Confirmed Keynotes for
JPAC Advocacy Day 2022
The Honorable
Eleni Kounalakis
Lieutenant Governor of California
The Honorable
Rob Bonta
Attorney General of California
We are excited to announce our list of speakers and honorees at JPAC Advocacy Day. Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis and Attorney General Rob Bonta are confirmed to give keynote addresses. We also have three incredible honorees and a growing list of amazing speakers and panelists. See the list of speakers below.


There's still time to register to join nearly 200 of us in Sacramento on May 9-10, 2022, where you can meet and learn from these incredible leaders.
JPAC Advocacy Day Honorees
Assemblymember
Adrin Nazarian
Jerry Sampson Memorial Award

Lynn Bunim
Earl Raab Award
Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez
Barbara Yaroslavsky Award


Some other notable speakers at JPAC Advocacy Day 2022 are:

  • Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, Chair of the Legislative Jewish Caucus
  • Senator Scott Wiener, Vice Chair of the Legislative Jewish Caucus
  • Senator Melissa Hurtado, Chair of the Senate Human Services Committee
  • Shlomi Kofman, Israel's Consul General to the Pacific Northwest
  • Jason Elliott, Senior Counselor to Governor Gavin Newsom and Liaison to the Jewish Community
  • Cynthia Buiza, Executive Director of the California Immigrant Policy Center
  • Michael Hopkins, CEO of Jewish Family Service of San Diego
  • Santosh Seeram-Santana, Legislative Director of Stop AAPI Hate

Check out our full list of Advocacy Day 2022 speakers, which we will continue to update:
JPAC is the largest single-state coalition of Jewish organizations in the nation, advocating in Sacramento on behalf of the Jewish community’s concerns and broadly shared values. Our member organizations collectively serve hundreds of thousands of Californians of all backgrounds and represent the interests of California’s 1.2 million Jews.
JPAC is a Coalition of California's Leading Jewish Community Organizations:
Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles • Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund • Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco – Bay Area • Jewish Family Service LA • Jewish Family and Children’s Services of SF • 30 Years After • American Jewish Committee • Anti-Defamation League • Bet Tzedek Legal Services • ETTA • Hadassah • HIAS • Holocaust Museum Los Angeles • JCRC of Jewish Silicon Valley • Jewish Center for Justice • Jewish Community Relations Council of Sacramento • Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay • Jewish Family and Children's Service of Long Beach and Orange County • Jewish Family Service of San Diego • Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley • Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara • Jewish Federation of Orange County • Jewish Federation of San Diego County • Jewish Federation of the Desert • Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region • Jewish Free Loan Association • Jewish Long Beach • Jewish Vocational Service San Francisco • JVS SoCal • Rhoda Goldman Plaza