Mee Moua

Mee Moua (she/her) is a nationally recognized public speaker, leadership mentor, coach, and relationship weaver. She is passionate about democracy building, heart leadership and making visible the interconnectedness among peoples.  Some of her clients are local and state elected officials, community and national foundations, colleges and universities, and non-profit organizations undertaking equity-centered transformation.  

Mee was the President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, a civil rights organization based in Washington, DC. Prior to her work in Washington, DC, Mee served three terms as a member of the Minnesota State Senate.  She was the first Hmong American to be elected to a state legislature in the United States. Mee was born in Laos and came to the United in 1978 as a refugee.  She attended Brown University, received her MPA from the University of Texas at Austin and earned her JD from the University of Minnesota Law School.