Nicole Wong

Nicole Wong
Wong in 2010
Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States
In office
May 2013 – August 16, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Personal details
BornNicole A. Wong
EducationGeorgetown University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD, MS)
OccupationLawyer
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Nicole A. Wong is an American attorney, specializing in Internet, media and intellectual property law. In May 2013, she was selected by the Barack Obama administration to be the White House deputy chief technology officer (CTO) of the United States. She earned the nickname "the Decider" while she was vice president and deputy general counsel at Google, where she was responsible for arbitrating issues of censorship for Google. Wong stepped down as Deputy US CTO on August 16, 2014, to return with her family to California. She currently serves as a Senior Advisor to Albright Stonebridge Group, a global business strategy firm, and is a member of the Mozilla Foundation's Board of Directors.

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