Our panelists’ accomplishments include helping to achieve pay parity for women big wave surfers at the world-renowned Maverick’s surf competition, which in turn has led to Assembly Bill 467, which would require any competitive sporting event with different male and female divisions hoping to run on state-managed lands to offer equal prize money for men and women. Our panelists’ achievements also include touring with Stevie Wonder and Beyoncé; winning an Emmy; and performing on TV for millions. Get inspired to become limitless, and enjoy appetizers and wine from a woman-run winery as we celebrate!
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Panelists
Sabrina Brennan lives on a bluff in Moss Beach overlooking the Mavericks surf break. She is the President of the San Mateo County Harbor Commission and was first elected in 2012 and is currently serving her second term.
In 2015, she advocated for the inclusion of women in the Mavericks big wave surf competition and persuaded the California Coastal Commission to require that women athletes be included. Building on her success at Mavericks, she co-founded the Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing and led the charge for global equal pay in professional surfing. She has made numerous remarks, written letters, and given presentations at Coastal Commission hearings and State Lands Commission meetings. In 2018, she successfully advocated for gender pay parity. Her work is the subject of two documentary films, and hundreds of news stories including the New York Times Magazine feature published in February 2019, “The Fight for Gender Equality In One of the Most Dangerous Sports on Earth."
Victoria Theodore is a graduate of Oberlin College / Conservatory of Music and Stanford University.
Victoria was the Music Director and Pianist for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (2017-2018), pianist for Beyoncé’s 2016 Formation World Tour, and several Stevie Wonder tours. She has traveled around the world, is featured in Stevie's DVD "Live At Last", is seen in the Oscar winning documentary "Twenty Feet From Stardom", and was keyboardist and singer for the short-lived return of the Arsenio Hall Show.
Victoria’s debut album of original music, “Grateful”, was released September 1, 2015.
Shelby Fero is an Emmy-winning writer/performer living in Los Angeles. She’s worked in everything from niche online magazines to cable channel sitcoms. She recently adopted a cat for the first time in her life.
Cheryl Ho (moderator) is an associate in the firm's Global Corporate Group. Her practice focuses on corporate matters and securities transactions, including venture capital and debt financings, corporate governance and formation, mergers and acquisitions, lending transactions, and other transactional matters.
Certified for one hour of California MCLE credit in elimination of bias.
