Debra Suh has worked for nonprofit organizations for over three decades to build a safer and more equitable society. As the executive director of the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF), an organization founded to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence in the immigrant Asian/Pacific Islander community, she addressed the intersections of gender and racial/ethnic inequity for over 23 years. In November 2024, she became the CEO of the YWCA of Glendale and Pasadena, cities where she raised her two children and grew up, respectively. Debra also serves on the board of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence and Sequoyah School.
