September 3, 2025 — Data & Society is pleased to welcome Felicia Wong, principal at the Roosevelt Institute and previously the Institute’s president and CEO, to its board of directors.
Wong has a distinguished record of leadership and strategic vision in fair economic policymaking that delivers for workers and families. As principal at the Roosevelt Institute, she is responsible for shaping the growth of the Roosevelt Society, and for providing strategic and fundraising advice to the Institute’s new executive leadership. During her 12-year tenure as president and CEO (March 2012–January 2025), she and her team quadrupled the Institute’s overall budget and elevated its role as a key collaborator among top public officials, academic experts, and organizers.
“I’m honored to join Data & Society’s board at a moment when questions about technology, equity, and democracy are deeply connected and clearly urgent,” Wong said. “The future health of our economy will depend on how we shape and govern technology. Increasingly, technology itself and the business models of the tech sector influence the ways that citizens have — or don’t have — opportunity, security, and political power. Data & Society’s research and policy engagement are critical to building a future where technology can serve people. I’m excited to contribute to this mission.”
In addition to her leadership at the Roosevelt Institute, Wong has significant government experience, including representing the United States on the 2021 G7 Economic Resilience Panel, advising the Biden-Harris transition team, and acting as vice chair of the Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity. Her research focuses on post-neoliberal thought and the intersection of race, economics, and social stratification. Wong’s work has appeared in major outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Boston Review, and she is a frequent radio and podcast guest. She is the co-author of the book The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2017).
“Felicia is a visionary leader and strategist,” said Charlton McIlwain, president of Data & Society’s board. “Our board, and the organization as a whole, will benefit greatly from her expertise in building institutions and shaping equitable economic policy, especially as the growth of data-driven technologies and economic inequality become more deeply intertwined.”
“Felicia’s unwavering commitment to inclusive, paradigm-shifting economic policy — and her deep expertise in building institutional capacity — make her an indispensable addition to our board,” said Janet Haven, executive director of Data & Society. “As we outline in our new strategy, we aim to shift power away from the tech industry and tech oligarchs and toward communities, movements, and institutions that see ungoverned technology as a threat to their rights. Felicia will be a key partner in deepening our understanding of political economy and leveraging that insight to realize this vision.”