Candidate for
County Supervisor; Santa Clara County; Supervisorial District 1

Elected Leaders & Organizations

Don Gage, Santa Clara County Supervisor Dist. #1
County Assessor Larry Stone
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed

San Jose Mercury News
Morgan Hill Times
Gilroy Dispatch
Metro

San Jose Silicon Valley ChamberPAC
Gilroy Chamber of Commerce
Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce

Deputy Sheriffs Association of Santa Clara County
Los Gatos Police Officers Association
Peace Officers Research Assoc. of Calif. (PORAC)
Santa Clara County Park Rangers

Calif. Apartment. Assoc. Tri-County Division
Santa Clara County Farm Bureau
Silicon Valley Association of Realtors
La Raza Roundtable

Pat Dando, SJ Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce Pres/CEO & former SJ Vice Mayor
Tom McEnery, former SJ Mayor
Sig Sanchez, former Supervisor and Gilroy Mayor
Jim Cunneen, former Assemblyman & past President of SJ Chamber of Commerce
Bruce McPherson, former Secretary of State and Senator
Tom Campbell, former Congressman and Dean of Berkeley Haas School of Business
Abel Maldonado, Lt. Governor of Calif.
Steve Poizner, California Insurance Commission and founder of SnapTrack
David Casas, Mayor of Los Altos & Pres. of Santa Clara County Cities Assn.
Jane Kennedy Mayor of Campbell & former VTA Chair
Orrin Mahoney, Mayor of Cupertino
Diane Martinez, Mayor of Paramount
Diane McNutt, Mayor of Los Gatos
Pierluigi Oliverio, San Jose Councilman
Chuck Page, Mayor of Saratoga
Al Pinheiro, Mayor of Gilroy
Jim Reed, Mayor of Scotts Valley
Steve Tate, Mayor of Morgan Hill
Dean Warshawsky, Mayor of Los Altos Hills
Perry Woodward, Gilroy Councilman
Curtis Wright, Mayor of Monte Sereno
Pamela Bancroft, Seniors of Distnctn Chairperson & former Mayor of Monte Sereno
Lorraine Barke, former Morgan Hill Mayor & SC County Planning Commissioner
Joanne Benjamin, Executive Director of Santa Clara County Cities Association; former California Legislative Woman of the Year and Los Gatos Mayor
Mardi Bennett Brick, former Mayor of Los Gatos
Ray Bunt, Former Mayor of Morgan Hill
Donald Burr, Former Campbell Mayor & Chief of Police
Hedy Chang, former Morgan Hill Council Member; School Board Member and Planning Commissioner
Pete Constant, San Jose City Councilman District 1
Terry Daily, Former Mayor Town of Los Gatos
Erin Garner, Current Chair of the Calif. State Mining & Geology Board; former Mayor of Monte Sereno & Chair of Santa Clara Valley Water Dist. Commission.
Sue Garner, Council Member City of Monte Sereno & Director Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Deb Giordano, Chair of SCC Water Commission & Calif. Mining Commission
Suzanne Jackson, Former Monte Sereno Mayor
Mike Kasperzak, Mt. View Councilman & Former Mayor; Member of Nat'l League of Cities Finance Committee; Appointee to Avenidas Board
Norman Kline, former Saratoga Mayor
Michael Kotowski, Campbell Councilman and Former Mayor
Rich Larson, Town of Los Altos Hills Councilman
Marby Lee, Morgan Hill Council member
Marilyn Librers, Morgan Hill Mayor Pro Tem
John Lochner, Former County Rep on ABAG and State LAFCO, & LG Rep on Sanitation District & LAFCO, & LG Chamber, Lions Pres & two term Mayor
Linda Lubeck Speicher, Former Town of Los Gatos Mayor and Treasurer
Joe Pirzynski, Santa Clara County Cities Assoc. Board; Former Chair of the VTA Board, League of Calif Cities Peninsula Division Director; LG Mayor (2X'S)
Marlyn Rasmussen, Former LG Town Council Member & Clerk
Steve Rice, Los Gatos Town Councilman
John Sorci, former Mayor of Morgan Hill
Barbara Spector, Los Gatos Council Member & Former Mayor
Jeanette Watson, Former Mayor of Campbell (5 times!); 1st Female Pres. of Campbell Chamber of Commerce;Author

Hal Chase, Battalion Chief Santa Clara CountyFire (ret.)
Carm Grande, San Jose Police Officer (ret.)
Capt. Duino Giordano, 34 yrs Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Police & 30 yr National Guardsman
Chief Doug Sporleder, Former Chief of the Santa Clara County Fire Dept (20 Yrs)

Business Leaders

Sam Arditi, CEO, TIGO Energy
Chris Benson, Owner C.B. Hannegan's
Hal Bordy, CEO Addison-Penzak of Silicon Valley
Thomas Buckholtz, Board of Advisors, Berkley Goldman School of Public Policy
Ed Burke, US Olympian & San Jose Hall of Fame Inductee; owner, LG Athletic Club
Virginia Chang Kiraly, Calif. Commission for Economic Development Commissioner
Bill Chiala, owner of CalChili Corp
John Chiala, Owner Los Gatos Meats, Inc
Robert Christopher, CEO Just Resolve
Frank & Marilyn Dorsa, Respected Business and Civic Leaders
John Di Vittorio, principal JAD Engineering
Craig Filice, Glen-Loma Group
John Filice, Glen-Loma Group
Tim Filice, Glen-Loma Group
Peggy Fleming Jenkins, Olympic Gold Medalist and Owner Fleming-Jenkings Winery
Brenda Hammond, Restaurant James Randall owner & Past Pres of the Los Gatos Chamber.
Johnny Hannegan, Owner C.B. Hannegan's
Dave Henderson, President of Samaritan Medical Group
Teri Hope, Owner LG Coffee Roasting Co, member Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Arts Commission, Jazz on the Plazz Chair & Founder
Eric Howard, Owner Bruce's Tire
Jag Kapoor, Chair, Xyprotean & Kapoor Ent (Pedros, Mexicali Grill, Bon Fair Market)
Brad Krouskup, President and CEO of Toeniskoetter and Breeding, Inc.
Dave Lazares, Real Estate Broker and Developer
Larry Lenhart, CEO Catalin, Inc., Former CEO of Requisite Tech. E & H Board
Bill Leonard, Chamber of Commerce President (Los Gatos) and owner, Ignite Marketing
Dr. Don Prolo, past President, Santa Clara County Medical Association
Lou & Jan Sniderman, J. Sniderman & Assoc Owners, Web Marketing & Web Design
Clarence Stone, Principal Calif. Equity Group
John and Diane Telfer, South County Realty
Charles Toeniskoetter, Chairman of TBI Development
Karyn Sinunu-Towery, Assistant D.A.
Michele Van Zuiden, Exec Director Women's Hospital at El Camino Hospital & Trustee LG-Saratoga Jt Union HS District
Jim Di Vittorio, Maple Leaf RV Park, General Manager

Education Leaders

Bill Evers, former US Assistant Secretary of Education and Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee
Cindy Goodsell, Union School District Governing Board Member
Patti Hughes, Former LGHS Assistant Principal
Scott Kleinberg, Campbell Union School Dist.
Jack Lucas, Pres. West Valley Mission Community College Board; Former Mayor City of Monte Sereno
Jim MacFarlane, Moreland School District Trustee
Roger Mason, LG-Saratoga Jt Union School District Governing Board Member
Buck Polk, West Valley + Mission Community College Trustee
Leslie Reynolds, San Jose Unified School Board President
James Russell, former Leigh HS Principal ('92-'01) & current Del Mar HS Principal
Al Simon, Former LGHS Asst. Principal, Teacher, Coach
Ted Simonson, Former LGHS Principal & Lions Club President
Robert Varich, Moreland School District Trustee
Chad Walsh, West Valley Mission College Board of Trustees
Trustee Dr. Colleen Wilcox, Exec. Director Silicon Valley Alliance for Teachers

Agricultural Leaders

Rick Chiala, Farm Mngr Fountain Oaks Ranch, LLC
Bill Christopher, CEO of Christopher Ranch
Don Christopher, Chairman of Christopher Ranch
Bill Cilker, Cilker Orchards
David & Valerie Vanni, Owners of Solis Winery
Vic Vanni, Owner Solis Winery

Community Leaders

Rose & Don Arnaudo, Lion's Club, Youth Park Board, Italian Catholic Foundation, Montezuma Foundation
Laura Bajuk History Museum Director, Past Los Altos & LG Kiwanis Club Pres.
Mary Bartlett Kiwanis Club Pres. & Rowing Club Member
Ray Bortolussi, Former Lions Pres & Owner Village Flowers
Dany Heatley, San Jose Sharks Forward
John Jussen, Almaden Valley Youth Soccer League President
Liz Marino, 14 year Member of Almaden Valley Women's Club, Leland HS Alum, Booster Club Secretary, & Almaden Elementary Teacher at Graystone School
Jim Marino, Co-Athletic Director, Special Ed Teacher, Golf Coach & Former Basketball Coach at LGHS, & Former Almaden Little League Board Member
Jan Eric Nordmo, President Rotary Club of Santa Clara
Art & Noreen Christopher, Museum and Community Volunteers
Carl A. Cilker, Rotary Club of San Jose (Pres 2002-03), 2nd Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties (Board Member), Terraces Board Member
Elizabeth Cilker Smith, Pres LG Rotary, Businesswoman, Civic Leader & Volunteer
Cathy Davis, Membership Chairwoman Leland HS Parent Club and Member of Board of Directors for Almaden Valley Community Assoc.
Gilbert F. Decker, Former Exec. VP Walt Disney Imagineering, U.S. Army Captain, ESL Inc. Pres/CEO, Director Youth Science Institute (Santa Clara County), Dept. of Defense Distinguished Service Medal and U.S. Army Meritous Service Medal
Sandy Decker, Former Member: Santa Clara County Pollution Prevention Committee, Calif. Housing Dev. Council, Santa Clara County Water Dist., League of CA Cities Legislative Action Committee, and LG Mayor
Gaetano (Tom) Di Vittorio, Maple Leaf RV Park, Owner
Paul Dubois, Pres of LG Community Foundation & Kiwanis
Rob Dunne, President of LG Little League and LGS Rec Board Director

Loren W. Harper, District Governor Rotary International
Patti Hughes, Former LGHS Assistant Principal
Kim E. Karloss, PhD., Former Journalism Professor (CS Northridge, Univ. of IOWA & TCU), Editor & Writing Coach
Dan Lawson, President LG Morning Rotary
Cindy Kenyon Lazares, Certified Public Accountant
Patty Lewis, Pioneer High School Booster
Trudy McCulloch, Adjunct Professor at San Jose State, Former Principal at LGHS and Mt. Pleasant HS
Joyce Meurer, President Kiwanis Club of San Jose & President of Books Aloud, Inc.
Jan Morris, Former President of LG Community Foundation, Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club
Carol Musser, Former President of LG Lions Club
Debbie Osbourne, Youth Sports Advocate
Celeste Radanovich, Vice President Union Middle School Home & School Club
Joanne Rodgers, Co-Founder of C.A.S.A. (Community Against Substance Abuse) & New Millenium Foundation
Anne Salazar, Former Board Member of NJB, LGLL, Pony Baseball, Art Docents
Ed San Juan, President of the LG United Soccer League

Marie Yurosko, Italian Catholic Federation President #184

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