Felicia Wong, a Data & Society board member, is a senior fellow at the Freedom Together Foundation. She was previously the president and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, directing its mission, vision, and strategy in pursuit of a high-care, low-carbon economy that works for all. She was the US representative on the G7 Economic Resilience Panel in 2021, served on the Biden-Harris administration transition advisory board and currently serves as vice chair of the treasury advisory committee on racial equity.  

Wong’s research focuses on post-neoliberal thought and the intersection of race, economics, and social stratification; her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, and the Boston Review. She co-hosted the podcast How to Save a Country and is co-author of the book The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Before joining Roosevelt, Wong ran investment services for the Democracy Alliance, and operations and product development at a venture-funded, labor union-aligned education services company. Her public service includes a White House fellowship in the Office of the Attorney General and a political appointment in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. She serves on the boards of the Economic Security Project, Deep Springs College, and Civic News Company. Wong holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.