ROTARY LUNCHEON: Ending Poverty — Creating Financial Security for Workers Struggling

Amy Everitt, president of Golden State Opportunity (GSO), joins us to discuss financial security for workers struggling to make ends meet. GSO is a nonprofit dedicated to ending poverty for Californians.

Prior to joining GSO, Amy spent nearly 17 years working to ensure that everyone could have a family as the Vice-President of Special Projects at NARAL Pro-Choice America and as the State Director for NARAL Pro-Choice California. She has worked on campaigns throughout California including Kamala Harris for San Francisco District Attorney, Kathleen Brown for Governor, San Francisco Supervisor Wille B. Kennedy, and numerous state assembly and senate races. While at the Democratic National Committee, she focused on redistricting, establishing the first Rural Caucus, and electing various leaders throughout the country.

Outside of politics, she lived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for three years, serving as the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce of HCMC and as a freelance journalist for the Vietnam Business Journal and the Vietnam Investment Review. 

Amy currently sits on the Board of the Center for Civic Engagement and is active with the Silicon Valley DemFems. She is a fifth generation Californian with deep roots in San Francisco and Newman, CA. Amy completed her Bachelor of Arts in Politics at UC Santa Cruz and her Master of Public and International Affairs at UC San Diego, School of Global Policy & Strategy.

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