Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the First Partner of California, is a filmmaker, advocate, and thought leader. After graduating with honors from Stanford University and Stanford's Graduate School of Business, she wrote, directed, and produced the 2011 award-winning documentary Miss Representation (2011). Miss Representation made its national broadcast debut on OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network on October 20th, 2011. As a result of Miss Representation's impact, she launched The Representation Project, a nonprofit organization that uses film and media as a catalyst for cultural transformation. Siebel Newsom is also the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Girls Club Entertainment, LLC, a film production company established to develop independent films focused primarily on empowering women. Her second film as a director, The Mask You Live In (2015), premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and explores how America's narrow definition of masculinity is harming boys, men, and society at large. H