• Endorsements

National Leaders

  • Mike Honda, Congressman - Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
  • Bobby Kennedy Jr., President Waterkeeper Alliance 
  • Jay Inslee, Congressman - Founder of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition

State Elected Officials

  • Alex Padilla, State Senator – Chair, Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee
  • Gil Cedillo, State Senator – Chair, California Latino Legislative Caucus
  • Paul Fong, Assemblymember - Chair, Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee
  • Felipe Fuentes, Assemblymember – Chair, Assembly Appropriations Committee
  • Bob Blumenfield, Assemblymember – Chair, Assembly Budget Committee
  • Isadore Hall, Assemblymember – Assistant Speaker Pro-Tem
  • Nancy Skinner, Assemblymember – Chair, Assembly Rules Committee
  • Anthony Portantino, Assemblymember – Chair, Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee

Local Elected Officials

  • Gavin Newsom – Mayor of San Francisco
  • Judy Kleinberg, Former Mayor of Palo Alto
  • Mike Cobb, Former Mayor of Palo Alto
  • Gary Fazzino, Former Mayor of Palo Alto
  • Jack Morton, Former Vice Mayor of Palo Alto
  • Jon Silver, Former Mayor of Portola Valley
  • Nancy Shepherd, City Councilmember, City of Palo Alto
  • Bern Beecham, City Councilmember, City of Palo Alto
  • Kelly Ferguson, City Councilmember, City of Menlo Park
  • John Howe, City Councilmember, City of Sunnyvale
  • Ash Kalra, City Councilmember, City of San Jose
  • Sam Liccardo, City Councilmember, City of San Jose
  • Dean Warshawsky, City Councilmember, Los Altos
  • Phil Ting, Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco
  • Seth Rosenblatt, Governing Board Member, San Carlos School District
  • Mark Olbert, San Carlos School Board Trustee
  • David Cohen, Berryessa Union School Board Trustee
  • Norm Kline, Former Mayor of the City of Saratoga
  • Leslie Katz, former Supervisor and San Francisco Democratic Party Chair 

Organizations

  • California League of Conservation Voters
  • California Nurses Association
  • California Professional Firefighters
  • Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)
  • Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
  • Peace Officer's Research Association of California (PORAC)
  • Stanford Young Democrats
  • Peninsula Young Democrats
  • Santa Clara County Firefighters
  • Palo Alto Professional Firefighters
  • San Jose Professional Firefighters

Community Leaders

  • Andrew Byrnes, Former Chair, San Mateo County Democratic Party*
  • Dan Carol, Issues and Content Director, Obama Campaign, Co-Founder Apollo Alliance*
  • Susan Hyatt, Former Board Member, NARAL Pro-Choice America*
  • Ronnie Lott, NFL Hall of Famer, San Francisco 49ers*
  • Tony Spitaleri, City Councilmember and Former Mayor of Sunnyvale, President, Palo Alto Professional Firefighters Union
  • Giselle Schmitz, Regional Field Director, Obama for America*
  • Susan Emerick, Women for Obama, Silicon Valley for Obama*
  • Marc Berman , Peninsula Democratic Coalition Boardmember, former candidate for AD 21*
  • Kai Stinchcombe, Founder, Roosevelt Institution, former candidate for AD 21*
  • Adam Borelli, Executive Director, New Leaders Council*
  • Joel Berman, Press and Policy Advisor, Office of Steve Westly; Board Member, Peninsula Young Democrats*
  • Dwayne Jones, Director, Mayor's Office - Communities of Opportunity (COO) at City and County of San Francisco*
  • Rafael Reyes
  • Matt Haney, Founder of Citizen Hope*
  • David Onek, San Francisco Police Commissioner
  • Adam Traeger-Hirschfelder, Program Officer Koret Foundation*
  • Larry Horton 

Environmental Leaders

  • Jack Hidary, Vice-Chairman, PACE Now Coalition
  • Raj Atluru, Partner, DFJ
  • TJ Glauthier, Former Deputy Energy Secretary, US Dept of Energy
  • Matt Golden, Founder ReCurve
  • Ira Ehrenpreis, Partner, Technology Partners; Board, ACORE*
  • David Arfin, Vice President, Strategy, SolarCity
  • Erik  Straser , Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Advisory Council Stanford PreCourt Institute for Energy, Cleantech Venture Network
  • Jeff Anderson, CEO, Clean Economy Network
  • Joel Makower, Chairman/Executive Editor, Greener World Media, Inc
  • Sunil Paul, Clean energy investor
  • Van Jones, Author, The Green-Collar Economy
  • Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network*
  • Joe Sciortino, Project Director, The 11th Hour Project
  • Margot Biehle, General Counsel, VP External Affairs, Project FROG
  • Dr. Michelle Kraus, President and CEO, Carbon Tracing, Inc.
  • Andrew Castellano, The EarthShine Foundation*
  • JB Tengco, Director of Public Affairs, Akeena
  • Isaac Fehrenbach, Venture Capitalist, Greylock Partners
  • Anthony Harrison, Renewable Energy Policy Consultant
  • Ben Tarbell, Director of Products, Solar City
  • Chip Comins, President, AREDAY (American Renewable Energy Day)*
  • Craig Lewis, Founding Principal, RightCycle & FIT Coalition
  • Daniel Loflin, Entrepreneur in Residence, Globespan Capital Partners
  • David Hochschild, VP External Relations, Solaria; Co-Founder, Vote Solar*
  • Sonia Kastner, Business Development Manager, Alta Devices
  • Felix Kramer, Founder, California Cars Initiative*
  • Gary Kremen, Founder, Clean Power Finance
  • Gene Wang, CEO, People Power
  • Genevieve Nowicki, Director of Government Relations, Solar Power Partners
  • Heather Richman, Managing Partner, GreenLight Strategies, LLC
  • Josh Richman, Director of Business Development, Bloom Energy
  • Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group
  • Matt Cheney, CEO, Renewable Ventures
  • Michael Kanellos, Editor in Chief, Greentech Media
  • Mike Taylor, Vice President of Finance, Tesla Motors
  • Rahul Prakash, Ex-COO, One Block Off the Grid
  • Rex Northen, Executive Director, Clean Tech Open*
  • Susan Preston, General Partner, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund
  • Clint Wilder, Clean Energy writer/advocate
  • Diane Vrkic, President, Energy Services Company
  • Jonathan Livingston, President, Livingston Energy Innovations
  • Julia Curtis, Director of Business Strategy and Government Relations, Sharp Solar Energy Solutions
  • Cliff Majersik, Executive Director, Institute for Market Transformation
  • Richard Eidlin, Sustainable Economic Development
  • Andrew Heckler, Owner, Workhouse
  • Jean Woo MD, Green Building and Solar, professional,Energy Consultant
  • Dennis Murphy, Chair, U.S. Green Building Council
  • Jordan Newman, Director, Project Finance, Tioga Energy
  • Larry Coben, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Tremisis Energy
  • Marc Thibault, Green Age the Blog
  • Matan Friedman, Investor
  • Cameron Brooks, Senior Director, Market Development & Policy Strategy, Tendril
  • Michael Green, Environmental leader, Center For Environmental Health*
  • Cisco DeVries, President, Renewable Funding
  • Donnie Fowler, Founder & CEO, Dogpatch Strategies
  • Adam Browning, Executive Director, Vote Solar*
  • Amy Rao, President, the 11th Hour Project
  • Andrew Beebe, Vice President, Global Product Strategy, Suntech; Steering Committee Member, Apollo Alliance*
  • Darian Rodriguez-Heyman, Director of Business Development & Communications, Carbon War Room
  • Joe Khirallah, Founder, Green Bear Group
  • Jack Oswald, CEO Syngest
  • Truman Semans, Owner, Business Environmental Leadership Council
  • Steven R. Schiller, P.E., Chairman of the Board, California Energy Efficiency Industry Council 

Technology Leaders

  • Ellen Levy, Vice President – Linked In
  • Jason Rodriguez, Director of Government Affairs – HP
  • Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder – Linked In
  • Sheryl Sandberg, COO – Facebook
  • Mark Pincus, Founder – Zynga 
  • Dave McClure, Angel Investor – Simplyhired.com
  • Saar Gur, Partner – Charles River Ventures
  • Jack Herrick, Founder, WikiHow
  • David Chao, Founder, DCM
  • David Hahn, Director of Product Management, Linkedin

Education Leaders

  • Bernadette Clavier, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Heather McLeod Grant, Co-Author, Forces For Good; Advisor, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
  • Jeff Camp, Chair of FCF Education Circle
  • Diana Sunshine, Vice-President, Las Lomitas Education Foundation*
*Titles provided for identification purposes only.