commissioner
Jim Vreeland, Pacifica City Council Member
Mickie Winkler, Menlo Park Mayor (ret.)

Education Leaders

Ann Campbell, County Superintendent of Schools

Karen Clancy, Belmont-Redwood Shores School Board Member (ret.); Former President, SMC School Boards Association
Jennifer Benelli, Belmont-Redwood Shores School Board Member (ret.)

Michael Barber, Burlingame School Board Member
Davina Drabkin, Burlingame School Board Member
Marc Friedman, Burlingame School Board Member (ret.)
Liz Gindraux, Burlingame School Board Member
Greg Land, Burlingame School Board Member
Mark Intrieri, Burlingame School Board President
Alison Van Dyke, Burlingame School Board Member (ret.)

Roy Salume, Cabrillo School Board Member (ret.)
Jolanda Schreurs, Cabrillo School Board Member (ret.)

Margi Blunt, Hillsborough School Board Member (ret.)
Greg Dannis, Hillsborough School Board President
Steven Koury, Hillsborough School Board Member

Mark S. Weinberger, Jefferson ESD School Board Member (ret.)
LeSchaunda Smaw, Jefferson ESD School Board President

Katherine Zarate Dulany, Jefferson Union HSD School Board Member

Heather McAvoy, La Honda + Pescadero School Board Member (ret.)
Ed Sawyer, La Honda + Pescadero School Board Member (ret.)

Richard Ginn, Las Lomitas School Board Member

Terry Thygesen, Menlo Park School Board Member

Eileen Manning Villar, Pacifica School Board President
Kalimah Salahuddin, President, Saving Pacifica Schools
Joan Weideman, Pacifica School Board Member

Kevin Martinez, San Bruno Park School Board Member
Jennifer Blanco, San Bruno Park School Board President

Beth Hunkapiller, San Carlos School Board Member
Carrie Du Bois, San Carlos School Board Member
Seth Rosenblatt, San Carlos School Board Member
Mark Olbert, San Carlos School Board Member

Rhonda Ceccato, San Mateo County Board of Education
Rod Hsiao, San Mateo County Board of Education

Mark Hudak, San Mateo + Foster City School Board President
Lory Lorimer Lawson, San Mateo + Foster City School Board Member
Mel Thompson, San Mateo + Foster City School Board Member (ret.)

Linda Lees Dwyer, SMUHSD School Board Member
Peter Hanley, SMUHSD School Board Member; Former President, SMC School Boards Association
Steve Rogers, SMUHSD School Board President
Robert Griffin, SMUHSD School Board Member

Chris Thomsen, Sequoia Union HSD School Board Member
Gordon Lewin, Sequoia Union HSD School Board Member (ret.)
Don Gibson, Sequoia Union HSD School Board Member
Olivia Martinez, Sequoia Union HSD School Board Member
Lorraine Rumley, Sequoia Union HSD School Board President

Maurice Goodman, South San Francisco School Board President
Liza Normandy, South San Francisco School Board Member
Judy Bush, South San Francisco School Board Member

Alisa MacAvoy, Redwood City School Board President
Shelly Masur, Redwood City School Board Member; President, SMC School Boards Association
Dennis McBride, Redwood City School Board Member; Former President, SMC School Boards Association
Hilary Paulson, Redwood City School Board Member
Chris Bohl, Redwood City School Board Member (ret.)

Chris Balme, Executive Director, Spark

Environmental Leaders

Dorothy Bender, Former Board Member, Committee for Green Foothills
Julia Bott, Executive Director, SMC Parks & Recreation Foundation
Rob Caughlan, Former President, Surfriders Foundation
Cynthia D'Agosta, Executive Director, Committee for Green Foothills
Peter Drekmeier, Former Palo Alto Mayor; Bay Area Program Director, Tuolumne River Trust
Cecily Harris, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board Member
Zoe Kersteen-Tucker, San Mateo County Transit District Board Member
Ken McIntire, Executive Director, San Bruno Mountain Watch
Kelly Moran, City of San Mateo Planning Commissioner; President of TDC Environmental
Rafael Reyes, Board Member, Sierra Club; Director, Bay Area Climate Collaborative; Board Member, Sustainable San Mateo County
Lennie Roberts, Legislative Advocate, Committee for Green Foothills
Brian Schmidt, Santa Clara Valley Water District Boardmember
Ann Schneider, Chair, Loma Prieta Zero Waste Committee
Bill Schulte, Board Member, Sustainable San Mateo County
Mark Stone, California Coastal Commissioner, Santa Cruz County Supervisor
Mike Swire, Belmont Green Advisory Committee
Adam Teitelbaum, CEO, Eco-Depo
Terry Trumbull, Past President and Board Member, Breathe California
Holly Van Houten, Former Executive Director, Committee for Green Foothills

Business Leaders

David Bohannon, President & CEO, David D. Bohannon Organization
Ed Colligan, Former CEO, Palm, Inc.
Donna Dubinsky, Founder, CEO and Board Chair, Numenta, Inc; Former President and CEO of Palm Computing
Brian Dunn, CEO, FPSI (Film Protective Services, Inc.)
Greg Gallo, Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
Jeff Huber, Senior Vice President Engineering at Google
Rick Kimball, Founding General Partner, Technology CrossOver Ventures
Gene Klein, CEO, BarkerBlue Digital, Inc.
Jeff Hawkins, Founder, Numenta, Inc; Founder of Palm Computing
Lenny Mendonca, Chairman, McKinsey Global Institute; Founder and owner of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President Product Management at Google
Craig Tighe, Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

Community Leaders

Fel Amistad, President, Filipino American Democratic Club of SMC
Anthony Aguerre, Former VP, San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities
Barbara Arieta, Chair, SMC Transportation Authority Citizen Advisory Committee; President, Pacific Democrats
Noemi Avram, Foster City Planning Commissioner
Mike Aydelott, Democratic Party Activist
Robert Bernardo, SMC Harbor Commissioner
Sabrina Brennan, Midcoast Activist
Patty Boyle, Chair, Menlo Park Housing Commission
Denise Brosseau, Former Chair, Redwood City Housing & Human Concerns Committee
Andrew Byrnes, Democratic Party Activist
Dan Conway, Former Burlingame Traffic Safety & Parking Commissioner
Katie Ferrick, Menlo Park Planning Commissioner
Sean Foote, Chair, San Mateo County Charter Review Committee
Bruce Hamilton, Executive Director, HIP Housing
Bruce Hasenkamp, Former San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury Foreperson
Cameron Johnson, Chair, Peninsula Young Democrats
Lorianna Kastrop, Port of Redwood City Commissioner
Virginia Chang Kiraly, Former San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury Foreperson
Jon Levinson, Democratic Party Activist
Ric Lohman, Granada Sanitary District Board Member
Mike Loy, SMUHSD parent leader
John Lynch, Former San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury Foreperson
Neil Merrilees, Midcoast Community Councilmember
Dr. Ginny McShane, Coastside Fire Protection District Board Director
Mark Moulton, Board President, Housing Leadership Council
Mark Nagales, South San Francisco Parks & Recreation Commissioner
Ricardo Ortiz, Chair, Measure A Citizen's Bond Oversight Committee
Henry Organ, San Mateo County Charter Review Committee member
Alex Parr, San Mateo County Planning Commissioner
Craig Patterson, Democratic Party Activist
Paul Perkovic, President, Montara Water & Sanitary District
David Nigel, San Bruno Parks and Recreation Commissioner
Barry Parr, Editor and Publisher of the Coastsider
Laura Peterhans, Housing Advocate
Chris Ranken, San Mateo County Planning Commissioner
Cliff Robbins, Democratic Party Activist
Susan Pfeiffer, Northern California Organizing for America Activist
Pam Salvatierra, Menlo Park Community Activist
Larry Shane, Member, SMC Transportation Authority Citizen Advisory Committee
Kathryn Slater-Carter, Montara Water and Sanitary District Board Member
Dana Smith, Former Daly City Planning Commissioner
Patrick Sullivan, President, San Mateo-Foster City Democratic Club
Richard Terrones, Burlingame Planning Commissioner
Paula Uccelli, Redwood City Community Leader
Brigid Van Randall, Menlo Park Housing Commissioner
April Vargas, Former Controller, SMC Democratic Central Committee; 2010 candidate for San Mateo County Supervisor
Cary Wiest, Former President, San Mateo Highlands Neighborhood Association
Daniel Yost, Woodside Planning Commissioner
Sheryl Young, CEO, Community Gatepath

Organizations

AFSCME Local 829
Burlingame Moms for Special Kids
CSEA Chapter 519
Green Party of San Mateo County
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 617
Peninsula Auto Mechanics, Lodge No 1414
Peninsula Young Democrats
San Mateo Adult School Federation of Teachers, Local 4681
San Mateo County Building & Construction Trades Council
San Mateo County Central Labor Council
SEIU Local 521
Sierra Club

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