About me
LiJia Gong is the Policy and Legal director at Local Progress. She leads the development of Local Progress’s policy, legal, and research capacity to support members, and drives the development and growth of national program areas. LiJia is an attorney with more than 15 years of experience in policy, litigation, and political strategy. Prior to joining Local Progress, she served as counsel at Public Rights Project, an organization that empowers local and state governments to advance civil rights, worker and consumer rights, and environmental justice. Gong worked on the 2018 campaign to re-elect Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and served as a law clerk for Judge Kiyo Matsumoto of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
