Endorse Mer!

Thank you for your endorsements*!

*Partial List.  Titles Used for Identification Purposes Only. Individuals are listed in alphabetical order by LAST name.

CURRENT & FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS (21)

Patrick Ahrens, Assemblymember (District 26)

Jeremy Barousse, Evergreen School District Trustee

Patrice Berry, Oakland Unified School Board Member

Thelma Boac, Berryessa Unified School District Governing Board President

Mia Bonta, Assemblymember (District 18)

Teresa Castellanos, San José Unified School District Board President

Dr. Michael Chang, Former President, Santa Clara County Board of Education

Lisanna Dominguez, District 6 Director, Santa Clara Open Space Authority

Betty Duong, Santa Clara County Supervisor (District 2)

Susan Ellenberg, Santa Clara County Supervisor (District 4)

Paul Fong, West Valley-Mission Community College District Trustee

Darcie Green, Former Member and President of the Santa Clara County Board of Education

Wendy Ho, former San Jose-Evergreen Community College District Trustee

Otto Lee, Santa Clara County Supervisor (District 3)

David Li, Redwood City School District Trustee

Crystal Martinez, Marin Community College District Trustee

Dr. Heather McCarty, San Francisco Community College Board Trustee

Rob Moore, Vice Mayor of Los Gatos

Nayiri Nahabedian, Former President, Glendale Unified School District Board of Education

Cameron Sasai, City of Pinole Mayor

Libby Schaaf, Former Mayor of Oakland

COMMUNITY LEADERS (33)

Rene Alvarez, Higher Education Administrator

Dr. Lisa Andrew, Community Leader

Alexandra Bernadotte, Founder & CEO of Beyond 12

Ahrash Bissell, Nonprofit President

Chandra Brooks, Activist/Entrepreneur/Community Leader

Dana Bunnett, Child and Family Advocate

Tessa Carmen De Roy, Equity Advocate

Liza Chu, Education Policy Advocate

Dr. Angelica Cortez, Community Leader

Alerie Flandez, Community Advocate

Barb Gee, Community Member

Alan Gouig, Community Leader

John Hiester, Community Leader and Advocate of Education

Mike Hennessy

Allison Joe, Community Leader, Education Advocate

Julie Kling, PHHS/ESUHSD Alum, Community Leader and Advocate

Takeo Kubo, Community College Administrator

Mary Le, M.Sc., CCFS®, ASSA®, Financial Educator & Community Builder

Camille Llanes-Fontanilla, ESUHSD Alum and Community Leader

Linda Lu, Liberatory Researcher

Maileen Joy Mamaradlo, Community Leader

Piper McNulty

Ben Menor, Community Leader and Organizer

Claudia Morales, Parent of ESUHSD Alum

Briana Mullen, Education Advocate

Mike Nguyen, Community and Student Advocate

Hannah Smith, Principal

Dr. Alexis Takagi, Student Advocate

Dr. Rowena M. Tomaneng, Higher Education Leader

Vaughn Villaverde, Director of Advocacy

Jahmal Williams, Community Advocate

Stephisha Ycoy-Walton, Education Justice Academy (EJA) Director of Recruitment, City of Oakland Budget Advisory Commissioner

Marlene Zapata, Community Advocate