Endorsements from Elected Officials:
The Honorable Dr. Shirley N. Weber - California Secretary of State
Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson - California 39th District Senator
Monica Montgomery Steppe - Member San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Toni Atkins – 51st President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate
Sharon Whitehurst-Payne - San Diego Unified School District Board Member
Cheryl Cox, Ed.D. — Former Mayor, City of Chula Vista; Former Member and President, CVESD Board Member
David Bejarano - Former San Diego Police Chief and Chula Vista Police Chief; Former Chula Vista Elementary School Board Member
Doug Lufforough, Ph.D. - Former Chula Vista Elementary School District School Board Member
Frank Tarantino - Former Sweetwater Union High School District School Board Member
Jerry Rindone — Former Chula Vista City Council Member and Former San Diego County Office of Education Trustee
Larry Cunningham - Former Chula Vista Elementary School District Board Member
Laurie K. Humphrey — Former Chula Vista Elementary School District School Board Member; Retired Educator
Eleanor Evans — Oceanside Unified School District School Board Member
Patricia Dillard — La Mesa City Council Member
Robert Moreno — Southwestern Community College District Governing Board Member
Endorsements from Educators:
Francisco Escobedo, Ed.D. — Former Superintendent, Chula Vista Elementary School District
Helen V. Griffith, Ed.D. - Superintendent, The Preuss School UC San Diego
Lowell Billings, Ed.D. — Former Superintendent, Chula Vista Elementary School District
Libia Gil, Ph.D. - Retired Superintendent, Chula Vista Elementary School District
Karen Janney, Ed.D. - Retired Superintendent, Sweetwater Union High School District
Dennis Doyle, Ed.D — Retired Superintendent, National City and CVESD Assistant Superintendent
Dr. Frank Infusino, Ed.D. - Former Superintendent, Chino Valley Unified School District
Angela Bass, Ed.D. — Retired Assistant Superintendent, San Diego County Office of Education
Nancy Sedgwick - Retired Director, San Diego County Office of Education
Karon Schnitzer, Ed.D. — Principal, San Diego Unified School District
John Prosapio - Principal, Poway Unified School District
Vincent Anthony —Principal, San Diego Unified School District
Jeffrey Thiel, Ed.D. — Former Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Chula Vista Elementary School District
Peg Myers - Retired CVESD Teacher, Director of Human Resources, and former CVE President
John Greenwell - Principal, Lakeside School District
Vincent Anthony - Principal, San Diego Unified School District
Josefina Moreno - Retired CVESD Teacher
Barbara Haislip - Retired CVESD Teacher
Elizabeth Hutson - Retired CVESD Teacher
Erin Marmion — Elementary School Teacher, Sacramento Unified School District
Marissa Stillie — Elementary School Teacher, San Ysidro School District
Shirley Peterson, Ed.D. — Retired San Diego Unified School District Principal
Kevin Riley - Retired Founder, Executive Director of Bayfront Charter High School
Lisa Forehand - Director of Leadership and Learning, Encinitas Union School District
Endorsements from Community Members:
Allyson Dopwell - CVESD Parent
James Iwanski - CVESD Parent
Ebony Tyree - CVESD Parent
Lily Estevez - CVESD Parent
Minola Clark Manson — Lemon Grove Planning Commissioner