I am seeking YOUR endorsement. The centerpiece of my campaign is what I have done and can do for Palo Alto residents. What better way to convince undecided voters than having endorsements from a wide range of residents, thereby showing my deep connection with the entire community. It may help convince the undecided voter, who may be your friend or neighbor, to take a closer look at what I stand for.
Visit our endorsement VIDEOS page.
(NOTE: Names in red below are links to their endorsement videos)
Thank you for your endorsement and your trust.
Lydia Kou is one of the hardest-working councilmembers this city has ever had. She is totally committed to Palo Altans and takes on hard, unglamorous problems like Aircraft Noise that many others would skirt. Lydia is deeply engaged with our community and unstintingly puts in the time and sweat equity that it takes to do the job right. I am really happy Lydia is on our council; she is a Resident's Councilmember, and we are lucky to have her here in Palo Alto.
Eric Filseth, former Mayor
Honorary Chairs:
Neilson Buchanan | Doug Moran | |
Hon. Mike Cobb, Former Palo Alto Mayor | Nelson Ng | |
Lenore Cymes | Hon. Enid Pearson, Former Palo Alto Council Member | |
Hon. Tom DuBois, Palo Alto Vice Mayor | Christian Pease | |
Eric Filseth, Council Member, Former Palo Alto Mayor | Robert Phillips | |
Annette Glanckopf | Nancy Pleibel | |
Dr. Maurice Green | Hon. Emily Renzel, Former Palo Alto Council Member | |
Joe & Bette Hirsch | Beth and Peter Rosenthal | |
Hon. Karen Holman, MROSD Pres & Former Palo Alto Mayor | Annette Ross | |
Jordan Jackson | Pat and Tom Sanders | |
Arthur Keller | Carol Scott | |
Mark Landesmann | Dr. Allan & Mary Seid | |
Jennifer Landesmann | William and Ingrid Shu | |
Jeff Levinsky | Doria Summa, Planning and Transportation Commissioner | |
Karen and Paul Machado | Kimberley Wong | |
Elaine Meyer | Darlene Yaplee |
Campaign Manager - Rita Vrhel
Campaign Treasurer - Hon. Greg Schmid, Former Palo Alto Vice Mayor
Endorsements:
Donald Anderson • Fred Balin & Ann LaFargue Balin • Jamie Barnett • Tricia Barr • Marilyn Bauriedel • Margaret Faith Bell • Alan Bennett • Keith & Atsuko Bennett • Ruth Benz • Steve Bisset • David Bower • Geneva Briggs • Sandra Browman • Davina Brown • Joyce Bryson • David Bubenik • Sarah Burgess • Patrick Butler • Debra Cen • Liang Chao • Ronald Chun • Jim Colton • Barb Cooley • Robert Cory • Janet DaFoe • Carl Darling • Brian Dear • Linval DePass • Tricia Dolkas • Albert Dorsky • Michael Eager • Soroor Ebnesajjad • Lynette Lee Eng • Claude Ezran • Steve Farmer • Janie Farn • Margaret Feuer • Sharleen Fiddaman • Len Filppu • Diane Finkelstein • Ruth Fisher • Jeanne Fleming • Jennifer Fryhling • Mary Gallagher • Tay Gallagher • Michael Gaynon • Sharon & Elliot Grant • Pria Graves • Jeff Greenfield • Ann Gregory • Stephanie Grossman • Beth Guislin • John Guislin • Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher • Nancy Hamilton • Hamilton Hitchings • Lynn Hollyn • Gloria Hom • Ian Irwin • Chuck Karish • Amrutha Kattamuri • Suzanne Keehn • Marilyn Keller • CeCi Kettendorf • Eileen Kim • Carol Kiparsky • Tomas Kong • Knute Kresie • Ingrid Lai • Lisa Berkowitz Landers • Joan Larabee • Karen Latchford • Leon Leong • Philip Levy • Helen Li • Charlene Liao • Irene Lloyd • Gwen Luce • Igor Makasyuk • Sean Maloney • Jo Ann Mandinach • Shannon McEntee • Dan Melick • Andy Miksztal • Kris Miller • Jack Morton • Carol Munch • Mark Nadim • Nadia Naik • Marlene Novack • Faisal Ojjeh • Jaya Pandey • Jason Park • Lorraine Parker • Thomas Pencek • Ann Pianetta • Francis Polansky, M.D. • Karen Porter • Tirumala Ranganath • Keith Reckdahl • Chris Robell • Mary Robell • Mary Ann Roberts • William Ross • Simran Sandhu • Dr. Sam and Daryl Savage • Jaclyn Schrier • David Schrom • Judith Schwartz • Laura Seitel • Pankaj Shah • Kumaran Siva • Roger Smith • Randall South • John St Clair III • Martha Boyle Stevenson • Eileen Stolee • Kenneth Streib • James Sun • Carol Tannenwald • Govind Tatachari • Laszlo Tokes • Cindy Tomooka • Sandy Voorhees • Jean Wang • Alice Woo • Barbara Wallace • Jean Wang • Karlette Warner • Deborah Wexler • Karen White • Mary Ellen White • Rene Wood • Jean Wren • Johnathan Xie • Sidney Xu • Neva Yarkin • Andrew Young • Arlen Young • Lucy Yuan • Zita Zukowsky • Jonathan Zweig