Endorsers

Organizations

California School Employees Association (CSEA)
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
League of Women Voters of Palo Alto
Palo Alto Partners in Education
Foothill-DeAnza Community College, Board of Trustees
Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® Political Action Committee
Palo Alto Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC)

Local PTAs and School Organizations
Palo Alto Council of PTAs
Addison Elementary School PTA
Barron Park Elementary School PTA
Juana Briones Elementary School PTA
Duveneck Elementary School PTA
El Carmelo Elementary School PTA
Escondido Elementary School PTA
Fairmeadow Elementary School PTA
Walter Hays Elementary School PTA
Hoover Elementary School PTA
Lucille Nixon Elementary School PTA
Ohlone Elementary School PTA
Palo Verde Elementary School PTA
David Starr Jordan Middle School PTA
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School PTA
Terman Middle School PTA
Gunn High School PTSA
Gunn High School Sports Boosters
Palo Alto High School Alumni Association
Palo Alto High School PTSA
Palo Alto High School Sports Boosters
Palo Alto High School Theater Boosters

Federal, State & County Leaders

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
State Senator Joe Simitian
Assemblyman Ira Ruskin
Liz Kniss, Santa Clara County Supervisor
Grace Mah, Santa Clara County Board of Education

Santa Clara County Board of Education

Endorsement Statement

Palo Alto Unified School Board Members

Melissa Baten Caswell
Barbara Klausner
Barbara Mitchell
Dana Tom
Camille Townsend

Palo Alto City Council Members

John Barton
Patrick Burt
Peter Drekmeier
Sid Espinosa
Yoriko Kishimoto
Larry Klein
Jack Morton
Greg Schmid
Yiaway Yeh

Community College Board

Betsy Bechtel
Laura Casas Frier
Hal Plotkin
Bruce Swenson

Former Elected Officials

Ray Bacchetti
Bern Beecham
Jim Burch
Gary Fazzino
Bob Fenwick
Walt Hays
Julie Jerome
Joan Johnston
Judy Kleinberg
Cathy Kroymann
Mandy Lowell
Becky Morgan
Vic Ojakian
Amado Padilla
Gail Price
Diane Reklis
Susie Richardson
Carolyn Tucher
John Tuomy
Don Way
Lanie Wheeler
Edel Young

Community Members

Hap Abbott
Lucinda Abbott
Ashima Agarwal
Mukul Agarwal
Wendy Akers-Ghose
Nazila Alasti
Carolina Albers
Greg Albers
Jocelyn Alexander
Gioia Allegretti
Ken Allen
Sadhana Allen
Stephen Allen
Sue Allen
Susyn Almond
Audrey Alonis
Joe Alonis
Salina An
Anne Anderson
Arden Anderson
Marilyn Anderson
Melissa Anderson
Michael Anderson
Peter Anderson
Vanessa Anderson
Mark Anderton
Alireza Ashayer
Amulya Athayde
Gillian Athayde
Suzanne Attenborough
Anne Avis
Greg Avis
Beth Axelrod
Jim Baer
Nancy Baer
Yael Baharav
Zachi Baharav
Bill Bailey
Susan Bailey
Diana Baker
Laurence Baker
Linda Baker
Michelle Baldonado
Omar Baldonado
Eiko Baldwin
Shahram Barkhordarian
Lauren Barley
Bill Barnett
Pat Barrett
Penny Barrett
Anne Barry
David Baumgarten
David Beaudry
Warren Belfer
Teresa Bell-Stephens
Sally Bemus
Mary Ellen Bena
Jonathan Bendor
Linda Bendor
Steve Bennet
Arnold Bennigson
Barbara Bennigson
Andre Berenfeld
John Berg
Lisa Berkowitz Landers
Stuart Berman
Anne Bernard
Gregory Bernard
Jennie Bernheim
Maribea Berry
Timothy Berry
Gerson Bers
Tory Bers
Neal Bhadkamkar
Brian Bicknell
Jill Bicknell
Mary Ann Bills
Biondo Biondi
Paige Biorn
Charlie Bisbee
Kristin Black
Patty Boas
Mark Bocanegra
Donna Bohling
Luba Botcheva
Yvette Bovee
Bob Bowden
Martha Bowden
June Bower
Lea Bowmer
William Bowmer
Gary Bradski
Sonya Bradski
Jeffrey Bramlett
Katie Bramlett
Lisa Brandin
Mark Brandin
Keith Bromberg
Helen Bronte-Stewart
Adria Brown
Beau Brown
Chet Brown
Eric Brown
Joel Brown
Lorraine Brown
Lynn Brown
Marcie Brown
Patrick Brown
Heather Brownlee
Ken Brownlee
Joanna Brownstein
Jennifer Buenrostro
Laura Burakreis
Wileta Burch
Raquel Burgos
Tony Burgos
Paul Burk
Susan Burk
Cheryl Burns
John Burns
Connie Butner
Geoff Butner
Sean Cahill
Margie Cain
Tim Cain
Kelly Calica
Mike Camicia
Nadine Camicia
Bill Cane
Sarah Cane
Julie Cardillo
Louis Cardillo
Glen Carey
Lynn Carey
Barbara Carlson
Scott Carlson
Roger Carpenter
Sarah Carpenter
Andrew Casey
Saori Casey
Lee Caswell
Amine Chabane
Maria Chabane
Martha Chamberlain
Imogene Chancellor
Mark Chandler
Rob Chandra
Shikha Chandra
Christine Chang
Bertil Chappuis
Bertil Chappuis
Chloe Chen
Wendy Chen
Steve Cheng
Josephine Chien
Don Chin
Shirley Chin
Stephen Cho
Himanshu Choksi
Mamta Choksi
Edie Chong
Amy Christel
Lee Christel
James Christopherson
Jeff Christopherson
Mark Christopherson
Melinda Christopherson
Jane Chu
Jennifer Chu
Helen Chung
Anne Clark
Barbara Clark
Terry Clark
Rebecca Claure
Patty Clendenin
Mary Clifford
Tyler Cobbett
Fran Codispoti
Andy Coe
Liz Coe
Angie Cole
Isabelle Cole
Kevin Coleman
Paula Collins
James F. Cook
Wendy Cook
Alison Cormack
Richard Corny
Bob Cory
Laura Cory
Lori Cottle
Michele Covell
Jim Cowie
Liz Cowie
Bill Cox
Rachel Cox
Gordon Craig
Cathy Crane Moley
Bob Cranmer-Brown
Jennifer Cray
Tim Crockett
Christine Currie
Frank Currie
Carolyn Curtis
Christy Dairaghi
Dan Dairaghi
Sharon Dally
Gina Dalma
Allison Danner
John Danner
Diana Darcy
Thomas D'Arezzo
Denise Dauler
Carolyn Davidson
Gordon Davidson
Relly Davidson
Anne Dazey
Gretchen DeAndre
Adrienne Defendi
Kriss Deiglmeier
Michael DeLapa
H Mark Delman
Sharon Delman
John Dempsey
Vicki Dempsey
Annette DeStefano
Joe DeStefano
Ana-Maria Dias
Mary Dimit
Ken Dinwiddie
Sue Dinwiddie
Roongko Doong
Leslie Dorosin
Diane Downend
Joe Drake
Lynn Drake
Erina DuBois
Fred Duckett
Kristin Duckett
Ann Duesterberg
John Dukovic
Olga Dunlop
Lissa Dutton
Dan Dykwel
Sunny Dykwel
Julie Dyson
Glynn Edwards
Ellen Ehrlich
Tom Ehrlich
Elisabeth Einaudi
Carole Eittreim
Steve Eittreim
Bill Elfsten
Penny Ellson
Gretchen Emmons
Karen Ersted
Richard Ersted
Susan Eschweiler
Kirk Essenmacher
Kirsten Essenmacher
Claude Ezran
Eileen Fagan
Elspeth Farmer
Boyd Faust
Linda Faust
Annette Fazzino
Tommy Fehrenbach
Kristin Feitzinger
Bob Fenwick
Jan Fenwick
Leslie Fiedler
Bret Field
Caitie Field
Len Filppu
Lucy Filppu
Sam Fineberg
Susan Fineberg
Jeri Fink
Katherine Finley
Kurt Finley
Alex Firestone
Edward Firestone
Laurie Firestone
Herb Fischgrund
Kevin Fisher
Boris Foelsch
Gail Foelsch
Megan Swezey Fogarty
Michael Fogarty
Ginny Fong
Kristin Foss
Catherine Crystal Foster
Jon Foster
Rebecca Fox
Anne Frahn
Harrison Frahn
Steve Fram
Diane Frank
Michael Friduss
Stephanie Romm Friduss
Amy Friedman
Linda Frommer
Mimi Funabiki
Liz Gaither
Reed Gaither
Betsy Gamburd
Andrea Gandolfo
Steve Gandolfo
Hayley Gans
Hilary Gans
Suzanne Garadis
Catharine Garber
Daniel Garber
Lupe Garcia
Linda Gargiulo
William Gargiulo
Lois Garland
Bruce Gee
Jane Gee
Jim Geers
Vicki Geers
Anne Gerfen
Earl Gerfen
Akram Ghazal
Anjan Ghose
Bhaskar Ghosh
Rita Giles
John Gill
Mary Gill
Donn Ginoza
Katherine Glassey
Pearl Glaves
Tony Glaves
Bob Glazier
Kelli Glazier
Matt Glickman
Sondra Glider
Meg Godfrey
Steve Godfrey
Terry Godfrey
Triona Gogarty
David Goldman
Ken Goldman
Leslie Goldman
Terri Goldman
Brian Goncher
Herbert Gong
Mary Goodspeed
Wick Goodspeed
Mary Gorman
Brinda Govindan
Paul Gralen
Tammy Gravelle
Susan Gray
Tim Gray
Amy Greene
Jeff Greenfield
Barbara Gross
Scott Gualdoni
Amy Guo
Ted Guo
Anirma Gupta
Bhusan Gupta
Elaine Hahn
Eric Hahn
Katy Hall
Michael Hall
Hortensia Halsted
Tim Halsted
Lisa Halverson
Taylor Halverson
Jack Hamilton
Myllicent Hamilton
Lori Hammar
Jay Hammer
Xenia Hammer
Bill Hammerson
Katie Hammerson
Mike Hammond
Sara Hammond
Saundra Hand
Jim Hannan
Cressida Hanson
Mary Anne Hanson
Ruthie Harari-Kremer
Carolyn Harley
Bob Harrington
Margie Harrington
Anne Harrison
Harry Hartzell
Susan Hartzell
Dennis Harvey
Laura Hattendorf
Dedra Hauser
Wynn Hausser
Dianne Haydock
Scott C. Hayes
Kay Hays
Molly He
Caitlin Heising
Mark Heising
Andy Hess
Cindy Hess
Melanie Hibbs
Kate Hill
Annette Hilton
Richard Ho
Ivan Hom
Lillian Hom
David Hornil
Chris Horpel
Erwin Hosono
Dimitre Hristov
Dennis Huang
Edward Huang
Nancy A. Huber
Harold Hughes
John Hughes
Kathleen Hughes
Mary Hughes
Nancy Hughes
Tony Hughes
Ginny Hull
Bernard Hung
Joyce Hung
Nadir Hussain
Susie Hwang
Marc Igler
Jim Ingham
Leslie Ingham
Patty Irish
Annette Isaacson
Sachi Itagaki
Jay Jackman
David Jackson
Joan Jacobus
Tom Jacoubowsky
Bruce Jaffe
Aimee Jamison
Nico Janik
Lauren Janov
Karen Jansen
Eric Jensen
Erik Jensen
Liz Jensen
Hal Jerman
Adele Jessup
Celeste Johnson
Karl Johnson
Larry Johnson
Stephen Johnson
Vicky Johnson
Joan B. Johnston
Aarti Johri
Sandeep Johri
James Holland Jones
Liz Jones
Russ Jones
Gina Jorasch
Ken Joye
Lindsay Joye
Deborah Ju
Werner Ju
Abdo George Kadifa
Sally Kadifa
Gail Kaiser
David Kandasamy
Wendy Kandasamy
Nancy Kawakita
Jane Kawasaki
Shumpei Kawasaki
Charlotte Keeler
Max Keeler
Mike Keeler
Arthur Keller
Beth Keller
Marianna Grossman Keller
Marilyn Keller
Rick Keller
Rachel Kellerman
Tom Kellerman
Chris Kenrick
Amy Keohane
Mark Keplinger
Sharon Keplinger
David Ketchum
Patricia Ketchum
Farinaz Keyhan
Alex Khairkhahan
Tanna Kienitz
Tony Kienitz
Seung Kim
Carl King
Joanie King
Bob Kirkwood
Edie Kirkwood
Ann Kitajima
Sue Klapholz
Jennifer Kleckner
Jim Kleckner
Barbara Klein
June Klein
Sheryl Klein
Tony Klein
Mary Kline
Ellin Klor
Dana Knowles
Mike Knowles
Smita Kolhatkar
Darice Koo
Mary Kraemer
Judy Kramer
Jan Krinsley
Lori Krolik
Robert Krolik
Howard Kroymann
Eric Krugler
Erika Krugler
Janaki Mythily Kumar
Pravin Kumar
Alma Lalonde
James Lalonde
Rita Lancefield
Lucy LaPier
Karen Latchford
Cheryl Lathrop
Sandy Lau
Carol Lauffer
Jason Lauffer
Claire Lauing
Ed Lauing
Ajay Lavakare
Lucretia Lee
Mary Lee
Ron Lee
Jan Leeman
Maria Leeman
Jan Leemus
Lucinda Lenicheck
Rob Lenicheck
Carol Leonard
Leslyn Leong
Peter Levin
Janet Ramusack Levine
Mike Leviten
Robin Levy
Todd Lewis
David Lichtenger
Sylvia Lichtenger
Noreen Likins
Kimberly Lin
Suzie Lincoln
Tony Lincoln
Linda Lingg
David Lischinsky
Carolyn Liu
Grace Liu
Pingyu Liu
Judy Logan
Todd Logan
Bryan Long
Cherie Long
Edward Long
Howard Look
Paul Losch
Ruth Lovegrove
Steven Lovegrove
Elizabeth Ludwig
Kenny Ludwig
Sue Luttner
Jing Lyman
Richard Lyman
Hsiu Ling Maa
Tony Maa
Heather Macdonald
Peter Macdonald
Linda MacKenzie
Grzegorz Madejski
Anne Maggioncalda
Jeff Maggioncalda
Dennis Mandudzo
Sarah Mandudzo
Gabriel Manjarrez
Carrie Manley
Ann Markevitch
James Markevitch
John Markevitch
Pat Markevitch
Lawrence Marshall
Chris Martha
Joyce Martha
Beth Bening Martin
Stacy Mason
David Matheson
Loretta Matheson
Gina Maya
Doug McAdam
Colene McBeth Vort
Miles McCormick
Diane McCoy
Jim McDonnell
Susan McDonnell
Sandra McIntosh
Ellen McLennan
Frank McNee
Irene McNee
Marcy Meagher
Barry Medoff
Mary Medoff
Kaci Mehdi
Akbar Ally Merchant
Hameedah Merchant
Laila Merchant
Muneerah Merchant
Lee Merkel
Michael Mertz
Deanna Messinger
Danielle Mewes
Elaine Miller
Katharine Miller
Kathy Miller
Kirk Miller
Pamela Miller-Hornik
Rachel Milliken-Weitzman
Fred Mitchell
Garrett Mitchell
Joani Mitchell
Ryan Mitchell
Wyatt Mitchell
Wyatt Mitchell
Jishnu Mitra
Soma Mitra
Touria Mobin
Angela Mogielski
Douglas Molitor
Elizabeth Moragne
Mark Moragne
Nathan Moroney
Erwin Morton
Alan Moss
David Moss
Kirsten Moss
Craig Moye
Badsah Mukherji
Shona Mukherji
Carol Mullin
Jim Mullin
Charles Munger
Carmen Munoz
Fay Murphy
Andrew Mutz
Jennifer Mutz
Nicholas Muys
Nancy Myrick
Debbie Mytels
Eric Nee
Tekla Nee
Nancy Neff
Barbara Nelson
Diana Nemet
Todd Nemet
Kristi Newell
Susan Nicholls
Mark Nichoson
Colleen Nielsen
Kirsten Niethammer
Steve Niethammer
Bruce Nixon, MD
Craig Nordlund
Sally Nordlund
Brian Norimoto
Laura Norimoto
Christina Nosek
Michelle Oberman
Martin Oft
Sophia Oh-Kim
Steven Omamo
Michael ONeill
Janine O'Neill
Megan O'Reilly-Lewis
Peter O'Riordan
Christina Owen
Bonnie Packer
Kristin Page
Gary Paladin
Jyoti Pande Lavakare
Bahram Parineh
Rob Parish
Dahna Pasternak
John Paul
Susan Paul
Janine Paver
Jamie Pearson
Sandra Pearson
Christian Pease
Harry Pedersen
Shelly Pederson
Stu Pederson
Lou Pelosi
David Perlstein
Stan Perry
Doris Petersen
Kendra Peterson
Claudia Petritsch
David Petrone
Nancy Petrone
Adam Phillips
Daja Phillips
Roger Pierno
Jane Piller-Wilson
Jim Pinsky
Sigrid Pinsky
Adam Piper
Elizabeth Pirrotta
Mary Jean Place
Nancy Player
Steven Player
Emmie Poling
Doreen Pooler
Joe Presti
Joe Presti
Micaela Presti
Kunie Priimak
Sue Purdy Pelosi
Shahriar Rabii
Ekaterina Radeva
Zahid Rahimtoola
Cheena Ramrakhiani
Sanjay Ramrakhiani
Anna Ranieri
Jamie Rapperport
Lisa Ratner
Kathy Raymond
Margo Redfern
Julie Reis
Rob Reis
John Reister
Bob Reklis
Diane Reklis
Bill Reller
Carolyn Reller
Theo Revlock
Jake Reynolds
Joe Reynolds
Nancy Reynolds
Robin Reynolds
Cheryl Richardson
Dianna B. Richardson
George B. Richardson
Ruthann Richter
John Rivlin
DD Roberts
Bruce Rohde
Diane Rolfe
Joe Rolfe
Allison Rose
Antoinette Rose
Dan Rose
Deborah Rosenberg
Nate Rosenberg
Jessica Roth
Doron Rotman
Miriam Rotman
Joan Roy
Robin Roy
Robert Rozak
Haya Rubin
Al Russell
Alexandra Russell
Dan Russell
JoAnne Russell
John Russell
Lynne Russell
Azza Salem
Karen Salzer
Cindy Samos
Dean Samos
Irene Sampson
Paula Sandas
Ferrell Sanders
Page Sanders
Pat Sanders
Sylvia Sanders
Tom Sanders
Jaspi Sandhu
Cyndy Sandor
Greg Sands
Sarah Sands
Arun Sastry
Gordon Saul
Katherine Saunders
Elaine Saussotte
Eric Savitz
Bob Schauer
Kay Schauer
June Schiller
Lisa Schmidt
Steve Schmidt
David Schneider
Laura Schneider
Tom Schneider
Stan Schrier
Kathy Schroeder
Scott Schroeder
Eric Schuur
LuAnn Schwab
Jeffrey Schwardt
Julie Schwardt
Anna Schwarzfeld
Rosaleen Schwob
Carol Scott
Amy Scrivner
Dan Scrivner
Glen Segal
Lauren Segal
Howard Selznick
Laura Selznick
Charles Semba
Tina Semba
Jennifer Seto
Kathryn Shade
Danny Shader
Douglas C. Shaker
Harriette Shakes
Jonathan Shan
David Shapiro
Bob Shaw
Mary Shaw
Rebecca Shaw
Charles Shen
Judy Shen
Becca Shepherd
Mark Shepherd
Nancy Shepherd
Steve Shevick
Juchuan Shih
Evan Siegel
Mona Siegel
Ruth-Anne Siegel
Barbara Silberling
James H. Silver
Susan Phinney Silver
Liz Simons
Susan Simpson
Amit Singhal
Shilpa Singhal
Louise Singleton
Shirley Siu
Deborah Sivas
Carrie Skelly
Kevin Skelly
Alice Sklar
Malcolm Slaney
Maggi Smeal
Alice Smith
Dennis Smith
Ellen Smith
Irena Smith
Nancy Smith
Wendy Smith
Chris Snow
Felicia Snow
Paulmer Soderbert
Marcy Sohn
Young Sohn
Barbara Sonner
James Sonner
Susie Spangler
Anne Spaulding Draeger
Kathy Spector
Scott Spector
Carolyn Spitz
Barbara Spreng
Deb Staiger
Mike Staiger
Robyn Stanton
Linda Stebbins Jensen
Nancy Steege
Bob Stefanski
Lisa Steinback
David Stephens
Jane S. Stephens
Julie Sternfield
Carol Stevens
Noel Stevens
Tracy Stevens
Edward Stewart
Suzan B. Stewart
Tracy Stewart
Linda Strain Faust
Beth Strong
David Strong
Lisa Sullivan
Peter Sullivan
Lakshmi Sunder
Ramamurthy Sunder
Anne Suri
Cynthia Swenson
Debra Symons
George Symons
Susan Tachna
Nancy Tadlock
Terry Tadlock
Candace Takahashi
Eric Taser
Michelle Taser
Christy Telch
Kathy Terry
Steve Terry
Anna Thayer
Jennifer Thie
Craig Thom
Ken Thom
Nicole Thom
Susie Thom
Nils Thorjussen
Dave Torrey
Ching-hua "Grace" Tosky
Julian Tosky
Mego Tracy
Ted Tracy
Preeva Tramiel
Cindy Traum
Doree Tschudy
Mike Tschudy
Christopher Tucher
Sandra Tucher
Tony Tucher
Kathy Tullus
Samir Tuma
Brian Tuomy
Bulent Turan
Jenifer Turnbull
Steve Turnbull
Gloria Ty
Rajeev Tyagi
Rashmi Tyagi
Louise Valente
Luis Valente
Shelby Valentine
John van Gelder
Linda van Gelder
Jan Van Houten-Prehn
Alison VanEgeren
Carola Vasquez
Vicki Veenker
Franz Vereyken
Linda Verhulp
Rod Verhulp
Mark Vershel
Teri Vershel
Frank Viggiano
Sharon Viggiano
Henry Vinton
Robert Violante
Lisa Voge-Levin
Jane Volpe
Nimish Vora
Seema Vora
Dave Vort
Keri Wagner
Kent Walker
Mara Wallace
Rick Wallace
Diana Walsh
Gene Wang
Jie Wang
Leslie Wang
Holly Ward
Jim Waschura
Leisa Waschura
Hazel Watson
Paula Watson
Sterling Watson
Ellen Waxman
Sylvie Way
Kim Webster
Sam Webster
Melinda Wedemeyer
Robert Wedemeyer
Hali Weiss
Pamela Weiss
Scott Weiss
Jeffrey Weitzman
Janis Welch
Kathryn Weller
Andrew Welsh
Kirk Welton
Maryanne Welton
Victoria Wendel
Kathleen Weyant
Karen White
Marvina White
Rand White
Beth Whitmore
Eric Whitmore
Bruce Whitson
Debbie Whitson
Elizabeth Whitson
Teri Wilde
Todd Wilde
Rob Wilen
Stefanie Wilen
Frank Wiley
Peggy Wiley
Carolyn Williams
Caroline Willis
Bruce Wilson
Bryan Wilson
Dow Wilson
Geri Martin Wilson
Lynne Wilson
Tarn Wilson
Lou Ann Winchell
Benny Winefeld
Elena Winefeld
Esther Wojcicki
Stanley Wojcicki
Don Wood
Elaine Wood
Steven Woolson
Calvin Woon
Bruce Wright
Jennifer Wright
Charles Wu
Yong Xiao
Ann Xu
Sidney Xu
Jerry Yang
Mara Yarp
Russ Yarp
Homa Yazdani
Mary Yen
Yuxi Yin
Sung Yoon
Stephanie Yoshikawa
Katie Young
William Young
Michael Youngquist
Grace Yu
Peter Yu
Sarah Zabel
Tzippi Zach
Jean Zambelli
Barbara Zhang
Shoucheng Zhang
Yaqin Zhao
Cindy Ziebelman
Yossi Zinger
Gina Zisook

updated 6-9-2008