WHO WE ARE
GetREAL is a coalition of business, labor, agriculture, public safety, health care, child advocates and educators.
Our members include:
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
California Manufacturers & Technology Association
California Hotel and Lodging Association
Western States Petroleum Association
California Farm Bureau Federation
Small Business California
California Metals Coalition
California Precast Concrete Association
California Space Authority
California Steel Industries, Inc
National Glass Association
California Autobody Association
California Association of Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors
Johnson & Johnson
Chevron
Coldicott Woodworks
ConocoPhillips
Boeing
Bridgestone/Firestone Retail Commercial Operations LLC
California Architects Board
California Automotive Wholesalers Association
California Landscape Contractors Association
California Motor Car Dealers Association
California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors
Engineering Contractors’ Association
State of California Auto Dismantlers Association
California Legislative Conference of the Plumbing, Heating and Piping Industry
California Tooling and Machining Apprenticeship Association
A&A Auto Parts, Sales, Service and Storage
AeA - American Electronics Association
Alvins Auto Recycling Inc.
Antelope Valley Board of Trade
Automotive Service Councils of California
Bauer’s Auto Wrecking
BW Auto Dismantlers, Inc.
California Aerospace & Technology Alliance
Eagle Auto Dismantling
Goodrich Aerostructures
Graymark International Inc.
GRC Associates
Hopper Farms
Manuels Auto Wrecking and SCADA
Northern California Construction Training , Inc. (NCCT)
Oxnard Chamber of Commerce
P + C Auto Recycler
Ranesco
Rock and Roll Auto Recycling
San Luis Rey Auto Salvage
Small Manufacturers Association of California
Small Manufacturers Institute
Teichert Construction
Truck Wrecks Recycling
Valley Auto Wreckers
Valley Industrial Association of Santa Clarita
Ventura Chamber of Commerce
West Auto Wrecker Ltd
LABOR
State Building & Construction Trades Council
State Employees Trade Council
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
EDUCATION
California Business Education Association
California Federation of Teachers
California Agricultural Teachers Association
California Automotive Teachers Association
California Business Education Association
California Industrial & Technology Education Association
Home Economics Teachers Association of California
Segue Career Program
CHILD ADVOCACY
Child Abuse Prevention Center
Richmond Children’s Foundation
Minorities in Law Enforcement
PUBLIC SAFETY
California Correctional Peace Officers Association
California Professional Firefighters
Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs
Crime Victims United
California Organization of Police & Sheriffs
HEALTHCARE
California Dental Association
Biocom
Baxter Healthcare
INDIVIDUALS
Ted Altenberg, GATE Differentiation Specialist, PVUSD GATE Services
Carolyn Anderson, Instructor, California Business Education
Association
Danelle Ariaz, Agriculture Teacher, Parlier High School
Jeffrey S. Aronsky, Teacher of Business Education, President-CBEA
Southern Section
Kim Arntz, Agricultural Teacher, California Agricultural Teachers
Association
Danny Aschwanden, Teacher, Petaluma High School
Clemente Ayon, Agriculture Teacher, Santa Maria High School
Megan Bailey, Culinary Instructor
Randy Baker, Teacher, Yreka High School
Bear Balgelman, Teacher, Acalanes High School
Bob Barkhouse, Executive Director, California Automotive Teachers
Robin Bartholow, Workforce Development Director, North Coast Builders Exchange
Seth Bates, President, CITEA
Christy Baviere, Agriculture Student Teacher, CSUC
Stanley Bennett, President, Cal Bennetts
Debbie Benson, Vocational Agriculture Teacher, King City High School
John P. Berry, Co-ordinator, AHS VICA
Sue Boegh, Director of Education Support Services, Burbank Unified
School District
Mike And Cindy Bordessa, Parents, Petaluma
Tom Boyes, Agriculture Teacher, Red Bluff High School
William Brazda, Professor, Long Beach City College
Bill Brensel, Tech. Training Instructor, Quinn Company
Joel Briggs, High School Agriculture Education Teacher, Littlerock
High School
Barry Broad, Legislative Director, CA Teamsters Public Affairs Council
Roxanne Buffington, Agricultural Teacher, FFA Advisory, Liberty
High School FFA
Jennifer Burden, Agriculture Teacher, Lindhurst High School
Ted Bunch, Retired, Burbank Unified School District
Bruce Campbell, Agriculture Instructor, Escalon High School
Anna Canon, Agriculture Teacher, Orland High School
Mike Caples, Publisher, Contractor News and Views
Nick Caporusso, Association Vocational Principal, Division of
Juvenile Justice
Drew Carlson, Auto Instructor, California Auto Teachers
Don Carman, CTE Teacher, San Benito High School
Diane Carnahan, Director, San Joaquin County Office of Education
Allen Robert Carrozza, Renewable and Solar Energy Consultant,
Scholfield Solar.com
Speedy Carrozza, Renewable Energy Consultant, Black Oak Mine School District
Victor M. Casas, Chair-Computer Science Department, Theodore
Roosevelt High School
Glen Casey, Associate Dean, Cal Poly College of Education
Te fang Chao, Teacher, Palm Springs High School
Donna Clark, Executive Director, San Antonio ROP
Jim Claybaugh, Executive Director, Visalia Economic Development Corp.
Steve Coldicott, Owner, Coldicott Woodworks
John Coon, Agriculture Teacher, Redwood High School
Efrain Cornejo, Education Advisor, Devry University
Bill Costanzo, Agriculture Teacher, Tomales High School
Heidi Costanzo, School to Career Tech, Tomales High School
James Cowan, Instructor, Burlingame High School, CTE Design and
Manufacturing Studio
Dr. Linda Curci, Psychologist
Jay Curtus, Agriculture High School, Liberty High School
Kyle Dadson, Ag Teacher, FFA
Jody Dailey, Retired Banker
Craig Davidson, Agriculture Instructor, Highland High School
Nick Deftereos, Agriculture Instructor, Hanford Joint Union High
School Agriculture Department
Julienne DeGeyter, Chief Business Officer, West Sacramento Early College Prep Charter
School
Greg Del Vecchio, Hybrid Automotive/Engineering/Automotive
Instructor, NOCROP — Los Alamitos High School
Melissa DePaoli, Agriculture Instructor, El Diamante High School
Steve Dick, Instructor, California High School
Jason Dixon, Associate Professor Manufacturing Technology,
Bakersfield College
Brian Donovan, Agriculture Instructor, Mt. Whitney High School
Shannon Douglass
Nick Dreesmann, Agriculture Instructor, Gridley FFA
Jake Dunn, Teacher, CATA
Don Dupont, Wood Technology Teacher, Campolindo High School
Carly Dutschke, Agriculture Teacher, Amador High School
Kristopher Elliott, Agriculture Instructor, Hanford High School
Jean and Linda Etcheverria, Owners, Etcheverria Landscaping
Judy Etcheverria, Agriculture Instructor, Santa Rosa High School
Randall Echevarria, Project Manager, California Workforce Association
Joseph Fa’avae, Program Coordinator, OCAPICA
Fabienne Farmer, Supplemental Services Administrator, Division of
Juvenile Justice
Mark Feuerbach, Welding Teacher, Galt High School
Darol Fishman, Agricultural Instructor, Merced College
Nancy Fister, Education Director, AWFS
Kevin Fleming, Director, Center of Excellence, San Bernardino Community College District
Traci Florence, Teacher, Imagine IT Career and Technical High School
Alex Flores, Agriculture Teacher/FFA Advisor, California Agriculture
Robert Flores, Professor, California Polytechnic State University
Kathleen Flynn, Shoreline Unified
Clay Freeman, Agriculture Teacher, Foothill High School
Dan Frank, Teacher, Granite Oaks Middle School
Jeff Freitas, Legislative Representative, California Federation of
Teachers
Suzanne Fritsch, Teacher, CTA
Roletta Fulgham, President-elect, CBEA
Jon Fuller, Agriculture Instructor, Shandon High School
Daniel Galan, Agriculture Instructor, Calexico high school
Michael Gangitano, Counselor, Lee Middle School
Pat Garity, Ford Asset Program Instructor, Cuyamaca college
John Gibson, Vice Chair, San Bernardino County WIB
Laura Goss, Teacher/FFA Advisor, East Nicolaus HS
Rick Grider, Teacher, Modesto High School
Michael Groah, Drafting and Automotive Instructor, Tulare Union High
School
Lance Gunnersen, President, CITEA
Lawrence J. Guzzetta, Jr., PhD, Teacher/Educator CTE, University of
San Diego
Kenneth Hagar, Teacher, Rio Hondo Community College
Donna Hall, Teacher, Folsom Cordova Unified School District
Tena Hanford, Parent, Santa Rosa FFA
Tom Haskell, Teacher, Golden Valley High School
Jerry Hathaway, Agriculture Teacher/Rancher, CATA
Paul Hay, Superintendent, Metropolitan Education District
Dick Herman, President, Santa Rosa MFG.com
Katy Hoag, Agriculture Instructor, Orestimba HS
Sally Hopkins
Shay Williams-Hopper, Agriculture Instructor, Tulare Joint Union HS
District
Ryan Hopper, Owner, Hopper Farms
Kate Huebler,
Tim Hunter, Applied Technology Instructor, Fresno City College
Craig Jacobsen, Rancher, Jacobsen Ranches
Rhoda A.M. James, Professor, CBEA
Joia Jones, Agriculture Teacher, Ridgeview High School
Ralph Jones, Education Sales Manager, CBIS Inc.
Martha Young-Jones, Assistant Principal, LAUSD/DACE
Laurie, Journalist, KPFK
Mike Joplin, President/CEO, Credit Solutions Corp.
Dean and Denise Joyner
Gene Karas, Teacher, Petaluma High School
Joe Katzman, Editor, Defense Industry Daily
Nolan Kee, Agriculture Instructor, Corning High School
Gene Kelly, President, Accelerated Training Institute
Scott Kesselring, IT Instructor, IBAEC
Bridget Kidder, Partner, MBK Farms
Maureen Kindel, Doctoral Student, Loyola Marymount University
Barry Kirschen, Automotive Technology Instructor, Santa Cruz ROP
Jim Knapp, Agriculture Teacher, Las Plumas High School
Pam Knapp, Career Center Director, Linden High School
Lindsey Kovach, Agriculture Instructor, Ponderosa High School
Debbie Kukta, Board Member, Burbank Unified School District
Jakki Kutz, President, Allied Farmers, Inc.
Rick Larkey, Director, Workforce Development, North State Building
Industry Association
Patrice Larson, Resource Teacher, ICOE Alternative Education
Vern Lawson, Economic Development Director, Lancaster Redevelopment
Agency
Julie Edwards Levy, Career Center, Scotts Valley High School
Kate Leyden, Executive Director, Valley Contractors Exchange
Artie Lindauer, Instructor, Venice High School
David Livingston, CEO, The Space Show
Christine Linne, Teacher, Pioneer Valley High School
Susana Liston, Multimedia Teacher, Regional Occupations Program (ROP)
Jerrod Lloyd, Agriculture Instructor, Venice HS/ Super Shop 9
William L. Love, Ag Teacher, Calipatria High School
Bill Loveridge, Agriculture Teacher, Loyalton High School
Amber Madlem, Teacher, Central Valley High School
Anne Mallory, Assistant Superintendent, Imperial County Office of
Education
Brian Mann, NCCER Program Specialist, Prentice Hall Publishing
Jimmy Martin, Student, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Lisa Martin, Bookkeeper
Mark Martin, CACT CTE Hub Director, CACT
Delfina Martinez, Technology teacher, Pioneer High School
Richard McCarthy, Franklin High School
Doug McCauley, Executive Officer, California Architects Board
Alisa McCord, High School/Partnership Initiatives Coordinator, Orange
County Department of Education
Laurie McCormich, Agriculture Teacher, Chino High School
Christopher McCraw, Agriculture Instructor, Wasco High School
William McDevitt, President, McDevitt & McDevitt Construction Corp
Patrick McGuire, Instructor, Allan Hancock College
Colette Marie McLaughlin, PhD, Instructor, Gavilan College
Randy Mendes, Agriculture Teacher, St. Helena High School
Diane K Miniel, Graduate Teaching Associate, CSU Fresno
Don Minto, Teacher, Corning High School
Dr. Denise Miranda, Principal, Public School-COE
John Monahan, Owner, Two Willow Electric and Booster Member, Petaluma
FFA
Ken Moncrief, Agriculture Teacher, Ceres Unified School District
Toni Morucci, CTE Instructor, Oroville High School
Mike Murphy, Construction Teacher, Lodi Unified School District
Raul Murrieta, Ag Science Teacher, McFarland High School
Debra Mustain, Director, La Puente Valley ROP
Pauline Newton, Teacher, Presentation High School
Ron Nishinaka, Horticulture Instructor, Reedley College
Michelle Nunley, Principal, Tulare High School
James O’Connor, Faculty (Welding), Cerro Coso Community College
Karen O’Connor, Faculty Chair, Business and Information Technology,
CBEA and Cerro Coso Community College
Tara O’Dell Education Manager, California Hotel and Lodging
Association
Norman Oilar, Ag Teacher, Plumas County Office of Education
Carlos Padilla, Regional Occupational Program Computer Instructor,
Inyo County ROP
Frank Paton, President, The Paton Group
Todd Patrick, Admissions Rep, Wyotech
Terry Pederson, CTE Department Chair, Bakersfield High School
Kevin Pendergast, Industrial Technology Teacher, SEMHS
Mark Perkins, ABT Lecturer, UC Davis
Samantha Piehoff, Student, Santa Rosa FFA
David Pine, School Board Member, San Mateo Union High School
George Pleasant, Treasurer, CBEA
William J Poulsen, Teacher, Baldwin Park High School
Georgette Powell, Owner, Mel’s Fish Market
Paul Preston, Executive Director, California College Career and Technical Education Center
Lidia Puga, School Admin. Asst/Instructor, National City Adult School
Gary Ravani, President EC/K-12 Council, CA Federation of Teachers
Cheryl Reece, Agriculture Teacher, Galt High School
Renee Reed, Career Tech Educator, San Benito High School
Giselle Richards, Dept Chair ESL, Long Beach City College
Thomas Richards, Retired Drafting Instructor, Petaluma High School
Mike Robson, Legislative Advocate, Edelstein and Gilbert
Sam Rodriguez, Instructor/FFA Advisor/Dept. Chair, Hanford High
School Agriculture Department
Jaimee Rojas, Agriculture Teacher, La Habra High School
Julie Rosa, Business Teacher, Jurupa Valley High School
Sheryl Ryder, Coordinator, CA Business Education Project
Bruce Saito, Executive Director, Los Angeles Conservation Corps
Erica Samons
Richard Schmidig, Assistant Principal, Linden High School
Lynn Scholten, Agriculture Teacher, CA Agricultural Teachers Assn.
Amy Schulte, Agriculture Teacher, Davis Joint Unified School
Randi Scott, Executive Director, CAROCP
Jeff Seiver, CTE Teacher, Anaheim Unified High School District
Jim Shanks, Agriculture Instructor, Butte Valley High School
Ginger Shattuck, Superintendent, Norwalk-LaMirada Unified School
District
Samantha Silva, Ag Department Chair, Parlier High School
Jay Simmonds, Director of Educational Options, Ceres Unified School
District
Emily Smith, Communications Director, Senator Mark Wyland
Mark Smith, National Director, WoodLINKS USA
Linda Snider, Coordinator, CBEA
Eric R Solis, Vice President, Wachovia Securities
Dr. Standlee Spencer, CTE Teacher, Brawley Union High School
Bonita Steele, Director Grants and Resource Development, Kern Community College
District
Martha Stefeoni, Vice President, California State Grange
Treva Thomas, Instructor, Lake Tahoe Community College
Amy Thomsen, Agriculture Teacher, Patterson High School Teacher’s
Association (CATA)
Tom Tomlinson, Teacher, Corning High School
Linda Tracy, Business/Computer Teacher, Butte Valley High School
Dan Turner, Welding Instructor, Yuba College Welding Technologies
Stan Uchiyama, Teacher, Agricultural Education, North Salinas High
School
Ryan Underwood, CEO, TRI Leadership Resources
Doug Urbick, President, Teichert Construction
David Vedder, Program Manager/Instructional Supervisor, La Puente
Valley ROP
J. Scott Vernon, Professor, Cal Poly State University
Monalisa Vietal, Senior Director, Imperial County Office of
Education, Alternative Education
April Weaver, Home Economics Instructor, Patterson High School
Karen Dalton-Wemp, Education Consultant, Mission Vineyard Sheep
David M. Wemp, Ag Teacher, Ret., Mission Vineyard Sheep
Gary Wente, Instructor, Reedley College
Susan Westbrook, President—EC/K-12 Council, California Federation of
Teachers
Jennifer Wilke, Agriculture Teacher, Bakersfield High School
Darren Willis, Instructor, Highland High School
Scott Wonnell, Agriculture Teacher, Pioneer Valley High School —
Agriculture Department
Bycen Woodley, Vice President, DECA
Larry Wright, AG. ED. / FFA Advisor, Rio Vista High School
Risa Zuanich