Annie Hsiao has 15 years of service in government, policy, and education. Some of her public service includes serving as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Baltimore City Public Schools, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, and Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice. In her most recent role as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer in Baltimore City Public School district, she provided leadership in developing budget, policy, and process strategies in response to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to this, she worked at the Walton Family Foundation, the leading grant-maker in K-12 parental choice and education reform.

She was also the Director of Government and Community Relations with an appointment from the George W. Bush Administration at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). At the NEH, Annie worked on the NEH's capstone program, Picturing America, that teaches American history through American art by providing 40 reproductions of art, to over 80,000 schools, libraries, home school consortia, U.S. embassies, in the U.S. and abroad. Her writing has appeared in Politico, National Review, Weekly Standard, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Daily Caller and other publications.

Originally from California, Annie received her B.A. in Political Science and Asian American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her Masters in Education Policy from Harvard University and was a Publius Fellow at the Claremont Institute. Her volunteer work also includes serving as a board member at Meridian Public Charter School, one of the oldest charter schools in Washington, D.C. She has provided her subject matter expertise before city council members, state senate committees, and U.S. Commissions on education, as well as many other conferences.

More than her professional background in government and education, she is a committed Christian who has served her church, Capitol Hill Baptist, as a deaconess, women’s Bible study leader, and children’s Sunday school teacher for over a decade.