Career
Choe served as the chair of the Transportation Committee and was also appointed as a Regional Transit Authority (RTA) boardmember during the early drafting of Seattle's future light rail and commuter train systems. [8] In her role on the committee,she oversaw the first public referendum on the citywide monorail project,a program that she personally opposed. [9] [10] Choe was among a contingent of Asian American leaders and politicians tasked with organizing the 1993 APEC summit,hosted near Seattle on Blake Island. [11] Choe retired from the city council in 1998,having not run for re-election,but was named as a potential candidate in the 2001 mayoral election. [12]
After leaving the city council,Choe next served as director of the Washington State Department of Community,Trade and Economic Development (later Washington State Department of Commerce) under governor Gary Locke. [1] She left that position in 2004,at which time she became director of the Global Libraries initiative at the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation, [13] where she became chief administrative officer in 2008,a position she held until leaving the Foundation in 2014. [1] In that capacity,Choe had "considerable input" into the design of the Gates Foundation headquarters building. [14]
Beginning in May 2000 she served as one of the inaugural members of the White House Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders, [15] advancing in August to become its chair when initial chair Norman Mineta was tapped to be Secretary of Commerce. [16] [17]
Future Seattle mayor Ed Murray served on Choe's staff for four years early in his political career. [18] [19]
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