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CEDAW INNOVATOR SPONSOR

CEDAW CHAMPION SPONSORS

Akiko Yamazaki and

Susie Tompkins Buell Fund

Janet & Clint Reilly

CEDAW
INSPIRING AN EQUAL FUTURE
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CEDAW TABLE SPONSORS

Heidi (Pervin) Yamaguchi JaMel and Tom Perkins Family Foundation Fund at The Chicago Community Trust Levi Strauss & Co. Oona Marti & Sarah Diegnan Roselyne Chroman Swig Marily Mondejar and Stephanie Block

CEDAW

CEDAW SUPPORTER

WOMENS HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS LUNCHEON

Presented by the FRIENDS of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women

CEDAW stands for the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women. In 1998, San Francisco became the rst city in the world to adopt a CEDAW Ordinance. FRIENDS of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, founded in 1976, is a non-pro t organization dedicated to providing funding and building support for and awareness of the Commission and its work to ensure equal treatment of women and girls. San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez, President Andrea Shorter, Vice President Alicia M. Gmez Amy Ackerman Julie Soo Mary Jung San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Emily M. Murase, PhD, Executive Director Ann Lehman, Policy Director Minouche Kandel, Esq., Director of Womens Policy Aimee Allison, Media and Community A airs Director Carol Sacco, Grants Administrator Cynthia Vasquez, Commission Secretary Stacey Hoang, Fiscal Manager FRIENDS of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Maryann Hrichak, Fellow
web www.friendscosw.org phone 415. 77. WOMEN email women@friendscosw.org

FRIENDS Board of Directors Marily Mondejar President Filipina Womens Network Barbara Mark Ph.D. Vice President Full Circle Institute Patricia M. Bovan Campbell Corporate Secretary Law Oces of Patricia Bovan Campbell Esther Colwill Co-Treasurer Silvia Vasquez-Lavado Co-Treasurer eBay Peg McAllister Nomination Chair Lee Hecht Harrison Cathy Campbell Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Edwina Kluender Mandarin Oriental San Francisco Heidi (Pervin) Yamaguchi Chevron, Retired Hyla Molander Social Good Project Jennifer Plotke McKesson Corporation Oona Marti Commonwealth Club of California Shinta Lim Merrill Lynch Stephanie Block U.S. National Committee for UN Women Emily M. Murase, Ph.D. Ex-Ocio San Francisco Department on the Status of Women

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Susan oversees all aspects of V-Day ranging from campaigns and programs, to development, events, and communications. Susan works directly with a range of partners and supporters including individual, foundation, and corporate donors; activist, political and civic leaders; and media. On February 14, 2013, V-Days 15th Anniversary, www.vday.org, it launched its most ambitious campaign ONE BILLION RISING which inspired one billion people in 207 countries to Strike, Dance and Rise for the freedom, safety and equality of women. With the women of Congo, V-Day opened and supported City of Joy in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, a revolutionary leadership center where survivors of gender violence Turn Their Pain to Power. A graduate of Barnard College with a BA in Political Science, Susan lives in San Francisco with her partner Christopher and their daughter Helena Jett. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of V-Day and Feminist.com, of which she is a founder.

From the President

Dear Friends,

he CEDAW Legacy continues and its our 5th year to welcome you to the CEDAW Womens Human Rights Awards Luncheon. This event celebrates the advancement of womens human rights and we are honored that many of you continue to support our work. For our new friends, welcome and thank you for helping us out this year.

The Friends raises awareness, funding and support for the work of the San Francisco Commission and Department on the Status of Women. We organize events in the community to increase public awareness about issues facing the lives of women and girls. We want to improve the social, political and economic well-being of women and girls, and were working to inspire an equal future for all. Id like to share a few highlights of what the Friends have accomplished during the past year to support the Commissions initiatives on domestic violence awareness, gender equality, human tra cking, and empowering women and girls. We have supported the Gender Equality Challenge spearheaded by the Gender Equality Principles Inititive and the Department on the Status of Women. This is a new project of the GEP Initiative, an on-going global e ort to link womens empowerment with corporate policies. We will be recognizing Twitter for the positive example theyve set in winning the Gender Equality Challenge. We have nancially supported the thought provoking roundtables that the Gender Equality Advisory Council hosts. Along with our focus on women in business, we have hosted an outreach to young girls with our Tea with Tweens hosted by our First Lady Anita Lee. The Friends participated in the One Billion Rising San Francisco City Hall event where our Mayor Ed Lee led a public pledge to end violence against women. Each year during Womens History Month, we host a reception to honor the women making a di erence in their communities Women of the Year in the 11 districts in the City of San Francisco in collaboration with the Mayor, District Attorney and the Board of Supervisors. The Friends has taken on the issue of human tra cking. We seeded funding for the day-long Conference on Child Sex Tra cking in August, organized by the San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Tra cking. Close to 200 community leaders and advocates came together to shine a light on exploitation of young girls who are tra cked, not overseas, but right here in San Francisco and Bay Area. We also provided funding for the gripping video clip you will see on this topic in a few moments. In addition, we will be launching an online silent auction where you can bid to have lunch with one of todays distinguished awardees and some of our past honorees. Well post more details on our website, and if we have your email address, we will send you an email alert when the auction begins. So we invite you to partner with us, join the Friends as a member or a sponsor I am con dent that with all of us working together, we can create an equal future for women and girls.

TWITTER CORPORATE PROGRAM ADAM MESSINGER CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER One of Twitters core values to grow our business in a way that makes us proud. Twitter supports this value by trying to make our company the mode of a great workplace for women engineers. Twitters Women in Engineering group was created in the summer of 2011 and receives direct support and involvement at the executive level. WomEng works to improve diversity by partnering with organizations who bring more women into the technology industry, while also executing initiatives to maintain an inclusive and respecful culture at Twitter. In 2012, Twitter partnered with Girls Who Code to help bring technical opportunities and resources to young women. This past summer, Twitter hosted GWC at its San Francisco o ce, including a mentorship program with women employees at Twitter and talks from the executive level. Twitter has also worked with other organizations such as Hackbright, Technovation and TechWomen to host event and mentor women interested in computer science. This e ort extends to working with women in all levels of engineering education, as well from CS4SF, a Computer Science camp for middle school girls, to working with Berkeleys CS Kickstart and Stanfords WiCS Mentorship progarm. To ensure the company has a diverse and respectful working environment, WomEng works with Twitters executive level to bring a variety of programs to the company. Some of the initiatives WomEng has done include putting together leadership workshops, focus groups on company culture, and o sites. The group also often hosts both internal and external social events to help foster a welcoming community. Every engineering new hire receives an invitation to a monthly WomEng lunch to help create an inclusive, friendly working environment. Twitter has also brought in numerous inspirational women to talk about their career paths, including Carol Bartz and Roya Mahboob. Adam is accepting the Corporate Program award on Twitters behalf. Adam oversees Twitters technical architecture & sets technology strategy. He previously served as Vice President of Application Development, where he led design, mobile and web applications, growth, relevance & advertising teams. Adam serves on the board of Girls Who Code and champions their vision to reach gender parity in computing elds. Twitter is being honored for their participation in the Gender Equality Principals.
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through treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma because it was the election year to take back America. Marilyn has served on the Board of Directors and consulted with the Association of Women in Development (AWID), Japan External Trade Organization, Japan America Society, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, The Africa Summit, Survival Skills, Education and Development, and Global Forum for Women.

CEDAW Womens Human Rights Awards

2013 C E DAW HO NO R E E S
PHILANTHROPY Akiko Yamazaki, President of the Foundation & Vice Chair of the Commission, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco GOVERNMENT Major General Antonio Taguba (Ret), U.S. Army; US Department of Justice Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence; Chairman, Pan Paci c American Leaders and Mentors (PPALM) ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT Brenda Wright, Senior Vice President & Manager, Community Relations West, Wells Fargo Bank LEGACY Caryl Ito, Past President, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women (SFCOSW) INTERNATIONAL COMITY The Honorable Cassie Doyle, Consul General, Consulate General of Canada of San Francisco and Silicon Valley LABOR Elmy Bermejo, Director, Intergovernmental A airs, U.S. Department of Labor LAW Louise Renne, Esq, Founding Partner, Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP COMMUNITY BUILDING Marilyn Fowler, President & CEO, Womens Intercultural Network VIOLENCE PREVENTION Paul Henderson, Deputy Chief of Sta for Public Safety, Mayor Ed Lees O ce LEADERSHIP Susan Celia Swan, Executive Director, V-Day CORPORATE PROGRAM Twitter web www.friendscosw.org
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PAUL HENDERSON DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, MAYOR ED LEES OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO VIOLENCE PREVENTION Paul Henderson was raised in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. He worked his way through his undergraduate studies at UCLA before earning his Juris Doctorate from Tulane University, where he was elected class president. As a trial attorney with nearly two decades of courtroom experience, Paul successfully handled all types of cases in the criminal justice system, ranging from nonviolent misdemeanors to serious felonies, including homicide. Paul served as Chief of Administration and prosecutor for the District Attorney of San Francisco, where he introduced cutting-edge policies, including a modi ed approach to 3 Strikes, juvenile domestic violence court, community justice court, and a neighborhood DA program. These programs have served as model initiatives that have contributed to the reform of the national criminal justice system. Paul was appointed Deputy Chief of Sta and Public Safety Director by the Mayor of San Francisco, Edwin M. Lee, in March 2011. As Deputy Chief of Sta , Paul serves as a principal advisor to the Mayor and is responsible for the development and implementation of strategic policy and administration among various cabinet and supervisory o cials of the local government. Paul is committed to reducing violence in San Francisco. He has coordinated local violence prevention e orts with various city agencies, non-pro ts, and advocacy groups. Paul spent four years on the board of GirlSource, a non-pro t that places low-income young women in work and leadership opportunities. In 2009-2010 Paul was a member of the San Francisco Womens Political Committee, which engages women throughout the political process. Paul is currently a member of the State Bar of Californias Council on Access and Fairness, which advocates for increased diversity in the legal profession. Through his success working to protect victims of violent crimes and representing communities without a voice in the courtroom, Paul has made a lasting impact on the San Francisco Bay Area. He is passionate about improving San Francisco by ending gender discrimination and preventing domestic violence, and has worked to further these goals as both a lawyer and an administrator.

SUSAN CELIA SWAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VDAY LEADERSHIP One of the original team who helped playwright Eve Ensler found and create V-Day, Susans e orts have been integral to the development of the movement as it grew from a one-night bene t event in 1998 to a wide ranging global non-pro t, raising over $100 million dollars for grassroots organizations around the world and represented by activists in 140+ countries. Susan has held senior executive positions in communications and new media at Atlantic Records and Sony Music Entertainment. At Atlantic, she worked with recording artist Tori Amos to launch RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), now the leading hotline and provider of services to women and girls in the United States. From 2004 to 2009, Susans independent consulting rm - Swan, LLC Media - focused on entertainment, new technology and cause-related communications representing clients including the ACLU, Just Vision, Columbia Records, and Robert Greenwald. As Executive Director of V-Day,
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LOUISE RENNE, ESQUIRE FOUNDING PARTNER, RENNE, SLOAN, HOLTZMAN & SAKAI LAW Louise Renne is a founding partner of Renne, Sloan, Holtzman & Sakai, representing public agencies and non-pro ts. She previously served as the rst woman San Francisco City Attorney where she pioneered an a rmative litigation program that won signi cant victories for consumers and taxpayers in San Francisco and California. Prior to that she served on the Board of Supervisors. Louise has also served as General Counsel for the San Francisco Uni ed School District and the City of Richmond. Throughout her career, Louise has been a champion for women. Among other accomplishments, she helped found California Women Lawyers of which she became President; established a child-care program for City employees; and sued the Olympic Club to open its doors to women and persons of color. She also helped to re-build Laguna Honda Hospital. Today, Louise continues to work with at-risk youth as Board Chair of Allies United for Children.

Program
CEDAW WOMENS HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS Annually, the Friends of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women honor exceptional individuals and organizations whose work re ect key principles of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women. #CEDAW13 | @FriendsSFCOSW MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES Fabiola Kramsky-Gascn Univision Television Group WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Marily Mondejar President, FRIENDS Boardof Directors RECOGNITION OF SPECIAL GUESTS Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez President, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS Emily M. Murase, Ph.D. Executive Director, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women SHORT FILM PRESENTATION Child Sex Tra cking: A San Francisco Survivors Story OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE FRIENDS Barbara Mark, Ph.D. Vice President, FRIENDS Board 2013 CEDAW: WOMENS HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS PRESENTATION SPECIAL DRAWING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Patricia Bovan Campbell Corporate Secretary, FRIENDS Board VIDEO One Billion Rising For Justice

MARILYN FOWLER CEO, WOMENS INTERCULTURAL NETWORK COMMUNITY BUILDING Marilyn is the Founder/President/CEO of Womens Intercultural Network (WIN), a non-governmental organization consultative to the United Nations. Her community organizing is local and global, convening California Womens Agenda (CAWA), the largest state womens action network; US Women Connect (USWC) national action network; and WINs Calling the Circle initiative in Afghanistan, Japan, Uganda, and beyond. Wherever marginalized women ask for a voice, Marilyn convenes womens alliances to link them as nodes into a web of womens voices for action. Community organizing is Marilyns life work. In Kansas City, MO as a single mom, she raised 3 sons and earned an MPA in Organizational Development while working at the KC Urban League with the rst Teen Pregnancy program. She organized aCommunity Advisory Committee for Planned Parenthood (PPKC) and the rst Public A airs Committee for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, representing PPFA at the First UN Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975. Today she accompanies delegations to the United Nations Commission on Women and organizes forums at the annual UN CSW. Marilyns social justice work began in the 1960s, linking PPKC to the Urban League, insuring all women had equal access to birth control. As Executive Director of the San Diego World A airs Council in the 1980s, Marilyn formed the International Womens Advisory Council to involve women and ethnic communities in foreign policy. That Council became the base for WINs incorporation in San Francisco in 1994. The policy mechanisms created out of that body of work have impacted California and the US on other progressive issues: green economics, gay marriage, elimination of poverty and racism, healthy families and CEDAW implementation. As an architect for implementing the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) through CAWA and USWC, Marilyn designed the infrastructure for the 12 critical concerns. She created the concept of organizing on the ground and on the internet forming WIN, CAWA, and USWC as progressive networks that organize, not organizations that network. As an advocate for womens voices in public forums, Marilyn created Calling the Circle, leading delegations to and from Africa, Asia and the Americas, and took delegations of CAWA social justice activists into rural and tribal regions of California. She continues to invent new organizing paradigms and rea rms the bold mission to assure all women have a voice in their government and economy every 5 years in concert with the UN CSWs review and reassessment of the BPFA. Marilyn is best described as a persistent and progressive advocate who overcomes obstacles, marching forward with enduring commitment and a passion for social justice. In 2008, Marilyn worked straight
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ANITA LEE HONORARY CHAIR First Lady Anita Lee is passionate about girls issues, particularly in her native China. She has organized medical missions to China on two occasions, raising money for supplies and recruiting doctors and other support sta to travel from the US to China to address cleft lip that scars girls both emotionally and physically but is easily remedied by a relatively simple procedure that is, nevertheless, out of reach for many low-income families who have little access to medical care. Ms. Lees work has touched the poorest girls in several provinces throughout China. Married since 1980, the First Lady and Mayor Edwin Lee have two daughters, Tania and Brianna, who are now both working professionals based in New York.

ELMY BERMEJO DIRECTOR OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR LABOR Elmy Bermejo has been dedicated to public service for more than 25 years. In 2010 President Barack Obama appointed Elmy to serve as the Director of Intergovernmental A airs at the U.S. Department of Labor. As such, Elmy initiates, develops and maintains relationships with state and local o cials, intergovernmental organizations such as the National Governors Association, the US Conference of Mayors, and the National League of Cities. Advising the Secretary on the impact of state and local issues on the programs and initiatives of the Department and the Administration, Elmy also manages the Secretarys Regional Representatives based in New York, Miami, Chicago, Denver and California. She has worked in state and federal government as well as in the non-pro t and small business sectors. Elmys prior posts include Deputy Secretary for External A airs for the California State and Consumer Services Agency, Special Assistant to two California Senate Presidents Pro Tempore, Senator Don Perata (2004-2007) and Senator John Burton (1996-2004). Elmy has worked for former Members of Congress Lynn Woolsey of Marin-Sonoma and Mel Levine of Los Angeles, and also worked as a consultant to various statewide campaigns, with Spanish language translations of campaign materials and PSAs for television, radio and Latino media.

FABIOLA KRAMSKYGASCN MASTER OF CEREMONIES MC Fabiola Kramsky-Gascn is Morning News Anchor of the Univision Television Group and CEDAW Awardee (2012). Born and raised in Mexico City, Fabiola is a journalist with over twenty years of experience in TV, radio and online newscasts. Her ability to resolve complex on and o -the-air situations has allowed her to work at Univision, the most recognized news organization in Mexico and Latin America. As a compelling storyteller and skillfull interviewer, Fabiola was recruited by Univision in 2005 to anchor the evening newscast in Los Angeles. In 2010 she arrived in San Francisco to join her husband, District Attorney George Gascn. Her impacting yet easy to follow news delivery, prompted Univision San Francisco to recruit her to co-produce and anchor its morning newscast. Fabiola has been awarded with the Premio Nacional de Periodismo, the highest recognition given to journalists in Mexico. A two-time Emmy Award winner, Fabiola works with her husband in support of various social justice endeavors including working with at-risk youth and domestic violence prevention.

Elmy formerly served as the Chair of the California Commission on the Status of Women, Chair of the Womens Foundation of CA and President of HOPE (Hispanas Organized for Political Equality), a non-pro t organization committed to ensuring political and economic parity for Latinas. She served on the Advisory Board of EMERGE, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, Transparent Democracy, Feed the Hunger, the San Francisco City and County Complete Count Committee for Census 2010 and the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund (MALDEF). In 2004, Hispanic Magazine named Elmy a Latina of Excellence in Community Service. In 2007 Latino Leaders Magazine pro led Elmy and in 2008 the League of Women Voters honored Elmy as a Woman Who Could Be President. Elmy also recently received the Public Service Award from the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association. Elmy has participated in the International Speakers Program sponsored by the US Department of State, USAID and State University New York (SUNY), and participated in forums in El Salvador, Bolivia and Haiti to discuss the importance of women in leadership, public service and public o ce. Elmy holds a BA in psychology and a graduate degree in Bilingual Vocational Counseling. Originally from Yucatan, Mexico, since 1965 Elmys family has owned Tommys Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco. The Wall Street Journal called Tommys the Epicenter of Tequila. The restaurant has also been featured in TIME Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, CNN, Sunset and Esquire Magazines.

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founder of the Paci c Asian American Women Bay Area Coalition (a 32 year old organization); Trustee for Saint Francis Memorial Hospital; and Board member of SPUR. Caryl has received honors and awards from the SF Board of Supervisors, the Womens Foundation, KQED, Paci c Asian American Women Bay Area Coalition, Commission on the Status of Women, Family Violence Prevention Fund, and Asian Perinatal Advocates.

Honorees
AKIKO YAMAZAKI FOUNDATION PRESIDENT & VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION, ASIAN ART MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO PHILANTHROPY Born in Costa Rica and raised by Japanese parents who believed strongly in the value of education, Akiko Yamazaki graduated from Stanford University and is uent in Japanese, Spanish and English. Akiko comfortably ts in diverse cultures that have comprised her life, crediting her mother for shaping her outlook on life and way of living: follow your passions, set no limits, be compassionate and live responsibly. Akiko and her husband, Jerry Yang, have been active supporters of their alma mater, serving as co-chairs of the $1B Campaign for Undergraduate Education. For the $4B Stanford Challenge, Akiko and Jerry provided the naming gift for the Yang Yamazaki Energy and Environment Building, which set the standard for interdisciplinary problem solving and building resource use (Platinum LEED) at Stanford. Akiko is the Vice Chair of the Commission of the San Francisco Asian Art Museum and President of its Foundation. The museums collection, owned by the City of San Francisco, is one of its most valuable assets, comprised of more than 18,000 objects spanning 6000 years of history. As a trustee of the Foundation since 1997, Akiko has played a major role in the museums growth, serving leadership roles in the development of its Strategic Directions Plan, Strategic Long-range Plan, Branding Study, and the museums rst Business Plan. Ending its last scal year with the second highest attendance gure since moving to the Civic Center with nearly 500,000 visitors, the museums Education Programs also served more than 6000 school children in the SF Bay Area. In 2001, Akiko co-founded the Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) to support eld conservationists around the world working with local communities on innovative solutions to co-exist with endangered species. In the last decade, the organization has grown to support 30 conservationists working in 20 countries. Held for the last several years in San Francisco, the annual WCN Expo weekend is now an event that draws over 1000 people in attendance. As an avid horsewoman and competitive dressage rider, Akiko inherited her passion for horses from her mother. This equestrian sport is one of the few Olympic disciplines in which men and women compete on equal footing. An active supporter of the US Equestrian Team as a sponsor for Ste en Peters, since 2004 Akiko has been one of the top US riders on multiple horses. Most recently, Akikos horse Ravel and Ste en represented the United States in both the Beijing and London Olympics and were the top US horse and rider combination in dressage through Ravels 5-year competitive career with Ste en. Akiko serves on the US Equestrian Team Foundation and is also a member of the US Equestrian Federations Owners Task Force and High Performance Dressage Committee. Akiko and Jerry have two daughters who have followed their equestrian passions and love of art.

CASSIE DOYLE CONSUL GENERAL, CONSULATE GENERAL OF CANADA SAN FRANCISCO AND SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL COMITY Cassie Doyle has served as Canadas rst woman Consul General in San Francisco since 2011. Having been inspired by the APEC Women and the Economy Summit, Cassie developed the TechWomen Canada program to connect Canadian women entrepreneurs with the Silicon Valley. A native of Vancouver, Canada, Cassie was raised in a large family with 7 sisters who, at an early age, helped her develop a passion for advancing womens rights. Cassie began her professional career with the City of Ottawa where she spearheaded numerous community housing projects for women and their families. Cassie has a distinguished public service career, having served at the executive level of all three orders of government including as Deputy Minister with both the government of Canada and the government of British Columbia. Throughout her career, Cassie has been an advocate of womens leadership and has developed numerous programs to advance womens opportunities in the public service. In 2009 she received the Leadership and Partnership Award from the National Council on Visible Minorities for her e orts in expanding opportunities for visible minority women in public service. From 2006 to 2010 Cassie served as Canadas Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, after three years as the Associate Deputy Minister of Environment Canada and a member of the Board of Directors for the Atomic Energy Corporation of Canada. Prior to joining the federal government in 2002,Cassie held senior positions with the British Columbia government including CEO of the BC Assets and Land Corporation, Deputy Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks, and Deputy Minister of Housing, Recreation and Consumer Services. Cassie served as the Chair of Oxfam Canada, the Chair of the 2010 Community Campaign and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Ottawa United Way. Currently serving on the Board of the United Way Bay Area (UWBA), Cassie is a member of the UWBA Womens Leadership Council. Cassie holds a Masters degree from Carleton University in Ottawa and wrote her thesis on women and housing based on primary research that revealed the dire situation facing women in the housing market.

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MAJOR GENERAL ANTONIO TAGUBA RET, U.S. ARMY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TASK FORCE ON CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE; CHAIRMAN, PAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEADERS AND MENTORS PPALM GOVERNMENT MG Tony Taguba is the President of TDLS Consulting, LLC which provides business consulting services to small companies: disabled owned and 8a certi ed. Tony is the Chairman, Pan Paci c American Leaders and Mentors (PPALM), a national, all volunteer, non-pro t organization committed to mentoring and professional development of military and civilian leaders. Born in Manila, Philippines on October 31, 1950, Tony was commissioned as an Armor o cer and served in numerous command and sta positions from platoon to General O cer level and his service tours included assignments in the continental U.S., South Korea, Germany and Kuwait. In 2000, Tony was appointed to the Secretary of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence, which was comprised of 12 senior general o cers & 12 civilian subject matter experts on domestic violence. The task force produced a comprehensive report to the Secretary of Defense and Congress on the prevention and intervention of domestic violence in the military. In 2011, he was appointed to the U.S. Attorney Generals National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence. As Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Armed Forces deployed to support Operation Iraqi Freedom, Tony was responsible for overseeing the commands program in the prevention of sexual assaults throughout the commands countries of responsibility. Tony received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of San Francisco. He is a graduate of Idaho State University with a BA in History, Webster University with an MA in Public Administration, Salve Regina University with an MA in International Relations, and the U.S. College of Naval Command with an MA in National Security & Strategic Studies. Tony is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Sta College, and the U.S. Army War College. MG Tony Taguba served 34 years on Active Duty. Married to Debra Ann Taguba, they have two adult children, Lindsay Taguba Keys and Captain Sean Taguba, U.S. Army.

Wright was also an early supporter of La Cocina (the Kitchen, in Spanish), which is an nonpro t business incubator that helps entreprenuers most of them, women make the transition from selling food from their homes or on the streets to formalizing and growing their business and contributing to a vibrant, local economy. Through Wrights leadership, Wells Fargo provided a below-market rate load of $500,000 to renovate La Cocinas facility from a house to a commercial kitchen. As the organization grew, Wells Fargo arranged another $500,000 loan to expand capacity and purchase commercial equipment. The company also has provided $300,000 in nancial assistance. Other organizations that Wright has supported include Gum Moom Womens Residence and the Asian Womens Resource Center and the National Association of Women Business Owners, San Francisco Chapter. Wright serves on the Board of the Womens Foundation of California, is an Emeritus Board Member and Advisor for the Museum of the African Diaspora, and Governor-appointed member of the California for the Humanities Council.

CARYL ITO PAST PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN SFCOSW LEGACY Caryl Ito currently owns and operates a sales and marketing business of childrens toys associated with Lorraine T. Bozeman & Associates, which represents an array of multinational toy companies in Northern California. Caryl had a 17 year career as a social worker in public welfare programs. In the early 1970s, Caryl was selected to join a leadership internship sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the U.S. Department of Labor, her rst opportunity to work on public policy and program development in both public and private agencies in Washington D.C., Atlanta, New York City, and San Francisco. Initially appointed to help re-establish the long-vacated San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, Caryl served under 3 mayoral administrations and served as its President on and o from 1989 to 1998. This gave her an opportunity to stabilize this Commission with its independent Executive Director and budget. Caryl and her colleagues further secured the work of the Commission by developing the Prop E ballot measure to include the Commission in the Citys Charter. With the support of the San Francisco Women Advocates, this measure overwhelmingly passed. After the brutal death of Veena Charan, Caryls proudest work while serving on this Commission was chairing the rst policy committee on the prevention of domestic violence and chairing the Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee. Recommendations from both committees resulted in many policy and procedural changes within San Franciscos various City departments to improve solutions on these issues. Here the citys discussion of CEDAW, with the leadership of colleague, Patti Chang, began. In 2000, Caryl was appointed by then Mayor Willie Brown to chair the third Womens Summit in San Francisco The summit attracted more than 5000 participants and bolstered priorities for women not only in San Francisco but also in the entire Bay Area. In 1989, Mayor Brown appointed Caryl to the San Francisco Airport Commission where she served 12 years as the rst Asian American woman on that Commission. Caryl continues to serve on the Airports Naming Committee and the Public Art Selection committee. She also serves on the Board of the San Francisco Japantown Task Force and the Hepatitis B Prevention Council. Her past community activities include: Co-

BRENDA WRIGHT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & MANAGER, COMMUNITY RELATIONS WEST, WELLS FARGO BANK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT Brenda oversees the development and implementation of community development and philanthropy strategies and programs supporting economic development for housing, workforce development and small business for Wells Fargo. Wright is an active leader and founding member of many communitybased organizations and committees through the San Francisco Bay Area, and she has been active with organizations that champion the rights of women and girls. Working with the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Oakland Bay Area Chapter, she participated in the Positive Steps mentoring program for teenage girls; was instrumental in supporting the Working Womans Scholarship, which is given to a working woman who is continuing her education; and championed the Sistahs getting Real About HIV/AIDS billboard campaign to raise awareness among A rcan American females about the importance of being tested and knowing their status.

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