Dr. Richard Pan, Sr. Policy Advisor AAPI Data

06/11/23 • 31 min

Dr. Richard Pan is a pediatrician and currently the senior policy advisor to AAPI Data.

He is a former UC Davis faculty and a former State Senator and State Assemblymember representing the Sacramento region. He is the first Asian American to represent the City of Sacramento in the California legislature, where the Transcontinental Railroad began over 150 years ago.

Dr. Pan is Immediate Past-Chair of the Asian American Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus (AAPILC) and was Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs and Co-Chair of the Senate Select Committee on the 2020 U.S. Census.

As AAPILC Chair, Dr. Pan led passage of the $165 million API Equity Budget in 2021.

Prior to serving in the legislature, Dr. Pan was a UC Davis professor and Director of the Pediatric Residency Program.
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Dr. Richard Pan is a pediatrician and currently the senior policy advisor to AAPI Data.

As AAPILC Chair, Dr. Pan led passage of the $165 million API Equity Budget in 2021.

Prior to serving in the legislature, Dr. Pan was a UC Davis professor and Director of the Pediatric Residency Program.
Learn more at: https://aapidata.com/

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