Endorsements | Jessica Speiser for County Board of Education

Organizations

Endorsements (Partial List)

Elected Officials and Public Servants*

United States Congress

Anna Eshoo, US Congresswoman, CD 16

State Officials

Michael Kirst, Former President, California State Board of Education

State Legislature

Josh Becker, State Senator, SD 13
Dave Cortese, State Senator, SD 15
Aisha Wahab, State Senator, SD 10
Marc Berman, Assemblymember, AD 23
Evan Low, Assemblymember, AD 26 and Candidate for US Congress, CD 16
Paul Fong, Former Assemblymember

County Government

Susan Ellenberg, President, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

Jeffrey Rosen, Santa Clara County District Attorney

County Board and Office of Education

Maimona Afzal Berta, President, Santa Clara County Board of Education

Victoria Chon, Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education

Raeena Lari, Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education

Tara Sreekrishnan, Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education and Candidate for Assembly District 26

Kathleen King, Former Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education, Former Mayor, City of Saratoga

Claudia Rossi, Former Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education

Alysse Castro, Superintendent of Schools, Alameda County Office of Education

Dr. Deneen Guss, Superintendent of Schools, Monterey County Office of Education

Nancy Magee, Superintendent of Schools, San Mateo County Office of Education

City Government

Greer Stone, Mayor, Palo Alto City Council

Vicki Veenker, Councilmember, Palo Alto City Council

Julie Lythcott-Haims, Councilmember, Palo Alto City Council

Betsy Bechtel, Former Mayor, Palo Alto City Council

Alison Cormack, Former City Councilwoman, Palo Alto City Council

Pat Showalter, Mayor, Mountain View City Council

Margaret Abe-Koga, Councilmember, Mountain View City Council and Candidate for Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

Ellen Kamei, Councilmember, Mountain View City Council

Lucas Ramirez, Councilmember, Mountain View City Council

Emily Ramos, Councilmember, Mountain View City Council

Mike Kasperzak, Former Mayor, Mountain View City Council

Larry Klein, Mayor, City of Sunnyvale

Richard Mehlinger, Councilmember, Sunnyvale City Council

Linda Sell, Councilmember, Sunnyvale City Council

Melinda Hamilton, Former Mayor, City of Sunnyvale

Jonathan Weinberg, Mayor, Los Altos City Council

Pete Dailey, Vice Mayor, Los Altos City Council

Sally Meadows, Councilmember, Los Altos City Council

Jeannie Bruins, Former Mayor, Los Altos City Council

Curtis Cole, Former Mayor, Los Altos City Council

Jan Pepper, Former Mayor, Los Altos City Council

George Tyson, Councilmember, Town of Los Altos Hills

Rosemary Kamei, Vice Mayor, San Jose City Council and Former Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education

David Cohen, Councilmember, San Jose City Council

Peter Ortiz, Councilmember, San Jose City Council and Former Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education

Hung Wei, Councilmember, Cupertino City Council

Local School Districts

Patrick Ahrens, Trustee, Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees and Candidate for Assembly District 26

Laura Casas, Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees

Peter Landsberger, Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees

Shana Segal, Vice President, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Shounak Dharap, Trustee, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Jennifer DiBrienza, Trustee, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Heidi Emberling, Former Trustee, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Terry Godfrey, Former Trustee, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education and Candidate for Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees, Area 5

Cathy Kroymann, Former Trustee, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Diane Reklis, Former Trustee, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Susie Richardson, Former Trustee, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Sanjay Dave, President, Mountain View Los Altos High School District Board of Trustees

Esmeralda Ortiz, Vice President, Mountain View Los Altos High School District Board of Trustees

Thida Cornes, Clerk, Mountain View Los Altos High School District Board of Trustees

Phil Faillace, Trustee, Mountain View Los Altos High School District Board of Trustees

Catherine Vonnegut, Trustee, Mountain View Los Altos High School District Board of Trustees

Fiona Walter, Former Trustee, Mountain View Los Altos High School District Board of Trustees

Devon Conley, President, Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees and Candidate for Mountain View City Council

Laura Ramirez Berman, Trustee, Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees

Laura Blakely, Trustee, Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees

William Lambert, Trustee, Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees

Jose Guttierez, Former Trustee, Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees and Candidate for Mountain View City Council

Jeff Moe, President, Fremont Union High School District Board of Trustees

Naomi Nakano-Matsumoto, Vice President, Fremont Union High School District Board of Trustees

Stanley Kou, Clerk, Fremont Union High School District Board of Trustees

Rosa Kim, Trustee, Fremont Union High School District Board of Trustees

Rod Sinks, Trustee, Fremont Union High School District Board of Trustees

Isabel Jubes-Flamerich, President, Sunnyvale School District Board of Trustees

Bridget Watson, Vice President, Sunnyvale School District Board of Trustees

Eileen Le, Trustee, Sunnyvale School District Board of Trustees and Candidate for Sunnyvale City Council

Michelle Maginot, Trustee, Sunnyvale School District Board of Trustees

Nancy Newkirk, Trustee, Sunnyvale School District Board of Trustees
Reid Myers, Former Trustee, Sunnyvale School District

Bryan Johnson, President, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Vladimir Ivanovic, Vice President, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Vaishali “Shali” Sirkay, Clerk, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Steve Taglio, Trustee, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Mark Goines, Former Trustee, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Tamara Logan, Former Trustee, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Pablo Luther, Former Trustee, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

David Pefley, Former Trustee, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Sangeeth Peruri, Former Trustee, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Duane Roberts, Former Trustee, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Doug Smith, Former Trustee, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Carol Presunka, Vice President, Cambrian School District Board of Trustees
Danielle Cohen, Trustee, Campbell Union School District Board of Trustees, Trustee Area 5

Elisabeth Halliday, Clerk, Campbell Union High School District Board of Trustees

James Kim, Trustee, Campbell Union High School District Board of Trustees

Ava Chiao, Clerk, Cupertino Union School District Board of Trustees

Pattie Cortese, President, East Side Union High School District Board of Trustees

Jeremy Barousse, President, Evergreen School District Board of Trustees

Patti Andrade, Trustee, Evergreen School District Board of Trustees

Bonnie Mace, Former Trustee, Evergreen School District Board of Trustees

Erin Asheghian, President, Loma Prieta Joint Union School District Board of Trustees

Denise Ramon Herrara, Trustee, Loma Prieta Joint Union School District Board of Trustees

Daniel Snyder, Trustee, Los Gatos Union School District Board of Trustees

Theresa Bond, Trustee, Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District Board of Trustees

Katherine Tseng, Trustee, Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District Board of Trustees and Governing Board Member, Metropolitan Education District

Chris Norwood, Trustee, Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education and Governing Board Member, Metropolitan Education District

Adam Escoto, Trustee, Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Trustees

John Horner, Trustee, Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Trustees

Jorge Pacheco Jr., Trustee, Oak Grove School District Board of Trustees

Renee Lo, President, Orchard School District Board of Trustees

Wendi Mahaney-Gurahoo, President, San Jose Unified School District Board of Trustees

Brian Wheatley, Trustee, San Jose Unified School District Board of Trustees and Governing Board Member, Metropolitan Education District

Vickie Fairchild, President, Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees

Bonnie Lieberman, Vice President, Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees

Jim Canova, Clerk, Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees and Governing Board Member, Metropolitan Education District

Albert Gonzalez, Trustee, Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees

Jodi Muirhead, Trustee, Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees

Cynthia Miller, Trustee, Saratoga Union School District Board of Trustees

Health Care and Water Districts

John Zoglin, Board Member, El Camino Health Care District

Julia Miller, Board Member, El Camino Health Care District

Rebecca Eisenberg, Director, District 7, Santa Clara Valley Water District

Candidates for Elected Office*

Christine Case-Lo, Candidate, Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees

Pat Carpio, Candidate, Fremont Union High School District Board of Trustees, Area 2

Chris Colohan, Candidate, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Trustees

Lisa Henry, Candidate, Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees

Stella Kam, Candidate, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Larry Lang, Candidate, Los Altos City Council

Jim Malone, Candidate, Los Altos School District Board of Trustees

Forest Peterson, Candidate, Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees, Area 5

Peggy Shen Brewster, Candidate, Sunnyvale School District Board of Trustees, Area 4

Community Leaders

Matt Abrahams

Peter Allen

Vinita Alwyn

Steve Apfelberg

Stacey Ashlund

Oznur Aytekin

Jeffrey Baier

Kristine Bardman

Elizabeth Beheler

Sally Bemus

Mary Ellen Bena

Beth Beninato

Joe Beninato

Shely Benitah

Manjita Bhaumik

Alison Biggs

Meri-Beth Bird

Diane Brauch

Faith Brigel

Owen Byrd

Brian Byun

Polly Caddes

Carol Cameron

Bridget Cash

Catherine Clark

Sharon Clay

David Cohen

Claudia Coleman

Jaime Cordera

Kim Cranston

Judy Crates

Stephanie Dauer

Sangum Desai

Tara Dhillon

Sara Elkin

Frank Elmer

Shari Elmer

Alex Fagan

Eileen Fagan

Tamara Fagin

Laura Gao

Michelle Gibo

Dee Gibson

Kerri Gordon

Andrea Gorman

Maureen Griffin

Judy Grinberg

Milton Grinberg

Barry Groves

Mary Hamilton

Samuel Harding

Janet Harding

Emily Harris

Linda Henigin

Deborah Henigson

Dick Henning

Kavitha Herle

Claudia Hevel

Mindy Huelsenkamp

Penny Hutchinson

Amy Peabody Ingram

Emi Ishida

Shen Jackson

Danielle James

Sara Janez

Kian Jessup

Allison Joe

Brandon Kam

Nanci Kauffman

Randy Kenyon

Sara Kopit-Olson

Crysta Krames

Karl Kramer

Jamaica Kreps

Nancy Krop

Debbie Kuo

Jamie Leaffer

Jack Lo

Kelly Sanders Lo

Sarah Longstreth

Brooke Lopez

Rebecca Lowell

Derek Maclean

Julia Martino

Katie Matice

Heather Macdonald

Roy Maydan

Yvette Maydan

Dave McClure

Saya McClure

Dennis McGinn

Kathie McGinn

Tricia McKinney

Laurel McNeil

Debby Meredith

Kim Mosley

Sandy Peanasky

Roberta Pyne

Trudi Reinhardt

Robyn Reiss

Robert Reklis

Kellie Riccoboni

Heather Rose

Julie Rose

Kathi Saenz

Lara Sandora

Emily Scheinman

Brooke Schiller

Erich Schmidt

Betsy Schmitt

Veronica Saleh

Christine Shambora

Jessica Shambora

Cindy Sidaris

Kirsten Sirey

Alice Schaffer Smith

Leonard Speiser

Sandi Spires

Jennifer Springer

Lisa Steinback

Debra Strichartz

Mary Takahashi

Laura Teksler

Tzipor Ulman

Jerry Underdal

Archana Upadhyay

Jeanine Valadez

Keri Wagner

Jennifer Walker

Erik Walter

Amie Wang

Sarah Weitz

Jill Williams

Tara Williamson

Danny Yee

Sue Yee

Peipei Yu

Cindy Zinn