Candidate for
United States Representative; District 17

CURRENT AND FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS

• Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California
  
• Steve Westly, Former Controller and Chief Financial Officer of California
  
• Orrin Mahoney, Former Mayor and current City Councilmember of Cupertino
  
• Richard Lowenthal, Former Mayor of Cupertino
  
• Rod Sinks, Vice Mayor of Cupertino
  
• Abe Gupta, City Councilmember of Dublin
  
• Vinnie Bacon, Vice Mayor of Fremont
  
• Anu Natarajan, Former Vice Mayor and current City Councilmember of Fremont
  
• Raj Salwan, City Councilmember of Fremont
  
• Gary Waldeck, Former Mayor and current City Councilmember of Los Altos Hills
  
• Jose Esteves, Mayor of Milpitas
  
• Althea Polanski, Vice Mayor of Milpitas
  
• Carmen Montano, City Councilmember of Milpitas
  
• Debbie Giordano, City Councilmember of Milpitas
  
• Dave Smith, Mayor Emeritus of Newark
  
• Cheryl Cook-Kallio, Former Vice Mayor and current City Councilmember of Pleasanton & Fremont Unified School District Teacher
  
• Lisa Gillmor, City Councilmember of Santa Clara
  
• Jim Roberts, Former Mayor of Sunnyvale
  
• David Whittum, City Councilmember of Sunnyvale
  
• Bill Quirk, State Assemblymember
  
• Thelma Boac, Trustee, Berryessa Union School District
  
• David Neighbors, Former Trustee, Berrysea Union School District
  
• Anjali Kausar, President, Cupertino Union School District
  
• Phyllis Vogel, Trustee, Cupertino Union School District
  
• Peggy Herndon, Former Trustee, Fremont Unified School District
  
• Anna Muh, Former Trustee, Fremont Unified School District
  
• Ina Bendis, Trustee, Santa Clara Unified School District
  
• Vince Songcayawon, President Pro-Tem, Evergreen School District
  
• Cynthia Chang, Trustee, Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District
  
• Rudy Nasol, Trustee, San Jose/Evergreen Community College District
  
• Chad Walsh, Trustee, West Valley-Mission Community College District
  
• Karl Watanabe, Trustee, West Valley-Mission Community College District
  
• John Weed, Director, Alameda County Water District & Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency
  
• Nai Hsueh, Former Chair and current District 5 Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District
  
• Richard Santos, District 3 Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District
  
• Brian Schmidt, Vice Chair and current District 7 Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District

• Sanjeev Acharya, Silicon Sage Builders
  
• Deepak Ahuja, Tesla Motors
  
• Aditya Agarwal, Dropbox
  
• Sumi Agarwal, Shape Security, Inc.
  
• Aditya Agrawal, Woxi Media
  
• Syed Ali, Cavium
  
• Sam Altman, Y Combinator
  
• Marc Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz
  
• Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture) Fund
  
• Ajay Banga, Mastercard
  
• David Bell, formerly with Intersil
  
• Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com
  
• Larry Birenbaum, TPW West (formerly with Cisco Systems)
  
• Marc Bodnick, Quora
  
• Zachary Bogue, Data Collective
  
• Todd Bradley, Hewlett Packard
  
• Tim Brady, Imagine K12
  
• Tom Bredt, Menlo Ventures
  
• Paul Buchheit, Y Combinator
  
• Brook Byers, KPCB
  
• Tom Caulfield, Soraa
  
• Sumir Chadha, WestBridge Capital
  
• Rohini Chakravarthy, NEA
  
• James Cham, Bloomberg Beta
  
• Asheem Chandna, Greylock Partners
  
• Tom Chavez, Krux Inc.
  
• Amar Chokhawala, Reflektion
  
• Kevin Chou, Kabam
  
• Ian Clark, Genentech
  
• Matt Cohler, Benchmark
  
• Ron Conway, SV Angel
  
• Bruce Cozadd, Jazz Pharmaceuticals
  
• Yogen Dalal, Mayfield Fund
  
• Edward Debartolo, Jr., Debartolo Holdings (former owner, San Francisco 49ers)
  
• Vin Dham, IndoUS Venture Partners (formerly with Intel and Founder of Pentium)
  
• Ann Doerr
  
• L. John Doerr, KPCB
  
• John Donahoe, Ebay
  
• Caroline Donahue, Intuit
  
• John Drew, TCV
  
• Donna Dubinsky, Numenta (former Palm & Handspring)
  
• Boris Epstein, BINC
  
• Judy Estrin, Evntlive (formerly with Cisco)
  
• Tom Fallon, Infinera
  
• Shawn Fanning
  
• Irwin Federman, U.S. Venture Partners
  
• Adrian Fenty, Andreessen Horowitz (former Mayor, Washington DC)
  
• Frank Fischer, NeuroPace, Inc.
  
• Vijaya Gadde, Twitter
  
• Sameer Gandhi, Accel Partners
  
• Guy Gecht, EFI
  
• David Goldberg, SurveyMonkey
  
• Evan Goldberg, NetSuite, Inc.
  
• Kenneth Goldman, Yahoo Inc.
  
• David Golob, Francisco Partners
  
• Ben Gomes, Google
  
• Theresia Gouw, Accel Partners
  
• Paul Graham, Y Combinator
  
• Josh Green, Mohr Davidow Ventures
  
• Tim Guleri, Sierra Ventures
  
• Vic Gundotra, Google
  
• Arjun Gupta, TeleSoft Partners
  
• Umang Gupta, Keynote Systems, Inc.
  
• Kevin Hale, Y Combinator
  
• Ammar Hanafi, Alloy Ventures
  
• Brad Handler, Inspirato
  
• Steve Harrick, Institutional Venture Partners
  
• Kamil Hasan, Inovus Capital Partners
  
• Talat Hasan, Inovus Capital Partners
  
• Penny Herscher, First Rain
  
• Robert Hohman, Glassdoor
  
• Ramsey Homsany, Dropbox
  
• Jeff Housenbold, Shutterfly
  
• Rebeca Hwang, YouNoodle
  
• Amit Jain, Prysm
  
• Sujay Jaswa, Dropbox
  
• Hosain Rahman, Jawbone
  
• Vivek Joshi, LumaSense Technologies
  
• Deepak Kamra, Canaan Partners
  
• Justin Kan, Exec
  
• Samir Kaul, Khosla Ventures
  
• Rajiv Khemani, Kaazing
  
• Fred Khosravi, Incept LLC
  
• Rick Klau, Startup Lab + Google Ventures
  
• Kittu Kolluri, NEA
  
• Steve Krausz, U.S. Venture Partners
  
• Gary Kremen, Match.Com & Clean Power Finance
  
• Ashok Krishnamurthi
  
• Brigette Lau, The Social+Capital Partnership
  
• Gary Lauder, Lauder Partners LLC
  
• Laura Lauder, Lauder Partners LLC
  
• David Lee, SV Angel
  
• Bill Lenihan, Switch Lighting Co.
  
• Alan Levy, Frazier Healthcare Ventures
  
• Ellen Levy, Silicon Valley Connect (formerly with LinkedIn)
  
• Jessica Livingston, Y Combinator
  
• Joe Lonsdale, Formation 8
  
• Ronald Lott, RML Enterprises
  
• Antonio Lucio, Visa
  
• Stephen Luczo, Seagate
  
• Richard Lyons, UC Berkeley
  
• Rajeev Madhavan, Magma Design Automation and Ambit Design Systems
  
• Gadi Maier, Freemonee Network
  
• Josh Makower, ExploraMed & New Enterprise Associates
  
• Richard Marini, BranchOut Inc.
  
• Marissa Mayer, Yahoo Inc.
  
• Mike McCue, Flipboard
  
• Karl Mehta, Menlo Ventures
  
• Lenny Mendonca, McKinsey & Company
  
• Louis Montulli, Zetta
  
• Charley Moore, Rocket Lawyer
  
• Peter Moore, Electronic Arts
  
• Dave Morin, Path
  
• Rao Mulpuri, View
  
• Yatin Mundkur, Artiman Management LLC
  
• Bubba Murarka, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
  
• Shantanu Narayen, Adobe
  
• Michael Nevens, Permira Advisors
  
• Craig Newmark, Craigslist, Inc.
  
• Murthy Nukala, Adchemy
  
• Alexis Ohanian, Initialized Capital
  
• Patrick O'Malley, Seagate Technology
  
• Paul Otellini, formerly with Intel
  
• Mahesh Pakala, Verizon
  
• Chamath Palihapitiya, The Social+Capital Partnership
  
• Sean Parker, Founders Fund
  
• Piyush Patel, Akari Systems
  
• Arthur Patterson, Accel Partners
  
• Nancy Pfund, DBL Investors
  
• David Phillips, Hackbright Academy
  
• Sundar Pichai, Google
  
• Albert Pimentel, Seagate Technology
  
• Alison Gelb Pincus, One Kings Lane
  
• Mark Pincus, Zynga
  
• Hank Plain, Lightstone Venture Capital
  
• Tony Prophet, Hewlett Packard
  
• Keith Rabois, Khosla Ventures
  
• Rajan Raghavan, The Fabric
  
• Gokul Rajaram, Square
  
• Geoff Ralston, Imagine K12 & Y Combinator
  
• Amy Rao, Integrated Archive Systems
  
• Kanwal Rekhi, Inventus Capital
  
• John Riccitiello, Electronic Arts
  
• Sanford Robertson, Francisco Partners
  
• Dan Rose, Facebook
  
• Allison Rosenthal, MessageMe
  
• Rahul Roy, ARC
  
• Rusty Rueff, The GRAMMY Foundation
  
• Amr Salahieh, Shifamed LLC
  
• Shashank Samant, GlobalLogic, Inc.
  
• Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook
  
• Philip Sanderson, IDG Ventures
  
• Greg Sands, Costanoa Ventures
  
• Pooja Sankar, Piazza
  
• Arun Sarin, Vodafone
  
• Ajay Sarkar, RoundWorld Solutions
  
• Shirish Sathaye, Khosla Ventures
  
• Max Schireson, 10Gen
  
• Ted Schlein, KPCB
  
• Eric Schmidt, Google
  
• Stratton Sclavos, Radar Partners
  
• Amit Shah, Artiman Ventures
  
• Rajendra Shah, Microsoft
  
• Ram Shriram, Sherpalo Ventures
  
• Len Shustek, Computer History Museum (former Nestar & Network General)
  
• Mark Siegel, Menlo Ventures
  
• Ajit Singh, Artiman Ventures
  
• Jagdeep Singh, QuantumScape
  
• Sonny Singh, Oracle
  
• Amit Singhal, Google
  
• Shan Sinha, Highfive
  
• Motasim Sirhan, Elixir Medical
  
• Dan Siroker, Optimizely
  
• Arvind Sodhani, Intel Corp. & Intel Capital
  
• Steve Spinner, RevUp Software
  
• Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp!
  
• Jim Swartz, Accel Partners
  
• Garry Tan, Y Combinator
  
• Hemant Taneja, General Catalyst & Advanced Energy Economy
  
• Immanuel Thangaraj, Essex Woodlands
  
• Romesh Wadhwani, Symphony Technology Group
  
• Kent Walker, Google
  
• Bill Watkins, Bridgelux
  
• Dan Wehner, Facebook
  
• Allyson Willoughby, Glassdoor
  
• Stanley Yang, NeuroSky
  
• Dan Yue, formerly with Disney
  
• Amit Zavery, Oracle
  
• Eugene Zhang, InnoSpring
  
• Randi Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg Media & Dot Complicated (formerly with Facebook)

• Dr. Pono Aino, Sport Clinic
  
• Elizabeth Ainsworth, Life by Design Center
  
• Mercedes and Alexander Albana, American Gateway Real Estate & Financial Solutions
  
• Pam and Vinnie Bandla, Winmax Systems
  
• James Cai, Schein & Cai LLP
  
• Andrea Casotto, Runtime Design Automation
  
• Kevin Chen, Farmers Insurance
  
• Dr. Monika Chugh, Gateway Eye Care Optometry
  
• Deborah Costa, Neto's Market & Grill
  
• Inder Dosanji, GMC Dealership
  
• Dharminder Dewan, Nurture Kids
  
• Susie Faries, SciMed Partners & InnovaMedix
  
• Ravishankar Gundlapalli, Mentor Cloud
  
• Kee Ha, Hannam Supermarket
  
• Alan Heimlich, Heimlich Law
  
• Brian Ho, News for Chinese
  
• Dave Hoemberg, USA Reclamation and Recycling
  
• Jayarama Komati, Swagat
  
• Joe Johal, Wendy's
  
• Chuck Kring, Stratus Devices
  
• Duc Lam and June Tran, Crema Coffee Roasting Company
  
• Iris Lei, 99 People
  
• Peter Lim, S L Carter Press & Service
  
• Lei Liu, Vanguard Auto Repair and Body Shop
  
• Margaret Marquez, City Lights Espresso
  
• Pauline Martinez, Alain Pinel Realtors
  
• Sheryl Martinez, Alain Pinel Realtors
  
• Ferly Mendoza, Pinoy BBQ ATBP
  
• Carmelita Moore, Carmy's Salon
  
• Thac Nguyen, Blue Dragon Taekwondo Academy
  
• Yoli and Butch Padlan, Abbott Dental
  
• D.D. Peņa, The Coffee Adventure Co.
  
• Babita Sharma, India Cash and Carry
  
• Veenu Shekhar, Mysvel
  
• Ruby Singh, Naz Beauty Salon
  
• Garry Singh, Chaat Bhavan
  
• Kevin Tran, Pho Saigon
  
• Tim Tran, The Ivy Group
  
• Aditya Ullal, Atiiva Speech and Debate Prep
  
• Prasad Vasireddy, Peacock Indian Restaurants
  
• Sherry Wang, bayEcho.com and SpringLight Education Institute
  
• Asad Warriach, Chutney
  
• Warren Wettenstein, Wettenstein Insurance & Financial Solutions
  
• Anil Yadav, Jack in the Box
  
• Bin Zhai, Zhai & Wang, LLP

• Deepak Chopra, Author & Founder of The Chopra Foundation
  
• Lawrence Lessig, Professor, Harvard Law School & Founder of Creative Commons, Rootstrikers, and *Stanford Center for Internet and Society

• Sergio Santos, Former Community Labor Liaison for New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) Re-Employment Center & former President of United Auto Workers Local 2244
  
• Kavita Tankha, Activist of the Year, Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club
  
• Ann Woo, Executive Director of Chinese Performing Arts of America
  
• Dr. Romesh Japra, Convener & Chairman of Federation of Indian Associations
  
• Steve Ting, President of the Shin Shin Educational Foundation & former President of the Cupertino Rotary Club
  
• Dr. Ying Qiu Wang, President & Founder of the University of East-West Medicine
  
• Sangeeta Peris, Former President of Stevens Creek Elementary School PTO
  
• Jayati Goel, Former President of De Vargas Home and School Club
  
• Vivek Karnataki, School Site Chairperson at Murdock-Portal Elementary School
  
• Meena Juttukonda, Cupertino Union School District Parent
  
• Soma McCandless, Cupertino Union School District Parent
  
• Jim Cunningham, Fremont Union High School District Parent
  
• Logan Palanisamy, Fremont Union High School District Parent
  
• Dawn Ying, Fremont Union High School District Parent
  
• Maria Ching, Fremont Unified School District Parent
  
• Linda Sell, Former Board Member of West Valley Educational Endowment Fund
  
• Don Sun, Cupertino Planning Commission Chair
  
• Yogi Chugh, Fremont Planning Commissioner
  
• Robert Creveling, Fremont Senior Citizens Commission Chair
  
• Sonia Sachar, Fremont Youth Advisory Commissioner & Irvington High School Student
  
• Thelma Batilo, Milpitas Community Advisory Commissioner
  
• Jose Rosario, Milpitas Community Advisory Commissioner
  
• Ray Maglalang, Milpitas Community Advisory Commissioner
  
• Ricky Ablaza, Milpitas Economic Development Commissioner
  
• Elpidio Estioko, Milpitas Library Advisory Commission Chair
  
• Evelyn Ramirez, Milpitas Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Commissioner
  
• Rajeev Madnawat, Milpitas Planning Commissioner
  
• Estrella Gilana, Milpitas Senior Advisory Commissioner
  
• Bal Daquigan, Milpitas Senior Advisory Commissioner
  
• Kathleen "Kathy" Watanabe, Board Member, Santa Clara Board of Library Trustees
  
• Cammie Harris, Principal, Alameda Unified School District
  
• Michelle Cosgrove, Fremont Unified School District Teacher
  
• Eva Roa, former President, AIESEC San Jose
  
• Lindsay Lamont, Former President, Stanford Young Democrats
  
• Jim Green, Co-Founder & Executive Director of T4A.org
  
• Raj Bhanot, Co-Founder of Sunnyvale Hindu Temple
  
• Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor of Workforce & Economic Development, California Community Colleges
  
• Alicia Wang, Former Vice Chair of California State Democratic Party
  
• Linda Adams, Former Secretary of California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)
  
• James "Jim" Boyd, Former Vice Chair of California Energy Commission, former CEO of California Air Resources Board, and former Chair of California Climate Advisory Committee
  
• Tristan Brown, Former Political Director, California United Homecare Workers Union SEIU/AFSCME Local 4034
  
• Celso Lindo, President, Fil-Am Volunteers
  
• Demetrio Nitafan, President, Fil-Am Association of Milpitas
  
• Lou Concepcion, President, Diocesan Council of Filipino Catholics
  
• George Elias, Pastoral Council Chair, St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish
  
• Susan Esteves, Ladies Guild President, St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish
  
• Sally Nicolas, Filipino Ministry Chair, St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
  
• Tien Nguyen, President, Northern California Vietnamese Americans
  
• Jara Dan-Fodio, Digital Media Instructional Technology Services
  
• Marga Lacabe
  
• Pam and Bill Milam
  
• Mary Shine
  
• Leigh Mason
  
• Shirley Lee
  
• Tivonne Ha
  
• Arthur Bao
  
• Joanne Hoemberg
  
• Lorna Lardizabal Dietz
  
• Christopher Alberto
  
• Trinidad Aoalin
  
• Eladio Aoalin
  
• Garry Barbadillo
  
• Ben Cacao
  
• Gloria Cacao
  
• Avelina Daquigan
  
• Truman Nhu
  
• Ramon Ocampo
  
• Jaime Odena
  
• Jun Oidem
  
• Zeny Oidem
  
• Devonna Wong
  
• Tony Yang