San Mateo City Council is a non-partisan elected office that represents our entire community. Voters of all parties and affiliations, current and former elected and appointed officials, community leaders, local businesses, neighbors, and friends are showing their belief in Lisa by endorsing her candidacy.
Please join them and elect a proven leader who will be an independent and accountable voice of all of our neighborhoods and local businesses. Lisa will listen and bring people together to build a stronger San Mateo. Lisa Diaz Nash for San Mateo City Council!
Endorsements
(List in formation)
Elected Officials
Anna Eshoo, Member of Congress (CA-18), U.S. House of Representatives
David J. Canepa, San Mateo County Supervisor, District 5
Maureen Freschet, Former Mayor, City of San Mateo
Tom Huening, Former Member, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors & San Mateo County Community College Board of Trustees; former San Mateo County Controller
Donna Colson, Former Mayor and Council Member, City of Burlingame
Ann O'Brien Keighran, Vice Mayor, City of Burlingame
Sanjay Ravi Gehani, Vice Mayor, Foster City
Richa Awasthi, Council Member, Foster City
Laura Parmer-Lohan, Vice Mayor, City of San Carlos
Shelly Masur, Vice Mayor, City of Redwood City
Rick DeGolia, Mayor, Town of Atherton; Vice Chair, Peninsula Clean Energy
Education
Chelsea Bonini, Past Board President, San Mateo-Foster City School District; Beresford Hillsdale Neighbor
Anne Campbell, Former Superintendent, San Mateo County Office of Education; Past President, Rotary Club of San Mateo
Neil Kaufman, Chair, Vote Yes on Measure L Campaign
Carroll Rodriguez; Speech Pathologist, San Mateo-Foster City School District, Beresford Hillsdale Neighbor
Boards and Commissions
Gordon Linton, Former Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, US Dept. of Transportation
Ellen Mallory, Chair, San Mateo Planning Commission
Dianne Whitaker, Former San Mateo Planning Commissioner & Chair; VP Home Association of North Central San Mateo (HANCSM)
Cliff Robbins, San Mateo Sustainability & Infrastructure Commission
Jay Kuhre, Former Member, San Mateo Sustainability Commission
Kathy Shields, Trustee & Past President, San Mateo Library Board; South Shoreview Neighbor
Donna Divodi, Director & Past President, San Mateo Neighborhood Watch Board; Parkside Neighbor
Joe Gershanek, Director, San Mateo Neighborhood Watch Board; Mariners Island Neighbor
Cindy Hui, Director, San Mateo Neighborhood Watch Board; Beresford Hillsdale Neighbor
Naomi Hsu, Member, San Mateo Measure S Oversight Committee; Vice President, Bay Meadows Neighborhood Alliance
Thomas Morgan, Member, San Mateo Measure S Oversight Committee & Treasurer, Arbor Rose Homeowners Association; Sunnybrae Neighbor
Robert Newsom, Member, San Mateo Personnel Board; Sunnybrae Neighbor
Emily Matthews, Chair, Burlingame Parks and Recreation and President, Rotary Club of Burlingame
Harini Krishnan, Vice-Chair, San Mateo County Arts Commission; CA State Director, South Asians for Biden
Community Leaders
Anna Kuhre, President Emerita, San Mateo United Homeowners Association (SMUHA)
Michael Nash, President, SMUHA; Vice President, Baywood Owners Improvement Association (BOIA)
Lisa Taner, Board Member, SMUHA; Past President, Beresford Hillsdale Homeowners Association
Kelly Moran, President, Bay Meadows Neighborhood Alliance
Richard Lenz, Former Vice President, Aragon Neighborhood Association
Mark Grieco, President, BOIA
Roger Oser, Vice President, BOIA
Roger Dewes, Treasurer, BOIA; Realtor, Coldwell Banker
Scott Long, Director, BOIA
Doug Goldberg, Director, BOIA
Tom Lease, Board Member, Beresford Hillsdale Homeowners Association
Michael Weinhauer, President, Central Neighborhood Association
Laurie Watanuki, Special Advisor & Board Member, Central Neighborhood Association
Steve Strauss, President, Fiesta Gardens Neighborhood Association
Rich Neve, Board Member, Fiesta Gardens Neighborhood Association
Chris Brousseau, Hayward Park Neighborhood Association
Marylou Cronin, Hayward Park Neighborhood Association
Joanne Bennett, San Mateo United Homeowners Association, North Central Representative
Cynthia Newton, President, North Shoreview Neighborhood Association; Past President, SMUHA
Virginia McIsaac, Director, San Mateo Park Neighborhood Association
Bob Kiss, President, Sugar Loaf Homeowners Association
Ligia Andrade Zuniga, Civil Rights Advocate
Andrew Byrnes, Past Chair, San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee
Community Activists
Mike Aydelott, Community Activist
Jill Nash, Member, Emerge California Board of Directors & GLAAD Board of Directors
Amy Pearl, Past Board Chair, Emerge America
Valerie McGinty, Founder & President, FundHer
Rita Bosworth, Founder, Sister District Project
Gabby Goldstein, Co-Founder, Sister District Project
Lyzz Schwegler, Co-Founder, Sister District Project
Lala Wu, Co-Founder, Sister District Project
Nonprofits
Laura Bent, Chief Operating Officer, Samaritan House
Susan Cook, VP, Systems & Planning, ClimateWorks Foundation
Darren Kelley, Board Chair, San Mateo Police Activities League (PAL)
Karae Lisle, CEO, Vista Center For The Blind & Visually Impaired; The Village Neighbor
Caroline McNally, Board Chair, The Riekes Center for Human Enhancement; Trustee, St. Matthew's Episcopal Day School; Senior Warden of the Vestry, Episcopal Church of St. Matthew
Faye Star, Former Director, Samaritan House and Past Director, Peninsula Beth El Temple Board
Joan Sherlock, President, Green Foothills Board of Directors
Lorena Collins, Associate Vice President, Leadership Development, LifeMoves
Ann Girard, Business Advisor and Board Member
Local Business
Marcie Arnesty, Borel Eye Doctors
Bruce Bean, Past President, Rotary Club of San Mateo; CEO, HIP Housing Affordable Ventures, Inc; Principal, Trafton Group
Dr. Amy Daniher, Sujansky & Daniher, MD's
Chris Eckert, Past President, Rotary Club of San Mateo & Realtor, Keller Williams Peninsula Estates
Manuela Fumasi & Francesco Zacarro, Vespucci Ristorante Italiano
Filippo Guarino, Fiero Caffe
Joseph & Julie Hanna, Jozef's Hair Salon
Betcy Jacob, Realtor, San Mateo Coldwell Banker
Bill Kenney, President, William F. Kenney, Inc.
Elizabeth & Chester Lew, Top Hat Cleaners
Rod Linhares, President-Elect, Rotary Club of San Mateo
Shanu Mathur, Safari Kid
Kim Pagnotti, My Trainer Kim
Maulik Pandit, Owner, The UPS Store San Mateo
Michelle Privitera, VP, Relationship Manager, Boston Private; San Mateo Heights Neighbor
Rica Ruiz, Founder/Realtor, Meraki Real Estate
Tony Villanueva, Past President, Rotary Club of San Mateo
Organizations
Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte
Dem Fems Silicon Valley
BAYMEC
San Mateo County Association of Realtors
California Apartment Association
San Mateo County Stonewall Democrats
Peninsula Dog PAC







San Mateo County
Stonewall Democrats
Neighbors
Joann Ames, Hayward Park
Nicole Aquino, Sunnybrae
Flo & Stephen Austin, 19th Avenue
Linda Segervall & Dom Baldini, Baywood
Jeffrey Ballard, Beresford Hillsdale
Peggy Berlese & David Goss, Baywood
Bishara Bahou, Laurie Meadows
Jules Barros, South Shoreview
Maria Boban, South Shoreview
Sue Boicourt, Central
Caroline & Louis Brownstone, Baywood
Mary Chigos, Baywood
Mike Coughlin, San Mateo Heights
Ruthmary & John Cradler, San Mateo Park
Anna Cwirko-Godycki, South Shoreview
Sam & Reeta Dabai, Los Prados
Cheryl Dean, Hayward Park Business Owner
Hugo De Hoyos, Parkside
Dora Diaz, Central
Eileen DiFranco, San Mateo Heights
Ronnie Eaton, Sunnybrae
Dawn and Karl Ehrlich, Foothill Terrace
Grace Elias, Westshore
Don Etzbach, San Mateo Park
Mark Frappier, San Mateo Park
Juliette Furlong, Parkside
Robin Gage, Sunnybrae
Martha & Jim Geller, San Mateo Park
Nancy Gogan, Twenty Fifth Avenue
Maureen Goldrath, Fiesta Gardens
Erika Gomez-Powell, Central
Megan Gosch, Hayward Park Resident and Business Owner
Catherine Grundmann, San Mateo Park; Co-Captain, Sister District CA Peninsula
Cindy Hui, Beresford Hillsdale
Suzanne Juptner, San Mateo Park
Laurie Kretchmar, Hayward Park
Sylvia Lopez, South Shoreview
Michael Love, North Shoreview
Fidel Loza, South Shoreview
Anita MacAssadu, South Shoreview
Joyce Mahaney, Los Prados
Lisa Maley, 25th Avenue
Ariel Margulis, Parkside
Oscar Martinez, South Shoreview
Josiah Mataele, Parkside
Paul & Piper McCann, Fiesta Gardens
Diana McDonough, North Central
Nadia McGrath, North Shoreview
Steve & Elaine McKay, Baywood
Lupe Mendoza, Shoreview
Ricardo Menendez, Central
Maxwell Miller, South Shoreview
Dennis Murphy, The Village
Julio Namudio, Hayward Park
Barb Niss, Sunnybrae & Concerned Citizens of San Mateo
Victoria O'Dell, Sunnybrae
Chuck Osborn, The Village
Kim Overton, Sunnybrae
Gina Pera, Beresford Hillsdale
Michelle Privitera, San Mateo Heights
Lucy Reckseit, The Village
Jeff Schlocker, College Heights
Linda Segervall Baldini, Baywood
Karen Sell, Baywood Knolls
Karen Sid, Fiesta Gardens
Victoria Silva, Parkside
Peter Sposito, Parkside
Thaila Sundaresan, Aragon
Marlene Tam, Beresford Hillsdale
Tom Thomson, Beresford Hillsdale
Maria Tinsay, Parkside
Sophia Tseng & Michael Feng, Baywood
Michele Updyke, South Shoreview
Mary Van Dyke, Laurelwood
Neil & Mary Ann Waldo, San Mateo Park
Ellen Wang, Beresford Hillsdale
Misao Winn, Baywood
Bonnie Zelter, Baywood Park
Stephanie Zheng, Baywood
Titles are for information purposes only. Endorsements are by the individuals.