Biographical profile |
Linda S. Yeung was a John Gardner Public Service Fellow in 1988-89 serving at the Office of US Trade Representative as the deputy director for Taiwan, South Korea, and South Asia. She became a mentor to John Gardner fellow Russell Calleros in 1994-95 when they worked at Rebuild LA after the April 29, 1992, civil unrest. In 2004, she helped to create the John Gardner Fellowship Association and continues to serve on the board. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (BA 1987) and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (MA 1991). Yeung is currently the Director for People, Performance & Development at San Francisco International Airport, serving on senior staff at a $1.3 billion enterprise with approximately 1,800 employees. She directs five critical functions: Contracts Administration; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Human Resources; Learning & Development; and Safety Health & Wellness; and she sponsors the TeamSFO Reaching for Number 1 committee. Before the airport, Yeung served as deputy city administrator/chief of staff/chief financial officer for city administrators Edwin M. Lee and Naomi Kelly from 2007 to 2014. She oversaw city departments and programs such 311 Customer Service Center, Animal Care and Control, Community Challenge Grants, Contract Monitoring Division (12B and 14B programs), Convention Facilities, County Clerk, Earthquake Safety Implementation Program, Entertainment Commission, Fleet Management, Grants for the Arts, GSA IT, GSA Disaster Response and Recovery Program, JUSTIS (Public Safety IT), Mayor’s Office on Disability, Medical Examiner’s Office, Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs, Office of Contract Administration, Office of Labor Standards Enforcement, Risk Management, and Treasure Island operations. She developed the program to have San Francisco join the National Flood Insurance Program and worked with the mayor and board of supervisors on the passage of the legislation. Yeung personally led the team that was responsible for ensuring San Francisco was able to authorize same-sex marriage licenses and ceremonies at San Francisco City Hall in June 2013, hours after a federal appeals court cleared the way for the State of California to lift a four and a half year freeze. She chaired the City’s Refuse Collection and Disposal Rate Board, and served on the JUSTIS Governance Council, Lifelines Council, and SFPUC Rate Fairness Board. Yeung started in the city and county of San Francisco working as the deputy director on the San Francisco Independent Task Force on Affirmative Action in Public Contracting in 2000. Later that year, she started in the Controller’s Office serving Ed Harrington in her positions as project manager and city projects director in the city services auditor division and acting chief economist in the budget and analysis division. She co-authored some twenty economic and financial reports in nine months, and designed and implemented numerous citywide technical assistance and analytical projects related to human resources, information technology, risk management, performance management, and strategic re-organizations. Her career spans some thirty years working in the private, not for profit, campaign, and public sectors. They include Office of US Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President in Washington DC; Wang and Wang USA in San Francisco; Mayor Tom Bradley’s Office in Los Angeles; Linda Griego for Mayor of Los Angeles campaign; New Vision Business Council, Rebuild LA, Southern California Edison, and the city and county of San Francisco. Yeung is married to Kenji Tamaoki and has two wonderful children, Asia and Akira. They live in Alameda, California.
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