ENDORSEMENTS

Who’s Supporting Thida

I'm honored to have the support of our community members (partial list).

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 DeAnza Community College

Our School Board Trustees

  • Jessica Speiser — Vice President, Santa Clara County Board of Trustees; 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; Teacher
  • Devon Conley — Former President, current Trustee, MVWSD; Former Teacher
  • Laura Ramirez Bermany — 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
  • 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
  • Bridget Watson — Trustee, Sunnyvale School District
  • Ava Chiao — Vice President, Cupertino Union School District; Teacher; President, Democrats for Public Education
  • Stanley Kou — Board President, Fremont Union High School District
  • 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
  • Danny Choi — Trustee, Fremont Union High School District, TA 5
  • Rommy Kushner — Bilingual Teacher, Sunnyvale School Board Candidate, Trustee Area 3

Mountain View City Council

  • Chris Clark — Former Mayor, current City Council
  • Pat Showalter — Former Mayor, current City Council
  • Mike Kasperzak — Former Mayor
  • Ronit Bryant — Former Mayor
  • Nancy Noe — Former Vice Mayor

Los Altos City Council

  • Sally Meadows — Mayor, Los Altos City Council
  • Pete Dailey — Los Altos City Council & MVLA Liason; MVLA parent; Former Mayor
  • Anky Van Dursen — Candidate Los Altos City Council Area 2

Organizations

Latino Parent Outreach of Mountain View High School (LPO)

  • Blanca Valencia — LPO President
  • Rigo Farias — LPO Vice President
  • Dulce Perez
  • Marilu Cuesta
  • Livier Perez
  • Tomas Margain

Our Community Leaders

  • 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 Angher — 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 — Planning Commissioner
  • Eric Poicon — Human Relations Commissioner
  • Sue Russell — Housing Advocate
  • 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 Katria-Rennie — Mountain View Education Foundation Board member
  • 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 and Recording Secretary former Dean Club
  • 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 – Currrent Rental Housing Committee member, former Chair
  • Vicki Veenker – Vice Mayor, Palo Alto City Council
  • Cindy Sidaris – Education Advocate; former MVLA parent
  • Deb Henigson – MVLA parent
  • Tracy Chu – Co-founder Great Streets Mountain View, MVLA Parent
  • Sue Russell – Housing Advocate

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
  • Sybil Kramer – Parent Liaison for the LAHS Green Team; Acting Chair, LAHS PTSA Sustainability Committe; former MVLA parent
  • Clifford Bryant
  • Shelly Hentz
  • Karen Fox
  • Castor Fu
  • Connie Chin
  • Nirvana Nwokidu
  • Carey Rasmus – Family Educator and Special Education Specialist; MVLA parent

Titles listed for identification purposes only

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