page_title: Jenny R. Yang
section_title: Career post-EEOC
hierarchical_section_title: Jenny R. Yang / Career post-EEOC
caption_attribution_description: English: Jenny R. Yang, Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, was the featured speaker at the Department’s 2015 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Program. Ms. Yang shared accomplishments and challenges that confront the Asian American community and our Nation, today.
context_page_description: Jenny R. Yang is an American lawyer and public figure. She served as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 2012 to 2017 and as chair of the commission from 2014 to 2017.
context_section_description: Yang currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, a liberal think tank. In 2020, Yang testified before the House Committee on Education and Labor, where she advocated for what she describes as a "Workers’ Bill of Rights for Algorithmic Decisions" to regulate algorithmic employment decisions.
  In 2019, Yang was mentioned by liberal group Demand Justice as one of their recommended Supreme Court nominees.
caption: Yang as featured speaker at the Department of Justice's 2015 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Program.
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