Endorsements - Susan Epstein for Goleta School Board

ENDORSEMENTS

I am honored to have the following key endorsements.*

Education Leaders:
JANET WOLF, Goleta School Board Member
RICHARD MAYER, Goleta School Board Member and UCSB Professor of Educational Psychology
MANOR BUCK, Goleta School Board Member
NANCY HARTER, Santa Barbara School Board President
ANNETTE CORDERO, Santa Barbara School Board Member
FRED RIFKIN, Santa Barbara School Board Member
LYNN RODRIGUEZ, Santa Barbara School Board Member
BOB POHL, former Santa Barbara School Board President
JULES ZIMMER, Dean of the UCSB Gevirtz School of Education

Community Leaders:
LOIS CAPPS, United States Congress, 23rd Congressional District
HANNAH-BETH JACKSON, California State Assembly, 35th District
MARGARET CONNELL, Goleta City Council Member and former Santa Barbara School Board Member
JEAN BLOIS, Goleta City Council Member and former Goleta School Board Member
JONNY WALLIS, Goleta City Council Member
HARRIETT PHILLIPS, President, Goleta Valley Land Trust
GAIL MARSHALL, Santa Barbara County Supervisor, 3rd District
BROOKS FIRESTONE, Santa Barbara County Supervisor-Elect, 3rd District
SUSAN ROSE, Santa Barbara County Supervisor, 2nd District
NAOMI SCHWARTZ, Santa Barbara County Supervisor, 1st District
SALUD CARBAJAL, Santa Barbara County Supervisor-Elect, 1st District

Santa Barbara City Council Members: MARTY BLUM (Mayor), IYA FALCONE, ROGER HORTON, HELENE SCHNEIDER, and DAS WILLIAMS

Parent Leaders: BRENDA ALTAVILLA (Kellogg School), RANDY & HEIDE BALDWIN (El Camino School), ROMI & GENE CARLISLE (Ellwood School), BARI & PETER GLYNN (La Patera School), KRISTEN & DR. BRENT KOVACS (Mountain View School), DENISE MADDALON (Brandon School), KAREN & PETE MCBRIDE (Foothill School), TRACI MILLER (Hollister School), and CYNDI & ANDREW WILSON (Isla Vista School)

* titles for identification purposes only

Local Organizations:
Goleta's Teachers (UTP-G)
California School Employees Association, Chapter 311 (Goleta)
Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee
Tri-Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Santa Barbara County Democratic Central Committee
UCSB Campus Dems
Democratic League
Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County
California Teens for Democracy

In addition to endorsements, I have been designated by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund as a "100% Pro-Choice Candidate."

Individual Endorsements:

DAN AND JENIFER ANCONA
GARY ATKINS
JIM BALTER
ALMA BARBOZA
JOSEPH BARNARD
DAVID BEARMAN, M.D.
KITTY BEDNAR
TODD BOEHR
B.L. BOROVAY
JANA BRODY
NANCY BROYLES
JEANDRÉ CARBONE
RAYLENE CRAWFORD
ELIZABETH COLÓN
PETER AND PAULINA CONN
LORI COOPER
PAM COWAN AND DANNY WINOKUR
JOAN DANDONA
BARBIE DEUTSCH
JILL DEXTER
DORIN AND PAUL DONOHOE
JUDITH EVERED
DOREEN FARR
SHEILA CASSIDY FEDERMAN
LEANNE S. FRIEDENTHAL
ERIC FRIEDMAN
ALLAN S. GHITTERMAN
MICHAEL GIBIAN
DR. LYNNE GLASMAN
STEVE GLIKBARG
FRAN AND CRAIG GRANET
SUSAN GRGICH
DANIEL GUNTHER
HATHOR HAMMETT
BOB AND DANUTE HANDY
LAWRENCE P. HARTER, M.D.
MARGARET HAVLIK
PATRICIA A. HILES
JANETTE HOPE
R. STEVEN JONES
DAVID AND CAROLEE KRIEGER
PETER LACKNER
SARA LANGER
STEPHANIE LANGSDORF
DARAKA LARIMORE-HALL
REMY LETHABY
CHIP LIENHART
JEREMY LINDAMAN
PENNY LITTLE
PHILIP MCCARTY
DON MCGILVRAY AND LORNA MOORE
DOROTHY MCNEIL
LILY MAESTAS
MICHAEL MERENDA
NANCY MILLER
MADELINE MOREAUX
DEBORAH NAISH AND HOWARD BABUS
JUDITH O'NEILL
BRIAN OLSON
BOB POTTER
PAM REAGAN
JENNY REINISH
GEORGE RELLES
BEN ROMO
BONNIE RUNJAVAC
SIGI SCIGLIANO
MARIAN SHAPIRO
STACY SHEPHERD
STEVE SHERRILL
SANDY STITES
SRI SUBRAMANIAN
MARY TEMPLE
ERIK THOMASSEN
CYNTHIA THURBER
JEREMY TITTLE
RICHARD VAUGHAN
STEPHEN AND CONNIE WIENER
JON WILLIAMS
HARVEY WOLF

Susan's note: I didn't know most of the people on this list prior to running for school board. Each endorsement represents a 20-minute to 2-hour interview with tough questions. For some of these endorsements, all of the candidates were invited to interviews, and then I was honored to be the one they chose to endorse after the interviews. People have thanked me for running and have noted my strong background in both public education and budget management.