First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Jennifer Siebel Newsom is the First Partner of California and a filmmaker and thought leader at the forefront of changing our society’s limiting gender stereotypes and norms. She wrote, directed, and produced the award-winning, evergreen documentaries “Miss Representation” and “The Mask You Live In” in addition to the soon to be released “The Great American Lie.” 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. 

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

• • Common Sense Media: Tweens, Teens, Tech, and Mental Health
  • 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