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Endorsements

Palo Alto Officials and Community Leaders

Hon. Lydia Kou

Council Member and
Former Mayor, Palo Alto

Hon. Ed Lauing

Vice Mayor and
Council Member, Palo Alto

Hon. Shana Segal

PAUSD School Board Trustee

Hon. Peter Drekmeier

Former Mayor and
Council Member, Palo Alto

Hon. Eric Filseth

Former Mayor and
Council Member, Palo Alto

Hon. Karen Holman

Director, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District; former Mayor and Council Member, Palo Alto

Hon. Yoriko Kishimoto

Director, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District; former Mayor and Council Member, Palo Alto

Hon. Greg Scharff

Former Mayor and
Council Member, Palo Alto

Hon. Greg Schmid
Former Vice Mayor and Council Member

Hon. Enid Pearson
Former Vice Mayor and Council Member

Hon. Emily Renzel
Former Council Member

Hon. Rowena Turner
City Council Member and former Mayor,
Monte Sereno

Hon. Camille Townsend
former PAUSD School Board Member

Allen Akin
Planning and Transportation Commissioner

Bryna Chang
Chair, Planning and Transportation Commission

James Cook
Former Chair, Utilities Advisory Commission

Jeff Greenfield
Former Chair, Parks and Recreation Commission

Joe Hirsch
Former Chair, Planning and Transportation Commission

Hamilton Hitchings
Member, Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee
Member, Housing Element Working Group

Arthur Keller
Former Planning and Transportation Commissioner

Pat Markevitch
Former Chair, Parks and Recreation Commission

Nadia Naik
Former Chair, Community Advisory Panel for Grade Separations

Christian Pease
Historic Resources Board Member

Robert Phillips
Utilities Advisory Commissioner

Winter Dellenbach
Founder, Friends of Buena Vista
Tall Tree Award Recipient, 2017

Annette Glanckopf
Co-founder, Palo Alto Neighborhoods (PAN)
Former Chair, Midtown Residents Association

Rebecca Sanders
Co-Chair, Palo Alto Neighborhoods (PAN)
Founder, Ventura Neighborhood Association

Darlene Yaplee
Co-founder and President, Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA) 

I am supporting Doria Summa for City Council. Doria is a lifelong environmentalist who has consistently supported Palo Alto’s unique natural Baylands habitat.

Emily Renzel
Former Council Member, City of Palo Alto

As a member of the PTC, Doria meticulously and painstakingly reviewed projects; she found errors, misrepresentations and oversights missed by her peers. She is stellar!

CeCi Kettendorf

"I have worked all my life to preserve our environment and am honored to have my name on the Arastradero Preserve. Doria has consistently shown that she is a true environmentalist, recently with her work to develop the City's updated Tree Ordinance. I urge you to vote with me for Doria."

Hon. Enid Pearson
Former Vice Mayor and City Council Member
City of Palo Alto

"Doria is a leader who makes good choices after doing all the necessary research on the relevant facts. She is then able to make informed decisions on the issues before her."

Janice Holliday

"I wholeheartedly endorse Doria Summa for City Council. Doria is intelligent, hard working, responsive, knowledgeable and open to input from residents and the business community. She is the person we need to represent us on the City Council.   She will work tirelessly for us to make Palo Alto a better place to live."

Karen Machado

"Doria has worked on creating change that promotes a healthy and family-friendly community. Her specific focus on the details of developing proposals for growth that promote business within a family-friendly-community is just the perspective that we in Palo Alto need on our Council."

Greg Schmid
Former Vice Mayor and City Council Member
City of Palo Alto

“Doria is serious about Palo Alto - serious about our tree canopy, our creeks, our walkability, our housing, our businesses. I know we can always count on Doria to do her homework and put her experience and expertise to work for us all on the city council.”

Yoriko Kishimoto
Director, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Former Mayor and Council Member, City of Palo Alto

"I’m excited for Doria to be running because she’s a regular Palo Alto resident who actually cares about neighborhoods and families."

Brian Hamachek

Council members wrestle with highly complex issues. With 8 years as a leader on the PTC, Doria Summa has proven results working intensely on tough land use and transportation issues to optimize outcomes. She has also served on many Palo Alto working groups for decades.  She is smart and passionate about “getting it right” for residents. Doria is a proven leader with a long track record of community service in Palo Alto. She can hit the ground running on Council.

Ed Lauing
Vice Mayor and City Council Member
City of Palo Alto

Doria Summa has consistently been one of the sharpest thinkers on the Planning Commission, and she will be on the City Council as well. To do this work correctly takes passion, judgment and experience, and Doria has all three. She’s one of the very best candidates in this race.

Eric Filseth
Former Mayor and City Council Member
City of Palo Alto

"Doria is a well informed and thoughtful member of the Planning and Transportation Commission.  She studies every issue deeply and listens to multiple points of view before expressing her view.  I think she will make an excellent council member and I am pleased to endorse her."

Greg Scharff
Former Mayor and Council Member, Palo Alto

"As a city commissioner, Doria has shown herself to be responsible, trustworthy and honest. She will be a fabulous Council member as she reads those blooming packets end to end!"

Rebecca Sanders
Co-Chair, Palo Alto Neighborhoods

"I proudly endorse Doria Summa for Palo Alto City Council. We can count on Doria to lead with transparency and accountability, high work ethic and authentic love of her community and city. Doria's deep knowledge and experience on Palo Alto's Planning & Transportation Commission, her previous work on the Citizen Advisory Committee to the Update of the Comprehensive Plan 2030, Palo Alto's Development Center's Development Customer Advisory Group (DCAG), and as President and member of her neighborhood association, Doria will easily step into the role of representing Palo Altans."

Lydia Kou
City Council Member and Former Mayor
City of Palo Alto

"Doria Summa is consistently the best prepared and one of the most thoughtful members of the Planning and Transportation Commission.  If you want someone who knows almost everything about city planning and the issues facing Palo Alto and surrounding communities, Doria is your candidate.  Doria knows how to get things done and was a supporter of a truly affordable housing project, Wilton Court."

Carol Scott

Doria has dedicated her efforts working on several councils and committees addressing issues to improve life in Palo Alto for all of us. Help her get elected to the City Council!

Ruth Lowy

“I have watched Doria handle difficult situations with grace, level-headedness, and integrity and she has the experience and knowledge to serve our city.”

Shana Segal
School Board Trustee
Palo Alto Unified School District

"Doria has tremendous experience in Palo Alto civic matters and has worked tirelessly for the benefit of us citizens. It is a pleasure to support her in her run for City Council."

Jim Colton

Doria is a leader who makes good choices after doing all the necessary research on the relevant facts. She is then able to make Informed decision on the issues before her.

Janice Holliday
Executive Board Member, La Comida Senior Nutrition Program

"Doria is competent and pragmatic. She has the skills, knowledge, and experience to address Palo Alto's challenges, as well as its opportunities."

Karlette Warner

"I’ve been a long-time resident of Palo Alto. I was born and raised here, and I’ve watched Palo Alto change so much over the years. I know how smart Doria is, and I feel that she is really going to look after the community. She’s truly a perfect person for this position."

Liz Zitelli

"Doria Summa is an experienced,  detail-oriented, high-integrity leader who cares deeply about Palo Alto's residents. She knows how the city works, its strengths and where it needs improvements. She is smart, modest, knows how to listen, and respects everyone interacts with. Doria is no showboat - she does her homework and gets things done."

Christian Pease
Member, Palo Alto Historic Resources Board

Thank you for your commitment to proactively protecting Greer Park full open space.  I appreciate your ongoing hard work on this.  Your campaign materials and your goal on responding to climate change by "dedicating park land” is wonderful, and has an added benefit, giving our citizens a place to escape and thrive.

Camille Townsend
former PAUSD Board member

Results: Doria helped our Palo Alto military veterans advocacy group to address the vandalism of a local veterans monument and gain civic and official support for its restoration.

Ray Powell
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (ret.)

Additional Community Supporters

 

Arnoldo Alcazar

Sara Anderson

Margit Aramburu

Ann Lafargue Balin

Fred Balin

Brent Barker

Greg Bell

Sally Bemus

Dorothy Bender

Keith Bennett

Paul Bigbee

Mei-Yee Bissett

Sonya Bradski

Kris Brandenburger

Faith Brigel

Dennis Briskin

Stacy Brown-Philpot

David Bubenik

Neilson Buchanan

Amy Christel

Lee Christel

Ronald Chun

James Colton

James Felix Cook

Irina Cross

Sean Crotty

Lizzy Cuevas

Kay Culpepper

Janet Dafoe

Ron Davis

Mary Dimit

Ree Dufresne

Sunny Dykwel

Michael Eager

Rebecca Eisenberg

Lara & Michael Ekwall

Becky Epstein

Len Filppu

Diane Finkelstein

Sarah Finlay

Jeanne Fleming

Laura Forrest

Sheri Furman

Mary Gallagher

Erik Garfinkel

Kristina Garfinkel

Mikaila Garfinkel

Judy Glider

Pria Graves

Maurice Green

Firth Griffith

Melanie Grondel

John Hackmann

Richard Hallsted

Brian Hamachek

Nina Hamachek

Margaret Heath

Sally Heaton

William Heaton

Susan Heimlich

Joy Helsaple

Patricia Hernandez

Janice Holliday

Johanna Holopainen

Sharissa Holopainen

Teo Holopainen

Terry Holzemer

Jeffrey Hook

Wendy Hopfenberg

Hilary Hug

Kiki Jackson

Suzanna Jackson

Charles Karish

Vahe Katros

Suzanne Keehn

CeCi Kettendorf

Jeannet Kiessling

Iris Korol

James Ladden

Ingrid Lai

Jennifer Landesmann

Gabrielle Layton

Jong-Mi Lee

Leon Leong

Ben Lerner

Stu Levin

Jeff Levinsky

Lucy Little

Michael Lowy

Ruth Lowy

Karen Machado

Paul Machado

Jo Ann Mandinach

Diane McCoy

Shannon McEntee

Bruce McLeod

Carla Befera-McCloud

Evelyn McMillan

Elaine Meyer

Ulla Mick

Lillian Miller

Lieve Moortgat

Doug Moran

Bob Moss

Andrew Nepomuceno

Pam Park

Tina Peak

Chris Philpot

Harlan Pinto

Jim Poppy

Ray Powell

 

Penny Proctor

Andrea Reed

Lisa Robins

Annette Ross

William Ross

Jessica Roth

Joyce Schmid

Jaclyn Schrier

David Schrom

Sarit Schube

Carol Scott

Malcolm Slaney

Andrea Smith

Hank Sousa

Christine Stafford

Kellie Stafford

Eileen Stolee

Richard Stolee

Mary Sylvester

Nounou Taleghani, MD PhD

Star Teachout

Richard Tingey

Sophie Tsang

Rowena Turner

Scott Van Duyne

Kristen Van Fleet

Angelica Volterra

Sandy Voorhees

Rita Vhrel

Jim Wang

Karlette Warner

May Wong

Kerry Yarkin

Neva Yarkin

Elizabeth Zitelli

Zita Zukowsky

(partial list)

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