Connie Chung Joe, Our Former CEO (2020-2025)

Connie is active in advocating for and addressing the needs of API and other BIPOC communities. She co-founded the API Human Trafficking Task Force of LA County, co-chaired the API Mental Health Subcommittee and co-chaired the API Domestic Violence Task Force of Los Angeles County. She has served as the first co-chair of the CA Culturally Responsive Domestic Violence Network, which consists of culturally-specific domestic violence organizations across the state working to improve services for the most vulnerable communities in California. Connie has testified on several occasions before the California State Assembly on Domestic Violence to advocate for the needs of immigrants, APIs, and other vulnerable populations in the State. Connie was appointed by the Governor to the California Flexible Assistance for Survivors Advisory Committee in 2022 and by the California Senate to the Domestic Violence Advisory Council in 2016.  She currently serves as a member of Bank of America’s National Community Advisory Council. Connie co-chairs LA County Human Relations Commission’s LA v. Hate Campaign and serves on the LA County District Attorney’s AAPI Advisory Board. Connie was named Senator Maria Elena Durazo’s California District 24 Woman of the Year in 2022. She was named California Assemblymember Miguel Santiago’s AD54 Woman of the Year by in 2023. She was named as one of Senator Anthony Portantino’s Women in Business honorees in 2023. She was named Asia Society’s Annual 2025 Gala “Social Justice Visionary” Honoree. She was honored at Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association’s 50th Anniversary Installation & Awards Banquet with the Delbert E Wong Service Award in 2025. She was honored by LA Supervisor Solis in celebration of 2025 AAPI Heritage Month.