Organization Endorsements

ORGANIZATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS

California Democratic Legislative Women’s Caucus

California Women’s List

The Sierra Club California

The Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter

Climate Action California

350 Bay Area Action

Jane Fonda Climate PAC

California Federation of Teachers 

California School Employees Association

California Nurses Association

California Faculty Association

100% Rating from Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte

Santa Clara County Firefighters, Local 1165

City of Santa Clara Firefighters, Local 1171

City of San Jose Firefighters, Local 230

California Labor Federation

Fund Her

Professional Engineers in California Government

IBEW 1245

South Asians for America

Operating Engineers, Local 3

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Joint Council 7

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265

National Union of Healthcare Workers

Healthcare for All - California

SEIU California

AFSCME California

United Farm Workers

Everytown for Gun Safety

Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate

Indian American Impact

Sunnyvale Democratic Club

Democratic Activists for Women Now

STATE & FEDERAL LEADERS

Malia Cohen, California State Controller

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, California State Assembly Majority Leader

Jasmeet Bains, California State Assemblymember

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, California State Assemblymember

Tasha Boerner, California State Assemblymember

Dave Cortese, California State Senator

Susan Eggman, California State Senator

Nancy Skinner, California State Senator 

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, California State Senator

Melissa Hurtado, California State Senator 

Dolores Huerta, Civil Rights Icon

Delaine Eastin, Former California Superintendent of Public Instruction 

Karen Cowe, CEO of Ten Strands

Jonathan Klein, Co-Founder of Undaunted K-12

Ajay Bhutoria, White House Commissioner on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Affairs

LOCAL, COUNTY & SCHOOL LEADERS

Susan Ellenberg, President, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors 

Vickie Fairchild, President, Santa Clara Unified School District Board 

Isabel Jubes-Flamerich, President, Sunnyvale School District Board 

Murali Srinivasan, Vice Mayor, Sunnyvale 

Kevin Park, Santa Clara City Councilmember

Linda Sell, Sunnyvale City Councilmember 

Raj Chahal, Santa Clara City Councilmember

Sudhanshu "Suds" Jain, Santa Clara City Councilmember 

Jerry Liu, Cupertino Union School District Trustee 

Stanley Kou, Fremont Union High School District Trustee

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

Dr Michele Ryan, Ph.D., Santa Clara Unified School District Trustee 

Nancy Newkirk, Sunnyvale School District Board Trustee 

Michelle Maginot, Sunnyvale School District Board Trustee 

Reid Myers, Former Sunnyvale School District Trustee 

Lorien Cunningham, Former Cupertino Union School District Trustee 

Kristen Lyn, Former Cupertino Union School District Trustee 

Emily Lee Kelley, Former Cupertino Union School District Trustee

Pete Dailey,  Los Altos City Councilmember 

Rob Rennie, Los Gatos City Councilmember 

Peter Ortiz, San Jose City Councilmember 

Javed Ellahie, Monte Sereno City Councilmember

Teresa Cox, Fremont City Councilmember

Jesse Arreguin, Mayor, City of Berkeley 

Ben Bartlett, Berkeley City Councilmember 

Cameron Sasai, Pinole City Councilmember 

Karina Dominguez, Former, Vice Mayor City of Milpitas

Anu Natarajan, Former Fremont City Councilmember

Jessica Speiser, President, Los Altos School District Board  

Dr. Kalvin Gill, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Director

Pattie Cortese, East Side Union High School District Trustee 

Shali Sirkay, Los Altos School District Trustee 

Brian Wheatley, San Jose Unified School District Trustee 

Carla Collins, San Jose Unified School District Trustee 

Karen Martinez, San Jose Evergreen Community College District Trustee 

Minh Pham, Alum Rock Union School District Trustee

Jeremy Barousse, Evergreen School District Trustee

COMMUNITY, BUSINESS/TECH and ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS

Bob Levy, Santa Clara County Planning Commissioner, Environmental Leader

Narendra Pathak, Santa Clara County Human Relations Commissioner and  Sunnyvale Community Leader

Timothy Oey,  Chair of the Sunnyvale Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission

Scott Duncan,  Chair of the Sunnyvale Housing and Human Services Commission  

David Forderer, Disability Rights Champion

Meena Juttukonda, Vice Chair of Sunnyvale Board of Library Trustees and Sunnyvale Parent Leader

Barry R. Vickrey, Sunnyvale Personnel Board Member and Former Law School Dean

Prakash Giri, Sunnyvale Parks & Recreation Commissioner

Barbara Fukumoto, Former Sunnyvale Sustainability Commissioner and Sunnyvale Cool Cities Founder

Elinor Stetson, Retired Public Health Nurse Manager and Sunnyvale Community Advocate

Dave Villafana, Former President of the Cupertino Education Association

Nancy Tivol, Former Executive Director of Sunnyvale Community Services

Shiloh Ballard, Former Executive Director of Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition

Rhonda Berry, San Jose Nonprofit Leader

Megan Fluke, San Jose Environmental Leader & Former Nonprofit Director

Cheryl Weiden, Steering Committee Member, 350 Silicon Valley

Hoi Poon, Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action & Environmental Leader

Linda Hutchins-Knowles, Co-Founder of Mothers Out Front Silicon Valley

James Tuleya, Sunnyvale Environmental Leader and Board Member of Carbon Free Silicon Valley 

Dr. Gary Trott, Physicist & Climate Solutions Specialist

Debbie Mytels, Chair of Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action

RL Miller, President of Climate Hawks Vote

Rev. Jethroe Moore, Civil Rights Champion

Art Cohen, Former CEO of Bluelight Cinemas

Art Norins, Tech CEO 

Mike Hennessy, Santa Clara Business Owner

Sven Thesen, Founder & CEO of Benisol Solar and ProjectGreenHome.org

Atul Shah, Santa Clara Community Leader

Sue Barbieri, Sunnyvale Community Leader & Local Centenarian

Mahesh Nihalani, Cupertino Community Leader

Frank Geefay, Cupertino Housing Advocate

Richard Adler, Former Board Member for Bay Area for Clean Environment (B.A.C.E.)

Rohan Pandit, Cupertino Public Safety Commissioner & Nonprofit Director

Gary Latshaw, Ph.D. Retired Physicist & Former Board Member for Bay Area for Clean Environment (B.A.C.E.)

David Poeschel, Santa Clara County Open Space Authority Citizens Advisory Committee Member

Kathy Battat, Environmental Leader

Kavita Gupta, Cupertino Educator

Wes Mukoyama, Santa Clara Community Leader

Raj Bhanot, Community Leader

TJ “Tejinder” Dhami, Community Leader

Monica Mallon, Transit Advocate, San Jose Community Leader

Jennifer Tanner, Founder of the Indivisible California Green Team

Karen Nelson, Founder of Climate Reality Silicon Valley & Executive Director of Climate Breakthrough

Brian Haberly, Environmental Leader

Lauren Weston, Executive Director of Acterra

Bill DeVincenzi, San Jose Environmental and Education Leader

STUDENT LEADERS

Peri Plantenberg, UC Berkeley Student, City of Sunnyvale’s High School Student of the Year 2020

Elisabeth Floyd, FUHSD Student Trustee; City of Sunnyvale’s High School Student of the Year 2023

Natalia Esparza, City of Sunnyvale’s High School Student of the Year 2022

Kaushik Tota, City of Sunnyvale’s High School Student of the Year 2019

Abhimanyu Jayarman, UC Santa Barbara Student, San Jose resident

Maxim Medvedev, De Anza College Student, De Anza SEED Environmental Justice Member

Daphne Zhu, Lynbrook High School Student; Vice Chair, Santa Clara Valley Water District Youth Commission

Rosie Chen, Wilcox High School Student

Sarah Liu, Monta Vista High School Student

Helen Deng, San Jose Student Leader

Esther Duong, Santa Clara Student Leader


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