ABOUT US
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.
VALUES
Partnership, Equity and Innovation
Our vision is a more equitable California, harnessing the ingenuity of all its people to lead the nation and the world in addressing the challenges of gender equity and the impact of media and technology on child development.
We believe that Californians will thrive economically, socially and individually when women have access to the same leadership roles as men. That the technology and media that drive our economy and shape our future can and should be a force for good. And that industries, institutions and individuals have a moral obligation to consider how their actions impact others, especially children.
We know that we’re better together than alone. Partnership is key to maintaining the bold and innovative leadership that has always defined the Golden state.
“We are living in a time of great change, which can feel chaotic and frightening. 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.”
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Co-founder, California Partners Project
GENDER EQUITY
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Esther Aguilera – Former President & CEO, Latino Corporate Directors Association
Annalisa Barrett – Senior Advisor, KPMG Board Leadership Center
Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire – CEO, 50/50 Women on Boards
Reveta Bowers – Former Board Chair, Common Sense Media
Julie Castro Abrams – CEO & Chair, How Women Lead
David Chun - CEO & Founder, Equilar, Inc.
Hannah-Beth Jackson - California State Senator (Retired), Author of SB826
Donna Lucas - CEO & Founder, Lucas Public Affairs
Heather McCulloch - Founder, Women in the Economy, Entrepeneur-in-Residence, Aspen Institute Financial Security Program
Amanda Packel – Managing Director, Stanford University's Rock Center for Corporate Governance
Anne Sheehan – Former Director of Corporate Governance, CalSTRS
Miriam Warren - Chief Diversity Officer, Yelp
CHILD WELL-BEING
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Elizabeth Estes - Founder of Breaking Barriers California, Children and Education of Counsel, AALR
Vicki Harrison, MSW - Program Director, Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing
Tim Kendall - Cofounder of Moment
S. Marshall Perry, Ph.D. - Vice Provost of Graduate Programs & Academic Innovation at St. Mary's College of California
Caroline Uchechi Adanma Okorie, MD, MPH - Clinical Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine
Esta Soler - Founder and President, Futures Without Violence
Veronica Terriquez, Ph.D. - Director, UCLA Chicano Research Studies Center
Shafia Zaloom - Author & Health Educator