Elected Officials
Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Former Mayor of Oakland and Governor of California
(Read the full text of Gov. Brown's endorsement)
Honorable Libby Schaaf, Mayor, City of Oakland
Jody London, President, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education District 1
Jumoke Hinton-Hodge, Director, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education District 3
Gary Yee, Director, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education District 4
James Harris, Director, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education District 7
Kerry Hamill, Former Director, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education District 1
Ken Berrick, Alameda County Board of Education Trustee, Area 3
Community Leaders & Organizations
George Holland, Sr. Esq., Branch President, Oakland NAACP*
Cynthia Adams, Public education & civil rights advocate
Emma C. Roos, Founder, Educational Coalition for Hispanics in Oakland (ECHO)*
Rev. Curtis Flemming, Bay Community Fellowship & Dignity Housing West*
Dr. Louise Bay Waters, retired Oakland education leader
Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce OakPAC
GO Public Schools Oakland
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Community Members, Parents & Educators
Raphael Breines, Oakland Tech parent*
Lisa Spielman Polston, Oakland Tech parent*
Robert Gammon, Oakland Tech parent*
Molly Brostrom, Claremont parent*
Todd Schafer, Claremont parent*
Don Lowery, Temescal neighbor
Ali Mohamed, Longfellow parent and local business owner
Scott & Brigitte Gosselink, Longfellow parents
Wade & Hannah Askew, Rockridge parents
Jimmieka Mills, OUSD alumnae & national education equity advocate
Mike Aronson, Rockridge parent
Wendy Ware, Paradise Park neighbor
Sara Jewell, Claremont neighbor
Chloe Sliger, Piedmont Avenue neighbor
James Smet, Piedmont Avenue neighbor
Josh & Sara Sens, Temescal parents
Erik Moore, Hillcrest neighbor
Yasmine Griffiths, Oakland public health advocate
Katrina Nada, Gaskill neighbor
Sean Flores, Gaskill neighbor
Tobi Nagel, Upper Telegraph neighbor
Ling Thio, Upper Telegraph neighbor
Charles & Harriet Feltman, Upper Rockridge neighbors
Melinda Morris, bookkeeper
Annie Crangle, Claremont Hills neighbor
Roberto Ruiz, Temescal neighbor
Jenny Ingram, Urban Montessori parent*
Dana Wellhausen, Urban Montessori parent*
Lee Anne Grant, Gaskill neighbor
Manisha Patel, Education technology director*
Jennifer Camus-Beebe
Monte McLain, Pastor, College Avenue Presbyterian*
*Organization listed for identification purposes only
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