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Portia Wu
Portia Y. Wu (born July 23, 1970) is an American lawyer serving as the secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor since 2023. She was previously the managing director of public policy at Microsoft from 2018 to 2023 and the Employment and Training Administration, U.S. assistant secretary of labor for employment and training from 2014 to 2017. Early life and education Wu was born on July 23, 1970, in New Haven, Connecticut, to a Taiwanese American family. Her parents, An-Ya Shih Wu and Tom Wu, were doctors who spent most of their careers at the Veterans Administration hospital in Albany, New York. Wu spent her early years in Delmar, New York, where she distinguished herself academically and artistically, winning a $300 first-prize in a piano competition during her tenth-grade year. Wu graduated from Bethlehem Central High School in 1987. Wu attended Yale University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in 1991. At Cornell University, she completed a M.A. in comparative li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is List of municipalities in Connecticut, the third largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport and Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford, the largest city in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, and the principal municipality of Greater New Haven metropolitan area, which had a total population of 864,835 in 2020. New Haven was one of the first Planned community, planned cities in the U.S. A year after its founding by English Puritans in 1638, eight streets were laid out in a four-by-four Grid plan, grid, creating the "Nine Square Plan". The central common block is New Haven Green, the New Haven Green, a square at the center of Downtown New Haven. The Green is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
