Chelsea is proud to have the following Endorsements:
ORGANIZATIONS
"Sequoia District Teachers Association is excited to support Chelsea Bonini for San Mateo County Office of Education Board of Trustees. Chelsea has shown us that she is committed to making public education the best option for all students. Her commitment to the students of San Mateo County, and to ensuring that public money continues to support their needs, is the type of leadership we need to see us through these uncertain times."
EDUCATION LEADERS
Tom Torlakson, Former State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Delaine Eastin, Former California Assemblymember, State Superintendent of Public Instruction & Gubernatorial Candidate
Sandra Lowe, DNC Member, former CTA Political Director
Josh Becker, Public Policy Innovator, Educator and November 2020 Candidate for CA Senate, District 13
Hene Kelly, Educator, California Democratic Party Regional Director & Chair of the CADEM Disabilities Caucus
Derek Devermont, Disabilities Advocate, Educator & DNC Member
Maurice Goodman, San Mateo County Community College District, Trustee
Richard Holober, San Mateo County Community College District, Trustee
Karen Schwarz, San Mateo County Community College District Trustee & Former San Mateo County Board of Education, Trustee
Paul Scannell, Former San Mateo County Office of Education, Personnel Commissioner
Rev. Dr. G. Penny Nixon, Co-Director Peninsula Solidarity Cohort
Philip Gordillo, California School Personnel Commissioners Association (CSPCA), Executive Director
Amber Childress, Alameda County Board of Education, Trustee
Craig Childress, President, San Mateo Union High School District Teachers Association (SMUHSDTA)
Edith Salvatore, President, Sequoia District Teachers Association (SDTA)
Suvarna Bhopale, Belmont-Redwood Shores School District, Trustee
Manufou Liaiga-Anoa'i, Jefferson Elementary School District, Trustee
María Díaz-Slocum, Redwood City School District, Trustee
Carrie DuBois, Sequoia Union High School District, Trustee
Don Geddis, Hillsborough City School District, Board President
Janet Lawson, Redwood City School District, Trustee
Alison Proctor, San Mateo-Foster City School District, Trustee
Nancy Kohn Hsieh, Former San Mateo-Foster City School District Trustee
Florence Wong, Burlingame School District, Trustee & San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities
Patrick Sullivan, Educator & Former AD22 Delegate to the California DSCC
Jose Gutierrez, Mountain View-Whisman School District, Trustee
Jessica Speiser, Los Altos School District, Trustee
Tiffany Maciel, City of San Jose Human Services Commission, Inclusion Collaborative 2019 Advocate of The Year, Eureka! Inclusive
Harini Krishnan, Artist, Educator, Elected Assembly District 22 Delegate to the California DSCC & San Mateo County Arts Commissioner
Tiffanee Jones, Educator & Senate District 3 Delegate to the California DSCC
Rocsana Enriquez, Educational Parent Leader; Housing & Foster Care Justice Advocate; Yoga & Mindfulness Instructor; Innovate Public Schools, Board Member; Trauma Transformed, Co-Founder; Bay Area JusticeCorps, Team Lead.
Anthony Ramirez, Huntington Beach Union High School District, Personnel Commissioner
CHELSEA'S FORMER Kinder & 1st GRADE STUDENTS
Rhiannon Foster (Smith), Accountant
Chloe Perez (Puno), Teacher
Clyde Sudarma, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
COUNTY LEADERS
David Canepa, San Mateo County Supervisor, District 5
Don Horsley, San Mateo County Supervisor, District 3
Dave Pine, San Mateo County Supervisor, District 1
Ligia Andrade Zúñiga, MPA, Disability/Civil Rights Advocate & San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities
Krista Martinelli, San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities, Attorney & Former South San Francisco City Clerk
Angela Piazza, San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities
Nancy Reyering, San Mateo County Harbor Commissioner
Adonica Shaw, Former San Mateo County Health Care for the Homeless/Farmworker Health Program (HCH/FH), Board Member
Shanta "Shay" Franco-Clausen, Board of Directors, District 5 at Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
CITY LEADERS
Richa Awasthi, Foster City Councilwoman
Sanjay Gehani, Foster City Councilmember
Sam Hindi, Foster City Councilmember
Catherine Mahanpour, Mayor of Foster City
Bob Fitzgerald, Former Mayor of Foster City
Diana Reddy, Redwood City Councilmember & San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee Member
Regina Wallace-Jones, Mayor of the City of East Palo Alto
Ann Schneider, City of Millbrae Councilwoman
John Ebneter, City of San Mateo Planning Commissioner & Community Activist
Mark Brown, Former Mayor Town of Truckee
Lori Decter Wright, Tulsa City Councilor, District 7 & fellow Lick-Wilmerding High School Alum
Kirsten Keith, Former Mayor of Menlo Park
Karen McCormick, San Mateo Public Library Foundation, Board Member
Alex Melendrez, City of San Bruno Parks and Recreation Commissioner, Assembly District 22 Delegate to the California DSCC & Housing Advocate
Lisa Diaz Nash, City of San Mateo Library Board Trustee & Measure S Oversight Committee Member
Jenni Veitch-Olson, City of Watsonville Planning Commission, Chair
Noemi Torres, Public Facilities Commissioner, City of West Hollywood & Candidate for City Council
COMMUNITY LEADERS
Leora Tanjuatco Ross, Housing Advocate & President of the Peninsula Democratic Coalition
Zack Ross, Past President, Peninsula Democratic Coalition
Pam Salvatierra, Executive Director, Santa Clara County Democratic Volunteer Center
Victoria Sanchez De Alba, Elected Assembly District 22 Delegate to the California DSCC & San Mateo County Health Care for the Homeless/Farmworker Health Program (HCH/FH), Board Member
Emy Thurber, Former California Democratic Party Regional Director
Stacey Ashlund, Special Education Advocate (Palo Alto)
Lisa & Jim Azar, Community Volunteers (San Mateo)
Diana Blank, Disabilities and Special Education Advocate (San Mateo)
Jennafer Carson, Educator & Community Advocate (San Mateo)
Joan Cassman, Attorney & Community Advocate (San Mateo)
Alysse Castro, Executive Director at San Francisco County Office of Education
Bill Collins, Community Advocate (Pacifica)
Esther Conrad, Housing Advocate & Community Organizer (San Mateo)
Cynthia Cornell, Founder of Burlingame Housing for All (Burlingame)
Laura Croft, Attorney (San Mateo)
Steven Davis, Education and Disabilities Activist & Co-Founder/President of Not Without Us (San Mateo)
Michael Duncheon, Assembly District 22 Delegate to the California DSCC
Karyl Eldridge, Community Advocate & Co-Founder of One San Mateo (Burlingame)
Matt Feuer, Educational Equity Advocate (San Mateo)
Kevin Fiddner, Teacher, San Mateo-Foster City School District (Redwood City)
MaryAnn Fitzgerald, Active Community Volunteer (Foster City)
Alexandra Gillen, Educational Equity Advocate (San Mateo)
Jordan Grimes, Housing Advocate & Community Organizer (San Mateo)
Trudi & Otto Hofmann, Residents of Millbrae
Lorri Holzberg, VP of Programming, Peninsula Democratic Coalition (Menlo Park)
Denise Iskander, Education Advocate & former Fiesta Gardens Homeowners' Association Board Member (San Mateo)
Joe Iskander, Former San Mateo National Little League Board Member (San Mateo)
Regina Islas, Former Elected Assembly District 22 Delegate to the California DSCC
Cristina Koukis, Principal at Superior Staffing (San Mateo)
Uma Krishnan, Student & Elected Assembly District 22 Delegate to the California DSCC
Sandra Lang, Community Advocate (Burlingame)
Alexis Lewis, Community Advocate (Foster City)
Christine Liu, Attorney & fellow U.C. Hastings Alum (Class of 2001)
Olga Mack, QuantStamp, VP of Strategy
Michael R. Marron, Retired Trial Attorney & Mediator
Renjit Matthew, Housing Advocate & Community Organizer (San Mateo)
Jenny McPherson, Education and Disabilities Activist & Advisory Board of snkids.org (San Mateo)
Ian McCullough, Education Advocate (San Mateo)
Sallye McKenzie, Administrator of Coastside United for Action, Indivisible & Former Elected Assembly District 22 Delegate to the California DSCC
Ted McKinnon, Elected Assembly District 22 Delegate to the California DSCC
Anastasia Morrison, Parent & Professional (Redwood City)
Julie Neale, Founder of MothersQuest (San Mateo)
David Pollack, School Funding Activist & Community Organizer (San Carlos)
Andrew Radin, Community Organizer
Diane & Joe Rolfe, Community Activists (Palo Alto)
Elsa Schafer, Healthcare Activist (Menlo Park)
Barbara Sibley, School & PTA Leader (San Mateo)
Aileen Snodgrass, San Mateo Community Leader & Educator (San Mateo)
Christopher Sturken, Community Organizer & Housing Advocate
Maxine Terner, Community Advocate & former City of San Mateo Planning Commissioner
April Vargas, Community Advocate
John Woodell, Community Advocate (Menlo Park)
*Titles are for identification purposes only.
Goal: 30 endorsements