Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Jennifer Siebel Newsom | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| First Partner of California | |
Current | |
| Assumed role January 7, 2019 | |
| Governor | Gavin Newsom |
| Preceded by | Anne Gust Brown (as first lady) |
| Second Lady of California | |
| In role January 10, 2011 – January 7, 2019 | |
| Lieutenant Governor | Gavin Newsom |
| Preceded by | Laura Maldonado |
| Succeeded by | Markos Kounalakis (as second partner) |
| First Lady of San Francisco | |
| In role July 26, 2008 – January 10, 2011 | |
| Mayor | Gavin Newsom |
| Preceded by | Kimberly Guilfoyle (2006) |
| Succeeded by | Anita Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jennifer Lynn Siebel San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic (2024–present) |
Other political affiliations | Republican (before 2008) Independent (2008–2024) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Thomas Siebel (second cousin once removed) |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, MBA) |
Jennifer Lynn Siebel Newsom (née Siebel) is an American documentary filmmaker and actress who since 2019, as the wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom, has served as First Partner of California.
She was retitled, from "first lady" to first partner, for the sake of gender-inclusiveness. She had, accordantly with her husband's earlier posts, from 2011 to 2019 been California's "second lady"; and, from 2008 to 2011, the "first lady" of San Francisco.
She wrote, directed, and produced the film Miss Representation (2011), which premiered in the documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival. The film examines how the media have underrepresented women in positions of power.
The Mask You Live In (2015), the second film she wrote, directed, and produced, scrutinizes American society's definition of masculinity.