Endorsements & Community Support
Elected/Appointed Leaders (current and former):
James Aguilar • San Leandro Unified School District Board President & Director of the CSBA
Victor Aguilar Jr. • San Leandro City Councilmember
Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft • Alameda City Mayor
John J. Bauters • Emeryville Mayor
Zac Bowling • AD18 Democratic Party Delegate & City of Alameda Democratic Club - VP of Activities*
Dave Brown • Supervisor, Alameda County Board of Supervisors - District 3
Vinny Camarillo • AUSD Student Board Member
Sarabjit Kaur Cheema • New Haven Unified School Board Trustee
Ardella Dailey • Alameda Unified School Board Trustee & former AUSD Superintendent
Bill Garvine • former Alameda Unified School Board Trustee
Gray Harris • former Alameda Unified School Board Trustee
Kate Harrison • Berkeley City Councilmember
Philip Hu • former Alameda Unified School Board Trustee
John Knox White • Alameda City Councilmember
Shawn Kumagai • Dublin City Councilmember
Phong La • Alameda County Assessor
Alice Lai Bitker • former Alameda County Supervisor
Heather Little • Alameda Unified School Board Vice President
Gary Lym • Alameda Unified School Board Trustee
Michael Kusiak • Castro Valley Unified School Board Trustee
Mike McMahon • former Alameda Unified School Board Trustee
Ron Mooney • former Alameda Unified School Board Trustee
Jim Oddie • former Alameda City Councilmember
Mel Shuen-Mallory • New Haven Unified School Board President
Megan Sweet • Alameda Unified School Board Clerk/Trustee
Lena Tam • former Alameda City Councilmember
Terry Taplin • Berkeley City Councilmember
Aisha Wahab • Mayor Pro Tempore and City Council Member of Hayward
Jennifer Williams • Alameda Unified School Board President
Ana Vasudeo • Berkeley Public Schools Board Director
Malia Vella • Alameda City Vice Mayor
Betty Yee • California State Controller
Community Organizations:
Alameda County Democratic Party
Alameda Education Association
Alameda Firefighters - IAFF Local 689
Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Alameda Progressives
Asian American Pacific Democratic Caucus
Bricklayers, Tile Layers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) Local 3
Building & Construction Trades Council of Alameda County
California School Employees Association - Local Chapter 27 & Local 860
East Bay Stonewall Democrats
Evolve California
International Brotherhood Electrical Workers (IBEW) 595
Iron Workers Union Local 378
LGBTQ Victory Fund
Mom's Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate**
Plumbers, Steamfitters, Refrigeration & Pipeline Union (UA) Local 342
Sheet Metal Workers Local 104
Teamsters Joint Council 7 - Including Local 853 & Local 2010
Community Members and Leaders
Monica Bell-Sloan • AUSD Parent and Paraprofessional
Jess Berthold • Disability Advocate
Doug Biggs • Executive Director of Alameda Point Collaborative*
Jason Biggs • AUSD Parent
Jessica Bosanko • Alameda Parent
Laurie Brown • AUSD Parent
Sandy Calloway • Alameda Parent
Barbara Caulfield • AUSD Parent
Pamela Chang • Alameda Education Foundation*/Artist
Trina Chung
Suzy Clement • Alameda Parent
Katheryn Crawford • Educator
Diana Cunningham Rizzo
Ezra Denney • former Programs Chair of the City of Alameda Democratic Club*
Marita Etcubanez • Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Asian Americans Advancing Justice*
Shiantel Fields
Daniel Filipkowski • Artist
Laura Gamble • Alameda Community Advocate
Maya Goehring-Harris
Zachary Gratz-Lazarus • AUSD Parent
Karen Green
Alison Greene
Hannah Groce • Candidate for Alameda City Council
Adan Gutierrez-Gallegos • CFO
Liana Hamilton • AUSD Parent and Member of Measure I Bond Oversight Committee*
Olivia Higgins • AUSD Parent
Caryn Hoadley • AUSD Parent
Kaite Honegger • AUSD Parent/PTA Leader
Jennifer Howell • AUSD Teacher
Marsha Johnson • former AUSD Parent
Erica Hartono • AUSD Parent
Sarah Henry • AUSD Parent
Gretchen Hoff Varner • former PTA President / AUSD Parent
Sylvia Kahn • OUSD Teacher, former AUSD Teacher
Lindsay Kemp Bruckstein • Alameda Parent
John Kepler
Sara LaBatt
Amelia Landesman
Grace Lee
Dede Lewis • Former PTA President, AUSD Parent
Mark Little • AUSD Parent
Jean Liu
Kim Lombardi Becker • AUSD Parent
Betsy McNab
Andy Murdock
Kareem Murphy
David Nykin
Sarah Olaes • AUSD Parent and Member of Measure I Bond Oversight Committee*
Meredith Orthwein
Jill Ottaviano • Retired Peace Officer
Kerry Parker
Ron Parodi • Teacher, Encinal Jr & Sr High
Erica Peck
Evan Phillippe • Alameda Parent
Laria Pippen • AUSD Parent & Registered Nurse
Kate Quick
Heather Reed
Karen Reuel
Anne Rogers • Counselor
Debi Ryan • AUSD Parent & CASA*
Sandy Russell • Alameda Business Owner and Business/Arts Advocate
Amanda Sadie • Alameda Parent
Sara Saylor • Assistant Director for Community Engagement
Victoria Sedlack • Exec. Director of Alameda Education Foundation*
Maureen Shandobil
Pamela Shepard
Jeanine Sidran • AUSD Parent
Meredith Snow
Jonathan Soglin
Mateo Solano Wolfe • AUSD Student
Miriam Solano • AUSD Parent
Marie Spark & Mohan Vemulapalli • AUSD Parents
Alex Spehr • AUSD Parent
Chris Tam • Alameda Business Owner
Sarah Taylor • Special Education Advocate
Janet Terra
Page Tomblin • former President of Alameda PTA Council
Elizabeth Tran Wong • AUSD Parent & Special Education Advocate
Denyse Trepanier • Bike/Walk Alameda
Kristin Welch • Alameda Parent & Community Advocate
Stephanie Wilson
Kelly Woods • School Administrator
Cindy Zecher • President, CSEA Local Chapter27*
Rachel Zijistra • AUSD Parent
*Titles are for identification purposes only and are not to be construed as organizational endorsements.
**Denotes a distinction not official endorsement