Juliet Bui, MPA, MSW
Acting Director of the Division of Policy and Data in the Office of Minority Health (OMH)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Juliet Bui, MPA, MSW is Acting Director of the Division of Policy and Data in the Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she provides strategic leadership on health equity policy and data efforts and serves as project director for the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care (National CLAS Standards). She also is currently supporting Departmental efforts to implement the COVID-19 and racial equity executive orders, including leading a workgroup focused on the Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Prior to joining OMH, she was a Public Health Analyst in the Office of Behavioral Health Equity at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), where she focused on efforts and strategies to address behavioral health disparities. She also has served as a Policy Advisor on Health at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI), where she managed projects and focused on policy issues including behavioral health, the Affordable Care Act, and AAPI health disparities.  She joined SAMHSA and WHIAAPI through the Presidential Management Fellows program.  While completing her graduate studies, Juliet researched workforce policy for the Service Employees International Union Local 721, with a focus on the Los Angeles County social services system. She also interned as a therapist to transition-age youth at the Coalition for Responsible Community Development, a non-profit in South Los Angeles. Prior to graduate school, she managed media relations in the Office of Communications at the Brookings Institution. Juliet holds a B.A. in Sociology and B.A. in Psychology from Rice University, and a Master in Social Work and Master in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.