SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- ABC7 recently brought together a group of local experts to discuss the challenges facing employees and employers across the Bay Area.
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Watch the video above for the full town hall discussion that was recorded.
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Town Hall Guests
Maureen Broderick
CEO/Founder
WorldWideWomen
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Founder & CEO of WorldWideWomen, a vetted web resource for women around the globe.
FB: @WorldWideWomenCo
TWT: @WorldWideWomen
Karina Cabrera Bell
Host, REACH Mama Podcast
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Her podcast features stories of successful multicultural moms managing high powered careers and kids.
INSTA: @reachmamapodcast
TWT: @REACHMama
Estella Cisneros
CRLA Fresno Directing Attorney,
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
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Working toward social justice and equity for farmworkers & all low-wage workers in rural communities. Offices across California.
FB: @CRLA.org
TWT: @CRLAinc
Dr. Will Courtenay
Psychotherapist, "The Men's Doc"
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Provides strategies for men to address the confusing messages regarding manhood and how a man is supposed to be in today's society.
TWT: @TheMensDoc
FB: @WillCourtenay
Laura Guio
Vice President, Systems Services Center of Competency and Sales & California Senior State Executive
IBM Corporation
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Longtime respected leader at IBM, with a focus on sales, customer support, development and operational infrastructure; Vice President of Silicon Valley Leadership Group.
INSTA: @IBM
FB: @IBM
TWT: @L_Guio and @IBM
Saru Jayaraman
Director, Food Labor Research Center, UC Berkeley
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Nationally recognized for he efforts to insure the rights of restaurant workers. She was also Amy Poehler's guest at the Golden Globes. Founded Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC United) after 9/11, when so many were displaced from restaurant work in the Twin Towers.
INSTA: sarujayaraman_roc
FB: Saru Jayaraman
TWT:@SaruJayaraman
Grace Kahng
Founder/Executive Producer, Santoki Productions
Co-Author/Editor, "Better Together: 8 Ways Working with Women Leads to Extraordinary Products & Profits"
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Award-winning Producer & investigative journalist, dedictaed to stories addressing human rights abuses domestically & abroad.
INSTA: @gekahng
FB: Grace Kahng
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Catherine Kudlick
Director, Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability, SFSU
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Professor of History & disability rights activist, leading the historic Longmore Institute.
TWT: @kudlick
Hayley Leibson
Founder, Lady In Tech
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Founded her successful blog about being a female in the tech industry & works to inspire others.
INSTA: @lady_in_tech
FB: @ladyintech
TWT: @hayleyleibson
Nashormeh Lindo
Artist & Educator
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World-renowned visual artist/designer, photographer, historian & educator. She was appointed to the California Arts Council by Governor Jerry Brown in 2014.
INSTA: @mamanonilin816
Jonathan Sposato
Angel Investor
Co-Founder of both Geekwire.com and PicMonkey
Author, "Better Together: 8 Ways Working with Women Leads to Extraordinary Products & Profits"
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The one and ONLY tech angel investor to announce he would ONLY fund female-founded companies, since 2016. He co-founded 2 tech companies, and was the first person to sell 2 companies to Google.
INSTA: @jonathansposato
TWT: @jonathansposato