Making value visible
Empowering Women to Lead Boldly and Transform Their Communities
Women in Leadership guides participants to lead with impact, confidence, and resilience.
This program is designed for early- and mid-career professionals across the private, nonprofit, and government sectors. It welcomes applications from people of all genders who are interested in supporting the professional development of women and other gender minorities in their community and in connecting and supporting others in realizing their leadership goals, as well as in working together to increase capacity and strengthen democracy.
Participants will experience a rigorous curriculum blending leadership development, critical problem-solving, and real-world challenges. Sessions focus on collaborative projects, peer-to-peer learning, and personalized coaching, as well as interviews with a broad range of local stakeholders, leaders, and visionaries.
What You’ll Gain
- Increased Confidence and Resilience
Leave the program with a stronger sense of self-assurance and the resilience needed to overcome obstacles in your leadership journey. - Enhanced Problem-Solving Abilities
Develop a toolkit for approaching and solving complex challenges, making you a stronger, more adaptable leader. - Amplified Influence in Your Sector
Cultivate the skills and connections to take on higher-impact roles, expanding your influence within your organization and beyond.
Program Dates
All sessions are held in-person in San Francisco from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
- August 21
- August 22*
- September 12
- October 10
- November 7
*A reception will be held for participants from 4:30-6:00 PM.
Diane B. Wilsey
Aimee Brown
Marilyn M. Snider, Snider and Associates
Women in Leadership Graduates’ Organizations:
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4LEAF, Inc.
826 Valencia
AAA Norcal
AB&I Foundry
Aim High
Alameda County Behavioral Health
Alameda County Public Health Department – Health Equity Policy & Planning Unit
Alameda County Social Services Agency
Alison Fox Mazzola Consulting
Alliance for Community Development
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
AppZen
Baird + Driskell Community Planning
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
San Francico Bicycle Coalition
Blink
SF Board of Supervisors
Borealis Philanthropy
California Agricultural Leadership Foundation
California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN)
California Community Builders Inc.
California State Transportation Agency
Carecen SF
CASA of San Mateo County
Center for Youth Wellness
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Charity Cultural Services Center
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley
Chinese Culture Center
City and County of San Francisco
City and County of San Francisco, Office of Civic Innovation
City of Berkeley
City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
City of Oakland, Chief of Staff, District 5
City of Oakland, Human Services Department
City of Sacramento
City of San Jose
Cityside
Clif Bar Family Foundation
Code for America
College Track
CommonSpirit Health
Compton Foundation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office
Cooley LLP
Coro Northern California
County of Marin, Community Development Agency
County of Marin, Health and Human Services Department
County of San Mateo
Delta Stewardship Council
SF Department of Homelessness
Dept. of Labor
Design Tech High School
DocuSign
Drake Institute of Women’s Policy
Dropbox
Earth Island Institute
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
Edelman
Electronic Arts
Epiphany Center
Equal Rights Advocates
Equity Community Builders
Exploratorium
Exygy
FACES SF
Federal Government Employee/Black Affairs Advisory Council (BAAC)
FEMA
First Graduate
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
Fitbit
FoodCorps
Fred Finch Youth & Family Services
Full Circle Fund
Go Laadli
Golden State Warriors
Google
Greenbelt Alliance
Gusto
Heising-Simons Foundation
Hirsch & Associates, Philanthropic Advisors
Honore Farm and Mill
Hopelab Foundation
Hotel Council of San Francisco
ICA Fund Good Jobs
Informing Change
Institute for the Future
Intentional Media
Jade Creative LLC
JC Consulting
Jones Hall, A Professional Law Corporation
Just Design Consulting
Kaiser Permanente
Kapor Center
Koret Foundation
La Clinica de la Raza
Law Office of Christina Oatfield
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Legacy Venture
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
LinkedIn
LISC
Little Laughs Early Learning Program
Lockheed Martin Space
Lutheran Social Services
Make Oakland Better Now!
Mandela Partners
Manseena Orchards
Marin Country Day School/Marin Academy
Mission Economic Development Agency
Movement Strategy Center
NASA
National Center for Youth Law
Natural Resources Defense Council
Noom
Oakland Department of Transportation
Oakland Roots S.C.
Oakland Unified School District
Office of Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg
Office of Senator Josh Becker
Ogilvy & Mather
OnPoint Legal Counsel
Outvote
Pacific Foundation Services
Papalotl Consulting LLC
Peralta Community College District
PG&E
Pistahan Parade and Festival
Point Bonita YMCA; Mill Valley Children’s Garden
Posse Foundation
PRC
Presidio Trust
Prologis
Public Health Institute
Real Estate Development Consultant
Rodan + Fields
Root & Rebound
RSF Social Finance
S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Salesforce.com
San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission
San Francisco City and County
San Francisco County Human Services Agency-Office of Early Care and Education
San Francisco County Transportation Authority
San Francisco Department of Emergency Management
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
San Francisco Human Rights Commission
San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco Mayor’s Office
San Francisco Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC)
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)
San Francisco Office of the City Administrator
San Francisco Planning Department
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
San Francisco Unified School District
San Mateo County
Schwab Bank – Community Development Group
SF Guardians
SF-CESS, Exploratorium Teacher Institute, Creative Arts Charter School
sf.citi
SFMade
Singularity University
SKS Consulting
Slack
Slide Ranch
Sonoma Land Trust
SpeakEasy Political
Splunk
SPUR
Square, Inc.
St. Anthony Foundation
Stanford University
Stanford University School of Medicine
Storefront Political Media
Strategy Workplace Communications
Summer Search
Sunlight Giving Foundation
Talking Points
Tea Collection, DBA Tea Living Inc.
Techquity One, Fidelity
TechSoup
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation
The Archer Group
The Asia Foundation
The County of Alameda, California
The East Bay Community Foundation
The Energy Foundation
The Greenlining Institute
The James Irvine Foundation
The Practice Space
The Richmond Neighborhood Center
The Unity Council
Thesis
Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies
Together Projects LLC
Town of Portola Valley
Transportation Security Administration
Twitter
UC Berkeley
UC San Francisco
UCSF Health
UFCW Local 5
United Way Bay Area
University of California Santa Barbara
University of San Francisco School of Law
UrbanSitter
USDA Agricultural Research Service
VIA Programs
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Waymo
Wells Fargo
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Western States Petroleum Association
Wonder:Strategies for Good
Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau
YLabs
Zynga
4LEAF, Inc.
826 Valencia
AAA Norcal
AB&I Foundry
Aim High
Alameda County Behavioral Health
Alameda County Public Health Department – Health Equity Policy & Planning Unit
Alameda County Social Services Agency
Alison Fox Mazzola Consulting
Alliance for Community Development
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
AppZen
Baird + Driskell Community Planning
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
San Francico Bicycle Coalition
Blink
SF Board of Supervisors
Borealis Philanthropy
California Agricultural Leadership Foundation
California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN)
California Community Builders Inc.
California State Transportation Agency
Carecen SF
CASA of San Mateo County
Center for Youth Wellness
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Charity Cultural Services Center
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley
Chinese Culture Center
City and County of San Francisco
City and County of San Francisco, Office of Civic Innovation
City of Berkeley
City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
City of Oakland, Chief of Staff, District 5
City of Oakland, Human Services Department
City of Sacramento
City of San Jose
Cityside
Clif Bar Family Foundation
Code for America
College Track
CommonSpirit Health
Compton Foundation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office
Cooley LLP
Coro Northern California
County of Marin, Community Development Agency
County of Marin, Health and Human Services Department
County of San Mateo
Delta Stewardship Council
SF Department of Homelessness
Dept. of Labor
Design Tech High School
DocuSign
Drake Institute of Women’s Policy
Dropbox
Earth Island Institute
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
Edelman
Electronic Arts
Epiphany Center
Equal Rights Advocates
Equity Community Builders
Exploratorium
Exygy
FACES SF
Federal Government Employee/Black Affairs Advisory Council (BAAC)
FEMA
First Graduate
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
Fitbit
FoodCorps
Fred Finch Youth & Family Services
Full Circle Fund
Go Laadli
Golden State Warriors
Greenbelt Alliance
Gusto
Heising-Simons Foundation
Hirsch & Associates, Philanthropic Advisors
Honore Farm and Mill
Hopelab Foundation
Hotel Council of San Francisco
ICA Fund Good Jobs
Informing Change
Institute for the Future
Intentional Media
Jade Creative LLC
JC Consulting
Jones Hall, A Professional Law Corporation
Just Design Consulting
Kaiser Permanente
Kapor Center
Koret Foundation
La Clinica de la Raza
Law Office of Christina Oatfield
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Legacy Venture
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
LISC
Little Laughs Early Learning Program
Lockheed Martin Space
Lutheran Social Services
Make Oakland Better Now!
Mandela Partners
Manseena Orchards
Marin Country Day School/Marin Academy
Mission Economic Development Agency
Movement Strategy Center
NASA
National Center for Youth Law
Natural Resources Defense Council
Noom
Oakland Department of Transportation
Oakland Roots S.C.
Oakland Unified School District
Office of Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg
Office of Senator Josh Becker
Ogilvy & Mather
OnPoint Legal Counsel
Outvote
Pacific Foundation Services
Papalotl Consulting LLC
Peralta Community College District
PG&E
Pistahan Parade and Festival
Point Bonita YMCA; Mill Valley Children’s Garden
Posse Foundation
PRC
Presidio Trust
Prologis
Public Health Institute
Real Estate Development Consultant
Rodan + Fields
Root & Rebound
RSF Social Finance
S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Salesforce.com
San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission
San Francisco City and County
San Francisco County Human Services Agency-Office of Early Care and Education
San Francisco County Transportation Authority
San Francisco Department of Emergency Management
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
San Francisco Human Rights Commission
San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco Mayor’s Office
San Francisco Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC)
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)
San Francisco Office of the City Administrator
San Francisco Planning Department
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
San Francisco Unified School District
San Mateo County
Schwab Bank – Community Development Group
SF Guardians
SF-CESS, Exploratorium Teacher Institute, Creative Arts Charter School
sf.citi
SFMade
Singularity University
SKS Consulting
Slack
Slide Ranch
Sonoma Land Trust
SpeakEasy Political
Splunk
SPUR
Square, Inc.
St. Anthony Foundation
Stanford University
Stanford University School of Medicine
Storefront Political Media
Strategy Workplace Communications
Summer Search
Sunlight Giving Foundation
Talking Points
Tea Collection, DBA Tea Living Inc.
Techquity One, Fidelity
TechSoup
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation
The Archer Group
The Asia Foundation
The County of Alameda, California
The East Bay Community Foundation
The Energy Foundation
The Greenlining Institute
The James Irvine Foundation
The Practice Space
The Richmond Neighborhood Center
The Unity Council
Thesis
Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies
Together Projects LLC
Town of Portola Valley
Transportation Security Administration
UC Berkeley
UC San Francisco
UCSF Health
UFCW Local 5
United Way Bay Area
University of California Santa Barbara
University of San Francisco School of Law
UrbanSitter
USDA Agricultural Research Service
VIA Programs
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Waymo
Wells Fargo
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Western States Petroleum Association
Wonder:Strategies for Good
Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau
YLabs
Zynga
