Champions for Youth Celebration

May 8, 2025

LUNCHEON THIS YEAR

save the date!

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2024 champions were:

William Blair, MVLAHSD
Sadie Gracon, LAHS youth

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Challenge Team Past Adult Champions for Youth

Bob Adams, Founder, Partners for New Generations (since renamed Mentor Tutor Connection)
Jeff Baier, Superintendent Los Altos School District
Bruce Barsi, Captain, Mountain View Police Department
William Blair, Mountain View Los Altos High School District Wellness Coordinator
Eve Bressler, Superintendent, Mountain View Whisman School District
Brent Butler, School Resource Officer, Los Altos Police Department
Kim Castro, Youth Resources Manager, City of Mountain View
Katherine Comesana, Police Officer, Mountain View Police Department
Ron Cooper, Police Officer, Mountain View Police Department
Bill Crawford, Police Officer, Mountain View Police Department
Judy Crates, CSMA, CHAC
Mike Ecdao, Sergeant, Mountain View Police Department
Len Edwards, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Joe Eyre, Los Altos Community Foundation chief operating officers
Rich Fischer (lifetime achievement), Superintendent, Mountain View Los Altos High School District
Christa Gannon, Founder and Executive Director, Fresh Lifelines for Youth
Marco Garcia, Police Officer, Mountain View Police Department
Oscar Garcia, Founder, Mesa de la Comunidad
Barry Groves, Mountain View Los Altos High School District Superintendent
James Guevarra, Police Officer, Mountain View Police Department
Judy Hannemann, Board of Trustees, Mountain View Los Altos High School District
Chuck Hayden, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Pat Hyland, Principal, Mountain View High School, Mountain View Los Altos High School District
Monique Kane, Executive Director, Community Health Awareness Council
Gay Krause, Founder, Executive Director, Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College
Roy Lave, Los Altos Community Foundation
Ted Lempert, President Children Now
Dick Liewer, Assistant Principal, Los Altos School District
Dianne McKenna, Supervisor, Santa Clara County
Alia Malik, Founder of Venture Leadership Consulting
Stephen Manley, Judge, Santa Clara County
Nancy Mucha, Board of Trustees, Mountain View Whisman School District/Mountain View Mayor’s Youth Council
Bill Pierce, Principal, Alta Vista High School, Mountain View Los Altos High School District
Sam Robin (Brother), Counselor, Saint Francis High School
Hugh Riddell, Assistant Principal, Mountain View High School, Mountain View Los Altos High School District
Brigitte Sarraf, Associate Superintendent, Mountain View Los Altos High School District
Joe Simitian, California State Senator
Roshetta Smith, Mountain View Police Department school resource officer
Susan Sweeley, Board of Trustees, Mountain View Los Altos High School District
Bobby Taylor, Officer, Mountain View Police Department
Scott Vermeer, Chief of Mountain View Police
Ellen Wheeler, Board of Trustees, Mountain View Whisman School District
Mary Lou Zoglin, Executive Director, Mountain View/Los Altos Healthy Ventures

Challenge Team Past Youth Champions

Sonia Nigam, Mountain View High School
Ricky Juarez, Los Altos High School
Lauren Burns, Mountain View High School
Jeanette Freiberg, Mountain View High School
Lia Evard, Los Altos High School
Megan Tsern, Los Altos High School
Nadia Ghaffari, Los Altos High School
Kayley Gould, Los Altos High School
Ava Keshavarzi, Mountain View High School
Sadie Gracon, Los Altos High School