Candidate for
School Director; Oakland Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

Oakland Education Association

Democratic Party of Alameda County

Assemblymember Rob Bonta

Tom Torlakson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction

AFSCME Council 57

Sheila Jordan
Superintendent of Schools for Alameda County

Regina Stanback Stroud, Ed.D.
President, Skyline College
San Bruno, CA

Denise Noldon, Ed.D.
President, Contra Costa College
San Pablo, CA

Tammeil Gilkerson
Vice President, Contra Costa College
San Pablo, CA

Katie McLane
Principal (retired) Kaiser Elementary School
OUSD

Mel Stenger
Principal, Washington Elementary School
Berkeley, California

David Donahue, Ph.D.
Associate Provost, Professor of Education​
Mills College
Oakland, CA

Denise Saddler, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent, Berryessa Union School District
San Jose, CA

Thomas Sloane, Ph.D.
Professor of Rhetoric (retired)
U.C. Berkeley

Greg Peters, Ed.D.
Executive Director, San Francisco Coalition for Essential Small Schools
San Francisco, CA

Joellen Hiltbrand
Professor of English,Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Mel Collins
Vice President, United Teachers of Richmond
Richmond, CA

John Birkhimer
Social Studies Teacher,Freedom High School
Oakley, CA

Ann M. Johns, Ph.D.
Professor of Rhetoric & Writing Studies
San Diego State University

Julie VonBergen
Professor of Mathematics, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Mayra Padilla, Ph.D
Director, Hispanic Service Institution STEM & METAS, Contra Costa College
San Pablo, CA

Rick Ramos, Ed.D.
Career Technical Education Faculty, Contra Costa College
San Pablo, CA

Caroline Hodge
Professor of Aricana/Chicano/Ethnic Studies, Contra Costa College
San Pablo, CA

Stephen Hoffman
Social Studies Teacher, Middle College High School
San Pablo, CA

Vicki Ferguson
Dean of Student Services, Contra Costa College
San Pablo, CA

Catherine Cook
President & Founder, The Da Vinci Center for Gifted Children
Alameda, CA

Becky Pizer, Psy.D.
Professor, The Wright Institute
Berkeley, CA

Kaili Moyer, Psy.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Wright Institute
Berkeley, CA

Anne Shin, Ed.D.
Principal, Middle College High School
San Pablo, CA

Gilbert Newman, Ph.D.
Dean, The Wright Institute
Berkeley, CA

Dawona Miller
Compliance Officer, Veterans Affairs, Houston Community College
Houston, TX

Marian Shivers, Ed.D.
Dean, LDI for African American Midlevel Administrators in Community Colleges

Michael Yeong
Professor of English, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Najmah Muhammad
Project Coordinator, Rio Salado College
Tempe, AZ

Mitzi Kennedy, Ph.D.
Director of Student Support Services, South Central College
North Mankato, MN

Christopher Douglas
Director of Student Success, Men of Color Mentoring
Fort Worth, TX

Erich Holtmann
Math Instructor, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Nick Mathern
Associate Vice President, Policy & Partnerships, Gateway to College
Portland, OR

Henry Dickson
Facilities Planning and Programming Manager, Prince George's Community College
Kettering, MD

Tue Rust
Professor of Mathematics, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Kim Wentworth
Librarian, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Cindy Green
Assistant Controller, St. Louis Community College
St. Louis, MO

Erlinda Jones
Child Development Faculty, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Dave Belman
Dean of Student Success, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Kevin Horan, Ed.D.
Vice President of Instruction & Student Affairs, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Crystal Smith
Student Success Programs Manager, Prince George's Community College
Kettering, MD

Christopher Shults, Ph.D.
Director, Planning & Institutional Effectiveness, Suffolk County Community College
Selden, NY

Michael Norris
Math Instructor, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Candence Wynter, Ph.D.
Dean, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CA

Jeffrey Benford
Dean of Counseling and Student Support, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Cheryl Farley
English Teacher, San Leandro High School
San Leandro, CA

Rogeair Purnell, Ph.D.
Director, Gateway to College, Laney College
Oakland, CA

Dennis Gravert
Professor of Chemistry, Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA

Rue Avant, Ed.D.
Assistant Principal, The Universal American School
Hawally, Kuwait

Darlene Conley
Adjunct Professor, Researcher; St. Martins University
Lacey, WA