Endorsements to date

Robert Rivas 

(Speaker, California State Assembly)

Sylvia Arenas

(Supervisor, Santa Clara County)

Otto Lee

(Supervisor, Santa Clara County)

Zach Hilton 

(Gilroy Council Member)

Richard Barrera

(Candidate, CA Superintendent of Public Instruction;

San Diego Unified Governing Board President) 

Alicia Cortez 

(Board President, Gavilan College Board of Trustees) 

Kathy Chavez-Napoli 

(Board Vice President, Gavilan College Board of Trustees) 

Joshua Williams

(Former Gavilan College Student Trustee)

Edwin Diaz

(Former Gavilan College Trustee, Area 3)

Dr. Patricia Mondragón-Doty

(Former Gavilan College Trustee; Director)

Jaime Rosso

(Business Owner; Former School Board Member)

Evelia Rosso

(Business Owner; Retired Educator)

Ernesto Olivares

(South County Youth, Family, and Community Advocate)

Rose Hernandez

(Retired Gavilan College Instructor)

Rita Gutierrez-Fisher

(Retired GUSD School Counselor; Philanthropist)

Jack E. Fisher, DPM

(Physician and Gilroy Community Member)

Ruben and Veronica Villa

(Artist; Business Owner; Philanthropist)

(College Counselor; Business Owner)

Jose Manzo

(Former Superintendent, Oak Grove School District; Gilroy Resident)

Martha Martinez 

(Board Chair LFF, Past President Gilroy Sunrise Rotary,

Former Superintendent, Gilroy Planning Commissioner)

Dr. Deborah Flores

(Former Superintendent, Gilroy Unified School District)

Sousan Manteghi

(Community Advocate, Morgan Hill) 

Laura Gonzalez Escoto

(Retired, Local Government, Morgan Hill)

Adam Escoto

(Retired Educator, Morgan Hill)

Jennie and Dennis Bolger

(Education Enthusiasts; Gilroy Community Members)

Jorge Pacheco 

(Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education)

Raeena Lari

(Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education)

Paul Fong

(Trustee, West-Valley Mission College)

Dr. Carl Cohn

(Former Board Member, California State Board of Education;

Former Superintendent Long Beach Unified and San Diego Unified)

Gwen Baquiran

(Assistant Superintendent, San Benito County Office of Education)

Dr. Roxane Fuentes

(Superintendent, Berryessa Union School District)

Gudiel R. Crosthwaite, Ph.D. 

(Superintendent, Sunnyvale School District) 

Bernie Rhinerson

(Former SD Community College District Trustee)