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MARCH 15—16 2018
SAN FRANCISCO

HONORARY COMMITTEE

WBA LGBT ECONOMIC SUMMIT

HONORARY COMMITTEE
 

(confirmed roster as of March 15, 2018)

 

As the saying goes “it takes a village” and nothing could be truer as it relates to the 2018 WBA LGBT Economic Summit & Conference.  The WBA, and GGBA, are eternally grateful to the following elected officials, civic and business leaders for their gracious offers to assist us with the development, and execution of, this historic event.

California Secretary of State

Alex Padilla

California Insurance Commissioner

Dave Jones

San Jose Mayor

Sam Liccardo
Sacramento Mayor

Darrell Steinberg

San Francisco Interim Mayor

Mark Farrell

California Assemblymember

Evan Low

California Senator

Mike McGuire

California Senator

Scott Wiener

SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

London Breed, President

Aaron Peskin
Ahsha Safai
Hillary Ronen
Jane Kim
Jeff Sheehy
Katy Tang
Malia Cohen
Norman Yee
Sandra Lee Fewer


SANTA CLARA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Cindy Chavez, President
Dave Cortese
Joe Simitian
Ken Yeager
Mike Wasserman

 

SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL

 

Steve Hansen, Councilmember


SAN FRANCISCO ELECTED OFFICIALS

Carmen Chu, Assessor-Recorder
George Gascón, District Attorney
Jose Cisneros, Treasurer

Rafael Mandelman, CCSF Trustee
Alex Randolph, Vice President

CCSF Board of Trustees

Thea Selby, CCSF Board of Trustees


SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS

Edward D. Reiskin, San Francisco Municipal  Transportation Agency
Harlan Kelly, Jr., San Francisco Public Utilities 
Commission
Ivar C. Satero, San Francisco International Airport
Luis Herrera, San Francisco Public Library
Mohammed Nuru, San Francisco Public Works
Naomi Kelly, City Administrator
Regina Dick-Endrizzi, Office of Small Business
Robert Beck, Treasure Island Development 
Authority
Theresa Sparks, Mayor’s Office of Transgender
Initiatives
Tilly Chang, San Francisco County Transportation
Authority

BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT (BART)

 

Rebecca Saltzman, President

Bevan Dufty, Director

 

COMMISSIONERS

Leslie Katz, Port of San Francisco
Linda Fadeake Richardson, Treasure Island Development Authority
Mark Dwight, Small Business Commission
Michael Colbruno, President, Port of Oakland
Stephen Adams, Small Business Commission

BUSINESS DIGNITARIES

Betty Jo Tocolli, President, California Small Business Association
Carlos Soano-Cuadralórz, Chief Executive Officer,

Hispanic Chambers of Commerce of San Francisco
Daniel Bergerac, President, Castro Merchants
Emily Wirowek, National Association of Women Business Owners
Greg Sarris, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
Gwen Kaplan, Board Member, San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce
Gwyneth Borden, Executive Director, Golden Gate Restaurant Association
Henry Karnilowicz, President, San Francisco Council of District Merchants
Jim Lazarus, SeniorVice President of Public Policy, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

Justin Nelson, President & Co-Founder National LGBT Chamber of Commerce
R. Bruce McDonald, Co-Founder and Chair - Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

John Bozeman, Governmental Affairs, BOMA San Francisco
Juliana Choy Sommer, Asian Contractors Association
Kevin Carroll, Executive Director, Hotel Council of
San Francisco
Miguel Galarza, Local Business Enterprise Advisory Committee
Scott Hauge, President, Small Business California
Stephen Cornell, Chair — Public Policy, San Francisco Small Business Network

Talia Hart, President & CEO, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Vas Kiniris, Executive Administrator,

San Francisco Council of District Merchants Associations

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