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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