Candidate for
Member of the Board of Education; Los Angeles Unified School District; District 1

School Board Members
Bennett Kayser, LAUSD Board of Education
Mónica Ratliff, LAUSD Board of Education (link)
Steven Zimmer, LAUSD Board of Education
Dr. Barbara Boudreaux, LAUSD Board of Education (ret.)
Dr. Deborah LeBlanc, Compton Community College District President
Dexter Henderson, Inglewood USD Board of Education President (ret.)
Emma Sharif, Compton USD Board of Education
Gloria Gray, Inglewood USD Board of Education President (ret.)
Bishop Johnny Young, Ph.D., Inglewood USD Board of Education
Julie Korenstein, LAUSD Board of Education (ret.)
Joseph Rouzan, Jr., Inglewood USD Board of Education (ret.)
Larry Aubry, Inglewood USD Board of Education (ret.)
Lynette Lipp, Amador County Unified School District (ret.)
Rita Walters, LAUSD Board of Education (ret.)

Elected Officials
Congresswoman Maxine Waters
Congresswoman Karen Bass
State Senator Betty Karnette (ret.)
State Senator Kevin Murray (ret.)
Assembly Member Gwen Moore (ret.)
Assembly Member Jackie Goldberg (ret.)
Assembly Member Richard Katz (ret.)
Assembly Member Mike Davis (ret.)
Assembly Member Warren Furutani (ret.)
Carson Mayor Jim Dear
Culver City Mayor Christopher Armenta (ret.)
Gardena Mayor Donald Dear (ret.)
Hawthorne Mayor Chris Brown
Inglewood Mayor James Butts
Los Angeles City Councilmember Bernard Parks
Los Angeles City Councilmember David Cunningham, Jr. (ret.)
Los Angeles City Councilmember Ed Reyes (ret.)
Los Angeles City Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo
Los Angeles City Councilmember Jan Perry (ret.)
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nate Holden (ret.)
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nick Pacheco, Jr. (ret.)
Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz
Los Angeles City Councilmember Robert Farrell (ret.)
Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom LaBonge
Water Replenishment District Director Lynn Dymally
Water Replenishment District Director Willard Murray, Jr.
West Basin Municipal Water Director Donald Dear

Education Organizations & Leaders
Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (link)
California School Employees Association Chapter 500 (link)
California Title I Parent Union
Council of Black Administrators PAC
Los Angeles School Police Association (link)
United Teachers Los Angeles
Dr. Carole Cobb, President, Los Angeles County Alliance of Black School Educators*
Dr. Charlie Knight, Past President, National Alliance of Black School Educators*
Dr. Chris Hickey, Each One Teach One Alliance*
Dr. David Horne, Professor, Cal State University-Northridge*
Doris Dillard, Past President, Council of Black Administrators*
E. Tsehai Farrell, Author & Inglewood USD Teacher (ret.)
Ellen Lubic, Joining Forces for Education*
Dr. Ernie Smith, Professor of Linguistic Studies
Gayle Gordon, President, Empowering our Community*
Dr. Janet Clark, Principal, Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center (ret.)
Dr. Luther Henderson, III, Professor of Music & Humanities, Los Angeles City College*
Dr. Maulana Karenga, Creator of Kwanzaa, Chair of Africana Studies at CSU-Long Beach* & African-American Cultural Center-LA*
Rev. Dr. Michael Hopwood, Chair, Education is a Civil Right Committee*
Dr. Owen Knox, Co-Founder, Council of Black Administrators*
Robert Skeels, Education Activist
Dr. Rosalyn S. Heyman, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Instruction, LAUSD* (ret.)
Dr. Samuel Shacks, M.D. Ph.D., Director, LAUSD Student Medical Services* (ret.)
Tony Camacho, State Executive Director, Association of Mexican American Educators*
Tony Hicks, Chair, Black Parent Union*
William Johnston, Former Superintendent, LAUSD*
Yolande Beckles, No Black Parent Left Behind

Publications
Los Angeles Times (link)
La Opinión (link)
Los Angeles Sentinel (link)
L.A. Watts Times

Party Endorsements
Los Angeles County Democratic Party (link)
Gardena Valley Democratic Party
Martin Luther King Jr. Democratic Club
New Frontier Democratic Club (link)

June 3, 2014 LAUSD District 1 Candidates (Link)
Sherlett Hendy-Newbill, Dorsey High School Teacher/Coach
Genethia Hudley-Hayes, LAUSD Board of Education President (ret.)
Rachel Johnson, Gardena Councilmember & LAUSD Teacher
Hattie McFrazier, LAUSD Educator/Pupil Services and Attendance Counselor (ret.)

Community Organizations & Leaders
Advocates for Black Strategic Alternatives
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment
Black Community Clergy & Labor Alliance
Gardena Valley Democratic Club
New Frontier Democratic Club
Beverly Roberts, Reparations United Front of Los Angeles*
Bobbie Jean Anderson, Vice Chair, L.A. County Democratic Party*
Brenda Marsh-Mitchell, President, Mothers In Action*
Carolyn Fowler, Secretary, L.A. County Democratic Party*
Celes King, IV, Vice Chair, Congress of Racial Equality-California*
Chimbuko Tembo, Vice Chair, The Organization Us*
Clifton W. Albright, Esq.
Clinton Simmons, Los Angeles County Aviation Commissioner*
Colleen Mason Heller, President, Cheviot Hills Homeowners Association*
Connye Thomas, President, 10th District Women's Steering Committee*
Courtney Driver, President, California Young Dems Black Caucus*
Damien Goodmon, Executive Director, Crenshaw Subway Coalition*
Delilah Lanoix, President, SMS Transportation Services, Inc.*
Dove Savage Pinkney, Past President, New Frontier Democratic Club*
Dr. Edward Savage, Jr., M.D.
Elizabeth Badger, Executive Board, California Democratic Party*
Erin Aubry Kaplan, Author & Journalist
Geneva Phillips-Beaver, President, MLK Democratic Club*
Greg Akili, Institute of the Black World 21st Century*
Gwen Green, Civil Rights Activist
Gwendolyn Cross, President, California Women 4 Women
Jackie Ryan, Past President, Leimert Park Village Merchants Association
Jacquelynn Hawthorne, President, L.A. African American Women PAC*
James Ahn, Founder, Pacific American Volunteer Association*
Jamie Wright, Esq., Board Member, Medical Board of California*
Jasmyne Cannick, Community Activist
John W. Harris, Esq., Principal, Harris & Associates*
John Jake, President, Olympic Park Neighborhood Council*
Lonnell McBroom, President, Knights of Peter Claver Western States Coordinating Councils & Courts*
Margaret Bowers, Ladera Heights Civic Association*
Melvin Morris
Merle Davis, Holman United Methodist Church Women's Auxiliary*
Dr. Michael Batie, President, Los Angeles Council of Black Professional Engineers*
Michelle Turner, President, USC Black Alumni Association*
Pat Means, Publisher, Turning Point Publications*
Patt Sanders, Chair, L.A. County Democratic Party 62nd AD*
Paulette Simpson-Gipson, President, NAACP Compton Branch*
Raul Claros, President, Latino Coalition of Los Angeles PAC*
Rickey Ivie, Chair, UCLA Black Alumni Association*
Robbin Proutt, Vice Chair, California Democratic Party African-American Caucus*
Scott Suh, President, Wilshire Center-Koreatown Neighborhood Council*
Steve Bagby, President, Dorsey High School Alumni Association*
Tim Watkins, Executive Director, Watts Labor Community Action Committee*
Tony Wafford, I Choose Life Health & Wellness Center*
Vincent Samuels, President, Washington Prep Alumni Association*
Windy Barnes Farrell, Singer & Director, Windy City Entertainment*
Winnifred Jackson, President, Hyde Park Organizational Partnership for Empowerment*

Ecumenical Leaders
Rev. Dr. Austin Williams, Past President, Inglewood Area Ministers Association*
Rev. Dr. J. Benjamin Hardwick, President, Western States Baptist Convention*
Rev. Donald Wilson, True Way Missionary Baptist Church*
Bishop Dr. K. Donnell Smith, Greater Chosen Temple Christian Fellowship*
Bishop James Walker, Presiding Bishop, 9th District CME*
Rev. Jewett Walker, Jr., New Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church*
Bishop T. Larry Kirkland, Presiding Bishop, 5th Episcopal District AME*
Rev. Dr. Marvis Davis, Past President, Baptist Ministers Conference of Los Angeles and Southern California*
Rev. Norman Copeland, Presiding Elder, 5th Episcopal District AME*
Rev. Dr. Reginald Pope, Bethel Missionary Baptist Church*
Rev. Dr. Roy Petit, Miracle Center Apostolic Church*
Rev. Shane Scott, Macedonia Baptist Church*
Rev. Touré Roberts, One Church International*
Rev. Tyrone Skinner, Metropolitan Baptist Church*
Rev. Virgil Jones, Calvary Baptist Church*
Rev. Dr. E. Wayne Gaddis, Sr., President, California Missionary Baptist State Convention*

Partial List

• = Organization listed for identification purposes only.