Heather Fong
Heather J. Fong | |
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Fong in 2014 | |
| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) San Francisco, California |
| Alma mater | University of San Francisco (BA) SF State (MSW) Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps |
| Police career | |
| Department | San Francisco Police Department |
| Service years | 1977–2009 |
| Rank | Sworn in as a Police Officer – 1977 Commander – August 1998 Deputy Chief – June 2000 Assistant Chief of Police – May 2003 Acting Chief of Police – January 22, 2004 Chief of Police – April 14, 2004 |
| Badge no. | 2020 |
Heather Jeanne Fong (Chinese: 方宇文; pinyin: Fāng Yǔwén, born 1956) is an American security official and the former chief of police for San Francisco, California, United States from 2004 to 2009. She is the first woman to lead the San Francisco Police Department, and the first Asian American woman to head a major metropolitan city police force. She is also the second Asian American police chief in SFPD history, the other being Fred Lau.
Fong served as the assistant secretary for state and local law enforcement in the Department of Homeland Security from July 31, 2023. to January 20, 2025. She previously served in the same role from November 17, 2014 through the end of the Obama administration.