Lorraine Tong

Lorraine H. Tong credits Clint Eastwood and Johnny Weissmuller for helping to teach her English as a 6-year old immigrant to America. Every day, she watched Rawhide after school, and on weekends, she was addicted to the classic Tarzan movies. Growing up in the Bay Area in California, Lorraine received her degree in International Relations, with a concentration in U.S. - China relations, from Stanford University. As Senator Alan Cranston's foreign policy legislative aide and advisor for eight years, her issue areas of responsibilities included U.S.-China normalization of relations, Taiwan Relations Act, U.S.-Soviet relations, the Middle East, human rights cases, and nuclear arms control. She also worked for Senator Jacob Javits on U.S.-China policy.

Her post-Senate career includes research and analytic work at the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service on public policy, including appropriations, legislative process, and Supreme Court issues.

For nearly a decade, she was Professional Development Committee Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Staff Association.

Lorraine and her family enjoy traveling and looking forward to new adventures.