
In Good Company 2019 — The Recap!
Written by Katie Hintz-Zambrano
Photography by Kara Brodgesell
It’s been two whole weeks since our third-annual In Good Company conference went down in San Francisco. And, quite frankly, we’re ready to relive it all! The one-day affair focuses on the intersection of so many of our favorite things—feminism, activism, entrepreneurship, motherhood, and so much more. Each year, we gather an incredibly inspiring roster of speakers from across a variety of industries to talk about hard-hitting issues such as sexism in the workplace, the mental load, starting and sustaining a business, fundraising (and fundraising while pregnant), privilege and power, the work-life “juggle,” and on and on.
This year’s showcase included 19 speakers from across the country, 4 panels, 1 keynote, and 400 attendees (many with their babies!), all in the name of being in the very best company while taking in both on-stage and off-stage fun. Take a peek at all of the action in our robust slideshow below!
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- Let the games begin!
- But first...coffee. Specifically, from Lady Falcon Coffee Club, which just happens to be served out of the coolest vintage truck. (Read more about LFCC founder Buffy's story here).
- Metier founders Sheri Evans and Trina Papini out bright and early.
- The quiet before the storm at the beautiful Gallery 308, Fort Mason Center space!
- This year's setting came together thanks to florals from Natalie B. Designs.
- Plus, a custom backdrop by Homework and on-stage furnishings by Theoni Collection and Unique Loom.
- Our indoor space also included an all-day snack bar by LesserEvil and Alter Eco on top of our favorite Floyd tables.
- The yummiest salty-sweet combo.
- The lovelies from Lola set up their own Lola Lounge space, where visitors could learn about their non-toxic period products and unique take on modern sex-ed.
- The prettiest set-up.
- A look at Lola's period products, including the brand's new daily vitamins.
- Happy guests in the Lola Lounge.
- Mama-to-be Allanah Garcia getting the Lola low-down.
- Did we mention Lola took over our bathrooms with dispensers overflowing with complimentary tampons?! So good.
- Right outside the Lola Lounge, was a beautiful gallery wall by Social Print Studio.
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The Social Print Studio gallery wall featured a beautiful rainbow of images showcasing special moments from our past conferences. It was so much fun as return guests found themselves within the custom collage!
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- And across from the gallery wall, more floral (and couch!) magic by Natalie B. Designs and Theoni Collection.
- New program alert! We absolutely love this fresh design by Meredith Peck.
- Held by our friend and super-stylish mic runner Lauren Campbell.
- And now some outdoor scenes! The beautiful doorway of the SFMOMA Artists' Gallery framed with Natalie B. Designs florals and embellished with a custom decal by Martin Sign Company.
- A delicious breakfast spread by Miyoko's, featuring Daily Driver bagels, Miyoko's dairy-free cream cheeses, and plenty of veggie toppings, including carrot "lox."
- So good!
- Beautiful gold-speckled napkins by the mama-owned Harlow & Grey.
- When you both show up wearing the most amazing Jenny Pennywood x Wiksten jacket.
- Elle Rowley, the founder of Solly Baby, setting up shop in her Solly booth.
- A fun fan moment with Monti Kids founder Zahra Kassam, Malika Yasmin, and Elle Rowley.
- This face! You can read more about Malika and her family here.
- The coolest part: Each attendee with a baby got to be wrapped by Elle and her team and take their brand-new Solly Baby home with them.
- In Good Company and MOTHER founder Katie Hintz-Zambrano kicks off the on-stage action.
- Our first set of panelists—Cathy Bailey of Heath Ceramics, Carly Cushnie of Cushnie, April Gargiulo of Vintner's Daughter, and Dee Poku of WIE, get to know one another before they hop on stage.
- Parsley Health's Dr. Tiffany Lester meeting her seat-neighbors.
- One of In Good Company's traditions is kicking off the day by asking all of our attendees to introduce themselves to the other folks around them.
- Oakland mamas Maya Bibi (with her newborn son) and Elena Fong chop it up.
- Our first panel of the day—Motherhood x Entrepreneurship—hits the stage.
- Lots of profound moments, and lots of laughs, too.
- IRL LOLs are the best.
- Our incredible moderator Dee Poku, who has dedicated so much of her career to advancing other women's work lives. (You can read more about Dee in her MOTHER profile).
- Attendee Christine Rhee in her Every Mother Counts benefit tee.
- Next up, Darcy Lockman gave her stirring keynote on The Patriarchy at Home.
- All eyes and ears to the stage.
- Darcy is the author of the incredible book All The Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership. She's also written a piece for MOTHER about How To Make Dads Do More.
- Darcy's keynote was at times entertaining, illuminating, and yes...enraging!
- Break time! Friends Leslie Green and Rebecca Wright tag-team with Leslie's 8-week-old twins.
- During our first break, the much-beloved brand Oat Mama served up its iced teas—including its lactation-friendly blends.
- Oat Mama's set-up included a pretty vignette that mimicked the beautiful cover of the brand's gorgeous new book, Eat To Feed: 80 Nourishing Recipes for Breastfeeding Moms.
- Plus, Oat Mama bars to grab for our morning snack, including their soon-to-launch B vitamin bar!
- Also going down was a pop-up by Grayson, makers of the best button-down.
- Want to win a set of 5 perfect button-downs from Grayson?! Simply head over here to enter!
- And of course no In Good Company conference would be complete without a chic and functional Mother's Lounge, once again hosted by Pottery Barn Modern Baby. Their eco and baby-friendly space was custom designed featuring the newest furniture from their modern collection, including GREENGUARD Gold Certified pieces, Oeko-Tex® Certified textiles, and organic fabrics.
- New mama Eunice Ross feeding her baby girl Juna in the lounge.
- In addition to pumping, nursing, and diaper changes, the Pottery Barn Modern Baby lounge provided a space for all women—especially those with babies in arms—to relax and play.
- Speaker Anjelika Temple takes a feeding break with her newborn daughter Indira.
- Daphne Palomares with her adorable baby boy Oisin.
- The Pottery Barn Modern Baby space included lots of "cheese!"-worthy backdrops.
- Also, changing stations and the coolest SMEG fridge for breastmilk storage.
- Oh, and did we mention there were massages?! One of our dreams come true, thanks to International Orange, our hands-down favorite day spa in the Bay Area.
- Plus, the Mexico-based brand Wiwiurka was on hand to showcase their beautiful play structures.
- A little climber's dream! (Pssst: you can buy it here!)
- Meanwhile, lilah b. hosted our clean beauty lounge.
- The brand's Aglow Face Mist and signature flip-open cases.
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- Back inside—and ogling babies—before our next panel starts.
- Next up, our panel on Sustainably Scaling and Funding One's Business.
- Our speakers included moderator Erica Chidi Cohen of Loom, and panelists Elisabeth Prueitt of Tartine, Whitney White of Melanin Haircare, Mimi Chan of Littlefund, and Jessica Rolph of Lovevery (and Happy Family Organics).
- Our beautiful audience, taking it all in.
- One of our tiniest audience members, chilling in his DockATot, which were on-loan for any babies who wanted them.
- “When I say we were having challenges with payroll, that’s a nice way to say we weren’t making enough money to pay our bills." Elisabeth Prueitt of Tartine gets real about the ups and downs of business ownership.
- The prettiest Bkr bottles to keep our speakers hydrated on and off the stage.
- Making friends in the audience...even really little ones.
- Mimi Chan of Littlefund shared her fundraising journey, including raising money while pregnant.
- Our stylish lunch line, queuing up for salads and sandwiches from The Plant Cafe Organic.
- And mango bellinis by Once Upon A Farm.
- Once Upon A Farm utilized the brand's Magic Velvet Mango puree to make these tasty adult beverages.
- Dana Haim and Lindsay Robinson, sipping bellinis and catching up.
- Daphne Palomares and Diana Berger getting snapped in the Pottery Barn Modern Baby photobooth (embellished with florals by Natalie B. Designs).
- Delicious lunchtime desserts by Methodology.
- Methodology prides itself on being "a personal chef for time-starved busy professionals" thanks to its delivery service featuring glass jars with nourishing, ready-to-eat food.
- Katie Hintz-Zambrano, Kalkidan Gebreyohannes, and speaker Akilah Cadet play a quick game of catchup.
- All day long, LaCroix provided a medley of its beloved, naturally enhanced sparkling water flavors.
- Our third panel of the day, on Building A Phenomenal Brand.
- Our speakers included moderator Anjelika Temple of Brit + Co, Margaret Kleveland of Doen, Melody Ehsani, and Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures.
- Our recent Mother Essentials subject, Iguehi James, taking it in.
- Lots of laughs, and lots of nuggets of wisdom.
- A rapt audience.
- The cutest stretcher.
- New friendships—and possible collaborations—blooming.
- Our afternoon break included Bi-Rite Creamery's brand-new, solar-powered ice-cream truck, serving up scoops and ice-cream sandwiches.
- Bi-Rite Creamery's version of a "toast."
- Meanwhile, UPPAbaby showed off its newest products.
- And asked attendees to share letters of encouragement to their children as part of their UPPAGivesBack campaign. For each note shared, UPPAbaby gave a stroller to a family in need.
- A cute Sunwink pop-up in the Clubhouse Caravan.
- Susan Work of Homework catching up with Temi Adamolekun of Pembroke PR while drinking a Sunwink sparkling herbal tonic.
- Sunwink also just so happens to have the prettiest bottles.
- Raise your hand if you're ready to hear our last panel of the day on Privilege, Power, and Change For Good.
- Our panelists included Meena Harris of Phenomenal, Dr. Aisha Mays of Dream Youth Clinic, artist Carolyn Suzuki, and Lindsay Meyer-Harley of Darling Clementine and Still We Rise.
- And the most hilarious moderator, Dr. Akilah Cadet of Change Cadet.
- Myka Haddad, of The Plant Library, listening to the stirring panel. (P.S. her jacket is by Ingrid and Isabel, nabbed at last year's conference!).
- Each of the panelists detailed how they are using their own privilege and power to create positive change.
- Audience member Kristen Portney, founder of an abortion care startup.
- Audience member Charmin Roundtree-Baaqee reminded those in the audience that no matter how big their businesses are, they can have a direct impact on people's lives, encouraging folks to hire interns and engage young people in their process.
- Meanwhile, speaker-turned-audience member Dee Poku wanted to address how we raise our boys in today's society.
- And that's a wrap (for the on-stage action, at least!).
- Catchup-and-cocktails time!
- Brittni Chicuata, Policy Director at the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, gets her Hanson of Sonoma cocktail on.
- The absolutely delicious, fruit-infused, organic vodka drinks by Hanson of Sonoma.
- Complimented by Bi-Rite cocktail bites.
- Best-dressed sisters—and In Good Company OG's—Rizza Rawcliffe and Ria Faust.
- Wine o'clock with Alice Warnecke Sutro of Sutro Wine Co.
- The tastiest Sutro vino, served out of the Clubhouse Caravan.
- New friends Kat Chen and Allanah Garcia get their selfie on.
- Mama-to-be and IGC helper Ursula Damani poses in front of Natalie B. Designs' gorgeous blooms.
- Several lucky ladies got to take bundles of Natalie B. Designs florals home with them.
- Happy mama, Shun Moore, and her adorable baby girl.
- Temi Adamolekun of Pembroke PR and writer Larkin Clark recapping their day.
- We absolutely love the sweet babies sprinkled all over the conference.
- Our scholarship sponsor c/oLAB set up a video booth, where they asked guests to answer the question "what makes a brand meaningful?"
- c/oLAB, a strategic, creative, and operational collaborative working with diverse companies and entrepreneurs from the inside/out, awarded one of our attendees consultation worth $10,000!
- Relaxing and toasting after a long, action-packed day.
- Posing with new friends in the Pottery Barn Modern Baby photobooth.
- Say cheese!
- We love seeing our speakers and guests mix-and-mingle.
- Candid Art founder Candice Cox, IGC speaker Whitney White, and Alicia Jay of Tall Swag.
- Pamela Morrow guarding the VIP giftbags—worth over $1000!—in the Tosan van.
- One of the items in our VIP bag was this super versatile Waverley 2 belt bag by Lo & Sons.
- Wild Child's Isabel DeHaro with her GA goodie stash (worth $400+!).
- The ladies of Kindbody, a startup dedicated to full-service women’s health, including helping women understand their fertility and take control of their future.
- Kindbody's next-generation health education.
- Wide-brimmed cuties.
- Meditation mama and writer Kristen Vandivier.
- Learning about supporting migrant families at the Families Belong Together booth.
- All proceeds from these Coloring Without Borders coloring books go to Families Belong Together.
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Until next time!
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