Frances Hsieh
Western Area VP

Frances is the Vice President for Legislative & Political Action for IFPTE Local 21, overseeing and coordinating the political and legislative advocacy work in San Francisco, the East Bay, and South Bay and on statewide issues and candidates.. She was previously the Chairperson of Local 21’s San Francisco Political Action Committee. She is also the founding co-chair of the Local 21 API-Caucus, and a delegate to the San Francisco Central Labor Council.

Frances has over 20 years of experience in advocacy, politics, and government affairs. She is currently a Legislative Aide for Connie Chan, Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and oversees the office’s work on government accountability, labor issues, immigration policies, public safety, and staffs the Supervisor on the Government Audits Committee and Health Services Board. Previously, she was the senior policy analyst for San Francisco’s Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs, where she implemented and enforced the City’s strongest-in-the-nation Language Access Ordinance.

Frances is also involved in local political and community advocacy work. She has previously served as an elected member on the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee, which is the governing body of the Democratic Party in San Francisco. She is an active member of the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, fighting for more progressive candidates and policies to benefit the most marginalized communities in San Francisco; Comrades, Compas, Kasamas, and Tong Pao of D11, organizing working class families and communities of color in San Francisco’s southernmost neighborhoods; and a former Board member of the San Francisco Women’s Political Committee, helping to promote women and family friendly policies and elect more female candidates to public office.

A native San Franciscan, Frances and her wife, Maritza, have raised their two children in the Excelsior District.