2020 Partial Endorsement List
Public Safety | First Responder
The Gilroy Police Officers’ Association
The Gilroy Fire Fighters Association
Elected Officials
Robert Rivas – Assembly Member, District 30
Mike Wasserman – Santa Clara County Supervisor
Marie Blankley – Gilroy Council Member
Cat Tucker – Gilroy Council Member
Carol Marques – Gilroy City Council Member
Peter Leroe-Muñoz – Gilroy City Council Member
Dion Bracco – Gilroy City Council Member
Rich Constantine – Mayor of Morgan Hill
Rene Spring – Morgan Hill City Council Member
John McKay – Morgan Hill City Council Member
Larry Carr – Morgan Hill City Council Member
Caitlin Robinett Jachimowicz – Former Morgan Hill City Council Member
Mark Good – Gilroy School Board
Tuyen Fiack – Gilroy School Board
Enrique Diaz – Gilroy School Board
Linda Piceno – Gilroy School Board
BC Doyle – Gilroy School Board
Anisha Munshi – Former Gilroy School Board
Jaime Rosso – Former Gilroy School Board Member/Rosso Furniture
Denise Apuzzo – Former Gilroy School Board Member
John L. Varela, District 1 – Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors
Richard Santos, District 3 – Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors
Tony Estremera, District 6 – Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors
Gary Kremen, District 7 – Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors
Local Business Owners and Community Leaders
Edwin Diaz – Gavilan College Board of Trustee, Past President, Gilroy Foundation Board of Directors
Annie Tomasello – Personnel Commission Vice-Chair Person
Sal Tomasello – Gilroy Foundation Board of Directors, Latino Family Fund Officer
Jill and Chris Vanni – Vanni Properties
Evelia Rosso – Retired School Teacher, Gilroy Unified School District/Rosso Furniture
Cecelia and Gary Ponzini – The Edward Boss Prado Foundation
Adam Sanchez and Natalie Sanfilippo Sanchez – Co-owner, The Milias Restaurant
Ann Mizzen Zyburra – Co-owner, The Milias Restaurant
Raj Nayyar – Owner, Straw Hat Pizza in Gilroy
Art Barron – Former Planning Commissioner, City of Gilroy, Former Board President of CARAS
Sarah Rosso-Bent – Owner & Coach of Legacy Academy/ Rosso Furniture
Poonam Chabra – Community Leader in South County
Jose Montes – Local Business Owner, and Developer
Maria Cid – Owner of Maria Cid Agency – Farmers Insurance
Monica Milla – Owner of Milla Legal Document Services
Mattie Scariot – Director of the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival/ Owner152 WEST Productions
Dan Nelson – Owner of Gilroy Ostrich Farm, Green Age Development, and Tempo Taproom in Downtown Gilroy
Nancy Bettencourt Bagne – Nancy’s Weddings and Events
Mike and Ivone Torres – Owners of the Water Warehouse in Gilroy
Edward Lujan – Board member of Local Non-Profits, Realtor at Windemere in Downtown Gilroy
Jose and Julie Rodriguez – Owner and Founder at Silicon Valley Concrete Inc. in Gilroy
Sean R. Barragan – Community Leader in Gilroy
Angelina Deleon – Co-founder of South County Youth for Change / Gilroy High School Class of 2019 / Born and Raised in Gilroy
Andrea Nicolette – Executive Director
Mark Sanchez – Vice President, Colliers International
Terry Calderone – Owner of Snap Fitness in Gilroy