Wendy Chun-Hoon, WorkingNation Advisory Board, is a values-driven leader with over 20 years of experience in grassroots advocacy, philanthropy, and government, specializing in care policy, workforce development, and family economic security. She has dedicated her career to uplifting the voices of workers, particularly women and marginalized communities. Chun-Hoon is known for her strategic advocacy and her ability to build diverse coalitions and lead complex initiatives.  

Most recently, Chun-Hoon served in the Biden-Harris administration, as the Director of the Women’s Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor, where she quickly made an impact through research, policy development, and grantmaking to help women gain access to good jobs rebuilding America’s infrastructure, expand access to child care, and advocate for better wages and safer work environments.

Prior to her appointment, she led national campaigns to expand paid leave through Family Values @ Work, a national network of grassroots coalitions that have won more than 60 laws securing new rights for more than 55 million workers and their loved ones. Recognizing the ways in which her own family would be excluded from new paid time to care policies, Wendy spearheaded the development of the Family Justice Network, building cross-movement organizing among paid leave advocates, communities of color, groups working for reproductive and disability justice, LGBTQ equality, and organized labor that has made inclusive family recognition a hallmark of the paid leave movement. 

Born and raised in Hawaii, Chun-Hoon graduated from Vassar College before earning master’s degrees in Philanthropic Studies and Nonprofit Management from Indiana University. She is active in various leadership initiatives and boards, always striving to inspire the next generation of change-makers. A life-long soccer player, she now enjoys pickleball with her wife alongside raising their two kids in Silver Spring, MD.