AMY K. MATSUI, JD is Vice President for Income Security and Child Care at the National Women’s Law Center. She leads the Center’s work on state and federal child care and early learning policy and economic policies affecting women and families. Her work comprises policy analysis, administrative and legislative advocacy, and public education and outreach, with the goal of increasing gender, racial, and economic equity. She has written numerous reports and articles on care and economic security issues, testified before Congress and federal agencies on topics including care, tax, and retirement security, and been featured as an expert in the media. Prior to joining the Center in 2002, Ms. Matsui was a litigation associate at Farella Braun + Martel LLP, in San Francisco, CA. She clerked for the Honorable Carolyn Dineen King, then-Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in 2000. She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and Stanford Law School. Before law school, Ms. Matsui taught 4th grade ESL and middle- and high-school French.
