About this Event
It is election season and what a perfect time to meet local and statewide candidates!
Come swing by Manny's for delicious drinks and to meet a candidate for Lt. Governor of California.
About Janella E. Kellman:
Janelle Kellman, Esq. has spent the last two decades working on challenges that define
the 21st Century. Janelle most recently served as the Mayor of Sausalito in 2022 and is
still a member of the Sausalito City Council. In her role as Mayor she tackled critical
issues facing all of California, including climate resilience, affordable housing,
homelessness, economic development, and equity and inclusion. Janelle served on the
Sausalito Planning Commission for ten years (including twice as chair). While on the
Commission Janelle served as a member of the General Plan Update Committee and
spearheaded the inclusion of a Sustainability Element, as well as leading the way for
inclusion of programs around resilience, sustainability and sea level rise adaptation
within the General Plan's elements. As the Mayor of Sausalito, Janelle served on the
Housing Element Advisory Committee and led Sausalito to being the first City in Marin
County to have a certified housing element. Janelle also led the Sausalito Sea Level
Rise Task Force, and personally applied for and obtained $1million from the State of CA
for Sausalito to conduct a Sea Level Rise vulnerability assessment and develop a
coastal adaptation plan. Janelle serves on Marin County's BayWAVE sea level rise task
force, on BCDC's Local Elected's Regional Task Force on sea level rise, and on the
Board of Marin Clean Energy. Janelle is also the VP for the NorthBay Division of the
League of California Cities.
Janelle began her career as an environmental attorney, and worked across private and
public practice in building her legal expertise. She has also launched her own
technology startup and served as a trusted advisor to technology entrepreneurs. Janelle
has a reputation as a unifying leader who can mobilize diverse constituencies to take
action together, applying a unique lens of law, technology and public service to complex
problems.
In 2020, Janelle founded the Center for Sea Rise Solutions, a global non-profit focused
on coastal resilience and ocean health. She has spent significant time in California and
in coastal communities across the United States working directly with elected leaders
and their staff to help them find innovative solutions to these emerging climate
challenges and to create opportunities for coastal communities to take action towards
resilience. Janelle is also recognized as a global leader on coastal resilience and
climate change, and what’s emerging as “the blue economy.” She has developed
climate partnerships around the intersection of climate resilience, economic prosperity,
and equity across the globe. Janelle most recently spent time advancing coastal and
ocean health policies and innovation with private sector and government partners in
France, Italy, and Portugal.
Janelle holds an undergraduate degree in History from Yale, a Masters in
Environmental Management from Oxford, and a J.D. from Stanford Law. She was a two
sport collegiate athlete and is currently an avid trail runner.
For more information go to https://janellekellman.com/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Manny's, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, United States
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