Endorsements
I am very grateful for the endorsements I have received from the following elected officials, organizations and individuals for the 2021 HISD School Board election.
Early Voting starts the Monday after Thanksgiving. Election Day is Dec 11.
Parent Leaders
Lisa Artebury
Briargrove Elementary School, former PTO president
Sarah Bailey
Briarmeadow parent
Jacquelin (Jackie) Dominguez,
School at St. George PTO
Maria Fernandez,
Lamar High School PTO, HISD liaison
Sarah Fischer
Baker Montessor former PTO president
Jennifer Gerry,
Briargrove Elementary School, former PTO president
Courtney Jennaro
Memorial Elementary School PTO president
Amanda Lemaire
Baker Montessor former PTO president
Kim Ludlow
Sinclair Elementary School PTO President
David Miracle,
Memorial Elementary School President of Lift Memorial
Eric Munsayac
T. H Rogers School PTO president
Nellie Naidoo
T.H. Rogers SDMC Member and DeBakey PTO former president
Allison Newport,
Sinclair Elementary School PTO vice president
Nick Palmer,
Mandarin Immersion Magnet School, former PTO president
Rinku Patel
River Oaks Elementary School parent
Brooke Primomo,
T. H Rogers School former PTO president
Kara Richardson
Lamar High School, PTO president
River Oaks Elementary School, former PTO president
Traci Riley,
Sinclair Elementary School, former PTO secretary
Sandra Rodriguez
Lamar parent & Wisdom alumnus
Pranika Sinha,
Mandarin Immersion Magnet School
Christine Soderstrom
Baker Montessori PTO office
Christine Taylor,
Briarmeadow PTO officer
Heather Taylor
Love PTO president
Patricia Wycliff
River Oaks Elementary School PTO president
*School Names/position listed for Identification purposes only
Organizations
Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO
Houston Federation of Teachers
Houston Education Association TSTA/NEA
Harris County Democratic Party
River Oaks Area Democratic Women
Houston Black American Democrats (HBAD)
Bayou Blue Dems
Oak Forest Democrats
Harris County Tejano Democrats
Harris County Young Democrats
Meyerland Democrats
Montgomery County Democrats
Democrats of the Woodlands
Houston Asian American 80-20 PAC
Baptist Ministers Association of Houston & Vicinity
Houston Stonewall Young Democrats
CWA
Community Voices for Public Education
Texas Organizing Project
Elected Officials
Hon. Lizzie Fletcher
7th Congressional District
Hon. Sylvia Garcia
29th Congressional District
Harris County Judge
Lina Hidalgo
Hon. John Whitmire
Texas State Senator - Senate District 15
Hon. Ann Johnson
Texas State Representative - District 134
Hon. Gene Wu
Texas State Representative - District 137
Hon. Penny Morales-Shaw
Texas State Representative - District 148
Hon. Rodney Ellis
Harris County Commissioner- Precinct 1
Hon. Adrian Garcia
Harris County Commissioner- Precinct 2
Hon. Abbie Kamin
City Council Member - District C
Hon. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz
City Council Member - District D
Hon. Ed Gonzalez
Harris County Sheriff
Hon. Dylan Osborne
Harris County Treasurer
Hon. Odus Evbagharu
Harris County Democratic Party Chair
Hon. Neil Verma
Bellaire City Council, Position 1
Hon. Monica Flores Richart,
Houston Community College Trustee, District 1
Hon. Danayel (Danny) Norris,
Harris County Board of Education Trustee, Position 6, Pct 1
Hon. Andrea Duhon
Harris County Board of Education Trustee, Position 4, Pct 3
Hon. Annise Parker
former Houston Mayor
Hon. Chris Hollins
former Harris County Clerk
Hon. Lillie Schechter
former Harris County Democratic Party Chair
Hon. Zeph Capo
former HCC Trustee-District 1 and President of Texas Federation of Teachers
Hon. Paula Arnold
former HISD School Board President
Hon. Juliet Stipeche
former Director of Education,
City of Houston and former HISD School Board Trustee-District VIII
Hon. Greg Meyers
former HISD School Board President
Hon. Gilberto Hinojosa
Texas Democratic Party Chair
Hon. Jessica Farrar
former Texas State Representative - District 148
Hon. Ellen Cohen
former City Council Member - District C
Hon. Mike Laster
former City Council Member - District J
Hon. Gordan Quan
former Houston City Council Member- At Large Position 2
Hon. Sue Lovell
former Houston City Council Member
Hon. Erica S. Lee
former Harris County Board of Education Trustee, Pos. 6, Pct. 1
Hon. Jim Henley
former Harris County Board of Education Trustee
Educational Leaders
Jackie Anderson,
President, Houston Federation of Teachers
Mr. Steve Amstutz,
Director of Institute for Research & Reform in Education
and former Lee High School Principal
Dr. Maria Benzon,
former University of Houston Professor
Hon. Kathy Blueford-Daniels
Houston ISD School Board Trustee
Dr. Pamela Boveland
University of Houston-Downtown
Dr. Samuel Brower,
Clinical Assistant Professor & Director of CUIN M.Ed. Program,
University of Houston
Dr. Gayle Curtis,
University of Houston, former principal
Dr. Jack Fletcher
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Clinical Psychology
Arun Gir,
Executive Director-IEducate, Illuminating Young Minds
Dr. Roopa Gir,
President-IEducate, Illuminating Young Minds
Hon. Myrna Guidry
Houston ISD School Board Trustee
Dr. Meghan Hokom
Educational Policy, Focus on Special Education
Dr. Fran Huckaby
Director of TCU Center for Public Education
Dr. Ann McCoy,
Director of Research, MHMRA
Dr. Linda McNeil,
Professor of Education, Rice University
Dr. Steven Pei,
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering- University of Houston
Ann Petrillo
Former pres/director, Assoc. of Texas Professional Educators Region 4
Dr. Billy Reagan,
former HISD Superintendent- 12 years
Dr. Donna Reid,
Author, Dilemmas in Educational Leadership ; Teacher, The Kinkaid School; Parent, Houston ISD
Dr. Augustina Reyes,
Professor, University of Houston
Mr. Chuck Robinson,
president- Congress of Houston Teachers
Dr. Jackie Sack
University ofHouston-Downtown and Rice University Math Project
Herbert Alexander Sanchez
Galena Park ISD trustee, Position 5
Hon. Elizabeth Santos
Houston ISD School Board Trustee
Dr. Christal Seahorn,
Assistant Professor of Writing and Digital Rhetoric, University of Houston Clear Lake
Dr. Perri Segura,
Associate Professor, University of Houston
Dr. Richard Tapia,
Professor, Rice University and
Director of the Tapia Center for Equity & Excellence
Hon. Holly Villaseca
Houston ISD School Board Trustee
Dr. Anita Wadhwa,
Founder of Justice Collaborative of Houston
Dr. Cameron White,
Professor & Coordinator - Social Education, Critical Humanities, International Education, University of Houston
Dr. Bob Wimpelberg
Professor of Educational Leadership in the College of Education at University of Houston. Executive Director of ALL KIDS ALLIANCE
Other Individuals
Stephanie Ace
Larry Allen
Anne & German Amador
Lauren Atencio
Rafael Ayala
Dr. Laurie Ballering
Kris Banks
Debora Banner
Lindsey Bartlett
Joe Bartolotta
Jorge Batrez
Tom Behrman,
former president, R.E. Lee High School Alumni
Antoy Bell,
Houston Lawyers' Association-Past President
Gerry Birnberg,
Founding Partner Williams, Birnberg and Anderson
Maria Elena Bottazzi
Richard Braastad
Carla Brailey
Gram Brinson
Sahra Bukhavi
Diana Candida
Saul Cantu
Dakota Carter
Ivan Castillo
Sarah Castillo
Paul Castro
Debbie Chen,
Immigration Attorney
Grace Cheng
Gregory Chernis
Zoe Chernis
Bob Choate,
PCT 902 Republican Chair
Eva Chu
Rachel Clarke
Kyle Cohart
Emily Cole,
retired principal, HISD
John Corson
Sherri Cothrun,
Christine Cullen
Jim and Debbie Cutler
Mohammed Damani
Neelam Damani
Rozina Damani
Joe and Kadisha Davidson
Colin Dempsey
Claudia de Leon
Nair del Vecchio
Kelly Dent
Eleanor Delgado
Lisa Descant
Andrew Dewey
Lucie Dunwoody,
Board of Directors-The Jung Center
Rachel Dvoretzky
Ann and Jim Eagleton
D'Andrea Edwards
Eva Engelhart
Ebru Erdini
Gayle Fallon
former pres, HFT
Frances "Sissy" Farenthold
Joe Fax
Diana Featherston
David Feldwisch
Corey Flores
Abbey Fogelson
Cecil Fong
Ramiro Fonseca
Erin Fuchs
William Galbraith
Takisha Gastille
Paloma Garner and Michael Cannon
Gary and Susan Gartner
Tom Gederberg
Harry Gee,
Principal, Law Office of Harry Gee, Jr. & Assoc.
Aliza Geretz,
SD 17 Chair and PCT 139 Chair
Aman Gheewalla
Lance Gilliam
Beverly & Ed Gor,
Natl Pres. Chinese American Citizens Alliance
Andrea Greer
Susan Haines, PCT 127 Chair
Debbie Hall
Dorcas Hand
Shelby Hansen
Irum Haq
Sydney Hayden
Lauren Zeleski Heath
Ricardo Hernandez
Julie Horie
Alia Vinson & Robert Icsezen,
founder-Icsezen PLLC
Omer and Mahenou Ilahi
Rabia Ilahi
Janet Izaguirre
Greg Jeu
Carolina Jiménez-Marcos
Mark Johnson & Jenny Staff Johnson
Beverly Jurenko & Wayne Gardner
Lee Kaplan & Diana Hudson
Eric Jones
Lida Keene
Wendy & Mavis Kelsey
Hany Khalil
Geoff Knight
Inna Kozinsky
Ruth Kravetz
Denise Kuntz
Sarah LaBell-Bentley
David Landry
Alice Lee
C. C. Lee
Jason Lee,
Heidi Leventhal
Lane Lewis
Nancy J. Li
Victor Li
Dawn Lin
Jean Lin
Frank M. K. Liu,
President of Lovett Homes and InTownHomes,
Stephanie Logterman
Marla Lopez
Kerry Lynch
Suzanne Lyons,
Library Director- Ft Bend ISD
Jimmy Ma
Jean May,
Board of Directors and volunteer,
Houston Ballet
Naomi Macias
Louis Malfaro
Erik Manning
Alexandra & James Marshall
Douglas Martin
Biliulfo Martinez
Carlos Martinez
Joaquin Martinez
Julian Martinez
Zachary Marx-Kuo
Alice McCarthy
Tim McCloskey
Mel McQueary
Amanda McDonald
Patricia McDonald
Kathy McDougal
Laura Clyburn (McWilliams)
Larry MacKinzie
Louisa B. Meacham
Stacey Medillin
Luis Medina
Carolyn Mighell
Karen Miller
Bonnie Milliet
Heather Milliet
Gabriela Mindiola
Linda & Louie Montoya
Frank and Cathy Montgomery
Sara Morgan,
Founding Pres. Hous. Ctr for Contemporary Craft
Diane Morrow
Ellie Morse
Mary Morrison,
PCT 435 Chair
Michael Morrow
Gary Nakamura
Rufi Natarajan,
PCT 70 Chair
Frances "Poppy" Northcutt
Carmen Nuncio
Michael Obringer
Tom O'Connell
Sharon Ogren
Adrian Ozuna,
President, Southwest Democrats and PCT 296 Chair
Broderick Osburne
Hoang Quan Vu,
Chair-Board of Trustees, Asian American Bar Foundation, Former Chair
Frank Pacheco
Juanita Page-Gish
Ryan Penner
Dr. Christine Propst
Traci & Chris Riley
Richard Robbins
Jackie Rodriguez
Steve Rosencranz,
founder of the Woods Project
Donna Ross
Joshua Rotenberg
Mary Ann Ross Ryerson
Janice Rubin
Lina Sabouni,
AUTOARCH Architects, LLC
Vincent Sanders,
SD 13 Chair
Jackie Santos
Shilpa Sarang
Lauren Schultz
Christal Seahorn
Brenda Serpas
Richard Shaw
Lauren Singer
Michael Skelly,
Founder and President of Clean Line Energy
Louis Sklar,
Herman Park Conservancy and the University of Houston C.T. Bauer College of Business Boards
Sister Mama Sonya
Guy and Carol Streatfeild
Kim Watson
Anne Whitlock
Shannon Wight
Bess Wilhelms
Suzannah Wong
Philip Woods
Paul Yin
Walter Zama
Keying Zhang