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This information is provided by the candidate
 
I am honored to have the following key endorsements.
 
Education Leaders:
 
- JANET WOLF, Goleta School Board Member
 
 - RICHARD MAYER, Goleta School Board Member and UCSB Professor of Educational Psychology
 
 - MANOR BUCK, Goleta School Board Member
 
 - NANCY HARTER, Santa Barbara School Board President
 
 - ANNETTE CORDERO, Santa Barbara School Board Member
 
 - FRED RIFKIN, Santa Barbara School Board Member
 
 - LYNN RODRIGUEZ, Santa Barbara School Board Member
 
 - BOB POHL, Former Santa Barbara School Board President
 
 - JULES ZIMMER, Dean of the UCSB Gevirtz School of Education
   
Community Leaders:
- LOIS CAPPS, United States Congress, 23rd Congressional District
 
 - HANNAH-BETH JACKSON, California State Assembly, 35th District
 
 - MARGARET CONNELL, Goleta City Council Member and former Santa Barbara School Board Member
 
 - JEAN BLOIS, Goleta City Council Member and former Goleta School Board Member
 
 - JONNY WALLIS, Goleta City Council Member
 
 - HARRIETT PHILLIPS, President, Goleta Valley Land Trust
 
 - GAIL MARSHALL, Santa Barbara County Supervisor, 3rd District
 
 - BROOKS FIRESTONE, Santa Barbara County Supervisor-Elect, 3rd District
 
 - SUSAN ROSE, Santa Barbara County Supervisor, 2nd District
 
 - NAOMI SCHWARTZ, Santa Barbara County Supervisor, 1st District
 
 - SALUD CARBAJAL, Santa Barbara County Supervisor-Elect, 1st District
 
 - Santa Barbara City Council: MARTY BLUM (Mayor), IYA FALCONE, ROGER HORTON, HELENE SCHNEIDER, and DAS WILLIAMS
   
Parent Leaders: 
BRENDA ALTAVILLA (Kellogg School), RANDY & HEIDE BALDWIN (El Camino School), ROMI & GENE CARLISLE (Ellwood School), BARI & PETER GLYNN (La Patera School), KRISTEN & DR. BRENT KOVACS (Mountain View School), DENISE MADDALON (Brandon School), KAREN & PETE MCBRIDE (Foothill School), TRACI MILLER (Hollister School), and CYNDI & ANDREW WILSON (Isla Vista School)
Local Organizations: 
- Goleta's Teachers (UTP-G)
 
 - California School Employees Association, Chapter 311 (Goleta)
  
 Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee 
Tri-Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO 
Santa Barbara County Democratic Central Committee 
Democratic League 
Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County 
California Teens for Democracy
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DAN & JENIFER ANCONA 
GARY ATKINS 
JIM BALTER 
ALMA BARBOZA 
JOSEPH BARNARD 
DAVID BEARMAN, M.D. 
KITTY BEDNAR 
TODD BOEHR 
B.L. BOROVAY 
JANA BRODY 
NANCY BROYLES 
JEANDRE CARBONE 
RAYLENE CRAWFORD 
ELIZABETH COLON 
PAULINA AND PETER CONN 
LORI COOPER 
PAM COWAN & DANNY WINOKUR 
BARBIE DEUTSCH 
JILL DEXTER 
JUDITH EVERED 
DOREEN FARR 
SHEILA CASSIDY FEDERMAN 
LEANNE S. FRIEDENTHAL 
ERIC FRIEDMAN 
ALLAN S. GHITTERMAN 
MICHAEL GIBIAN 
DR. LYNNE GLASMAN 
STEVE GLIKBARG 
FRAN & CRAIG GRANET 
SUSAN GRGICH 
DANIEL GUNTHER 
W. MICHAEL HACKETT 
HATHOR HAMMETT 
BOB & DANUTE HANDY 
LAWRENCE P. HARTER, M.D. 
MARGARET HAVLIK 
PATRICIA A. HILES 
JANETTE HOPE
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R. STEVEN JONES 
PETER LACKNER 
SARA LANGER 
STEPHANIE LANGSDORF 
DARAKA LARIMORE-HALL 
REMY LETHABY 
CHIP LIENHART 
JEREMY LINDAMAN 
PENNY LITTLE 
PHIL MCCARTY 
DOROTHY MCNEIL 
DON MCGILVRAY & LORNA MOORE 
LILY MAESTAS 
MICHAEL MERENDA 
NANCY MILLER 
MADELINE MOREAUX 
DEBORAH NAISH & HOWARD BABUS 
JUDITH M. O'NEILL 
BRIAN OLSON 
BOB POTTER 
PAM REAGAN 
JENNY REINISH 
GEORGE RELLES 
BEN ROMO 
BONNIE RUNJAVAC 
SIGI SCIGLIANO 
MARIAN SHAPIRO 
STACY SHEPHERD 
STEVE SHERRILL 
SANDY STITES 
SRI SUBRAMANIAN 
MARY TEMPLE 
ERIK THOMASSEN 
CYNTHIA THURBER 
JEREMY TITTLE 
RICHARD VAUGHAN 
JON WILLIAMS 
HARVEY WOLF
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Susan's note: I didn't know most of the people on this list prior to running for school board. Each endorsement represents a 20-minute to 2-hour interview with tough questions. For some of these endorsements, all of the candidates were invited to interviews, and then I was honored to be the one they chose to endorse after the interviews. People have thanked me for running and have noted my strong background in both public education and budget management.
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