Carmen Chu
| Carmen Chu 朱嘉文 |
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| Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco | |
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Assumed office February 27, 2013 |
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| Mayor | Ed Lee |
| Preceded by | Phil Ting |
| Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 4 |
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In office September 25, 2007 – February 27, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ed Jew |
| Succeeded by | Katy Tang |
| Personal details | |
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April 8, 1978 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | San Francisco, California |
| Alma mater |
Occidental College UC Berkeley |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | sfassessor |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhū Jiāwén |
| IPA | [ʈʂú tɕjáwə̌n] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Jyu1 Ga1-man4 |
| Jyutping | Zyu1 Gaa1-man4 |
Carmen Chu (Chinese: 朱嘉文; pinyin: Zhū Jiāwén, born April 8, 1978, in Los Angeles, California) is the elected Assessor-Recorder of the City and County of San Francisco. Chu is currently one of the two women elected to a citywide office out of seven citywide positions. She is also the only Asian-American Assessor elected to serve among the 58 counties in the State of California. Prior to being elected Assessor-Recorder, Chu served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors where she served two terms as the Chair of the Board’s Budget and Finance Committee, and was a Board Director of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Before joining the Board of Supervisors, Chu served as Deputy Budget Director in the Mayor's office of Public Policy and Finance.
Chu is the second of three daughters to Hung Wing and Shuet Ying Chu, who immigrated from Hong Kong in the 1970s with ancestry in Taishan. The Chu family settled into a number of jobs to make ends meet including initially working as a seamstress or as a restaurant worker before starting their own small family restaurant. Chu has stated that growing up in an immigrant family and in a small business household were formative experiences in her life as she never forgot the struggles immigrants and those with limited English face nor the hardships associated with running a small business.
In 2000, Chu earned a bachelor's degree in public policy from Occidental College where she was a recipient of the James Irvine Foundation Scholarship- a program whose focus it was to support the development of leaders and educational opportunities for city youth. She graduated from Occidental College Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
In 2003, Chu earned a master's degree in public policy from UC Berkeley as a distinguished Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) fellow - a fellowship program with a mission to promote underrepresented groups in public service and to advance roles in leadership positions.
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