Letters of Support

Letters of Support - Elected Officials

California

Dianne Feinstein, US Senate

Mike Thompson, US House of Representatives, 1st District
Lynne Woolsey, US House of Representatives, 6th District
Barbara Lee, US House of Representatives, 9th District
Michael Honda, US House of Representatives, 15th District
(On behalf of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus)
Sam Farr, US House of Representatives, 17th District
George Radanovich, US House of Representatives, 19th District
Devin Nunes, US House of Representatives, 21st District
Sandre Swanson, California State Assembly, 16th District
Gavin Newsom, Mayor, San Francisco
Eugenia Sanchez, Mayor, Hollister
David Chiu, President, City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 3
Keith Carson, Alameda County Supervisor, 5th District
Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County Supervisor, 2nd District
Herb Wesson, Los Angeles City Council, 10th District
Janet Luzzi, Arcata City Manager
David Tyson, Eureka City Manager
Duane Rigge, Fortuna City Manager

Colorado

Bill Ritter Jr., Governor
Michael Hancock, Denver City Council, 11th District

Hawaii

Neil Abercrombie, US House of Representatives, 1st District
Mazie Hirono, US House of Representatives, 2nd District
J. Kalani English, Hawaii State Senate, 6th District
Mele Carroll, Hawaii State Representative, 13th District
Lillian Koller, Director, Hawaii State Department of Human Services
Danny Mateo, Maui County Council Chair
Gladys Baisa, Maui County Council
Joseph Pontanilla, Maui County Council
Sol Kahoohalahala, Maui County Council

Illinois

Bobby Rush, US House of Representatives, 1st District
Luis Gutierrez, US House of Representatives, 4th District
Danny Davis, US House of Representatives, 7th District
David Gehrig, Urbana City Council
Brandon Bowersox, Urbana City Council

Massachusetts 

John Kerry, US Senate
Edward Markey, US House of Representatives, 7th District
Michael Capuano, US House of Representatives, 8th District
Stephen Lynch, US House of Representatives, 9th District
Karen Spilka, Massachusetts State Senate, 2nd District
William Brownsberger, Massachusetts State Representative, 24th District
Alice Wolf, Massachusetts State Representative, 25th District  
Timothy Toomey, Jr., Massachusetts State Representative, 26th District
E. Denise Simmons, Mayor, Cambridge
Charles Yancey, Boston City Councillor
John Klimm, Barnstable Town Manager
Joseph Curtatone, Mayor, Somerville

Minnesota

Amy Klobuchar, US Senate
Betty McCollum, US House of Representatives, 4th District
Keith Ellison, US House of Representatives, 5th District
R.T. Rybak, Mayor Minneapolis
Peter McLaughlin, Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, 4th District

New Mexico

Jeff Bingaman, US Senate
Tom Udall, US Senate
Martin Heinrich, US House of Representatives, 1st District
Harry Teague, US House of Representatives, 2nd District
Ben Ray Lujan, US House of Representatives, 3rd District
David Coss, Mayor, Santa Fe

Nevada

Harry Reid, US Senate
John Ensign, US Senate
Shelley Berkley, US House of Representatives, 1st District
Dina Titus, US House of Representatives, 3rd District 

New York

Jerrold Nadler, US House of Representatives, 8th District
Nydia Velazquez, US House of Representatives, 12th District
Gale Brewer, New York City Council, 6th District

Oregon

Earl Blumenauer, US House of Representatives, 3rd District
Amanda Fritz, Commissioner, City of Portland 

Pennsylvania

Robert Casey, Jr., US Senate
Robert Brady, US House of Representatives, 1st District
Chaka Fattah, US House of Representatives, 2nd District
Joe Sestak, US House of Representatives, 7th District
Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 203rd District
Nora Eisenhower, Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging
Darell Clarke, Philadelphia City Council, 5th District

Utah

Scott McCoy, Utah State Senate, 2nd District
Rebecca Chavez-Houck, Utah State House of Representatives, 24th District

Washington

Jim McDermott, US House of Representatives, 7th District
Jim Honeyford, Washington State Senate, 15th District
Karen Fraser, Washington State Senate, 22nd District
David Taylor, Washington State House of Representatives, 15th District
Joel Kretz, Washington State House of Representatives, 7th District
Nick Licata, Seattle City Council
Clare Petrich, President, Port of Tacoma Commission

Wisconsin

Tammy Baldwin, US House of Representatives, 2nd District

Community Letters of Support

Benton Foundation – Charles Benton, Chairman, CEO and Trustee
California Emerging Technology Fund – Susan Walters, Senior Vice President
The California Endowment – Robert K. Ross, MD, President & CEO
Disability Funders Network – Kim Hutchinson, President / CEO
Grantmakers In Film & Electronic Media – David Haas, Board Chair; Alyce Myatt, Executive Director
Hispanics in Philanthropy – Diana Campoamor, President; Miguel Satut, Board Chair
National Association of Latino Elected & Appointed Officials Educational Fund – Arturo Vargas, Executive Director
National Black Programming Consortium –Jacquie Jones, Executive Director
First Voice Media Action – Renee Geesler, Training Director