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Santa Clara, Alameda County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for Ro Khanna

Candidate for
United States Representative; District 17

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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

TECHNOLOGY LEADERS
  • 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)

SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
  • 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

NOTABLE FIGURES
  • 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

COMMUNITY LEADERS
  • 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

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