Brandee MarckmannBrandee Marckmann

Brandee Marckmann is an educator, entrepreneur, and advocate who brings a strong commitment to community empowerment and public service. Beginning her career as a high school teacher, she developed a foundation in education and leadership before expanding her work into broader advocacy and community engagement. Her experience as a caregiver to her mother has further informed her focus on supporting families and underrepresented communities. Marckmann approaches leadership with an emphasis on service, opportunity, and ensuring systems work more effectively for those they serve.

Source (https://www.milkclub.org/endorsements)

This seat is on the ballot because Phil Kim, a mayoral appointee, has not yet faced the voters. Kim is a former Charter School executive, which should disqualify him immediately.

Two credible challengers are facing him, Virginia Cheung and Brandee Marckman. Cheung has experience as a pre-school teacher and director of Wu Yee Children’s services, and has the endorsements of the League of Pissed Off Voters and the Bernal Heights Democratic Club. Our choice is Marckmann, director of the San Francisco Education Alliance, a grassroots group that calls for schools that “are fully funded, inclusive, and not privatized.” That’s exactly what the School Board, which is facing a strong push for more charter schools, needs right now. She has our support.

Source (https://www.sfbg.com/2026/05/06/endorsements-for-the-june-2-election/)

My occupation is Public School Mom.

I am a proud public school Mom. I am running to give a voice to our students, teachers and school families who have been ignored by an overpoliticized school board. This school board is more focused on closing community schools and cutting services for newcomer immigrant students than paying teachers on time. This is unacceptable. It is time to get politics and politicians out of our public schools. I grew up on a small farm in Iowa where I learned the value of strong communities. I am also a former English as a Second Language teacher, and current public school Mom. I see how our public schools bring people together. That is why I co-founded the San Francisco Education Alliance to organize school families and advocate for public education. We successfully stopped the school board’s attempt to close 13 neighborhood schools. But today out-of-state billionaires are still spending millions to privatize our public schools here in San Francisco. As a school board member I will: - Protect our neighborhood schools - Keeping class sizes small - Pay teachers accurately and on time By supporting all of our school families we can stop the national attack on education and unite as San Franciscans.

VIG listing; Occupation: Public School Mom; co-founded San Francisco Education Alliance; stopped closure of 13 neighborhood schools

Primary: Jun 2, 2026