I’m playing a little catch up this morning on some announcements put out by the Meg Whitman for Governor campaign. Whitman announced endorsements from roughly 20 current and former County Supervisors around the State:
Current and Former Supervisors Endorsing Whitman
- Linda Arcularius – Inyo County Supervisor
- Marion Ashley – Riverside County Supervisor
- Vikki Magee Bauer – Mono County Supervisor
- John Bennett – Former Alpine County Supervisor
- Paul Biane – San Bernardino County Supervisor
- Judy Case – Vice Chair, Fresno County Board of Supervisors
- Kim Dolbow Vann – Vice Chair, Colusa County Board of Supervisors
- Sue Horne – Former Chairwoman, Nevada County Board of Supervisors
- Bill Horn – San Diego County Supervisor
- Dianne Jacob – Chairwoman, San Diego County Board of Supervisors
- Steve Lambert – Butte County Supervisor
- Phil Larson – Fresno County Supervisor
- Roberta MacGlashan – Sacramento County Supervisor
- Jon McQuiston – Chairman, Kern County Board of Supervisors
- Teri Murrison – Tuolumne County Supervisor
- Janet Nguyen – Vice Chair, Orange County Board of Supervisors
- Mike Reagan – Solano County Supervisor
- Don Schrader – Former Yuba County Supervisor
- Pete Vander Poel – Tulare County Supervisor
- Bob Williams – Tehama County Supervisor
In their release they quoted Supervisor Dianne Jacob of San Diego County: "Meg Whitman is the right person at the right time for California. She has the know-how to bring fiscal discipline back to our state at long last. With Meg as our Governor, local governments won’t have to live in fear of a bankrupt state pillaging our local budgets."
Also the Whitman campaign, which had already released an impressive Finance (fundraising) Team of over 100 people released a really long and impressive list of additional Finance Team members. The new members of the Finance Committee are:
New Members of the Finance Committee
- Jay Adair – President, Copart, Inc.
- Chip Adams – Founder and Managing Director, Rosewood Capital
- Marty Albertson – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Guitar Center
- Peter Allen – Managing Director, Citi Smith Barney
- Ambassador George Argyros – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Arnel & Affiliates
- Dr. Rebecka Belldegrun – President and Chief Executive Officer, Bellco Capital LLC
- Kathryn Belton – Homemaker
- Albert Bertha – President and Managing Director, Two Harbors Trading
- James S. Brown – Owner and President, Silberrad Inc.
- Marilyn Creson Brown – Former Vice President, Silberrad, Inc.
- Jenefee J. Bruce – Owner, Elan at the Lodge
- DJ Burke – Vice President, Hollencrest Capital Management
- Fred L. Carroll – Investor
- Stephen Chandler – Investor
- Susan Chandler – Investor
- Dane Chapin – Owner, USAOPOLY, Inc.
- Andrew Cherng – Founder and Co-Chair, Panda Restaurant Group
- Peggy Cherng – Co-Chair, Panda Restaurant Group
- Alfred S. Chuang – Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BEA Systems
- Tom Conforti – Chief Financial Officer, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation
- Tench Coxe – Managing Director, Sutter Hill Ventures
- Gordon Crawford – Portfolio Manager, Capital Research Global Investors
- Brook Daly – Chief Executive Officer, B.D. Financial Services, Inc.
- Jeannie Daly – Chief Financial Officer, B.D. Financial Services, Inc.
- Rod Dammeyer – President, CAC LLC
- Georges Daou – Chairman and Chief Business Development Officer, SG Biofuels
- Michelle Daou – Partner, Daou Vineyards
- Perry M. Dealy – President and Chief Executive Officer, Dealy Development, Inc.
- Hal Dittmer – President, Wellhead Electric Company
- David Dollinger – Principal, Dollinger Properties
- Dale Dykema – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, T.D. Service Company
- Robin Ferracone – Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RAF Capital LLC
- Steve Fink – President and Chief Executive Officer, Malibu Ventures
- Pat Gilbreath – Mayor Pro Tem, City of Redlands
- Wendy Gillespie – Co-Owner and President, Frontier Trading, Inc.
- Martin Goodman – Founder and President, Residential Capital LP
- Barbara Grimm-Marshall – Owner, Grimmway Farms
- David L. Hamilton – Retired
- Kirk Haney – President and Chief Executive Officer, SG Biofuels
- Jerry Hume – Chairman of the Board, Basic American Inc.
- William J. Hurwick – Senior Vice President and Partner, NAI BT Commercial
- Jenny Jones – President, Elkins Jones Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Julian Josephson – Partner Emeritus, J.S. Foods
- Jerry Kohl – Owner and President, Brighton Collectibles, Inc.
- Stephen S. Korniczky – Partner, Paul Hastings LLP
- Ambassador Howard Leach – President, Leach Capital
- Gretchen Leach – Homemaker
- Scott H. Leggett – Chief Executive Officer, Surgery One LLC
- Michael Lynton – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sony Pictures Entertainment
- General William Lyon – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, William Lyon Homes, Inc.
- John David Martin – Founder and Chairman, The Martin Group
- Bill Mattos – President, California Poultry Federation
- Craig McCaw – Founder, McCaw Cellular; Chairman, Eagle River Holdings
- Susan McCaw – President, COM Investments
- Mark B. McCord – Owner, Mortgage Search
- Maureen C. McMahon – Designer and Chief Executive Officer, Maureen C. McMahon Interiors
- Ronald D. McMahon – Founder and Chief Operating Officer, McMahon Development Group
- Marshall Merrifield – Chief Executive Officer, Clark Securities Products & General
- James F. Mulvaney – Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Mulvaney, Kahan & Barry
- Larry Murphy – Former Chief Strategic Officer, Disney
- Pat Nesbitt – Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Windsor Capital Group, Inc.
- Perry Olson – Managing Director, Atherton Lane Advisors LLC
- Paul Otellini – Chief Executive Officer, Intel
- John Peck, Jr. – Owner, Peck Enterprises
- Brad Peterson – Chief Information Officer, Charles Schwab
- Jeffrey V. Peterson – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Peterson Realty Group
- Allison Petrocelli – Attorney
- David P. Porreca – President and Managing Partner, Beagle Holdings LLC
- Andrew Puzder – Chief Executive Officer, CKE Restaurants, Inc.
- Dee Puzder – Homemaker
- John Quinn – President and Chief Executive Officer, P.A.Q., Inc.
- Bruce Ramer – Senior Partner, Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc.
- Donald "Hunt" Ramsbottom, Jr. – President and Chief Executive Officer, Renteck, Inc.
- Lisa Rocchio – Homemaker
- Jim Rothenberg – Investment Manager, Capital Research & Management Group
- Tiffany Sauter – Owner, Light Gallery Place
- Louis Schooler – President, Western Financial Planning Corp.
- Boyd C. Smith – Partner, WSJ Properties
- Jill Smith – Homemaker
- Bob Smittcamp – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lyons Magnus
- Richard Spencer – President and Chief Executive Officer, Spencer Enterprises
- Avi Steinlauf – President, Edmunds.com
- Stephanie Tilenius – Former Senior Vice President, eBay North America and Global Product
- Dennis Tito – Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wilshire Associates, Inc.
- Nick Trani – Owner, Nick Trani Enterprises
- Shirley Trani – Homemaker
- John P. Underwood – Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
- Lonna Wais – Management, Marwais Steel/Pinole St. Properties
- Brett White – President and Chief Executive Officer, C.B. Richard Ellis, Group, Inc.
- Rosemary Williams – Investor/Principal, Serra Canyon Ranch Cact LLC
- Louis Wolff – Real Estate Investor, L & L Property Management LLC
- Lisa Woolf – Owner, Woolf Farming Company
- Stuart Woolf – President and Chief Executive Officer, Woolf Farming Company
- Paul M. Wythes – Founder and Special Limited Partner, Sutter Hill Ventures
- CC Yin – Franchise Owner, Yin McDonald’s
- Mike L. Zelkind – Senior Vice President of Operations, Pierre Foods
"We are all supporting Meg because we believe that she is not only the best candidate in the race, but because we know she would be a great Governor of California," said new Finance Team Member and FlashReport friend Dale Dykema, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of T.D. Service Company.
(Titles are for identification purposes and do not imply an endorsement from any company.)