4. Tina Tchen

4. Tina Tchen

1. APA ethnic background

Chinese American

2. Past Experiences

-Executive director of the White House Council on Women and Girls

-Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meather & Flom
- chairman of the Commercial and Business Litigation Council andMinority Trial League Task Force

- board of trustees of the University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System and the board of directors of the Chicago Bar Foundation

- the board of directors of the Chinese AmericanService League

- the board of directors of Field Foundation of Illinois

3. Current Position

Director of Public Liaison

Tina joined a long-time friend and advisor to the President-Elect and Mrs. Obama. Tina is the third high-ranking Asian American to be announced for a senior White House position. creates and coordinates opportunities for dialog between the Administration and the American public to improve public awareness of and involvement in the Department and its work. In her position, she also provide international outreach support services to state and local elected officials in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and all other inhabited U.S. territories.
This office that she is taking in charge of is the central point of coordination for domestic speaking engagements, briefings, and conference programs in Washington, DC and around the country.

4. Education Background

Northwestern University School of Law

J.D.

RadcliffeCollege, Harvard University

B.A.

5. Interesting Facts

"I 'm actually also a single parent. I have been a single parent since my son, my first child was an infant, and then I adopted a little girl who is now 12. As a single parent, I have two children. I have actually been blessed with being in a profession as a lawyer, which I was for 23 years, where I had the resources to have great support systems. ...Because I've had moments where I didn't have that and it's - it's hard to be at work and worry about your children at the same time. So, it's one of the things that we certainly want to keep addressing. It's one of the first lady's focus is to work on work-family balance and how do we provide that kind of security and support for all working people?" - Tchen