Clayton Fong

Clayton Fong has been active in the Asian Pacific American community throughout the nation for the past 15 years, and is currently the Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging, a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of elder Asian American and Pacific Islanders at the national and local levels.

Previously he served in numerous senior management positions at the White House and with the Governor of California, including White House Presidential Personnel, and Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison where he managed staff responsible for outreach to women, ethnic groups and numerous business and professional groups. Mr. Fong also served as Deputy Director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs, as well as the Governor of California’s liaison to the Asian Pacific American communities.

Mr. Fong has significant experience in the area of health policy, having served as executive director of the Bay Area Child Health Network, and as a fellow with the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California San Francisco, and the Children’s Research Institute of California. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Health, Arts and Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellows, Chairman of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, Alzheimer’s Association of Western Washington, and the Advisory Board for the University of Washington School of Nursing.