Endorsements
Co-Chairs
Victoria Woodards, Mayor, City of Tacoma
Willie Stewart, Community Leader
Tom Pierson, President, Tacoma-Pierce Co. Chamber of Commerce
Organizations
Asia Pacific Cultural Center
Ben B. Cheney Foundation
Black Collective
Black Education Strategy Roundtable
Bryant Montessori Parent Teacher Organization
Buffalo Soldiers Museum
City of Tacoma, City Council & Mayor
Elizabeth Wesley Youth Program
Foundation for Tacoma Students
Graduate Tacoma
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
Hilltop Artists
Laborers Local 252
League of Women Voters of Tacoma Pierce County
Metro Parks Tacoma, Commissioners
Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center
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Oasis Youth Center
Peace Community Center
Pierce County Central Labor Council
Pierce County Democrats
Point Defiance Elementary PTA
Recovery Center of Tacoma
Safe Streets
Tacoma Council PTA
Tacoma Education Association
Tacoma MESA
Tacoma Ministerial Alliance
Tacoma NAACP
Tacoma Pierce County Association of Realtors
Tacoma Principals' Association
Tacoma School Board, Directors
Tacoma Urban League
Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce
Team Work Foundation
Vibrant Schools
Whittier Elementary PTA
Honorary Co-Chairs
Anne Artman, Director, Recovery Center of Tacoma
Elizabeth Bonbright, Director, Tacoma School Board
Gary Brackett, President, Kiwanis Club of Tacoma
Diana Comfort, Executive Director, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound
Gregory Christopher, Senior Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church
Jeannie Darnielle, State Senator
Tafona Ervin, Executive Director, Foundation for Tacoma Students
Josh Garcia, Deputy Supt., Tacoma Public Schools
Scott Heinze, President, Tacoma School Board
Laurie Jinkins, State Representative
Lisa Keating, Director, Tacoma School Board
Kimberly Keith, Executive Director, Hilltop Artists
Pati Lynn, Community & School Leader, Stadium Centennial Foundation
T'wina Nobles, President, Tacoma Urban League
Wally Endicott, Executive Director, Kids at Hope
Tim Herron, President, Degrees of Change
Carrie Holden, President, Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound
Jonathan Jackson, Executive Director, Palmer Scholars
Nathe Lawver, Director, Laborers Local 252
Kathi Littman, President, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
Doug McArthur, Former Athletic Director, University of Puget Sound
Michael Mirra
Angel Morton, President, Tacoma Education Association
Gail Neal, Executive Director, Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center
Kathy Orlando, Chair, Pierce County Democrats
Aaron Pointer, Commissioner, Metro Parks
Lua Pritchard, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Cultural Center
L. Denice Randle, Executive Director, Peace Community Center
Carla Santorno, Supt., Tacoma Public Schools
Judith Smrigra, Chair, 28th LD Democrats
Sandy Snider, President, Tacoma Athletic Association
Shon Sylvia, Executive Director, Metro Parks
Dr. Eugene Wiegman, Past President, Pacific Lutheran University
Wayne Williams, Program Chair, Elizabeth Wesley Youth Program
Michael Yoder, Executive Director, Associated Ministries
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