Jennifer Siebel Newsom Jennifer Siebel Newsom – First Partner After graduating with honors from Stanford University and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Jennifer worked in Africa and Latin America, helping women entrepreneurs create their own socially and environmentally responsible businesses. She then moved to Hollywood to pursue acting and producing. Dismayed by the way women were represented both in front of and behind the camera, Jennifer decided to rewrite this story and wrote, directed, and produced the award-winning documentary film “Miss Representation.” Released in 2011, the film exposes how the misrepresentation of women in the media contributes to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls. In response to the film’s powerful impact, Jennifer launched The Representation Project. Jennifer’s second film, “The Mask You Live In,” made its world premiere in 2015 and explores how our culture’s narrow definition of masculinity is harming boys, men, and society at large. She is currently wrapping up her third film, “The Great American Lie.” Jennifer was proudly appointed to be a member of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission and also serves on the advisory boards for The Imagine Bus Project, The Common Sense Media Gender Initiative, and Emerge America. She and her husband Governor Gavin Newsom are the proud parents to their four young children and greatest achievements – Montana, Hunter, Brooklynn, and Dutch. Equal Pay CA: Let’s Close the Gap Every year, women in California lose 78.6 billion dollars to the pay gap. In 2016, California passed the strongest equal pay laws in the country – but passing a law is only the first step. That’s why the Office of the First Partner, The CA Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, and TIME’S UP have joined forces to spread the word to both employers and employees about how to close the pay gap. Now it’s your turn – join us: Read and share the resources from CCSWG’s Pay Equity Task Force Download the toolkit and spread the world Have your company sign our pay equity pledge. When you sign the pledge, your company commits to conduct an annual company-wide gender pay analysis; review hiring and promotion processes to reduce bias and barriers; and identify and promote other best practices that will close the pay gap. The following companies have signed our equal pay pledge: AirBnB Apple AT&T Autodesk Box Branch Metrics Cisco Drift First Capitol Gap Inc. Gust Ike Robotics Intel Lending Club Maxim Integrated Medallia Inc. Metromile Ripple Foods Salesforce Shutterfly Simplecast Social Glass Square SunRun Inc. Sunshine Sachs Uber Zynga Read more about Equal Pay CA: SacBee: On Equal Pay Day, let’s pledge to value our daughters as we value our sons CNBC: Apple, Salesforce among ‘inaugural signatories’ in state-led push to close gender pay gap in California ABC10: California’s First Partner promotes equal pay for women Politico: First partner Siebel Newsom leads campaign to secure equal pay for women AP: Jennifer Siebel Newsom Champions Equal Pay for Women in 1st Initiative as California’s First Partner Huffington Post: California Announces Initiative To Close Gender Pay Gap SF Chronicle: Jennifer Siebel Newsom encourages California businesses to boost women’s pay ABC 10: Why Equal Pay California wants more people to discuss their pay WWD: California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Time’s Up Launch #EqualPayCA Campaign
