Endorsements

Our 2025 endorsements list is growing rapidly.
While we finalize updates, please check out our previous endorsements below.

Community Leaders and individuals who proudly
endorse Nikki lockwood for School Board

Spokane Education Association - representing 3,400 teacher and school staff
Alliance for Gun Responsibility
Fuse Washington
Spokane Regional Labor Council
Northeastern Washington – Northern Idaho Building & Construction Trades Council
Andy Billig - WA State Senate Majority Leader and former Chair, Senate Education Committee
Marcus Riccelli - Washington State Home of Representatives
Mandy Manning - Spokane Educator and 2018 National Teacher of the Year
Amber Waldref - Executive Director of The Zone Project*, former Spokane City Council Member
Sandy Williams - Editor of The Black Lens*
Dawn Sidell - Executive Director of NorthWest Autism Center*
SOAR Behavioral Services and Jim Matthews - Executive Director
Michael Dunn - Superintendent of Educational Service District 101
Fred Schrumpf - Retired Principal and Equity Champion
Pastor Walter Kendricks - Pastor of Morning Star Baptist Church, Commissioner - Washington State African American Affairs and President of the Ministerial Fellowship
Kurtis Robinson - President, NAACP Spokane*
Isabel Mazcot de Torres - President, Hispanic Business and Professional Association* and SPS parent
Larry Valadez - Former President of the Hispanic Business and Professional Association
Spanish-English Interpreter, LLC
Rowena Pineda - Asian Pacific Islander Community Leader
Pui-Yan Lam - Professor at EWU, Asian Pacific Islander Community Leader
Autumn Reed - President of Spokane National Organization for Women
Deborah Finck, Executive Director, Building Ohana*
Reverend Debra L. Conklin - United Methodist Church
The Reverend Andy Castrolang, Spokane Faith Leader
The Reverend Rick Matters - Leader in Spokane Community Against Racism
Randy Marler - Local Firefighter, Former Union President
Rick Eichstadt - Attorney, Professor at Gonzaga Law, SPS Parent
Adriane Leithauser - Professor of Business Ethics, Gonzaga University*
Sharma Shields - Local Author and SPS parent
Cindy McMahon - Local School Administrator
Jess Silvenail - Intellectual/Developmental Disability Network of Champions Co-Founder, educator and SPS parent
Darci Ladwig - Community Leader is Disability Advocacy
Ann Lebar - EWU History Professor* and SPS parent
Sam Schneider - Local Physician and SPS parent
Amanda Braley - Educator and SPS parent
Krista Elliot - Local Juvenille Attorney and SPS parent
Rosey Thurman - Local Adolescent Attorney
Dr. Carla Smith - Pediatric Trauma Surgeon and SPS parent
Wendy Wilson - Youth Soccer Coach and SPS Parent
Curtis Hampton - Leader in Spokane Community Against Racism, Vietnam-era Veteran
Lisbeth Little - Local educator
Sheila Collins - Retired, Fuse Council Leader
Jim Dawson - Fuse, Director of Eastern Washington
Kevin Foster - Former H.S. Principal and District Superintendent
Joan Braune - Author, Anti-hate Activist, *Educator at GU
*for informational purposes only

Leo and Marilyn Otero
Karl and Claire Eastlund
Jesse and Jen Hansen
Jamie Koop
Brent and Heidi Harding
Tara Lee
Lupito and Shelly Flores
Amy McColm
Gina Bloom
Fred and Sara Parent
Mary Lou Johnson
Blair Arundson
Scott Mueller
Ingrid Sub Cuc
Carol Bryan
Charles Smaltz
Christine Pomeroy
Cora Bree Hernandez
Mike and Linda Baker
Elisa Flores
Reyna Flores
Fawna Slavik
Fay Cadwallader
Jan Treecraft
Julie Shepard
Luke Byrnes
MaryAnn Murphy
MaryEllen Cooley
Nikki Gamon
Rebecca Moffit
Tine Reese
Shancie Wagner, DDS
Brad and Laura Read
Ben Read
Matthew Read
Jerry LeClaire
Carey Charyk
Julie Rector
Julie Schaffer
Sally Ray
Mary Brown
Joan Schwab
Ginny Lathem
Patty Haag
Teresa Hurliman
Don Jensen
Jet Tilley