successive California administration, the size and scope of the event has expanded considerably. Under First Lady Gayle Wilson's chairmanship (and California Governor Pete Wilson's administration) the conference expanded its focus to include corporate women. Under First Lady Sharon Davis's direction (and the administration of Governor Gray Davis) the conference added a youth leadership program. For over 25 years, the conference steadily became better-known. Its popularity increased significantly after the 2007 election of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California with the support of his wife, Maria Shriver. At her direction, it was renamed The Women's Conference and the event attracted an extensive roster of high-profile speakers and celebrities. It has reportedly become the largest one-day conference for women in the nation. In 2010, the conference was attended by more than 30,000 over three days of events, a record for the conference's 27-year-old history. In addition, the event earned at least US$5 million to $6 million in revenues for the City Convention Center, local hotels, restaurants and other businesses. From 2010 After the Conference's significant success from 2007, all gubernatorial support of the conference was withdrawn on the accession of Jerry Brown, Jr. as governor of California in 2010, due to the state's budget crisis. Accordingly, the California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women was dissolved, and in 2011 there was no California Women's Conference. It was planned for the city of Long Beach to host the 2012 conference on September 23 and 24, 2012, at the Long Beach Convention Center, under the name California Women's Conference, with the theme "The Future is Now", building upon the conference's 25-year legacy. Event highlights The Women's Conference 2007 sold out in less than three days, a conference record. The conference gathered nearly 14,000 participants on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, and featured a panel discussion moderated by Shriver of five presidential candidates' spouses, Jeri Thompson, Michelle Obama, Cindy Hensley McCain, Elizabeth Edwards and Ann Romney. Bill Clinton did not attend because of a scheduling conflict, though Shriver joked that he had been "invited to serve coffee". The conversation touched on the role of the spouses in the campaign, the public's perceptions of the spouses, preparing their families for and protecting them from the campaign. Jon Stewart lampooned the first-ever "wives debate" on the October 30 edition of Comedy Central's The Daily Show. Also in 2007, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author