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The two candidates running for San Mateo County superintendent of schools on the June 5 ballot, Gary Waddell and Nancy Magee, have each raised more than $100,000 as they vie for a job with a base salary of a little over $235,000 a year.
Campaign finance reports filed on May 24 show Magee has raised more than $122,000 in cash, non-monetary donations and loans while Waddell has raised more than $115,000.
As of May 24 Magee had spent more than $95,000 of the money raised, while Waddell had spent more than $90,000. Both have loaned their campaigns a considerable amount of their own money — Waddell $10,000 and Magee $35,000. Waddell’s campaign has also borrowed $5,000 from retiree Jean Holbrook of San Mateo.
Waddell and Magee both work in the San Mateo County Office of Education, Waddell as deputy superintendent and Magee as associate superintendent. Both started campaigning in 2017 to take the job held by their boss, Anne Campbell, who declined to run for a third four-year term as the county’s superintendent of schools.
The county superintendent manages a $90 million budget and a staff of 450 while overseeing the 23 school districts in the county. The office of education says Campbell’s base salary is $235,428.
Here is a partial list of some of the major and interesting donors to each campaign, as detailed in the state-required campaign finance reports.
Nancy Magee
• $5,406 – David Magee and Affiliated Entities, Santa Barbara.
• $3,132- non-monetary for a fundraising event, Yay! Paella Catering, Santa Rosa.
• $2,450 – Christine Villanis, Redwood City, deputy director of probation services, San Mateo County.
• $1,777 – Bill Woods, Pacifica, director of public safety, San Mateo County Community College District.
• $1,600 – Robert Magee, Santa Barbara, retired.
• $1,500 – Keet Nerhan, Half Moon Bay, owner KN Properties.
• $1,355 – (includes non-monetary donations) Kristine Cannon, Burlingame, retired.
• $1,276 – Lisa Rosenthal, Burlingame, freelance writer and editor, Rosenthal Communications.
• $1,000 – Suzanne Flecker, San Mateo, retired; Johnson Construction, Burlingame; Joseph Cotchett, Burlingame, attorney Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP; Alan Talansky, San Mateo, executive, EBL&S Development; Daniel J. Ullyot, MD, Burlingame, retired; Kathleen Wright, Bonita, school facility leadership, Grossman Union High School District; and Claire Cunningham, attorney, San Mateo County.
• $800 – Rick Bonilla, San Mateo, council member city of San Mateo.
• $750 – Marc Tarpenning, Redwood City, investor Wardenclyffe Partners LLC and board member Woodside Elementary School District; Florence Wong, Burlingame, board president Burlingame School District; and Deborah Griffith, Burlingame, dispute resolution specialist, Better Business Bureau.
• $700 – Leah Anderson, San Diego, teacher at the Preuss School, UCSD; and Carrie Biondi Du Bois, San Carlos, realtor with Coldwell Banker and board member, Sequoia Union High School District.
• $650 – James Cannon, Jr., Burlingame, retired.
• $600 – Loriann Villanis, Half Moon Bay, executive assistant, San Mateo County Office of Education.
• $568 – Terry Nagel, Burlingame, retired.
• $550 – Travis Harper, San Diego, manager Bookings.com.
• $500 – Mary Browning, San Francisco, coordinator, San Mateo County Office of Education; Rosalyn Chin Ming Koo, San Mateo, retired; Adrienne Tissier, Daly City, former supervisor San Mateo County and consultant, Bay Relations; Russell Miller, Burlingame, partner Miller & Olson, LLP; Ellen Moulthrop, Diablo, retired; Kirk A. Pessner, COO and senior paralegal, Burlingame, Miller & Olson, LLP; Florence Wong, Burlingame, board president Burlingame School District; Patrick Hazel, Solana Beach, president Kelly Slater Wave Co LLC; Re-Elect Supervisor Don Horsley 2018, Burlingame; Jessica Mihaly, San Carlos, consultant; Gregory Munks, Portola Valley, retired San Mateo County sheriff; Barbie Rogers, Santa Maria, registered nurse, Dignity Health; Mark Wyss, Los Gatos, real estate, Mary Wyss Real Estate; Elizabeth Castagnera, El Cajon, teacher, Grossmont Union High School District; and Jane Danbold, Los Angeles, educational consultant, Jane Danbold Educational Consultant.
• $450, – Susan Manheimer, law enforcement, city of San Mateo; Donna Sims, Morro Bay, consultant San Mateo County Office of Education.
• $400 – Bruce Thompson, Burlingame, retired superintendent, Woodside Elementary School District; and Donna Wills, Burlingame, vice mayor, city of Burlingame.
• $350 – Juan Raigoza, Redwood City controller, San Mateo County.
• $300 – Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, San Jose; Dan Desmidt, Belmont, police chief, city of Belmont; and Stephen Wagstaffe, Redwood City, district attorney San Mateo County.
• $250 – Eric Hartwig, Half Moon Bay, superintendent Portola Valley School District; Mark Olbert, San Carlos, council member, city of San Carlos; and Donna Colson, Burlingame, council member city of Burlingame.
• $150 – Carlos Bolanos, sheriff San Mateo County (contributed also to Waddell).
• $100 – Committee to Re-Elect Robert Foucrault Coroner, Redwood City.
Gary Waddell
• $10,600 – non-monetary in mailer, Better Citizenship Association, sponsored by the San Mateo Union High School District (SMUHSD) teachers association, San Mateo.
• $9,250 – non-monetary in video production, Mark Wieser, Montara, videographer, treehousedv.
• $8,677 – (some is non-monetary contributions and loans) Jean Holbrook, San Mateo, retired .
• $4,130 – Timothy Eicher, San Francisco, software, Barkeep.
• $2,600 – Pace for California School Employees Association Small Contributor Committee.
• $3,978 – Adele Berg, administrator, San Mateo County Office of Education.
• $1,048 – Sue Wieser, Montara, assistant superintendent, San Mateo-Foster City School District.
• $1,000 – non-monetary in mailers, Sequoia District Teachers Association, Redwood City; and San Mateo Elementary Teachers Association PAC, San Mateo.
• $1,000 – Kevin Mullin for Assembly 2018; Gordon for Board of Equalization 2018.
• $968 – Marilyn Loushin-Miller, San Carlos, retired.
• $750 – Karen Alden, Atherton, early learning advocate; and Gail Waddell, Asheville, North Carolina, retired.
• $706 – (some is non-monetary contributions) Harini Krishnan, Hillsborough, self-employed musician.
• $650 – (some is non-monetary contributions)- Judith Bloom, San Mateo, retired.
• $600 – Rosanne Foust, Redwood City, president and CEO, San Mateo County Economic Development Association.
• $600 – non-monetary in food for events, Jeffrey Adair, Menlo Park, owner of J Floral Art.
• $500 – Beth Higbee, Claremont, assistant superintendent, San Bernadino County Office of Education; Will Parish, San Francisco, founder Ten Strands; AFT 3267-PIPE PAC, San Francisco; Susan Larramendy, San Francisco, educator, retired; and Josh Becker, Menlo Park, CEO, Lex Machina.
• $486 – Rich Gordon, Menlo Park, president/CEO California Forestry Association.
• $350 – Marc Berman for Assembly 2018, Palo Alto; and Cathy Catalano, Half Moon Bay, teacher, San Mateo County Office of Education.
• $340 – Caroline Serrato, Burlingame, police captain, town of Hillsborough.
• $300 – Joe Ross, Menlo Park, trustee, San Mateo County Board of Education; Susan Alvaro, Half Moon Bay, bookkeeper, Chad Hooker Property Services; Steven Chuang, San Mateo, principal, San Mateo-Foster City School District; and Lynn Schuette, Pacifica, grants director, StarVista.
• $250 – Carole Groom, San Mateo, supervisor, San Mateo County; Carlos Bolanos, sheriff, San Mateo County (contributed also to Magee); L. Monroe, Oakland, Alameda County superintendent of schools; Gloria Hernandez-Goff, East Palo Alto, superintendent, Ravenswood City School District; and Re-Elect Scott Wiener for State Senate 2020.
• $200 – San Mateo Labor Council, Foster City.
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• See earlier story: Waddell and Magee vie for county superintendent of schools job
