


ENDORSEMENTS
Elected Officials
Dr. Darshana Patel, PUSD Trustee and candidate for CA Assembly District 76
Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff, PUSD Trustee and Board President
Heather Plotzke, PUSD Trustee
Marni Von Wilpert, San Diego City Councilmember
Sabrina Bazzo, SD Unified School Board Member
Marcus Bush, National City Councilmember
Organizations
Poway Federation of Teachers
Democratic Party of San Diego
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council
San Diego Building and Construction Trades Council
AAPI Democratic Club
Democrats for Equality
Democratic Education Alliance
Rancho Bernardo Democratic Club
Rancho Peñasquitos Democratic Club
Poway Democratic Club
National Eating Disorders Network
PUSD Teachers
Annette Abadi, VAPA Vision
Jyothi Biligiri, Westview High PreSchool
Mary Lou Harshman, Park Village Elementary
Lynn Lorimer, Del Sur Elementary
Amber Richards, Del Sur Elementary
Community Members
Katie Kemple, PUSD Parent
Lindsay N. Ball, Marketing Executive, Former PUSD School Site Council Representative
Dr. H. Scott Kane, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Senior Medical Director of Psychiatry for Palomar Health, PUSD Parent
Dr. Griselda Higuera, Pediatrician and PUSD Parent
Dr. Emiliano S. Higuera, Pediatrician and PUSD Parent
Hariharan Janakiraman, PUSD Parent
Ranjan Ramachandra, PUSD Parent
Dr. Marcia I. Faustin, head physician, US Women’s Gymnastics Team
Melinda Vásquez, Attorney, Former President of the Rancho Peñasquitos Town Council
Sumathi Iyengar, PUSD Parent
Vinay Iyengar, PUSD Parent
Mary Anne Wesson, Residential Appraisal Manager (retd.) and PUSD community member
Randy Wesson, PUSD middle school teacher (retd.) and Division Commander for US Coast Guard Auxillary
Sid Voorakkara, past Chair of City of San Diego’s Ethics Commission and Senior Partner at ArroyoWest, LLC
Dr. Eric Rafla-Yuan, Psychiatrist, chair of 988 Equity and Accessibility Working Group
Dr. Gavin Huntley-Fenner, past Irvine USD Board Member and Principal Consultant, Huntley-Fenner Advisors, Inc.