Zoom opens for networking at 8:30 AM
Legislative Conference on Gender Equity- 8:45 AM - 12:00 PM
- 8:45 - 9:00 AM - Welcome and introductions
- 9:00 - 9:30 AM - Review of BPW legislative process
- 9:30-10:15 AM - Discussion about Advocacy Platform
- 10:15 - 10:30 AM - Break
- 10:30 - 11:30 AM - Panel on Gender Equity topics
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Presentation by Women's Lobby of Colorado
Lunch break - 12:00 - 12:30 PM
Midyear Convention Business Meeting - 12:30 - 3:30 PM
PANEL ON GENDER EQUITY TOPICS:
SENATOR JANET BUCKNER –
The Child Care Crisis
HIGHLIGHTS:
Represents Senate District 28 (Aurora)
Committee Assignments:
Education
Health & Human Services
Legal Services
Represented House District 40 (2015-2020)
Sponsored and passed Equal Pay for Equal
Work Act (2019)
JILLIAN J. PRICE –
The Rise in Violence Against
Women
HIGHLIGHTS:
Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Appeals
Leads Criminal Appeals Section of the
Colorado Attorney General’s Office, the
state’s prosecutorial authority at the
appellate level of our criminal justice system
J.D. from University of Denver (2008)
Experience in private practice, providing
insurance defense to nonprofit organizations
CHELLE JOHNSON –
The Great Resignation
HIGHLIGHTS:
CEO and Founder, Best You Career Advantage
Offers visionary career coaching services that
support clients through all stages of career
search and development
Over 20 years of experience in talent
acquisition and human resource leadership roles
Helps high achievers and diversity allies discover
their strengths and realize abundance in their
careers and lives
LAURA WOLF –
Fighting Discrimination in the Workplace
HIGHLIGHTS:
Founding partner of Spark Justice Law, LLC
Graduated from Harvard Law School
Judicial clerk for Honorable R. Brooke Jackson,
United States District Court in Colorado
Chair, Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center
Board Member, Lawyers’ Civil Rights
Commission and Colorado Women’s Bar
Association
Former Chair, Colorado Bar Association Civil
Rights Section
BPW & THE WOMEN’S LOBBY
BPW Colorado is a member of the
Women’s Lobby of Colorado
(WLC).
Mission of the WLC
The Women’s Lobby of Colorado seeks to
provide better opportunities for women in our
state by ensuring that public policies reflect
gender equity and justice.
By consistently maintaining a daily lobbying
presence at Colorado’s Capitol, our
all-volunteer organization has kept the needs
of women front and center in our state’s public
policy debates for more than a decade.