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Janet Nguyen's Biography

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Full Name:

Janet Nguyen

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Tom; 2 Chlidren

Birth Place:

Saigon, Vietnam

Home City:

Huntington Beach, CA

Attended, Aspen Institute’s Aspen-Rodel Fellowship Leadership Program

BA, Political Science, University of California, Irvine

Senator, California State Senate, District 36, 2022-present

Former Councilmember, Garden Grove City Council

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 72, 2020-2022

Candidate, California State Assembly, District 72, 2020

Senator, California State Senate, District 34, 2014-2018

Candidate, California State Senate, District 34, 2018

Supervisor, Orange County Board of Supervisors, 2007-2014

Chair, Orange County Board of Supervisors, 2010

Vice Chair, Orange County Board of Supervisors, 2009

Former Member, Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, California State Senate

Member, Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee, California State Assembly

Member, Baking and Finance Committee, California State Assembly

Vice Chair, Revenue and Taxation Committee, California State Assembly

Member, Transportation Committee, California State Assembly

Former Vice Chair, Governance and Finance Committee, California State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Health Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Human Services Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Women, Work and Families, California State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee 4 on State Administration and General Government, California State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Modernizing Government, California State Senate

Former Member, US Citizen Youth Exiled in Mexico Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Veterans Affairs Committee, California State Senate

No professional experience on file.

Member, California State Allocation Board, present

Member, Governor's Military Council, present

Former Vice-President of Government and Public Affairs, Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce

Awards:

2017 Legislator of the Year Award, Vietnam Veterans of America; 2017 Legislator of the Year Award, Association of the United States Army; 2008 Saint Anselm's Cultural Diversity Award; 2015 Leo P. Burke Legislator of the Year Award, American Legion; 2006 "25 Hottest People" in Orange County, Orange County Metro Magazine; "30 Vietnamese-Americans to Watch," Orange County Register; ; We Give Thanks 2004 Women of Vision Award; Named to the Class of 2008 Latino Orange County 100

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