Selected Endorsements

Elected Civic Officials & Community Leaders*

• Rob Bonta, CA State Attorney General

• Tom Bates, former California Assembly Member and Mayor of Berkeley

• Loni Hancock, former California State Senator and Mayor of Berkeley

• Sheng Thao, Mayor of Oakland

• Ash Kalra, California State Assembly

• Evan Low, California State Assembly

• Patrick Ahrens, Foothill-De Anza Community College Board

• Soli Alpert, Berkeley Rent Board Vice Chair

• Judy Appell, Berkeley School Board Director, ret.

• Nikki Bass-Fortunato, Oakland City Council President

• Mike Chang, Berkeley School Board Director

• Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors & Past Santa Clara County Labor Council Chair

• Vick Chung, City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees

• H. E. Christian (Chris) Peeples, At-Large Director, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District

• Kate Harrison, Berkeley City Council, ret.

• Dan Kalb, Oakland City Council

• Phong La, Alameda County Assessor

• Anita Martinez, Vice President of the City College of San Francisco Bd of Trustees

• Dee Rosario, East Bay Regional Parks District Director

Current Members of the Peralta Community College Board

• Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, Peralta Community College Board President

• Louis Quindlen, Peralta Community College Board Vice President

• Cindi Napoli Abella Reiss, Peralta Community College Board Trustee

• Naomi Vasquez, Peralta 2023-2024 Student Trustee

• Natasha Masand, Peralta 2023-2024 Student Trustee

Labor Leaders At Peralta

• Debby Weintraub, Peralta Federation of Teachers Past President

• Mark Greenside, Peralta Federation of Teachers Past President

• Bruce Jacobs, Peralta Federation of Teachers Past President

• Michael Mills, Peralta Federation of Teachers Past President

• Kathy Bauer, Peralta Federation of Teachers Past President

• Helene Maxwell, Peralta Federation of Teachers PAC Past President

• Francis Howard, Peralta Federation of Teachers Vice President

• Tae Soon Park, Peralta Federation of Teachers past Vice President

Faculty & Staff Leadership at Peralta

• Lowell Bennett, District Academic Senate Rep & Merritt College Business Dept

• Joseph Bielanski, Berkeley City College Counseling Dept, Articulation Officer, Faculty Senator & former CA Statewide Community College Bd of Governors

• Tom Branca, Merritt College Horticultural Dept Chair, retired

• Robert Brem, College of Alameda Department Chair, Psychology and Political Science Departments

• Sue Chin, Peralta Asian Pacific American Association Co-Founder, College of Alameda Business Dept, retired

• Leonard Chung, Berkeley City College Accounting Dept

• Roger Chung, Laney College Ethnic Studies Dept & Restoring Our Communities Program Director

• Judith Cohen, Laney College and Peralta District Office Financial Aid Supervisor, retired

• Pieter DeHaan, Berkeley City College Faculty Senate Past President & Biology Department

• Burt Dragin, Laney College Journalism Dept Chair, retired

• Ann Elliott, Merritt College, English Department, Department Chair, Academic Senate, and Division Dean, retired

• Victor Flint, past director Berkeley City College Student Ambassadors Program, retired

• Kimberly King, Laney College Psychology Dept & Laney College Poor People’s Campaign Co-Founder

• Bill Lepowski, Laney College Math Dept

• Lilly Leung, Laney College Library Technician

• Gabriel Martinez, Berkeley City College Faculty Senate Vice President & Counseling Dept Chair

• Rachel Mercy Simpson, Berkeley City College Multimedia Dept

• Moria Mochi Wong, Laney College Institutional Research Office (former)

• Vanson Nguyen, College of Alameda Math Dept Co-Chair and COA “Chair of Chairs”

• Daniela Nikolaeva, Graphic Arts Department Chair

• Jose Ortiz, past Chancellor, Peralta Community College District, retired

• Kelly Pernell, Berkeley City College Academic Senate Past President & Current Senate Secretary

• Tom Renbarger, Merritt College Academic Senate President & Physics Dept

• Mark Rauzon, Laney College Geography Dept

• Susan Schacher, Laney College Basic Skills Program Co-Founder and Instructor, retired

• Cleavon Smith, Peralta Academic Senate Past President & Berkeley City College English Dept

• Indra Thadani, Laney College Health Instructor and Laney Student Health Center Co-Founder, retired

• Andree Thompson, Laney College Art Dept, retired

• Karolyn Van Putton, Peralta Academic Senate Past President, & Laney College Psychology Dept, retired

• Chris Weidenbach, District Academic Senate Secretary, Laney College English Dept Chair & Laney College Academic Senate

• Calvin Williams, College of Alameda (and De Anza College) Political Science Dept & Senior Advisor for Social Impact & Advocacy for Think Common Entertainment

Student Leadership at Peralta

• Natasha Masand, Peralta 2023-2024 Student Trustee

• Naomi Vasquez, Peralta 2023-2024 Student Trustee

• Camila Yurivilca, 2023-2024 Laney College Associated Students President

• Derek Carver, Berkeley City College Student Government Senator

• Esteem Brumfield, Past Peralta Student Trustee

• Brian Cervantes, Past Peralta Student Trustee

• Rich Copenhagen, Past Peralta Student Trustee

• Corey Hollis, Past Peralta Student Trustee

• Marlene Hurd, Past Peralta Student Trustee

Other Educational Leaders in Our Community

• Roxanne Captor, Faculty Association of the CA Community Colleges (FACCC) Policy Committee & Santa Monica College Film Dept

• Laura Chin, De Anza College Political Science Dept

• Karen Chow, De Anza College past Academic Senate President & English Department

• Wyman Fong, Vice Chancellor of Human Resources Chabot Las Positas Community College District & President for the Association of California Community College Administrators

• Lailan Huen, Oakland Unified School District Anti-Racist Learning Coordinator

• Debbie Klein, Faculty Association of the CA Community Colleges (FACCC) immediate past president & Gavilan College Anthropology Dept

• Jason Mayfield, United Faculty of Contra Costa Community College District Union President, Treasurer of the Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges (FACCC), & Diablo Valley College Geology Dept

• Natalina Monteiro, Faculty Association of the CA Community Colleges (FACCC) Political Action Committee Chair, East Los Angeles College Political Science Department

• Jim Nguyen, De Anza College Political Science Dept Chair & Vice President of the Foothill-De Anza Faculty Association

• Al Schendan, De Anza College Political Science Dept

• Bill Shields, CCSF Labor Studies Dept past chair, retired

• Leslie Simon, City College of San Francisco English Dept, retired

• Bob Stockwell, De Anza College Political Science Dept & Secretary of the Foothill-De Anza Faculty Association

Leaders and neighbors in our Community

• Aimee Allison, Founder and President, She the People; President, Democracy in Color

• Wendy Bloom, Alameda County Dem Central Committee, CA Nurses Association

• Nancy Friedman, Environmental Sustainability and Health Care for All activist

• Matthew Hallinan, Wellstone Democratic Club Founder

• Jack Kurzweil, Wellstone Democratic Club Founder

• Kristin Luker, UC Berkeley reproductive rights scholar, retired

• Steve Phillips, Civil Rights Activist & Author, Brown Is the New White & How to Win the Civil War

• Judy Pope, Health Care for All activist

• Margot Smith, 14th AD Assembly Candidate

• John O’Toole, National Center for Youth Law Executive Director, retired

• Roger Mendelson, MD & Monique Mendelson, Rockridge neighborhood leaders

• Alvina Wong, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Campaign and & Organizing Director
  
  *Organizational Affiliations for Identification only- no organizational endorsement implied unless explicitly stated.

Organizational Endorsements