Endorsements
I am proud to have the support of a growing list of leaders including:
Elected Officials
- Laurie Davies, Assemblymember, California State Assembly
- Jim Desmond, Supervisor, District 5, County of San Diego
- Jordan Marks, Esq., Assessor/ Recorder/ County Clerk, County of San Diego
- Ryan Keim, Deputy Mayor, City of Oceanside
- Peter Weiss, Councilmember, City of Oceanside
- Rick Robinson, Councilmember, City of Oceanside
- John Franklin, Mayor, City of Vista
- Joe Green, Councilmember, City of Vista
- Melanie Burkholder, Councilmember, City of Carlsbad
- Bill Wells, Mayor, City of El Cajon
Former Elected Officials
- Leigh Ann Grass, former Chairperson, Tri-City Healthcare District
- Jim Dagostino, former Chairperson, Tri-City Healthcare District
- Larry Schallock, former Chairperson, Tri-City Healthcare District
- Laura Mitchell, former Director, Tri-City Healthcare District
- Julie Nygaard, former Director, Tri-City Healthcare District, former Councilmember, City of Carlsbad, former trustee, Carlsbad Unified School District
- Mark Packard, former Councilmember, City of Carlsbad
- Colleen O’Hara, former Councilmember, City of Oceanside
- Chuck Lowery, former Deputy Mayor, City of Oceanside
- Amanda Young Rigby, former Deputy Mayor/Councilmember, City of Vista
- John Aguilera, former Councilmember, City of Vista
- Judy Ritter, former Mayor, City of Vista
- Pam Slater-Price, former Supervisor, District 3, County of San Diego
- Patricia Bates, former Senator, California State Senate
- Bill Morrow, former Senator, California State Senate
- T.J. Zane, former Board President, Poway Unified School District
- Barry Jantz, former La Mesa City Councilmember; retired CEO, Grossmont Healthcare District
Business, Non-Profit and Community Leaders
- Greg Nelson, Retired Business Leader, Philanthropist, Carlsbad Resident
- Scott Ashton, CEO, Oceanside Chamber of Commerce
- Bret Schazenbach, CEO, Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce
- Linda Ledesma, Carlsbad Resident, Retired Law Enforcement Official
- Kristie Bruce Lane, Non-Profit Leader
- Donna Cleary, Advocate & Community Leader
- Barbara Ryan, former VP of Government Affairs, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
- Vince Hinojosa, Vista Resident/Non-Profit leader
- John Ehrhart, Flight Paramedic, National Paramedic of the Year (2022)
- Garry Garretson, President, Veterans Writing Group; 25-year Vista volunteer
- Mike Ogden, Oceanside Resident/Planning Commissioner
- Mike Richardson, Oceanside/Ocean Hills Resident
- Robbie Calderon-Hass, Oceanside Resident/Business Leader
- Armen Kurdian, Captain USN (ret), Certified Systems Engineering Professional
Tri-City Medical Center Staff
Nurses
- Cathy Cronce, RN, Chair, Professional Practice Committee
- Nicole Najarian-Linskey, RN
- Ingrid Corona, RN, Chief Nurse Rep
- Shannon Rexrode, RN, Intensive Care Unit
- Joshua Smiley, RN, BSN, Clinical Nurse Manager
- Gloriecel Smiley, RN, BSN, Telemetry Nurse
- Angie Perez, RN, ICU Nurse; former Chair, Vista Community Clinic board of directors
- Winnie Madrid, RN, ICU Nurse
- Alyce Budde, RN, retired TCMC nurse
Physicians
- Tri-City Medical Center Medical Executive Committee (MEC)
- Dr. Ashish Kabra, Cardiology
- Dr. Anitha Rajamanickam, Cardiology
- Dr. Jason Phillips, Urology
- Dr. Aaron Boonjindasup, Urology
- Dr. Hamid Movahheddian, Neonatology
- Dr. Kaveh Farhoomand, Internal Medicine
- Dr. Kern Brar, Intermal Medicine
- Dr. Scott Worman, Family Medicine
- Dr. Perrin Curran, Primary Care
- Dr. David Amory, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Brian Bobick, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Andrew Cooperman, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Jason Curry, Pain Medicine
- Dr. David Daugherty, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Andrew Hartman, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. James Helgager, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Norman Kane, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Payam Moazzaz, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Patrick Padilla, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Grant Seiden, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Erik Stark, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Reyzan Shali, Internal Medicine
- Dr. John Clancy, Internal Medicine
- Dr. Mark Yamanaka, Pulmonology
- Dr. Frank Corona, Pulmonology
Local Organizations
