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Mr. Chiang was first elected to the State Board of Equalization in 1998 and served as the Chairman until 2006, making him the highest ranking Asian Pacific American-elected state official in California.
Mr. Chiang represented the Board of Equalization’s 4th District.
He received the 2006 Award for Excellence by a Government Official from the Los Angeles County Bar Association; two Congressional Record tributes; the Leadership Vanguard Award from the Millennium Momentum Foundation; the Minorities in Business Magazine Multi-Cultural Prism Award; the City of West Hollywood Leadership and Service Award; and the Los Angeles Mayor’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Award.
Mr. Chiang graduated with honors from the University of South Florida with a degree in Finance, and received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr. Chiang began his career as a tax law specialist for the IRS in 1987.
For more than a decade, he was an attorney for the State Controller and staff member to a Senator.
He also worked as a staff member for candidates who ran for the office of Congress, State Controller and Governor.
Former positions of John Chaing
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The California Public Employees Retirement System
 The California Public Employees Retirement System Investment ManagersFinance The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to private individuals and employers, specifically active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance. | Investment Committee Member | 2007-12-30 |
Training of John Chaing
| University of South Florida | Undergraduate Degree |
| Georgetown University | Graduate Degree |
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The California Public Employees Retirement System
The California Public Employees Retirement System Investment ManagersFinance The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to private individuals and employers, specifically active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance. | Finance |
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