Sunnyvale City Council
May 19, 2026

Appoint Applicants to Boards and
Commissions
David Carnahan, City Clerk
May 19, 2026
2City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 • Arts Commission (one term to 6/30/2030)
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
(two terms to 6/30/2030 could be Category One or Category Two) • Board of Library Trustees (one term to 6/30/2030)
• Heritage Preservation Commission (two terms to 6/30/2030) • Housing and Human Services Commission
(two terms to 6/30/2030 and one term to 6/30/2027)
• Parks and Recreation Commission (one term to 6/30/2030) • Personnel Board (one Employee-nominated term to 6/30/2030) • Planning Commission (two terms to 6/30/2030)
• Sustainability Commission
(Two terms to 6/30/2030, one must be Category Two)
Vacancies
3City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 Ballot One
• Arts Commission
• Board of Library Trustees
• Heritage Preservation Commission
• Planning Commission
Ballot Two
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
• Housing and Human Services Commission
• Parks and Recreation Commission
• Personnel Board
• Sustainability Commission
Voting Ballots
4City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 One term to 6/30/2030
• Ananya Bhai (1st preference)
• Archana Varshney (1st preference)
• Isabella Salim (Only preference)
• Molly Kauffman (Only preference) - Incumbent
• Nila Rajkumar (2nd preference)
• Sara Salinaro (Only preference)
• Sharmita Samanta (1st preference)
Arts Commission
5City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 One term to 6/30/2030
• Ashish Bhatia (1st preference)
• Chaitrali Amrutkar (1st preference)
• Clyde Graham (Only preference)
• David Liu (Only preference) - Incumbent
• Marian Chen (4th preference)
• Naomi Weiss (Only preference)
• Paul Davis (Only preference)
• Sarah Huq (Only preference)
Board of Library Trustees
6City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 Two terms to 6/30/2030
• Annette Phan (1st preference)
• Ashish Bhatia (4th preference)
• Marian Chen (5th preference)
• Orna Bitton Palmon (2nd preference)
Heritage Preservation Commission
7City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 Two terms to 6/30/2030
• Annette Phan (2nd preference)
• David Kesting (Only preference)
• Kamille Lang (4th preference)
• Madhu Kashyap (1st preference)
• Marian Chen (1st preference)
• Michael Serrone (Only preference) - Incumbent
• Neela Shukla (Only preference) - Incumbent
• Orna Bitton Palmon (1st preference)
Planning Commission
8City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 Ballot Two
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
• Housing and Human Services Commission
• Parks and Recreation Commission
• Personnel Board
• Sustainability Commission
Voting Ballots
9City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 Two Category One or Two terms to 6/30/2030
• Ananya Bhai (Category One - 2nd preference)
• Andy Yang (Category One - only preference)
• Ashish Bhatia (Category One - 3rd preference)
• Nila Rajkumar (Category One - 3rd preference)
• Zohar Shvarzberg (Category One - only preference)
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
10City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 Two terms to 6/30/2030 and one term to 6/30/2027
• Ananya Bhai (3rd preference)
• Elaina Babayan (Only preference)
• Jim Davis (Only preference) - Incumbent
• Kamille Lang (2nd preference)
• Nila Rajkumar (1st preference)
Housing and Human Services Commission
11City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 One term to 6/30/2030
• Amir Weiss (Only preference)
• Archana Varshney (2nd preference)
• Chaitrali Amrutkar (2nd preference)
• Dona Mason (Only preference) - Incumbent
• Kamille Lang (3rd preference)
• Marian Chen (2nd preference)
• Sharmita Samanta (3rd preference)
Parks and Recreation Commission
12City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 One Employee-nominated term to 6/30/2030
• Ashish Bhatia (2nd preference)
• Marian Chen (3rd preference)
Personnel Board
13City of Sunnyvale – Board and Commission Appointments – May 2026 • Anmol Singh (Category One - only preference)
• Annie Zhang (Category One - only preference)
• Cynthia Li (Category One - only preference)
• Emilie Chane (Category One - only preference)
• Gay Howard (Category One - only preference)
• Jeffery Nabhan (Category Two - only preference)
Incumbent
• Kamille Lang (Category One - 1st preference)
• Lena Garvey (Category One - only preference)
• Madhavi Chodankar (Category One - only
preference)
• Madhu Kashyap (Category One - 2nd preference)
• Mahboobeh Davar (Category One - only
preference)
• Parnikaa Jagaty (Category One - only preference)
• Sharmita Samanta (Category One - 2nd
preference)
• Suparna Bhattacharya (Category One - only
preference)
Two terms to 6/30/2030, one must be Category Two
Sustainability Commission