Elaine Lan Chao is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States secretary of transportation in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Chao was the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. She resigned as transportation secretary after the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes growth and competitiveness of the United States' minority-owned businesses,including Hispanic and Latino American,Asian Pacific American,African American,and Native American businesses. The current Under Secretary is Eric Morrissette,who is serving in an acting capacity,and the current Deputy Under Secretary is Jessica Cavazos.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),or Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA),was a proposed trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim economies:Australia,Brunei,Canada,Chile,Japan,Malaysia,Mexico,New Zealand,Peru,Singapore,Vietnam,and the United States. In the United States,the proposal was signed on 4 February 2016 but not ratified as a result of significant domestic political opposition. After taking office,the newly elected President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from TPP in January 2017,therefore ensuring the TPP could not be ratified as required and did not enter into force. The remaining countries negotiated a new trade agreement called Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership,which incorporated most of the provisions of the TPP and which entered into force on 30 December 2018.
The Office of National AIDS Policy,established under President Clinton in 1993,coordinates the continuing domestic efforts to implement the President's National HIV/AIDS Strategy. In addition,the office works to coordinate an increasingly integrated approach to the prevention,care and treatment of HIV/AIDS. As a unit of the Domestic Policy Council,the Office of National AIDS Policy coordinates with other White House offices. It is led by a director,who is appointed by the president.
Kien Pham is a private equity investor and philanthropist living and traveling between the U.S. and Vietnam. As an investor,he collaborates with TPG Capital (www.TPG.com),a leading U.S. firm with nearly US$100 billion under management and also with Red Square Vietnam,a boutique investment and advisory firm based in Ho Chi Minh city. As a philanthropist,Mr. Pham founded The Vietnam Foundation (www.vnfoundation.org),where he serves as its President,to provide scholarships,healthcare and other social assistance to the poor and handicapped people in Vietnam. Mr. Pham serves as a board member and strategic advisor to multiple companies and organizations in the U.S. and Vietnam.
Sonal R. Shah is an American economist and public official. She is the CEO of The Texas Tribune,a politics and public policy-specific nonprofit news organization headquartered in Austin,Texas. Shah served as the National Policy Director for Mayor Pete Buttigieg's run in the 2020 United States presidential election. From April 2009 to August 2011,she served as the Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in the White House.
The White House Office of Public Engagement (OPE) is a unit of the White House Office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Under the administration of President Barack Obama,it combined oversight of OPE and the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) under the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs (OPE-IGA). President Donald Trump restored the prior name of the Office of Public Liaison (OPL) and re-separated IGA. President Joe Biden changed the name back to OPE but kept IGA separate in his administration.
The Commission on Asian &Pacific Islander American Affairs advises the Governor of California,the California Legislature and State agencies,departments and commissions on issues relating to the social and economic development,the rights and interests of Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) communities. The Commission also addresses how to respond most effectively to the views,needs and concerns of the State’s APIA communities. Members do not receive a salary. This position does not require Senate confirmation.
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans,Native Hawaiians,and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) is a United States governmental office that coordinates an ambitious whole-of-government approach to advance equity,justice,and opportunity for Asian Americans,Native Hawaiians,and Pacific Islanders. The Initiative collaborates with the Deputy Assistant to the President and AA and NHPI Senior Liaison,White House Office of Public Engagement and designated federal departments and agencies to advance equity,justice,and opportunity for AA and NHPIs in the areas of economic development,education,health and human services,housing,environment,arts,agriculture,labor and employment,transportation,justice,veterans affairs,and community development.
Amata Catherine Coleman Radewagen,commonly called Aumua Amata,is an American Samoan politician who is the current delegate for the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa. Radewagen,a Republican,was elected on November 4,2014,after defeating Democratic incumbent Eni Faleomavaega;she was the first-ever Republican delegate since the office had been created in 1970 and began her tenure on January 3,2015. She also serves as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of American Samoa. Amata is the first woman to represent American Samoa in the U.S. Congress.
Sally Quillian Yates is an American lawyer. From 2010 to 2015,she was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2015,she was appointed United States Deputy Attorney General by President Barack Obama. Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch on January 20,2017,Yates served as Acting Attorney General for 10 days.
Kiran Arjandas Ahuja is an American attorney and activist who served as the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). She served as the chief of staff to the OPM director from 2015 to 2017. She assumed that position after serving for six years as the director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. An Indian-born American,she has also been a lawyer with the United States Department of Justice and a founding director of a non-profit,the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. In 2017,she became the CEO of Philanthropy Northwest.
Martha Choe is an American banker,politician,and foundation executive. She was a two-term member of the Seattle City Council,elected to four-year terms in 1991 and 1995. Choe was the first Korean American elected to the city council and the first to serve in a public office in the United States. Choe succeeded retiring Filipino councilmember Dolores Sibonga and received her endorsement,which elicited controversy from Filipino community members.
Elissa Blair Slotkin is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district since 2019. The district,numbered as the 8th from 2019 to 2023,stretches from Lansing to the outer northern suburbs of Detroit. A member of the Democratic Party,Slotkin was previously a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and Department of Defense official.
Holly Ann Winkeljohn Brady is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Gautam Raghavan is an Indian American political advisor who is the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office. Raghavan previously served as the associate director of the Office of Public Liaison in the Obama administration.
For the Hong Kong actress and singer,see Miriam Yeung.
Chiling Tong is an Asian Pacific American activist and a public official. She has held various public offices under George W. Bush,Barack Obama,and Donald Trump. She is currently the president and chief executive officer of The National Asian Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce &Entrepreneurship and the Founding President of the International Leadership Foundation. She is one of the most prominent female Chinese American politicians since Elaine Chao.
