Connect, Collaborate, Catalyze
OUR VALUES
Partnership
We know that we’re better together than alone. Partnership means valuing others’ voices, recognizing our strengths, and collaborating for collective impact and the common good. Partnership is a strength multiplier and how we scale our impact.
Equity
Our vision is a more equitable California, harnessing the creativity, problem-solving, and ingenuity of all its people to lead the nation and the world. Equity is the key that unlocks our potential and allows us to thrive.
Innovation
California’s innovative spirit shines from Silicon Valley to Hollywood and everywhere in between. By connecting personal, public, and private sectors, we can devise innovative solutions to our most complex challenges.
OUR MISSION
In partnership with the people of California, California Partners Project champions gender equity across the state and ensures our state’s media and technology industries are a force for good in the lives of all children.
WHO WE ARE
Board of Directors
Becky Beland McNaught
Senior VP, Communications & External Affairs, Sacramento Kings
1
Ahmad Thomas
CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
6
Devika Bhushan, MD
Pediatrician, public health leader, and writer
2
Norah Weinstein
Co-CEO, Baby2Baby
7
Lisa Ling
Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author
3
Tom Willis
Partner, Olson Remcho
8
Olivia Morgan
Co-founder and Board Chair
California Partners Project
4
“California is a state of innovators and bold ideas, of leaders who challenge assumptions and brave new approaches to old – and new – challenges. The California Partners Project is positioned to contribute in concrete ways to making the most of this moment, and this leadership.”
California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Co-founder, California Partners Project
Our Team
California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Co-founder
1
Orlena Perez Watson
Finance & Operations Manager
5
Olivia Morgan
Co-founder and Board Chair
2
Jennifer Heifferon
Program Director, Child Well-being
6
Carolyn Gan
Executive Director
3
Elizabeth Cheong
Program Manager, Gender Equity
7
Leigha Weinberg
Program Director, Gender Equity
4
Leah Rooney, MPA
Program Manager, Child Well-being
8