Susan Freeman

October 11, 2019

Politics, Podcasts

Wonder Women in Business Ally, Charles Stone

Susan Freeman

October 11, 2019

Politics, Podcasts

Charles Stone a lifelong resident of San Mateo County. He graduated from UC San Diego and Santa Clara University School of Law. Charles is an attorney by profession and is Of Counsel to the Law Offices of Katherine R. Moore, in addition to running his own small practice.

After a long history of education activism and youth sports volunteerism in Belmont, he was elected to the Belmont City Council in 2013 and served as Mayor in 2017. In 2018, he was elected to serve a second term.

Charles has also served on the San Mateo County Transit District Board of Directors since 2015 (Chair, 2018), the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board of Directors (Caltrain) since 2018, and the San Mateo County Library Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors since 2014 (Chair, 2018 - present.) He was part of the working group that brought Peninsula Clean Energy to live and serves as a Governing Board Member with that organization, as well.

He is a strong supporter of the San Mateo County High School Mock Trial program and served as a scorer from 2005-2018. In 2018, Charles began coaching the Carlmont High School Mock Trial team.

Charles lives in Belmont with his wife, Jessica, and two daughters, Sophia and Sara (who both attend public school).

Giants game with Sophia

SamTrans

With Family

Conversations that Count

Connect with Charles:

Email: CStone@Belmont.gov or charles@charles-stone.com

Phone: (650) 832-1694

Twitter: @cstonebmont

Instagram: @cstonebmont

Facebook: cstonebmont

LinkedIn: in/charles-stone-30a7204/

Susan Freeman

September 27, 2019

Politics, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Erin Hottenstein

Susan Freeman

September 27, 2019

Politics, Women Leaders

Erin Hottenstein

Founder of Colorado 50-50

Erin Hottenstein founded Colorado 50-50, a community group dedicated to gender parity in elected office and on boards and commissions. In just over two years, Colorado 50-50 has held trainings and events around Colorado with more than 450 people participating. The group is very active on social media and played a key role in advocating for a better work environment at the Colorado Capitol.

Hottenstein is also an Associate Trainer and Vice President at Public Speaking for the Professional. She has 20 years of experience as a trainer in corporate, collegiate and community settings. She has taught courses in presentation and communication skills, personality styles, goal achievement, self-esteem, personal finance and stewardship. Hottenstein holds certificates in coaching and training. During her early career in journalism, she worked in radio, television and print for which she earned numerous awards at the state and national level. This background, along with her subsequent work in public relations, has been a valuable asset to clients who are facing challenges with external communications.

VoteRunLead to put on a full-day campaign training in Denver

In May, we partnered with VoteRunLead to put on a full-day campaign training in Denver. We were so excited to train 50 women that day! (Photo credit: Alisa Geiser).

Casual, low-barrier ways for potential women candidates to meet elected women officials

We added socials to our mix of events. We wanted to create casual, low-barrier ways for potential women candidates to meet elected women officials. The elected women have been so great about "paying it forward" and encouraging the next wave of women leaders. This was at our March 2019 social.

One of my favorite T-shirts.

Winning With Women 2017

Our first Winning With Women was in May 2017 in Fort Collins. We were honored to have a former Congresswoman, a former mayor and a school board member. There have only been four women elected to Congress in Colorado's history. We have never had a woman governor or a woman senator. Obviously, we want to change that!

Colorado 50-50 is 100% volunteer powered

Here are some of our great volunteers! We usually have maps showing various political boundaries at Winning With Women, so you're seeing one of our maps.

Get the Harry Potter reference?

I love this "Can't Wait To Vote" t-shirt from Momsrising.org!

Jena Griswold's campaign 2018

In 2018, I volunteered on Jena Griswold's campaign. She was running for Secretary of State. There had been a number of very qualified women of various parties running for those top state executive seats, but after the primaries Griswold was the only woman candidate (of a major party) left at the executive level. Happily, she won! Colorado has had only five women secretaries of state.

The Longmont, Colo., showing of "Councilwoman" a new documentary about a Dominican-American hotel housekeeper who runs for office in Providence, RI.

This was at our recent Longmont, Colo., showing of "Councilwoman" a new documentary about a Dominican-American hotel housekeeper who runs for office in Providence, RI. Afterward we had a panel discussion with a state representative, a city councilwoman, and a union organizer.

CONNECT WITH ERIN

Professional contact info:

erin@publicspeakingfortheprofessional.com

Website: www.PublicSpeakingForTheProfessional.com

LinkedIn: Erin Hottenstein

Facebook: PublicSpeakingForTheProfessional

Twitter: ColoradoPSP

Volunteer contact info:

erin@colorado5050.org

www.colorado5050.org

Twitter: @colorado50_50

Facebook: Colorado5050

Instagram: Colorado50_50

Susan Freeman

June 26, 2019

Podcasts, Blogs, Politics, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business — and Politics — Joni Wickham

Susan Freeman

June 26, 2019

Podcasts, Blogs, Politics, Women Leaders

Joni Wickham.png — Chief of Staff, Kansas City

Joni Wickham

Joni is all about grit, grace, and getting things done. A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Joni and her indisputable southern accent arrived in Kansas City almost 10 years ago after leading initiatives within state and federal government as well as advocacy organizations. In her eight years with the mayor’s office—the majority of them spent as Chief of Staff—Joni has proven herself as an accomplished political strategist, communications expert, and organizational leader. She directed public policy initiatives, communications tactics, and administrative decision-making during her tenure, all while promoting women’s leadership and empowerment issues. An artful negotiator, Joni helped steer Sly’s major development projects in Kansas City while raising the city’s profile at the national and international levels. Her front-row seat at City Hall shed light on how local government is still very much a man’s world, and this motivated her to create a first-of-its-kind women’s empowerment initiative, which has been implemented in several major cities.

Prior to her time at city hall, Joni worked with the American Federation of Teachers, the Missouri Department of Transportation, and in the office of Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan. While a student at Meredith College, where Joni received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies, she studied abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia. An accomplished alumnus of University of Missouri where she earned her Masters of Arts in Political Science, Joni was the recipient of the 2019 University of Missouri Truman School of Public Affairs Mel Carnahan Public Service Award.