Affiliate Conference
Chair: Wendy Ray
Members:Catherine Allen, Liz Jones, Sindee Smolowitz, Jacqueline Frederick, Pat Sturdevant, Eliza Rodrigues
Duties: To plan and conduct an Affiliate Conference for members. | wray@mofo.com
(213) 892-5446 |
Amicus Committee
Chair: Lara Krieger
Members:Jennifer Webber
Duties: To identify issues for CWL board for potential CWL amicus participation and to make recommendations re same; to organize drafting of amicus briefs by CWL board members or CWL members and to review requests that CWL sign on to the amicus briefs of others and make a recommendation to the Board. | lkrieger@manatt.com
(310) 312-4113 |
Annual Dinner Committee
Chair: Jean M. Pledger
Members: Eliza Rodrigues, Suellen Anderson, Jacqueline Frederick, Susan Formaker, Myrna Britton
Duties: To organize CWL's Annual Dinner, normally held in conjunction with CA State Bar Annual Meeting. | jpledger@kleinlaw.com
(661) 328-5244 |
Awards Committee
Chair: Nancy O'Malley
Members: Jean Pledger, Karen Goodman, Liz Jones Angela J. Davis
Duties: Publicize awards, evaluate nominations, recommend nominations to the board, publicize award winners. | nancy.omalley@acgov.org
(510) 272-6208 |
Bylaws/Affiliate Committee
Chair: Betty Fracisco
Members: Eliza Rodrigues, Rebecca Roberts
Duties: To act as expert on all questions regarding the bylaws; to research and make recommendations re proposed revisions to the bylaws; to organize and oversee certification process for CWL affiliates; to oversee outreach to and communications with current and potential affiliate. | betty@boydjensen.com
(714) 550-0100 |
Community Services
Chair: Jacqueline Vitti Frederick
Members: Catherine Allen, Megan Thomas Petty, Jennifer Webber Prudence Hutton
Duties: To identify and organize community service projects for the membership. | jvflaw@aol.com
(805) 929-1120 |
Conference of Delegates
Chair: Jennifer Rouse
Members: Jennifer Webber | Rouse@jfmlaw.com
(916) 419-2100 |
| Corporation Sponsorship Committee
Chair: Eliza Rodrigues
Members: Susan Formaker, Lisa Rauch
Duties: To identify and contact corporations and law firms about sponsorships. | erodrigues@thelen.com
(415) 369-7257 |
The CWL Foundation Committee
Chair: Jennifer Rouse
Members: Carol Copsey, Betty Fracisco, Nancy O'Malley
Duties: To work as a liaison between CWL and The CWL Foundation in order to gain its support for CWL undertakings and/or to investigate ways to increase funding. | rouse@jfmjlaw.com
(916) 920-5983 |
Directory
Chair: Lisa Widdecke
Members: Cristi Michelon
Duties: To assist in preparing letters and reminders of directory deadlines and obtaining sponsorships. | lwiddecke@luce.com
(619) 699-2573 |
Finance Committee
Chair: Jennifer Webber (Treasurer)
Lisa Rauch
Members: Susan Formaker, Jean Pledger
Duties: To assist the Treasurer in projecting an operating budget for the calendar year; to consider and report to the board on proposals for the expenditure of funds not contemplated in the budget; and to assist the Treasurer in the management of CWL monies. | jwebber@fulpat.com
(310) 242-2751
lrauch@pacbell.net
(415) 990-7289 |
International Women's Committee
Chair: Nanci Nishimura
Members: Suellen Anderson, Syna Dennis, Angela J. Davis, Elizabeth Saviano, Prudence Hutton
Duties: To keep abreast of developments within the international women's community; to research and recommend positions re international women's issues to CWL board. | nnishimura@cpmlegla.com
(650) 697-6000 |
Judicial Committee
Chair: Pat Sturdeveant
Members: Jean Pledger, Lara Kreiger
Judicial Advisor: Hon. Charlene Padovani Mitchell
Duties: To assign judicial evaluations and ensure that they are timely completed; to review and revise judicial evaluation procedures when necessary; to coordinate with the executive committee on communications with the Governor's office re judicial appointments; to coordinate, along with the Judicial Liaison, CWL's "So You Want to be a Judge"TM seminars. | patstur@sbcglobal.net
(916) 327-7312 |
Legislative Committee
Chair: Elizabeth Saviano
Vice Chair: Myrna Britton
Members: Prudence Hutton, Nancy O'Malley, Cherri Allison
Duties: To develop CWL's Legislative Agenda for CWL Board Approval; to organize evaluation of proposed and pending legislation and recommend positions re same to CWL Board; with assistance of CWL office, to lobby legislators to further CWL's position on proposed and pending legislation; to draft insert to CWL's newsletters setting forth CWL's. | esaviano@esaviano.com
(415) 995-2676 |
Membership Committee
Chair: Sindee Smolowitz
Members: Wendy Ray, Eliza Rodrigues, Syna Dennis, Cristi Michelon, Pat Sturdevant
Duties: To attract new and lapsed members to CWL and investigate additional member benefits. | sms@smolowitzlaw.com
(562) 856-7562 |
Mentoring Network Committee
Chair: Jennifer Webber
Members: Catherine Allen, Lisa Widdecke, Suellen Anderson, Sindee Smolowitz
Duties: To obtain mentors and proteges in various regions of the state and match them according to practice areas and other interests. | jwebber@fulpat.com
(310) 242-2751 |
Newsletter Committee
Chair: Janet Vining Mitchell
Assistant Editors: Anna Jauregui, Jodi Swick
| JViningMitchell@cox.net
(805) 962-6070 |
Nominating Committee
Chair: Angela J. Davis (Immediate Past President)
Members: TBD
Duties: To notify board members of deadlines for officer elections and to encourage or solicit persons to nominate themselves. | angela.davis.ca@gmail.com
(213) 894-3456 |
Northern California Judicial Reception Committee
Chair: Pat Sturdevant
Members: Jodi Swick, Megan Thomas Petty, Jennifer Rouse, Elizabeth Saviano
Duties: To organize the Northern California Judicial Reception and work with CWL's Executive Administrator to procure sponsors for same. | patstur@sbcglobal.net
(916) 327-7312 |
Outreach Committee
Chair: Jean Pledger
Members: Kathleen LaMay, Jennifer Rouse, Eliza Rodrigues, Prudence Hutton
Duties:To study the regions of California in which CWL does not have affiliates and/or board representatives and to advise the Board of methods of reaching out to women lawyers in these areas (by having Board meetings in these areas, meeting with women lawyers there, etc.) | jpledger@kleinlaw.com
(661) 395-1000 |
Personnel Committee
Chair: Karen Goodman
Members: Jean Pledger, Jennifer Webber, Angela J. Davis
Duties: To compile information for regular performance review for CWL personnel; to communicate evaluations to CWL personnel, to analyze whether additional CWL personnel are necessary; if additional personnel are necessary, to search for same; to research answers to personnel questions posed by CWL employees; to formulate official CWL policies on personnel matters for approval by the CWL Board. | kgoodman@goodman-law.com
(916) 643-0600 |
Southern California Judicial Reception Committee
Chair: Lisa Widdecke
Members: Susan Formaker, Rebecca Roberts, Sindee Smolowitz
Duties: To organize the Southern California Judicial Reception and work with CWL's Executive Director to procure sponsor for same. | lwiddecke@luce.com
(619) 699-2573 |
Technology Committee
Chair: Jodi Swick
Members: Wendy Ray, Megan Thomas Petty
Duties: To maintain and update website; to ensure that CWL office has requisite equipment and software to complete its tasks; to research new ways for CWL to use technology to reach new and existing members. | jswick@cbmlaw.com
(415) 743-2412 |
For further contact information for CWL Committees, please contact the CWL office (916) 646-3114 or see the Board Member page on this website.
