Elected Officials
Joe Simitian, California State Senator, 11th District
Liz Kniss, Santa Clara County Supervisor, Former Palo Alto Mayor
Barb Mitchell, Palo Alto School Board
Yiaway Yeh, Palo Alto Mayor
Gail Price, Palo Alto City Council, Former President, Palo Alto School Board
Karen Holman, Palo Alto City Council
Nancy Shepherd, Palo Alto City Council
Larry Klein, Palo Alto City Council
Sid Espinosa, Palo Alto City Council
Pat Burt, Palo Alto City Council
Greg Scharff, Palo Alto City Council
Rich Gordon, California State Assembly, 21st District
Jerry Hill, California State Assembly, 19th District
Community Leaders
Stacey Ashlund, Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission
Raymond Bacchetti, Human Relations Commission; Former President, Palo Alto School Board
Bern Beecham, Former Palo Alto Mayor
Melinda Christopherson, Palo Alto Recreation Foundation Board
DAWN (Democratic Activists for Women Now), Official Endorsement
Penny Ellson, Safe Routes to School, City/School Traffic Safety Committee
Jonathan Foster, Palo Alto Utilities Advisory Commission
Julie Jerome, Former President, Palo Alto School Board
Darice Koo, Youth Community Service Board
Cathy Kroymann, Former President, Palo Alto School Board
Sally Lieber, Former Speaker Pro Tempore, California State Assembly, 22nd District
Shelly Masur, Redwood City School Board, Former President, California School Boards Association
Sharon Murphy, Former Director, Child and Family Resources, City of Palo Alto
Dave Pine, Supervisor, San Mateo County; Former President, San Mateo Union High School District
Micaela Presti, Former Co-President, Palo Alto PTA Council (PTAC)
Diane Reklis, Former President, Palo Alto School Board
Susie Richardson, Former President, Palo Alto School Board
Diane Rolfe, Democratic Central Committee, Santa Clara County
Karen Ross, Palo Alto Community Fund Board, Immediate Past-President
Rachel Samoff, Chair, First 5 Commission, Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County Democratic Party, Official Endorsement
Carolyn Tucher, Former President, Palo Alto School Board
John Tuomy, Former President, Palo Alto School Board
Alison Van Dyke, Former Trustee, Burlingame School District
Lanie Wheeler, Chief Financial Officer, Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC), Former Palo Alto Mayor
Community Supporters
Lorretta Abbott
Laura Michele Agigian
Stephanie Agnew
Tim Alger
Kat Alioshin
Emily Almaer
Sara Armstrong
Maria Arne
Peri Baloun
Amy Balsom
Sally Bemus
Marc Berman
Gayatri Bhaskar
Thusha Bishop
Lois Blank
Ellen Bob
Kathi Bowers
Farah Brelvi
Sevgi Carefoot
Alejandra Chaverri
Kathryn Cicero
Todd Collins
Carolyn Cooper
Kerah Cottrell
Leah Cox
Carolyn Curtis
Barbara Dabestani
Denise Daniels
Anne Dauer
Christina Detchemendy
Sue Dinwiddie
Abbie Dorosin
Elizabeth Dougherty
Sheila Dubin
Elizabeth Eastman
Elizabeth Einaudi
Brian Emberling
Becky Epstein
Leif Erickson
Esther Fan
Dana Fenwick
Simon Firth
Andrea Cook Fleming
Megan Swezey Fogarty
Catherine Crystal Foster
Regina Franco
Eliana Frank
Andi Frenkel
Rick Frenkel
Linda Fresco
Karen Friedland-Brown
Khurshid Gandhi
Svetlana Gous
Susan Gray
Wynn Hausser
Walt and Kay Hays
Norma and Vic Hesterman
Elizabeth Hewitt
Stephanie Hill
Erwin Hosono
Brette Hudacek
Darcy Huston
Joan Jacobus
Inna Kaplan
Joanie Bigwood King
Jennifer Ko
Keith Koegler
Cecile Kong
Judy and Tony Kramer
Lori Krolik
Yvonne and Hugh LaMaster
Laurie Levy
Judy Logan
Victoria Lukanovich
Evan Lurie
Mimi Lyons
Jian Ma
Laura Mackris
Lisa Marcacci
Leslie and Jason Matlof
Karen Matthys
Catherine Matterson
Beth Maxwell
Aoife Maynard
Leisa McNeese
Erin Mershon
Rachel Miller
Jennifer Mutz
Esther Nio
Melanie Norall
Megan O'Reilly Lewis
Laurie Ostacher
Jennifer Otanez
Ying Ou
Harry Pedersen
Erica Pelavin
Karen Porter
Brian Quo
Stacey Quo
Judy Rattner
Kathi Rawnsley
Robin Reynolds
Steve Ross
Blanca Ruiz
Sarah Sands
Shuchi Sarkar
Olga Saynina
Harvey Schloss
Rebecca Scholl
Holly Shah
Ruth-Anne Siegel
Laurie Simonson
Alice Smith
Nancy Smith
Debi Snipp
Ilona Sockol
Cristina Spencer
Cara Stoneburner
Anne Suri
Alex Terman
Kathy Torgersen
Preeva Tramiel
Samir Tuma
Ariel Ungerleider
Marcene Van Dierendonck
Linda Van Gelder
Irene Vassilopolous
Casie Walker
Diana Walsh
Julie Williams
Aisha Zakariya
Cindy Ziebelman
