Betty T. Yee （余淑婷）is a member of the California Board of Equalization.
A native of San Francisco's Parkside district, Yee's parents hailed from the Canton region of China from which they immigrated in 1956. She worked in her family's neighborhood business (laundry and dry cleaning) while she grew up.
Originally speaking no English, she spent her grade school years in the San Francisco Unified School District before attending the University of California, Berkeley as an undergraduate, attaining a bachelor's degree in sociology. She went on to attend Golden Gate University from which she earned a Masters degree in Public Administration.
Yee was Governor Gray Davis' Chief Deputy director for budget before becoming thr Chief Deputy of Board of Equalization member Carole Migden Chief Deputy.[1] She was appointed to fill the seat when Migden vacated it.
Yee was elected in her own right to the California Board of Equalization in 2006 from the 1st Board District and was re-eelected in 2010.[2]
Betty Yee currently serves on the State Board of Directors as Secretary for California Women Lead, a women's nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.[3]