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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

5

Devika Bhushan, MD

Pediatrician, public health leader, and writer

2

Norah Weinstein

Co-CEO, Baby2Baby

6

Lisa Ling

Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author

3

Tom Willis

Partner, Olson Remcho

7

Olivia Morgan

Co-founder and Board Chair
California Partners Project

4

Lisa Dawe

CEO, ACES

8

“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