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Meeting ID: 861 2711 7181

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About Kimberly Ellis:  Named the most powerful unelected person in California Democratic politics by the Sacramento Bee, Kimberly Ellis has helped shape the landscape of progressive and grassroots politics in California and beyond. For nearly a decade, Kimberly led Emerge California with incredible success, growing what had been a regional training program into a statewide electoral powerhouse for Democratic women, earning her the reputation for revolutionizing Democratic politics in the Golden State. Tasked with helping to transform San Francisco into a fully gender equitable City, today, Kimberly serves as the Director for the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women where she leads efforts inside the City’s operations and advocates at the local, state and federal level for resources and policies that create greater opportunities for women and girls and empowers them with the education, tools and resources they need to build pathways to healthy and prosperous futures and to thrive. Kimberly manages a $25M budget including a grants portfolio that supports gender equity with particular focus on economic security, mental and physical health, housing insecurity, civic engagement and political empowerment, gender-based violence and human trafficking. Kimberly holds a law degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Jacksonville University.