An award-winning program designed to educate and encourage women to run for public office, to connect with women who have run for office, as well as those who support women to run so you are ready to run.

Schedule

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Check-In & Lunch

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Keynote Speaker: Ann Ravel, Candidate for CA State Senate, 15th District

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Panel 1: So You Want to Be Elected:  Office Holders’ and Candidates’ Stories From the Campaign Trail and Beyond

Panelists:

Gayle McLaughlin, Former two-term Mayor of Richmond, CA

Megan Pillsbury, Board Member, Piedmont Unified School District

Pamela Price, Civil Rights Attorney

Aisha Wahab, Hayward City Council

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel 2: How to Run: Mapping Out the Tools, Strategies, Data and Compliance Issues to Mount a Successful Campaign

Panelists:

Valerie McGinty , Law Office of Valerie T. McGinty

Frances Schreiberg, Of Counsel, Kazan McClain, Satterley & Greenwood, PC.

Jodie Smith, Chair, Oakland Public Ethics Commission (PEC)

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Keynote Speaker: Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Networking Reception – Wine and Appetizers will be provided!