Deeana Jang
Policy Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI)
Deeana Jang serves as Policy Director at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. In this role, she supports the coordination, development and implementation of federal policy to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities. She is on loan from the National Immigration Law Center. Deeana has held senior executive roles at the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Deeana has also held policy roles at the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum and the Center for Law and Social Policy. She is an attorney who worked for several legal aid programs representing survivors of gender-based violence. Deeana is the daughter of a paper son from California.