First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom

The Office of the First Partner is dedicated to lifting up women and their families, breaking down barriers for our youth, and furthering the cause of gender equity in California.

A thought leader at the forefront of changing our society’s limiting gender stereotypes and norms, Jennifer Siebel Newsom wrote, directed, and produced the award-winning, evergreen documentaries “Miss Representation,” “The Mask You Live In,” and “The Great American Lie.” In 2020 she founded the California Partners Project, which champions gender equity across the state and ensures the state’s media and technology industries are a force for good in the lives of all children. She also founded The Representation Project, a nonprofit that uses film and media to catalyze cultural transformation.  Jennifer’s films have been seen by over 28 million people worldwide, and The Representation Project’s social action hashtag campaigns have reached more than 830 million people. 

For more information on the First Partner’s initiatives, click on the graphics below: 

• • La Opinión: Debemos abrir las puertas de oportunidad para todas las familias
  • Bay Area Reporter: CA summer reading program to kick off with LGBTQ children’s book
  • EdSource: First Partner Jennifer Newsom launches statewide summer book club with local libraries
  • Inside California Education: Social Emotional Learning 
  • Forbes: Twitter, Mattel And Adobe Sign Equal Pay Pledge 
  • Spectrum News: On Equal Pay Day, California’s First Partner Shares Commitment to Closing Pay Gap
  • Comstock’s Magazine: Economic Recovery Must on Women 
  • Today: Teens Are Struggling with Pressures of the Pandemic, New Study Says 
  • USA Today: Teens Glued to Screens in COVID Pandemic Need Sleep and Reality Checks, Experts Say
  • Fortune: California’s Board Diversity Law Led to 670 Board Seats Filled by Women, Report Finds 
  • Common Sense Media: Tweens, Teens, Tech, and Mental Health
  • Glamour: ‘Make A Plan and Don’t Get Discouraged’ Megan Rapinoe and Jennifer Siebel Newsom on Staying Sane in 2020
  • TIME: Why the Pay Gap for Working Moms Is a Race Issue Too 
  • Glamour: How a Middle School Teacher in Rural California Is Making It Work in Quarantine
  • Glamour: How Rep. Katie Porter—Congress’s Only Single Mom—Is Making It Work in Quarantine
  • CNN: Our Economic Recovery Depends On Policies That Benefit Women
  • Comstock’s Magazine: Mending The Gap
  • Glamour: It’s Time to Stop Treating Parenting as a Mom’s Burden and a Dad’s Adorable Hobby
  • TIME: Wives of Political Leaders Have Long Been Called ‘First Ladies.’ California’s Jennifer Siebel Newsom Has Other Plans
  • Associated Press: ‘No timidity’ for California governor’s wife on key causes
  • Los Angeles Times: Jennifer Siebel Newsom will be California’s ‘first partner.’ Her agenda is cultural change
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Jennifer Siebel Newsom encourages California businesses to boost women’s pay