Elaine Chao served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 2017 to 2021 and as U.S. Secretary of Labor from 2001 to 2009, becoming the first Asian American woman in U.S. history to be appointed to a President’s Cabinet. Prior to her Cabinet appointments, Secretary Chao served as President and CEO of United Way of America, Director of the Peace Corps, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission, and a banker in the private sector. An experienced corporate and nonprofit leader, she currently serves on the boards of Kroger, Mobileye, ChargePoint, and the Los Angeles 2028 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LA28).