Endorsements

Officials

Jack O'Connell, Former California Superintendent of Public Instruction and Former State Senator
Lois Capps, United States Congresswoman
Hannah-Beth Jackson, State Senator
Das Williams, State Assemblymember
Salud Carbajal, Santa Barbara County Supervisor
Doreen Farr, Santa Barbara County Supervisor
Janet Wolf, Santa Barbara County Supervisor
Jim Farr, Mayor of Goleta
Michael Bennett, Goleta City Councilmember
Paula Perotte, Goleta City Councilmember
Tony Vallejo, Goleta City Councilmember
Helene Schneider, Mayor of Santa Barbara
Gregg Hart, Santa Barbara City Councilmember
Bendy White, Santa Barbara City Councilmember
Cathy Murillo, Santa Barbara City Councilmember
Frank Hotchkiss, Santa Barbara City Councilmember
Jason Dominguez, Santa Barbara City Councilmember
Brooks Firestone, Former State Assemblymember and Santa Barbara County Supervisor
Susan Rose, Former Santa Barbara County Supervisor
Margaret Connell, Former Goleta City Council Member and Former Santa Barbara School Board Member
Joan Hartmann, Santa Barbara County Planning Commissioner
Deborah Schwartz, Santa Barbara City Planning Commissioner
Hal Conklin, Former Mayor of Santa Barbara
Julie Kessler Solomon, Santa Barbara County Human Services Commission Chair, Santa Barbara County Mental Health Commissioner, and former Goleta Planning Commissioner
Laura Capps, Santa Barbara County Commissioner for Women
Lauren Hanson, Goleta Water District Board President
Bill Rosen, Goleta Water District Board Member
Meg West, Goleta Water District Board Member
Sharon Rose, Goleta Sanitary District Board Member
Kyle Richards, Goleta Parks and Recreation Commissioner
Jacob Lebell, Isla Vista Recreation and Park District Director
Ethan Bertrand, Isla Vista Recreation and Park District Director
Jana Zimmer, Former California Coastal Commissioner

Education Officials

Luz Reyes-Martin, Goleta School Board Vice President
Rich Mayer, Goleta School Board Member
Yvonne DeGraw, Goleta School Board Member
Carin Ezal, Goleta School Board Member
Pedro Paz, Santa Barbara School Board President
Kate Parker, Santa Barbara School Board Member
Monique Limon, Santa Barbara School Board Member
Ed Heron, Santa Barbara School Board Member
Gayle Eidelson, Santa Barbara School Board Member
Nancy Harter, Santa Barbara County School Board Member
Jules Zimmer, Former Dean of UCSB Gevirtz School of Education
Tony Winterbauer, Hope School District Board Member
Kristi Newton, Hope School District Board Member
Marty Blum, SBCC Trustee and Former Santa Barbara Mayor
Marianne Kugler, SBCC Trustee
Jonathan Abboud, SBCC Trustee
Valerie Kushnerov, Former Goleta School Board Member
Dean Nevins, Former Goleta School Board Member
Bill Gadsby, Former Goleta School Board Member
Jane Rudolph, Former Goleta School Board Member
Susan Deacon, Former Santa Barbara School Board Member

Other Individuals

Sal Guerena, Executive Director of United Parents/Padres Unidos
Robert Miller, Westside Goleta Coalition
Geoff Green, SBCC Foundation CEO
Melissa Renda, Mountain View PTA President
Ernesto Paredes, Executive Director of Easy Lift
Jackie Reid, Santa Barbara Education Foundation Board President
Lori Baur, Former PTA President
Richard Solomon
David Birken, MD
Kristen Kovacs, Former PTA President
Charity Dean
Katie Davis, Santa Barbara Sierra Club Chair
Sharon Hoshida, former director of UCSB Women's Center
Gail Teton-Landis
Kathy Boomer, Former Goleta Union School District Superintendent
Jill Dexter
Hap Freund
Wendy Sims-Moten, Business and Human Resources Manager for First 5 Santa Barbara County
Paulina Conn
Liza Presser Belkin, MD
Jon Zuber
George Relles
Karen Van Gool, Goleta Union School District Advisory Committee member
Lee Heller
Tania Israel, UCSB Professor and Department Chair of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology
David Landecker
Kelly Martin
Steve Glikbarg
Sherry Holland
Marian Shapiro, SBCC professor
EJ Borah, retired teacher
Peter Conn
Emily Allen
Joie McKay
Mike Hackett
Anne Schowe
Matt Moore
Darcel Elliott
Nimita Dhirajlal
Lara Rajninger
Terry Utterback
Barbie Deutsch
Eryn Eckert
Janet Benner, PhD
Bert Epstein
Maria Ross
Hap Ziegler
Nancy Black
Stephen Newman
Lisa Guadagno
Chris Silverstein

Partial list. Titles for identification purposes only.

Organizations

Planned Parenthood Central Coast Action Fund
Democratic Party
Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee
Tri-Counties Central Labor Council
CAUSE Action Fund
Evolve California
Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County