Join Us - 10th Anniversary Event on May 24th in SF!

Join us at the beautiful W Hotel on Thursday, May 24th as we celebrate our 10th year anniversary of the Emerge California program.

Special keynote address by the once and future Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi and honoring our 2012 Woman of the Year, Quinn Delaney, Founder and President of the Akonadi Foundation.

Thursday, May 24th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at The W Hotel in San Francisco.  General and VIP Receptions from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Program begins at 7:35pm.

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See pictures from the 2011 event here.

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Who We Are

Emerge California Women in Office

Vallejo School Board, Emerge California, Class of 2009

Adrienne Waterman is a recent graduate of the Emerge California program and sits on the Vallejo School Board. 

Adrienne is a community activist, political organizer, business woman and parent. Her political foci are GBLT Rights, Women's Issues, Children's Advocacy, Historic Preservation, and responsible economic development for the City of Vallejo and Solano County, California. Some of the many civic projects she has directed include a Youth Mural Arts Program, a Summer Arts Camp for kids, advocacy for historic Mare Island and Vallejo, and the management of important capitol improvements to Vallejo's City Park including the building of a Community Center and orchestration of a Community Built Playground. Adrienne also sits on the Boards of the Vallejo Architectural Heritage Foundation, the Vallejo Charter School, and until recently was the Executive Director of the Vallejo Community Arts Foundation.

North Highlands School Board, Emerge California, Class of 2008

Alecia's experience with education includes advocating for children, parents, teachers, and her community as a past PTA President, elementary and high school Site Council member, and Board Director for the North Highlands Recreation and Park District. Alecia has 22 years of civil service with the State of California and currently provides technical support services for the State Department of Child Support Services as an Information Systems Analyst; she is also the CEO/President of "MoneyTree Capital Group" a consulting firm that specializes in account receivable financing, private funding, recruiting and training new entrepreneurs on how to build wealth. Alecia has resided in the North Highlands area for over 40 years, and has three children.

Emerge California Class of 2012

Alicia Kae Herries has been a registered Democrat for over 20 years.  

A resident of Petaluma since 2005, Alicia serves as a Planning Commissioner to the City of Petaluma and Alternate on the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee. 

Allegra is an educator and school reformer.  She has opened new high schools and turned around a failing high school which became one of the district’s top performing schools. Currently, she is the principal at George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science, the first public high school to implement Waldorf methods.