Juliet Choi
President, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Juliet Choi is president and CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), a national health justice organization with a mission to achieving health equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities through law, policy and practice.
She is an accomplished cross-sector leader and coalition builder who specializes in change management, particularly in the areas of immigration, civil rights, healthcare and disaster relief.
A senior executive, she served in the Obama administration as the former chief of staff of two federal agencies: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Prior to her political appointments, she tenure includes leading disaster relief operations and strategic partnerships at the American Red Cross, notable nonprofits and a Fortune 500 corporation.
The proud daughter of South Korean immigrants, she is humbled to serve on the board of the David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. A certified mediator, she received her J.D. from University of Maryland School of Law and B.A. in Economics from University of Virginia.