Unmatched Grassroots Support
Endorsed by over 620 Community Members
Elected & Appointed Officials
Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil, Vice Chair of the National Council on Disability (Obama Administration - 2010), U.S. Assistant Secretary on Aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - (Clinton Administration - 1993); and Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy at UCLA
John Leopold, former Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 1
Ellen Pirie, former Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 2
Randy Johnson, Mayor of Scotts Valley
Sam Storey, former Mayor of Capitola
Jacques Bertrand, former Capitola City Councilmember
Gayle Ortiz, former Capitola City Councilmember
Mick Routh, former Capitola City Councilmember
Nels Westman, former Chair of Capitola Traffic and Parking Commission, former President of Capitola Village Residents Association
Susan Westman, former Capitola City Manager, current Capitola Planning Commissioner
Abel Sanchez, Santa Cruz County Board of Education, Trustee Area 7
Reed Geisreiter, Santa Cruz Port District Trustee
Toby Goddard, Santa Cruz Port District Trustee
Jennifer Holm, Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD), Trustee Area 7
Gail Levine, retired educator, and San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District Trustee
Maria Orozco, Watsonville City Council, former PVUSD Trustee
Mark Becker, San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, Trustee
Theresa Bond, Trustee, Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District and former candidate, Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 5
Amanda Jackson Miller, Soquel Union Elementary School District, Trustee and former Board President
David Kong, Greenfield Union School District, Trustee
Dr. Bettye Lusk, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, Trustee and California School Boards Association, President Elect
Roger Snyder, Scotts Valley Unified School District, Trustee
Patty Threet, Santa Cruz City Schools, Trustee
Dr. Nelson Yamagata, MD, Templeton Unified School District, Trustee
Jennie Anderson, former Live Oak School District Trustee
Janet Barnes, former Salinas City Councilmember
Amy Christey, retired Police Chief, Pacific Grove
Tory Del Favero, former Soquel Union Elementary School District Trustee, former President, Capitola Junior Guard Parent Club, current President, Soquel High Fund
Pat Dellin, former Executive Director, Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission
Rose Filicetti, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, former President and Trustee
Jane Barr, former PVUSD Trustee and Santa Cruz County Office of Education Trustee and retired Affordable Housing developer
Leslie DeRose, former PVUSD Trustee
Doug Keegan, former PVUSD Trustee
Karen Osmundson, former PVUSD Trustee
Jennifer Schacher, former PVUSD Trustee
Kim Turley, former PVUSD Trustee
Jeff Ursino, former PVUSD Trustee Area 7
Libby Wilson, former PVUSD Trustee Area 1
The late Willie Yahiro, former PVUSD Trustee
Judy McGooden, former Soquel Union Elementary School District Trustee
Deb Tracy-Proulx, former Santa Cruz City Schools Trustee
Sandra Wallace, former Soquel Union Elementary School District Board Trustee
Education
James Baker, former Superintendent of PVUSD
Dr. Mary Ann Mays, former Superintendent of PVUSD
Dr. Michelle Rodriguez, former Superintendent of PVUSD, current Superintendent of Stockton Unified
Murry Schekman, former Superintendent of PVUSD
Robin Butterworth, retired PVUSD staff
Kendall Byington, PVUSD Teacher
Gina Chekouras, PVUSD Teacher
Olga De Santa Ana, former Administrator, PVUSD
Ivan DeiRossi, retired Education Administrator
Les Forster, retired School Administrator and Community Advocate
Mary Gaukel Forster, retired Teacher, Community Advocate, and 2023 Santa Cruz Sentinel County Hero
Kimberly Kelly Goddard, retired PVUSD Program Specialist
Kathleen Howard, former SUESD Superintendent
Sue Jackson, SLVUSD Teacher, retired
Danny Jacobsmeyer, PVUSD Teacher
Mary Ann James, former PVUSD Assistant Superintendent
Margie Jennings, retired PVUSD Teacher
Fran Jimenez, retired Teacher
Jan Jimenez, retired Teacher
Roy Johnston, retired Science Teacher
Ryan Jones, PVUSD Teacher
Susan Karz, retired PVUSD Teacher
Annemarie Lecocq, Teacher
Lauren Leff, retired Teacher
Ian MacGregor, retired School Administrator
Monica Marlatt, Santa Cruz City Schools Career Specialist
Kalae Miles, Teacher
Carol Morgan, retired Assistant Principal
Stella Moreno, retired Administrator
Casey O’Brien, School Administrator and former Principal Of Aptos High
Holly O’Brien, PVUSD Administrator and former Teacher
Susan Perez, retired Educator
Lesley Ramos, PVUSD Tech
Sue Roth, President, Santa Cruz County Office of Education Board of Trustees
Risa Schwartz, PVUSD Teacher
Eileen Shea, PVUSD Teacher
Tina Solinas, retired Educator
Barrett Vitol, PVUSD Teacher
Healthcare Professionals
Dr. Tim Allari, Physician
Kelly Forman Allari Social Worker
Josephine Arcilla, Assisted Living Administrator
Thomas Berg, LMFT, retired Behavioral Services Manager, Monterey County Department of Behavioral Health
Dr. Thomas Bush, Physician
Dr. Satish Chandra, Physician
Trevor Davis, Social Worker
Sonya Drottar, LCSW, Case Management Director, Dominican Hospital
Pat Emard, retired psychotherapist
Stephen Fehrman, DDS, retired pediatric dentist
Maria Elena Ferber, Registered Nurse
Heather Franks, Mental Health Practitioner
Leora Fromm, CNM, Dignity Health
Sarah Fulop-Furlano, Lactation Consultant, RN
Bonnie Gold, Nurse
Carla Gomez, Social Worker, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Adrienne Hagan, retired Nurse
Susan Hawley, retired Nurse
Don Hernandez, Physician
Chris Homan, CNS, Dignity Health
Saundie Isaak, Geriatric Care Manager
Dr. John Kaufman, Physician
Dr. Robert Keet, Physician, Dignity Healthcare
Janey King, Registered Nurse
Kimlin McDaniel Keith, Public Health Nurse
Casey KirkHart, Physician, Medical Director, Santa Cruz Community Health
Susan Kitchen, retired Nurse
Steven Leuck, Pharmacist
Lisa Lifrak, MFT
Jayne Lovell, Social Worker
Kathleen Lynch, LCSW, Medical Social Worker
Virginia Macneil, LCSW
Lisa Hall Magee, Social Worker
Dr. Michael McGannon, retired Emergency Room Physician
Dr. Ned McNamara, Physician
Roger McKowan, Program Coordinator, Dominican Hospital
Mikki Michaud, Registered Nurse
Margann Mentor, Certified Nurse Midwife
Dr. William Morris, Physician
Annalisse Morrison, LCSW
Maggie Muir, LMFT
Dr. Misty Navarro, Physician
Pamela Nell, Social Worker
Dr. Andrew Nevitt, Physician
Martina O’Sullivan, Dominican Hospital
Dr. Neel Palakurthy, Physician
Eleni Pappazisis, QI Program Advisor, Central California Alliance for Health
Dr. Steve Plumb, Physician
Yingwei Qi, Physician
Kristen Rice, Department Coordinator, Dominican Hospital
Dr. Lawrence Rosenbaum, Physician
Elizabeth Ruggles, Registered Nurse
Grace Sanchez, retired Dominican Hospital Occupational Therapist
Dr. Marion Santora, Physician
Dr. Richard Santora, Physician
Dr. Anisha Sarma, Physician
Francie Schusterman, retired Nurse
Julie Scurich, OTR-Caremanager A.L.S. Golden West
Dr. Rosalind Shorenstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Kathrin Sidell, Physician
Dr. Josefa Simkin, Physician
Laurie Stuart, Nurse
Dr. Michael Suval, Physician
Johna Tolch, retired Nurse
Molly Waite, Physician Assistant
Erin Watson, Registered Nurse
Dr. Jack Watson, Physician
Janet Windt, Nurse
Dr. Marc Yellin, Physician
Nancy Yellin, Registered Nurse
Non-Profit Leaders
Foster Andersen, Founder, President, and Executive Director of Shared Adventures
Lori Butterworth, Founder, Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services and Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Carina Chavez, Associate Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Salud Para la Gente
Douglas Deitch, Executive Director/CEO/Founder, Pogonip Foundation, Inc.
Grace Feldeisen, Board President, Coastal Kids Home Care
Buzz Gray, Vice President and Board Member, Vets 4 Vets
Arushie Nugapitiya, Associate Director, San Andreas Regional Center
Patrice Keet, Co-Founder and Board President Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery
Christy Licker
Janet Mayou, Founding Board Member, Pajaro Valley Prevention And Student Assistance, Inc.
Wayne Norton, Board Member, Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito County and former Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Kate Pavao, Executive Director, Live Like Coco Foundation
Maureen Wilmot, Nonprofit Director of Operations, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Local Business
Paul Bailey
Robert Bailey
Brion Berkley, Esq.
Dale Berman
Berkley Brannan, Esq.
Brad Brereton, Esq.
Ray Buetens
Ted Burke
Michael Carballo
Kate Connor
Lindsay Connor
Allison Cruz, Esq.
John Fuchs
Kay Holcomb
Roy Horn
Julie Kellman Hunt
Dan Hunt
Kevin Jeffrey
Sergio King
Tiffany Ella King
Michael Lavigne
Margaret Leonard, Esq.
Richard Magnuson
Aimee Martin
Andy Martin
Candie Noel
Pam Nootbaar
Rich Novak
Joe Ortiz
Barbara Palmer
Nicola Pennebaker, Esq.
Kyla Holcomb Piramoon, Esq.
Miles Reiter
Bob Ridino
Renee Roberts
Staci Sambol
Francisco Sanchez
Alexi Sevastopoulos
Gil Stein, Esq.
Peter Testorff
Bruce Willy
Brant Wilson
Scott Wilson
Rose Wood
Community Members
Anne Aaron
Dudley Andersen
Bill Anderson
Buzz Anderson
Catherine Anderson
Claire Andrews
Diane Anest
Bruce Arthur
Dori Arthur
Silvia Austerlic
Lynette Bailey
Cheryl Ban
John Banning
Aileen Barandas
Peter Barr
Rich Beale
Tory Beale
Kevin Beattie
Greg Becker
Michelle Beckstrom
Bill Beecher
Dottie Bella
Helen Bellonzi
Patty Bernstein
Elisabeth Bertrand, former Director of Special Projects, Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments
Lane Bess
Leticia Bess
Andrew Biancardi
Claire Biancalana
Donna Biancardi
Carolyn Biddick
Dawn Binder
Soren Bjorn
Jim Black
Rene Bloch, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 2
Gary Bloom
Laurie Bloom Sweeney
Eric Bloom
Steve Bontadelli
Jeff Bosshard
Jeanne Boudreau
John Boulton
Wendy Bowers Gachesa
Patrice Boyle
Shannon Bradley
Danny Braga, retired Cabrillo College instructor
Beverly Brewster
Therese Briend
Jack Brown
Julie Brown
Sylvia Brown
Carmen Bryant
Teresa Buika Leopold
Brielle Bumba
Kalah Bumba
Clifford Burk
Gene Burk
Paul Burk
Julie Butchko
Julie Byrd
Marilyn Calcíano
Philipa Caldwell
Kellye Campos
Debby Carroll
Paul Carrubba
Tere Carrubba
Shanne Carvalho
Mia Chaney
Michele Chaney
Ron Chaney
Carina Chavez
Fran Church
Cheryl Cirelli Otto
Sarah Claus
Robert Cole
Keith Collins
Tamiko Collins
Phil Collyer
Harry Cominos
Cathy Conley
Bartell Cope
Gail Costello
Tony Crane, former candidate, Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 2
Carol Crisman
Cristina Cristofano
David Cristofano
Shan Crockett
David Cronin
Allison Cruz
John Cutler
Jerrol Dangers
Rob Darrow
Carmella Dautoff
Steve Dautoff
Dinah Davis
Trevor Davis
Dan De Serpa
Kristi De Serpa
Nancy De Serpa
Nicholas De Sieyes
Sonia Deetz
Tom Deetz
Sacha Defoy
Michelle Dennis
Nicole Dennis
Erika Descutner
William Desler
Debbie Diersch
Yvonne Doerre
George Dohrmann
Jaleh Doran
Suzanne Doty
Mary Doyle
Sally Dyrdahl
Jack Eldredge
Jen Eldredge
Megan Eldredge
Tim Eldredge
Peter Emanuel
Linda English
Tracy Enzweiler
Doug Erickson
Margie Erickson
Alex Ferber
Joan Filice
Lindsey Fish
Melanie Fishbin
Patrick Fitz
David Flores
Rose Flores
Steve Forer
Shamim Formoso
Travis Fox
Thomas Freeman
Cindy Frost
Carol Fuller, former President, Democratic Women’s Club
Dori Galster
Gabe Galster
Ofelia Garcia
Adele Gardner, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 2
Laura Garnette, retired Chief Probation Officer, Santa Clara County
Jaime Gerigk, Chief Program Officer
Allen Ginzburg
Shirley Ginzburg
Maria Gitin Torres
David Godley
Jane Godley
Daniel Gomez
Victor Gomez
Violetta Gomez
Jane Grady, retired Pastor, La Selva Beach Community Church
Karen Grellas
Gary Griggs, Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at UC Santa Cruz
Beverly Grova
Irina Guerrero Pappazisis
Senani Gunaratna
Lesley Gunnells-Ramos
Jeremy Hadland
Tymothie Hale
Conrad Hamako
Diane Hamako
Susan Hammer
Teri Handzel
Mary Hart
Julie Harvill
C.K. Haun
Chuck Hawley
Reuben Helick
Casey Hemard
Coni Hendry
Adam Hensleigh
Joe Hood
Dan Hoppenfeld
Mike Hopper
Kevin Huber
Sandy Huber
Mark Hucklebridge
Jack Hunt
Joe Hutchins
Cindy Jackson
Mary Jo Morris
Kay Johnson
Neal Johnson
Bill Johnston
Jacklyn Johnston
Sally Jones
Doug Kaplan
Gwen Kaplan
Paul Karz
Dean Kashino
Phyllis Katz
Guy Kawasaki
Gigi Kelbert, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 2
John Kelbert
Bill Kelsay
Karin Kerber
Patrice Kinion
Jennifer Klinger
Purea Koenig
Jeanne Koploy, D.V.M.
Drew Lanza
Kathy Lathrop
Jim LaTorre
David LaVelle
Janice LaVelle
J Scott Lawson
Sue Lawson
Robin Leidenthal
Patricia Lerman
Carolyn Lewis
Johanna Lighthill
Mark Linder
Marq Lipton
Rick Litvak, Rabbi
Carolyn Livingston
Elizabeth Lo Bue
Hollie Locatelli
Pat Lordan
Julia Lorraine
Steve Luckenbach
Jesse Luis
Kevin Maguire
Janna Malizia
Shila Malizia
Steve Mandel
Dave Mann
Pat Manning, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 2 alternate
Natalie Manning
Richard Manning
Rose Marie McNair
Barry Marks
George Marovic
Jeanell Martin
Ellen Martinez
Jose Martinez
Juana Martinez
John Martorella
Marie Martorella
Wendy Mathias
Martha Matson
Judith Maxfield
Terri Mayall
Will Mayall
Christine McBroom
Rory McBroom
Steve McCarthy
Maureen McCarty
Alison McClure
Brett McFadden
Marci McFadden
William McFarland
Kip McGooden
Mary McKenna
Phil McLennan
Tim McNamara
Lynn McNussen
Luzareli Medina Sotelo
Susan Megorden
Bill Merkalio
Rich Metiver
Patrick Meyer
Andrea Miller
Joey Miller
Willow Miller
Lee Mitchell
David Moir
Jamie Molinar
Esther Morillo
Meghan Morrissey
Heather Morse
Patricia Morse
Robert Morse
Butch Mudgett
Jesse Mudgett
Amy Munger
Mark Munger
Carol Murphy
Ken Nakamura
Nancy Napoli
Laurie Negro
Elias Nepa
Sarah Newhouse
Suzanne Nickel
Leslie Nielsen
Kenneth Norton
Michael O’Boy
Tara O’Boy
Randi O’Brien
Eileen O’Connor
Christina O’Halloran
Tad Olson
Terry Olson
Vibeke Orsini
Earleen Overend
Anita Painchaud
Dave Painchaud
Carol Painter
Joe Palandrani
Mara Palandrani
Wayne Palmer
Stephen Pappas
Susanne Paradis
Katharine Parker
Tom Parker
Neil Pearlberg, Off the Lip Radio Host
Lisa Pepperdine
Maxwell Pepperdine
Deborah Peronto
Paul Peterson
MariJo Pezzi
Nehal Pfeiffer
John Pickart
Liz Pickart
Carey Pico
Christian Plue
Greg Poncetta
Sonal Puri
Janet Quinn
Marilyn Radisch
Madhu Raghavan
Anne Ratto
Suzanne Redfield
Maryanne Rehberg
Rosanne Reiter
Delia Rey
Benjamin Ridino
Nick Rivera
Scott Roseman
Jennifer Rosenbaum
Larry Rosenbaum
Shana Ross
Sheree Roth
Luanne Rotticci
Patty Routh
Cindy Rubin
Tony Russomanno, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 1
Kim Saldavia
Paul Sampson
Sylvia Sandoval
Gene Sawyer
Jeff Scaletti
Larissa Schaffer
Matt Schaffer
Donna Schipper
Muriel Schlichting
Rochelle Schneider
Nancy Schultz
Susan Sebring
Mona Shams
Clare Sheils
Lisa Sheridan
Joanna Sherman
Sandie Shoemaker
Mary Sibert
Charlie Singer
Gaurav Singh
Anthony Skelton
Susan Skotzke
Brie Smith
Bruce Smith
Kristin Smith
Lisa Smith
Steve Smith
Renee Soppet
Luz Sotelo
Shawna Spaulding
Ed Spurr
William Stauble
Walter Stauss
Dan Steele
Joni Steele
Annette Steiner
Lila Steiner
Robert Stephens
Suzy Stevens
Wendy Stevens
Alan Strassberg
Pam Swarzenski
Peter Swarzenski
Crystal Swink
Christy Tall
Scott Tall
Darcy Thole
Robert Thompson
Nadene Thorne
Anastasia Torres Gil
Robert Torres
Jackie Tucker
Suzanne Tuescher
Carol Turley
Jenni Veitch-Olsen, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 4 and Vice Chair
Mel Vento
Bettina Vinson
Christopher Vinson
Jed Virts
Peter Vizzusi
Dee Vogel
Howard Waage
Paul Ware
Carl Washburn
Sheri Watson-Riley
Michael Weatherford
Sonja Weeks
Coni Welch
TJ Welch
Tracie White
Jennifer Whittle
Jill Wiechman
Priscilla Williams
Jim Williamson
Andrea Willy
Ashley Winn
Susan Wright
Andrew Wulf
Tricia Wynne
Bryn Young
Charlotte Zajac
Marc Zammit
Randy Zar
Patricia Zerounian
Jonathan Zinnanti
Judy Zscheile
The late Chris Hogeland
The late Glen Schaller