Issues like environment, affordable housing, homeless issues and education
Richard and Dione Klein

He’s a fighter for the people who most need a champion!
Rick Nolthenius

Drew’s message is consistent with Santa Cruz Community values.
Zach Langton

Elected/Appointed officials, past and present:

Christopher Krohn – Former Mayor of Santa Cruz, 2001-2002, Current Santa Cruz City Council member
Sandy Brown – Santa Cruz City Council Candidate, Current Santa Cruz City Council member
Gertrude Smith – Mayoral Candidate for Seaside, CA
Jane Weed-Pomerantz – Former mayor of Santa Cruz, 1986-1987
Celia Scott – Former Mayor of Santa Cruz, 1997-1998

Organizations

Santa Cruz for Bernie
Fossil Free UCSC
UCSC College Democrats
SEIU 521
Monterey Bay Central Labor Council (MBCLC)
Sierra Club
National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW)
People’s Democratic Club

Our Community:

Zachary Denney – Central Vice Chair, Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party
Deborah Marks – Occupational Therapist/Visiting Nurses Assistant @ Sutter
Zach Langton – Kaiser Santa Clara
Sandy Ginier – Senior Program Associate – Life Lab
Nancy Packer – Santa Cruz Nutritionals
John Brown Childs – Professor Emeritus
Shandara Gill – Executive Director, Yoga For All Movement
Sola Sermiento – Retired Public Health Nurse
Cappy Israel – In-Home Caregiver
Mary Floodin – Teacher and author, PUFT, Safe Ag Safe Schools
Johanna Nelson – Ecologist: LandSea Science, Inight Santa Cruz, Aikido of Santa Cruz
Brett Garrett – Web Hosting, Santa Cruz for Bernie, Santa Cruz PRT, Citizen’s Climate Lobby
Olivia Boyce-Abel – Boyce-Abel Associates and Family Lands Consulting
Holly Ruud – Social Worker
Arbor – Artist and Inventor
Chris Hables Gray – UCSC, UCSC AFT
Dominic Chappoel – SEC, NIA
Matthew Cruz – Hula Island Grill, UCSC student
Parker Taylor – Santa Cruz Parks and Rec
Joel Wilson – Coach/Teacher @ UCSC
Rick Nolthenius – Professor – Cabrillo College
Sally Gwin-Satterlee – Retired RN, Universal Healthcare Activist
Dawn Schott-Norris – Retired Teacher @ LOSD
Judy Pisano – Retired Teacher
Shantanu Phukan – Retired
Jeanette Coe – Retired
Shelley Hatch – Retired
Pegatha Hughes – Retired
Susan Cavalieri – Retired
Richard and Dione Klein – Retired
Candice Elliott – Human Resources Manager, The Glass Jar
Sandra Nichols – Board of Education Trustee – Santa Cruz Office of Education
Allan Fisher – Teacher, City College of San Francisco
Cynthia Berger – Tenant advocate/activist/organizer
John Brown Childs – Professor Emeritus, UC Santa Cruz
Shandara Gill – Executive Director, Yoga For All Movement
Chris Sherertz – Content Creator, Romero Institute
Mel Nunez
Larry Frank
Bay Montera
Lyra Factor
Paul Scott
Dennis Lewis
Lucio Kim-Murakami
Christopher Purdin
Emma Waters
Karen Oakley
Mitchell Goldstein
Matthew Nathanson
Richard Stauff
Eleanor Mendoza
Joan Peterson
David Sweet
Andrew Matsiev
Felicity Amaya Schaeffer
Eric Grabiel
Phil Kaplan
Stacey Falls, Educator
Leslie Potenzo
Edward “Ted” Altenberg
Robert Bowen
MELISSA SVIGELJ
David Werlin
Mary Flodin
Bruce Bruttano
Sola Sarmiento
Zeke Bean
Patti McCarron
Leslie Potenzo

Endorsers – 2016

Organizations

Santa Cruz for Bernie
People’s Democratic Club (PDC) of Santa Cruz County
Monterey Bay Central Labor Council (MBCLC)
Sierra Club
Bike Santa Cruz County
Service Employee International Union (SEIU) 521
Building and Construction Trades Council
UCSC Graduate Students Association

Elected/Appointed officials, past and present:

Christopher Krohn – Former Mayor of Santa Cruz, 2001-2002
Tim Fitzmaurice – Former Mayor of Santa Cruz, 2000-2001, UCSC and SVSPrison
Gertrude Smith – Mayoral Candidate for Seaside, CA
Sandy Brown – Santa Cruz City Council Candidate
Jane Weed-Pomerantz – Former mayor of Santa Cruz, 1986-1987
Celia Scott – Former Mayor of Santa Cruz, 1997-1998
Felipe Hernandez – Mayor of Watsonville
Bruce Van Allen – Former Mayor of Santa Cruz, 1982-1983 / Candidate for Santa Cruz Board of Education

Our Community:

Cappy Israel – Caregiver & Massage Therapist for IHSS
Monica McGuire – Healing Lifestyle Coach, We Are Aptos
Karl Maret – President of Dove Center for Integral Medicine, Dove Health Alliance
Rick Longinotti – Marriage & Family Therapist
Michael Curry – Care Provider for IHSS
Bliss Billo – Caregiver
Paula Leroy – Teacher for SC Learning Abilities, WILPF Branch Council
Ellen Kane – Teacher for PVUSD
Rachmat & Halimah Martin – Consultant
Ramona Richard – Nutritionist for Way of Life
Olivia Boyce-Abel – Mediation
Sara Nelson – Executive Director of the Romero Institute
Daniel Sheehan – President of the Romero Institute
April Burns – Executive Director of Kids On Broadway & Director of Santa Cruz Living Tao, RCNV
Jim Weller – Consultant, Association of Faith Communities, Progressive Christian Forum, Smart Solutions to Homelessness
Carol Loewenstein – Pachamama
Kelsey Hill – UCSC Disability Resource Center, United Nations Association, Project Pollinate, Romero Institute
Jacob Chapnick – Speech Therapist for Cabrillo College Stroke & Disability Center
Marcia Heath – Chair of WILPF, Santa Cruz
Suzanne Williams – Facilitator & Volunteer, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Sophia Alexandria – Santa Cruz for Bernie
Melissa Jullig – Creative Cultures, Santa Cruz for Bernie
Christopher Drury – Lead Pastor for Garfield Park Community Church
Joe Williams – Hospital Lab Tech for Dignity Health / Dominican Hospital, SEIU/UHW; RCNV; Former Peace and Freedom congressional candidate, CA-20
Noah Stid – Communications Director for the Romero Institute
Sarah Durant Smith – Bay Photo and the Resource Center for Nonviolence, Sin Barras, Project Pollinate, Garfield Park Christian Church, SURJ’s cheerleader
Joe Krammer – Business Development for Looker Data Sciences, AmeriCorps
Shaun Fox – Permaculturalist for Love’s Gardens, Homeless Garden Project fruit tree project
Mike Molda – Event/Artist Curator for Cypher Sessions Collective, Project Pollinate
Abigail Grattidge – Tutor for Americorps
Eleyah Knight – Mother and Graduate Student at Five Branches University, March Against Monsanto
Dennis Etler – Instructor at Cabrillo College, Project Pollinate
Otilio “OT” Quintero – Assistant Director of Barrios Unidos
Colleen Hilker – Teacher for Pajaro Valley Unified School District
Allegra David – Teacher & Therapist
Isaac Collins – MC, Santa Cruz Cypher Sessions
Jessica Seina – AmeriCorps, Davenport Resource Center
Joraine McKellar – UCSC Human Resources
Tom Helman – Retired Non-Profit Administrator
Doug Williams – Campbell Union School District
Irene O’Connell – Nonprofit
Mavel Armijo – Retired Educator, SCCCOR, Santa Cruz Community Coaliton To Overcome Racism
Lakia Queen – Student
Faisal Fazilat (Faz) – UCSC alumni, Beach Flats Garden, Santa Cruz for Bernie
Sandra Lee – Baker
Edgar Ontiveros – Outreach & Enrollment for Community Health Center
Queenie Jimenez – Goodwill Industries, Panel member, Santa Cruz Arts. Poets Party, Community Garden Centeer
Jamie Kirsch – Dental Lab Co-Owner
Shawn Kranitz – Solar Design Tool, Resource Center for Nonviolence
Maria Ramos – Nurse & Student Midwife, Bilingual Data Collective
Josh Najmi – Student, Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Progream
Mario Guizar – Artist, Project Pollinate
Leonie Sherman – Former Santa Cruz City Council Candidate, 2012
Zachary Wolinsky – PedX Courier & Cargo, Three Americas, Inc. / Network of Bay Area Worker Coops. / CA Center for Co-op Development
Javier Hernandez – Insurance Salesperson for WFG
David Dennis – Co-Founder of Ventana Surfboards & Supplies
Josh Brahinsky – Field Representative for UC AFT, Economic Justice Alliance Board Member
Sebastian Manjon – ViDA JUICE Inc, Homeless Garden Project
Ernestina Saldana – Disability rights activist
Ted Altenberg – Educator for MetroED (San Jose), ACSA, CUE, ASCD, Smart Solutions to Homelessness (Santa Cruz County), International School-to-School Partnerships
G Shultz – Diversity Center
Bruce Telopa Bigelow – Artist, Telopa Treloky
Jimmy Heichel – Salesman for Ashby Confections
Nicholas Whitehead – Retired Journalist, UNA – Santa Cruz Chapter
Lisa Johnson – Nurse assistant for Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Three Americas
Mel Nunez – Shelter Coordinator
Esther Frances – Spiritual Counselor, Pet Care Biz
Kat Factor – Musician, Kat Factor Music
Chelsee Robinson – Bay Area Libraries Entrepreneurial Studies
Adam Freidin – Programmer for Adobe
Laura Rockow – Mom
Steve Rogers – Entrepreneur
Mark D Lee – Romero Institute
Wylie Bird – Student
Patricia Pacheco – Teacher
Trevor Luxon – Lawyer
Dan Phillips – Retired Professor
Tara Magpusao – Holistic Health Coach
Ilana Goldstein – Teacher for Kol Tefillah / Temple Beth EC
Karen Shira Belford – Psychotherapist, Chadeish Yameince Jewish Renewal Congregation
Joshua Hope – Landscapist
Erik Eriksen – Energy Analyst for UCSC, Organizer for Santa Cruz for Bernie
Alain Desouches – Retired, Pachamama Alliance, SCCCCOR, SURJ, YVPT
Anita Heckman – Activist/Artist, Resource Center for Nonviolence
Drew Lewis – Activist, Retired, Vaccine Choice Santa Cruz Co., GMO labeling, Stop Smart Meters Org, SC Sustainable Living Center
Carlie Newlander – Herbalist/Nutrionist
Barbara Joy Templeton – Kin & Unkin Souls, AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, 1st NIGHT SANTA CRUZ, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Board of Directors
Len Beyea – Engineering consultant, Citizens Climate Lobby, Pachamama Alliance
Nathan A Kennedy – Santa Cruz City Council Candidate
Suzanne McLean – California Jam Queen, Association of Faith Communities
Abbi Samuels – Software Developer for UCSC, ACLU, Food Not Bombs, Freedom Sleepers
Daniel Daysdale – Organizer
Alene Smith – Activist
Robert Chacanaca – President of the Monterrey Bay Central Labor Council (MBCLC)
Max Bryer-Bass – Intern for Marriage Family Therapy
Meredy Wells – Volunteer for Food Not Bombs
Bruce Bratton – Radio Host and BrattonOnline, Community Water Coalition
Elena Bermudez – MediCal Claims Representative for Central California Alliance for Health
Keith McHenry – Co-founder of Food Not Bombs
Bill Eilfort – Ed Tech for Avant Assessment LLC
Zeke Bean – Water Resources Supervisor for the City of Santa Cruz
Alex Ptucha – Santa Cruz CBD
Luke Broadbent – Musician
Ashley Bouchahine – Admin Assistant
Jason Woznick – Lecturer in San Jose
Scott Renfer – Retired massuse
Jane Yett – Fundraiser, Campus Election Engagement Project
Natalie Dybens – Homeless Services Center
David Bednar – Laserlight Prints
Susan Martinez – Retired UCSC staff
Sheila Carrillo – Retired educator
Esther Greenburg – RN
Simba Kenyatta – President of the NAACP Santa Cruz
Mary Flodin – Writer
Lexi White – Retired
Monica Sinha – Nurse at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
Angelisa Candler – Filmaker for CTV
Mark Nepomuceno – Sanitation for Beckmann’s Bakery
Elise Casby – Political Activist, Fundraiser
Bob von Elgg – Graphic Design
Jacquy Griffith – Retired Educator
Nate Saucier – Small Business Owner, Quality Web Techie
Franco Picarella – Customer Service Representative for the Santa Cruz Warriors
Mike Urban – UCSC Professor Emeritus
Veronica Urban – Retired
Roland Saher – Retired teacher
Stacey Falls – Teacher for the Santa Cruz City Schools
Emilio Casteneda – Beach Flats Garden Gardener
Rachel O’Malley – Professor at San Jose State University
Nancy Abbey – Retired
Chris Niemitz – Mail Carrier for USPS
Fred Geiger – Retired
Danielle Glynn – Grad Student at UCSC
Joyce Malone – Retired
Margaret Smith – Retired
Len Beyea – Engineering Consultant
Miriam Smith – Community Organizer
Dawn Schott-Norris – Teacher
Gail Williamson – Retired
Peter Scott – Retired
Pete Shanks – Editor
Jane Mio – Retired principal for MBPUSD
Rebecca Bogdan – RN for SCCOE
Marian Gordon – Disabled
Jean Pira – Retired
Mathilde Rand – Retired
Rachel Goodman – Professor of Journalism at Cabrillo College
Rico – Educator/Networker
Adam Spickler – Senior Analyst for the County of Santa Cruz, Human Services Department
Jeffrey Smedberg – Executive Vice President of SEIU 521
Juliana Hernandez – Stay-home mom/Teacher
Marilyn Lucier – Retired Activist
Olivia Martinez – Union Organizer fot SEIU 521
Haydee Guerrero – Teacher for PVUSD
Nicholas Whitehead – Retired Filmmaker
Canaan Justice Mills – Construction for Joe Bond
Kyle Huttger – Teacher for Autism at The Bay School
Claire Paul – Retired
Victoria Downey – Retired, Santa Cruz City Schools
Sherry Talmage – Retired, Soquel Union School District
Jane Doyle – Retired
Anthony Jespersen – Data Entry and Sales for the Jack Macdonald Vitamin Center
Deborah Lashever – Writer
Jamie Keil – Museum Educator at the Santa Cruz MAH
Elizabeth Flynn – Educator for Cabrillo College
Nancy Lorenzo – Student at UCSC
Uriah Shammo-Royer – Student at UCSC
Eron Lake – Student at UCSC
Brandon Lake – Student at UCSC
Alexander Olivares – Student
Dylan Huntzinger – Student
Asante Nkosi – Student
Julie Passantino – Student
Adriana Renteria – Coordinator for People of Color Sustainability, UCSC
Debbie Bulger – Retired
Reggie Meisler – Software Developer for MZ
Mark Halfmoon – Photographer
Daniel Spelce – Retired
Gretchen Schultz – Health Clerk for Santa Cruz City Schools
Pearl Palmer – Massage Therapist
Kelly Norris – Nurse at Aegis of Aptos
Beverly Silverman – Rolfer specialistJennifer Malone-Leonard – Accupuncturist
Andy Hartmann – Union electrician with IBEW 234
Elaine Kihara – Retired UCSC employee
David Sweet – Retired UCSC employee