Empower GirlVentures Breakfast Fundraiser
Celebrating 12 years of Outdoor Adventures for Inner Discovery

 

Thank you to everyone who attended our 9th Annual Empower GirlVentures Breakfast Fundraiser at the Palace Hotel on October 16, 2008.

We would like to thank our inspiring Keynote Speaker, Community Activist Lateefah Simon and our Outstanding Woman of the Year Award Recipient Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA-12).

We are grateful for the support of our 2008 Honorary Committee members:

Madame Speaker Nancy Pelosi
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Senator Carole Migden
Mayor Gavin Newsom
The Honorable Kamala D. Harris
Public Defender Jeff Adachi
Assemblyman Mark Leno
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma
Chief of Police Heather Fong
Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White
Department on the Status of Women
Commission on the Status of Women
Barbara Adachi, Deloitte LLP
Eunice Azzani, Korn/Ferry International
Arlene Blum, Author and Mountaineer
Dr. Sandra Hernandez, The San Francisco Foundation
Irma R. Herrera, Equal Rights Advocates, Inc.
Jeanne Myerson, The Swig Company
Peggy Saika, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
Alice Waters, Chez Panisse

Thank you to all individuals and organizations who stepped up to the challenge of sponsoring the event. The contributions of the following 2008 Host Committee members are greatly appreciated:

Challenge Grant - $30,000
The Dean Witter Foundation

Innovators - $5,000
Littler
Herbert Simon Family Foundation
Kathy Yeu

Community Leaders - $2,500
Kathy Anderson
Deloitte and Touche LLP
Bengier Foundation
Charles Schwab & Co.
Cathy & Steve Simon

Outdoor Educator - $1,000
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Anna Kapetanakos & Mathew Marca
Maria Natoli Miller
Reed Smith LLP
Jennifer Sanders
Judy & Bruce Todd
Union Bank of California
Zephyr Real Estate

Program Champions - $750
BigTent.Com
Ruth Bender
Rhett Bratt & Dawn Lopshire
Calegari & Morris
Sheryl L. Cardoza
Credit Suisse
Carolyn Feinstein Edwards
Steve & Mary Jane Lowenthal
Elizabeth May
Megan Minich
Whitney Morris & David Fry
Keith Parker
Peggy Saika & Arthur Chen, M.D.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Nancy Siegel
Evonne Silva, Good Ol' Girls
Juliet & Kelly Starrett
Hayley Thompson, First Republic Bank
True Capital Management
Wells Fargo
Debra Zambetti

Thank you to our generous Product Sponsors First Republic Bank and LUNA ®, Whole Nutrition for Women.

Our 2008 Steering Committee did an incredible job of making this event a success:
Anna Kapetanakos, Co-Chair
Evonne Silva, Co-Chair
Sheryl L. Cardoza
Katherine Haddix
Susannah Harris
Jill Kienlhe
Jenny Lam
Judy Todd
Claire Williams

For more information about this annual event please contact Susannah Harris, GirlVentures Marketing and Administration Manager, by email: susannah@girlventures.org or phone: 415.864.0780 ext. 305.