Who’s Supporting Thida

Our Regional Elected Officials

• Sally Lieber — Chair, California Board of Equalization; former Speaker Pro Tempore, former Mayor and Mountain View City Council member
• Marc Berman — State Assembly Member
• Patrick Ahrens — State Assembly Member; Former Trustee Foothill-De Anza Community College

Our School Board Trustees

• Jessica Speiser — Vice President, Santa Clara County Board of Education; MVLA parent
• Laura Casas — Vice President, Foothill-De Anza College Board
• Peter Landsberger — Trustee, Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Mountain View Whisman School District (MVWSD)

• Charles DiFazio — Board President, MVWSD
• Lisa Henry — Vice President, MVWSD
• Ana Reed — Trustee, MVWSD; MVLA parent
• Devon Conley — Former President, current Trustee, MVWSD; Former Teacher
• Laura Ramirez Berman — Former MVWSD Trustee

Los Altos School District (LASD)

• Vaishali Sirkay — Board President, LASD
• Jim Malone — Vice President, LASD
• Stella Kam — Clerk, LASD
• Brandon Stroy — Trustee, LASD
• Bryan Johnson — Trustee, LASD
• Bill Cooper — Former Trustee, LASD

Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District (MVLA)

• Phil Faillace — Former Board President, MVLA, retired

Other Local School Districts

• Peggy Shen Brewster — Board President, Sunnyvale School District
• Isabel Jubes-Flamerich — Board Vice President, Sunnyvale School District
• Bridget Watson — Trustee, Sunnyvale School District
• Ava Chiao — Vice President, Cupertino Union School District; Teacher; President, Democrats for Public Education
• Jerry Liu — Trustee, Cupertino Union School District
• Stanley Kou — Board President, Fremont Union High School District
• Danny Choi — Trustee, Fremont Union High School District, TA 5
• Rosa Kim — Trustee, Fremont Union High School District
• Pat Carpio-Aguilar — Trustee, Fremont Union High School District
• Elisabeth Halliday — Trustee, Campbell Union High School District
• Aine O'Donovan — Trustee, Campbell Union High School District
• John Horner — Board President, Morgan Hill Unified School District

Mountain View City Council

• Emily Ann Ramos — Mayor, Mountain View City Council
• Alison Hicks — Former Mayor, current City Councilmember
• Chris Clark — Former Mayor, current City Councilmember
• Pat Showalter — Former Mayor, current City Councilmember
• Mike Kasperzak — Former Mayor
• Ronit Bryant — Former Mayor
• Nancy Noe — Former Vice Mayor

Los Altos City Council

• Sally Meadows — Mayor, Los Altos City Councilmember
• Pete Dailey — Los Altos City Councilmember & MVLA Liaison; MVLA parent; Former Mayor

Organizations

★ Sole endorsement

• Santa Clara County Democratic Party ★
• Democrats for Public Education ★
• Latino Parent Outreach of Mountain View High School (LPO) ★
• Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club ★
• Silicon Valley DAWN ★
• MVLA District Teachers Association
• Silicon Valley Young Democrats ★
• Victory Fund ★
• Planned Parenthood ★
• BAYMEC ★
• South Bay Labor Council ★
• UA Local 393 ★
• Santa Clara & San Benito Counties Building Trades ★
• EducateUs ★
• Moms Demand Action – Gun Sense Candidate ★
• The School Board Project ★

Our Community Leaders

• Blanca Valencia — President, Latino Parent Outreach of Mountain View High School; MVLA parent
• Rigo Farias — Vice President, Latino Parent Outreach of Mountain View High School; MVLA parent
• Dulce Perez — Member, Latino Parent Outreach of Mountain View High School; MVLA parent
• Marilu Cuesta — Member, Latino Parent Outreach of Mountain View High School; MVLA parent
• Livier Perez — Member, Latino Parent Outreach of Mountain View High School; MVLA parent
• Tomas Margain — Member, Latino Parent Outreach of Mountain View High School; MVLA parent
• Anky van Deursen — Candidate Los Altos City Council Area 2
• Rommy Kushner — Bilingual Teacher, Sunnyvale School Board Candidate, Trustee Area 3
• Azucena Castanon — Mountain View Community Land Trust; Former MVLA parent
• Paula Perez — Mountain View Community Land Trust; Former MVLA parent
• Olga Melo — Mountain View Community Land Trust; Former MVLA parent
• IdaRose Sylvester — Parks & Recreation Commissioner; Former Human Relations Commission Chair
• Sally Ahnger — Former League of Women Voters Board Nominating Committee member
• Pamela Baird — Downtown Committee; CSMA Board; Los Altos History Museum volunteer; former Planning Commissioner
• Paul Donahue — Environmental Planning Commissioner; Candidate for Mountain View City Council
• Erik Poicon — Human Relations Commissioner; Candidate for Mountain View City Council
• Ann Hepenstal — Public Education Advocate, Former MVLA parent
• Jesse Cupp — Business and Community Relations Specialist, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce; Former Chair, Visual Arts Commission
• Alane Kataria-Rennie — MVWSD and MVLA parent and advocate for public education
• Peggy Prendergast — Former Graham PTA President; MVLA parent
• April Webster — Bike & Pedestrian Committee
• Merry Yen — Human Relations Commissioner; Cuesta Park Neighborhood Association Steering Committee Member; Former Downtown Committee member; parent
• Christine Case-Lo — Community Volunteer and Special Needs Advocate; MVLA parent
• Mary Gill — Democratic Volunteer Center Board Member; former Recording Secretary, Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley
• Nancy Neff — Civil Rights Advocate
• Alice Schaffer Smith — Civil Rights Advocate
• Susyn Almond — Community Leader
• Serge Bonte — Former MVLA Foundation member & MVLA parent; Current Vice-Chair Mountain View Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
• Kevin Ma — Current Rental Housing Committee member, former Chair
• Vicki Veenker — Mayor, Palo Alto City Council
• Cindy Sidaris — Education Advocate; former MVLA parent
• Deb Henigson — MVLA parent
• Cliff Chambers — MVLA parent; Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning; Board Member of Transportation Choices for Sustainable Communities
• Neil Hending — Co-creator, Jefferson Drive Haunted House
• Tracy Chu — Co-founder Great Streets Mountain View, MVLA parent
• Sue Russell — Housing Advocate
• Erin Weissman — Disability Advocate
• Maureen Griffin — Member, Democrats for Public Education
• Karl Kramer — Member, Democrats for Public Education
• Debra Strichartz — Member, Democrats for Public Education
• Chris Colohan — Substitute Teacher
• Sybil Cramer — Parent Liaison for the LAHS Green Team; Acting Chair, LAHS PTSA Sustainability Committee; former MVLA parent
• Tamara Fagin — Community Advocate; former MVLA parent

Our Neighbors

• Gregory Becker — Former MVLA parent
• Steve Chessin — Former MVLA parent
• Amy Finch — Former MVLA parent
• "Grammie" Bonnie Laster — Former MVLA parent
• Kathy Puryear
• Jan Rosin
• Siobhan Schafer — MVLA parent
• John Panzer — Former MVLA parent
• John Scarboro — Former MVLA parent
• Sheung Li — MVLA parent
• Clifford Bryant
• Shelly Hentz
• Karen Fox
• Castor Fu
• Connie Chin
• Nirvana Nwokidu
• Carey Rasmus — Family Educator and Special Education Specialist; MVLA parent