Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Supervisor, former State Senator, former State Assemblymember, former Palo Alto Mayor, former Palo Alto School Board President

Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, California State Board of Education President and Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Education

Peter Landsberger, Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board President

Pearl Cheng, Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board Vice President

Greer Stone, Palo Alto Mayor

Ed Lauing, Palo Alto Vice Mayor

Pat Burt, Palo Alto City Council Member and former Mayor

Vicki Veenker, Palo Alto City Council Member

Margaret Abe-Koga, Mountain View City Council Member and Former Mayor

David Cohen, Councilmember, City of San Jose

Yan Zhao, Mayor, City of Saratoga

Shana Segal, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education Vice President

Todd Collins, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education Member

Shounak Dharap, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education Member

Jennifer DiBrienza, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education Member

Thida Cornes, Mountain View Los Altos High School District (MVLA) Board Trustee

Sanjay Dave, Mountain View Los Altos High School District (MVLA) Board President

Adrienne Grey, West Valley-Mission Community College District Board Trustee

Rosa Kim, Fremont Union High School District Board Trustee

Jeff Moe, President, Fremont Union High School District Board Trustee

Naomi Nakano-Matsumoto, Vice President, Fremont Union High School District Board of Trustees

Esmerelda Ortiz, Mountain View Los Altos High School District (MVLA) Board Vice President

Jessica Speiser, Los Altos School District Board Trustee

Liz Kniss, Former Santa Clara County Supervisor, former Palo Alto Mayor, former PAUSD School Board President, Foothill-De Anza Foundation Board

Betsy Bechtel, Former Palo Alto Mayor, Former Trustee, Foothill-De Anza Community College District and Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2024)

Karen Holman, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board Secretary and Former Palo Alto Mayor

Jean McCown, Former Palo Alto Mayor, former Assoc VP of Community Relations, Stanford University

Eric Filseth, Former Palo Alto Mayor

Larry Klein, Former Palo Alto Mayor and Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (1994)

Judy Kleinberg, Former Palo Alto Mayor 

Vic Ojakian, Former Palo Alto Mayor and Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2010)

Gail Price, Former President, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education, former Palo Alto City Council Member

Greg Scharf, Former Palo Alto Mayor

Nancy Shepherd, Former Palo Alto Mayor

Hal Plotkin, Former Trustee, Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Bruce Swenson, Former Trustee, Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Ken Dauber, Former President, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Heidi Emberling, Former President, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Julie Jerome, Former President, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education and Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2014)

Barbara Klausner, Former President, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Cathy Kroymann, Former President, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education and Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2004)

Susie Richardson, Former President, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Dana Tom, Former President, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education

Carolyn Tucher, Former President, Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education and Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2009)

Kristine Zavoli, Trustee Emerita, Notre Dame de Namur University

Meredith Ackley

Elaine Andersen, Member, Foothill-De Anza Foundation Board and Co-chair, Foothill College Commission

Dudley Andersen, Immediate Past President, Foothill-De Anza Foundation Board

Bruce Andrews

Sharon Andrews

Alex Antebi

Stacey Ashlund

Penny Barrett

George Bechtel

Elizabeth Beheler

Sally Bemus

Steve Bennet

Brian Bicknell

Jill Bicknell

Jennifer Bienaime

Dawn Billman

Kim Bomar

Faith Brigel

Helen Bronte-Stewart

Carolina Bruchilari

Chara Burnett

Brian Carilli

Duncan Carpenter

Roger Carpenter

Stella Carpenter

Lee Caswell

Katie Causey, Palo Alto Human Relations Commissioner

Brian Chancellor

Nana Chancellor

Sharon Chin

Nicole Chiu-Wang

Chris Colohan

Alex Comsa

James Cook

Gina Dalma

Jean Dawes

Winter Dellenbach, Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2017)

Abbie Dorosin

Leslie Dorosin

Kingston Duffie

Julie Duffield

Sunny Dykwel

Leif Erickson

Becky Epstein

Claude Ezran

Jan Fenwick

Stuart Fiske

Andrea Fleming

Michael Fogarty

Catherine Crystal Foster

Linda Miola Furrier

Bruce Gee, Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2023)

Jane Gee, Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2011)

Thayer Gershon

Mike Gilfix, Hillel of Silicon Valley Board Member

Myra Gilfix

Mary Gill

Audrey Gold

Colleen Gormley

Shannon Griscom

Karen Grove

Elaine Hahn

Matt Han

Dedra Hauser

Mary Hawn

Michael Hindery

Jamie Nelson Hindery

Lillian Hom

Pamela Hornik

Ken Horowitz

Mary Hughes, Founder, Close the Gap

Susie Hwang

Tom Jack

Liz Jensen

David Johnson

Alison Kamhi

Dave Keller

Stephanie Keller

Tanna Kienitz

Tony Kienitz

Barbara Klein

Sheryl Klein

Jeff Kmetec

Dana Knowles

Kate Kramer

Jennifer Landesmann

Carol Larson

Steven Lee

Lucinda Lenicheck

Rob Lenicheck

Linda Lenoir, Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2008)

Sarah Lerche

Stephen Levy

Victoria Liu

Jonathan Loeb

Tish Graff Loeb

Evan Lurie

Nina Luu

Pat Markevitch

Stephanie Martinson

David Matheson

Loretta Matheson

Elizabeth May

Alexandra McFarland

Kristi McMichael

Kathy Merkle-Raymond

Lee Merkle-Raymond

Mary Ann Michel

Mary Miller

Dr. Judy C. Miner, Former Chancellor, Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Debbie Mytels, Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (1987)

Mary Nemerov

Diana Nemet

Mary Ojakian, Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2010)

Pam Page

Kendra Peterson

Nancy Peterson

Adrienne Pierce

Elizabeth Pirrotta

Marj Pitchon

Karen Porter

Ana Ramirez

Keith Reckdahl, Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commissioner

Lynne Russell

Josh Salcman

Veronica Saleh

Sarah Sands

Kathleen Santora, Member, Foothill-De Anza Foundation Board

Mark Santora

Christina Schmidt

Stephen Schmidt

Elizabeth Schwerer

David Shapiro

Alice Smith

Ellen Smith

Roger Smith, Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2021)

Susie Spangler

Barbara Spreng, Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2006)

Sukie Stanley

Julie Sternfield

Cathy Swan

Barbara Swenson

Star Teachout

Cari Templeton, Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commissioner

Sven Thesen

Kathy Torgersen

Mike Torgersen

Jason Tran

Sophie Tsang

Jerry Underdal

Jeff Vetter

Kristina Vetter

Olenka Steciw Villarreal, Palo Alto Tall Tree Award Winner (2016)

Keri Wagner

Eileen Wall

Jim Wall

Jackie Wheeler

Sara Woodham

Jane Woodward