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Women in the Workforce Conference Agenda A Forum on Global and Domestic Issues and Actions Hosted by: The National Council of Jewish Women & The Consulate Generals of Mexico and Israel Cosponsored by: The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, The San Francisco Department on the Status of Women and Shalom Bayit Wednesday, November 16, 2016, African American Art & Culture Center, San Francisco 8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration/Check in Master of Ceremonies Dr. Emily Murase - Executive Director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women 9:00 am - 9:15 am Welcome and Opening Remarks: Andy David - Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest Gemi José González - Consul General of Mexico Dena Gardi - President of the National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco San Francisco Supervisor Katy Tang - District 4 9:15 am – 9:30 am Keynote Speaker: U.S. Secretary of Labor’s Regional Representative Elmy Bermejo 9:30 am - 10:30 am Panel Presentation: U.S. and California State Status of Women in the Workforce Moderator: Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez, Executive Director of the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls Speakers: Roberta Steele - U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Regional Attorney, San Francisco District Office Elizabeth Newman - Workplace Policy & Legislative Director, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Heather Robsahm - Senior Director, Talent Management, GAP, Inc. Jennifer Reisch - Legal Director of Equal Rights Advocates 10:30 am - 10:45 am Coffee Break 10:45 am - 12:15 pm Panel Presentation: Comparative International Perspective on Women in the Workforce Moderator: Fabiola Kramsky, Founder & CEO, Tuiris, Inc. Speakers: Marian Kabaha - Commissioner of Social Equality, Israeli Ministry of Economy Guadalupe Gómez-Maganda - Head of the Gender Equity Unit of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch Keynote Speaker: SF Sheriff Vicki Hennessy

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Women in the Workforce Conference Agenda

A Forum on Global and Domestic Issues and Actions Hostedby:TheNationalCouncilofJewishWomen&TheConsulateGeneralsofMexicoandIsraelCosponsoredby:TheCaliforniaCommissionontheStatusofWomenandGirls,TheSanFrancisco

DepartmentontheStatusofWomenandShalomBayitWednesday,November16,2016,AfricanAmericanArt&CultureCenter,SanFrancisco

8:30am–9:00am Registration/Checkin

MasterofCeremoniesDr.EmilyMurase-ExecutiveDirectoroftheSanFranciscoDepartmentontheStatusofWomen

9:00am-9:15am WelcomeandOpeningRemarks:• AndyDavid-ConsulGeneralofIsraeltothePacificNorthwest• GemiJoséGonzález-ConsulGeneralofMexico• DenaGardi-PresidentoftheNationalCouncilofJewishWomenSanFrancisco• SanFranciscoSupervisorKatyTang-District4

9:15am–9:30am KeynoteSpeaker:U.S.SecretaryofLabor’sRegionalRepresentativeElmyBermejo

9:30am-10:30am PanelPresentation:U.S.andCaliforniaStateStatusofWomenintheWorkforceModerator:NancyKirshner-Rodriguez,ExecutiveDirectoroftheCaliforniaCommissionontheStatusofWomenandGirlsSpeakers:

• RobertaSteele-U.S.EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission’sRegionalAttorney,SanFranciscoDistrictOffice

• ElizabethNewman-WorkplacePolicy&LegislativeDirector,SanFranciscoDepartmentontheStatusofWomen

• HeatherRobsahm-SeniorDirector,TalentManagement,GAP,Inc.• JenniferReisch-LegalDirectorofEqualRightsAdvocates

10:30am-10:45am CoffeeBreak

10:45am-12:15pm PanelPresentation:ComparativeInternationalPerspectiveonWomenintheWorkforceModerator:FabiolaKramsky,Founder&CEO,Tuiris,Inc.Speakers:

• MarianKabaha-CommissionerofSocialEquality,IsraeliMinistryofEconomy• GuadalupeGómez-Maganda-HeadoftheGenderEquityUnitoftheMexican

MinistryofForeignAffairs

12:15pm-1:00pm LunchKeynoteSpeaker:SFSheriffVickiHennessy

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1:00pm-2:30pm Workshop1:EqualPayandEqualEmploymentOpportunitiesModerator:ElizabethNewman-WorkplacePolicy&LegislativeDirector,SanFranciscoDepartmentontheStatusofWomenSpeakers:

• GailGershon-ExecutiveDirectorforCommunityLeadershipatGAP,Inc.• KellyJenkins-Pultz-RegionalAdministratorfortheUSDepartmentofLabor,

Women’sBureau,RegionIXOffice• RobertaSteele-U.S.EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission’sRegional

Attorney,SanFranciscoDistrictOffice• MargiEnglish-EqualPayAdvisoryBoard• JenniferReisch-LegalDirectorofEqualRightsAdvocates

1:00pm-2:30pm Workshop2:SafetyNetandProtectionintheWorkplaceModerator:TeddiSilverman-BoardofDirectors,NationalCouncilofJewishWomenSFSpeakers:

• BeverlyUpton-ExecutiveDirector,SanFranciscoDomesticViolenceConsortium• AnaVictoriaFortes-ProgramAnalyst,U.S.DepartmentofLabor,Women’sBureau• JessicaStender-SeniorStaffAttorney,EqualRightsAdvocates• SharonTerman-SeniorStaffAttorney,Director,WorkandFamilyProgram,Legal

AidSociety-EmploymentLawCenter

1:00pm-2:30pm Workshop3:IntegrationofMinorityWomenintheWorkforceModerator:WilmaGandoy-ConsulProtection&LegalAffairs,MexicanConsulateGeneralSpeakers:

• AndreaShorter-President,SanFranciscoCommissionontheStatusofWomen• GuadalupeGómez-Maganda-HeadoftheGenderEquityUnitoftheMexican

MinistryofForeignAffairs• ClaudiaReyes-MujeresyActivas

1:00pm-2:30pm Workshop4:WomeninTechnologyModerator:RobertaGuise,PresidentFemResources,Inc.Speakers:

• ElizabethBautista-GroupLead,OperationsTechnologyGroupatLawrenceBerkeleyNationalLaboratory

• BreannaZwart-GoogleAccessStrategyTeamMember&Commissioner,SanFranciscoCommissionontheStatusofWomen

• ChenLevanon-Co-FounderandCOOofSimilarTech• KimberlieCerrone-FounderandExecutiveChairmanofTiatros,Inc.• TinaLee-FounderandCEOofMotherCoders

2:30pm-3:10pm ClosingPlenarySession:ReportsfromthebreakoutworkshopsessionsModerator:AntoniaLavine-ExecutiveDirector,NationalCouncilofJewishWomenSF

3:10pm–3:30pm KeynoteSpeaker:FireChiefJoanneHayes-White

3:30pm Adjournment