WWAAC - Key Persons

Amy Chomthakham

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Anne Chow

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Member of the Girl Scouts
President of National Business for at

Anne Chow serves as President of National Business for AT&T. As president - National Business, she leads more than 12,000 business professionals who support 95 percent of AT&T's business customers nationwide. Across numerous AT&T Business segments, she oversees customer experience, management of direct and indirect sales channels, call center support, and DIRECTV for Business. She also owns the P&L for the small and medium-sized business market, covering over $15B in revenues. With over 25 years in the industry, Anne has led many diverse global organizations through major transformations, developing and executing innovative growth strategies while building role model relationships. She's passionate about education, diversity and inclusion, advancing women in technology and cultivating our next generation of leaders. Anne's experience is diverse in both breadth and depth. She has held leadership positions in engineering, sales and sales operations, marketing, customer care, international operations, product management and strategic planning business units. She's known for building and cultivating world class teams, developing model leaders, and having a passion for excellence with customers and constituents alike. As a founding member of AT&T University's governing board, Anne actively supports the company's leadership development initiative. She's also involved in many of AT&T's Employee Resource Groups and Employee Networks worldwide. Anne serves as the executive sponsor for AT&T's Women of Business Employee Network and the Asia Pacific Women's Organization. Each week, she coaches, mentors and inspires thousands of readers through her internal blog, which has been voted "best blog" across the company for the past 6 years. A lifetime member of the Girl Scouts, Anne also serves on the national board of directors for the Girl Scouts of the USA. She also currently serves as vice chair of the board of directors for the Advancing Justice: Asian American Justice Center. She actively supports Girls Who Code and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Anne is a member of the Committee of 100, and joined the board of directors for Franklin Covey Co (NYSE: FC) in 2016. Her many contributions to business and the community are widely recognized. Anne's accolades include the YWCA-NYC Academy of Women Leaders, Chinese Institute of Engineers' Distinguished Service Award, Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business and numerous others. She was awarded Corporate Woman of the Year by the Women's Center for Entrepreneurship Corporation, Stevie Awards Mentor Coach of the Year - Business (Bronze), and named to Diversity Journal's Women Worth Watching. Anne holds a Master of Business Administration with distinction from The Johnson School at Cornell University. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell. She also graduated from the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School of Music.

Aroona Toor

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Co - Founder - Muslim Women 's Professional Network

Aroona Toor was born in Lahore, Pakistan. She immigrated to the U.S. with her parents, two brothers and sister when she was 4 years old. Her family settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Aroona Toor now lives in Atlanta, GA and works as a Project Manager for Health Equity at the American Cancer Society. After working for a few more years, Aroona hopes to obtain her Doctorate in Public Health and continue to serve as a voice for economically and socially disadvantaged groups. Aroona's older brother Jawad is now a Chemical Technician for Afton Chemicals, her older sister Mamona just completed her last year of medical school and her other older brother, Zeeshan, is a pharmacist. Aroona credits all her accomplishments and all that she is today to the incredible sacrifices her parents have made for her and her siblings. She also credits two major life events with the extraordinary opportunities she has had, the first being coming to the U.S. and the second being becoming a recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship. To her, she would not have been able to pursue a higher education, travel, start a non- profit, or even be a recipient of this incredible award if it weren't for these life changing moments.

Bora Lam

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Chloe Jung

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Lead Business Advisor for International Digital Transformation Technology

Christine Sato-Yamazaki

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Executive Director

Christine was born in San Leandro, California. She spent her childhood in Southern California, where she has many fond memories growing up in Cerritos during her elementary school years. Then at the age of 12, she moved to Japan due to her father's job as a university professor at Sapporo Medical University. Her family moved to Japan where she spent four year learning a new language and culture. She returned back to US at age 16 to live with her Nisei grandparents in Gardena, CA and attended Narbonne High School and then to University of California, Riverside. Upon graduating US Riverside, she had a strong desire to give back to the community. She became involved with South Bay JACL and founded the Young Adults Group, a group of young professionals in their 20's whose purpose was to organize volunteer activities for people to learn the value of community work. YAG members volunteered at various events ranging from beach clean-up, producing a play for Keiro residents, JANM events/conferences. Christine eventually served on the South Bay JACL board and became co-President of the JACL for two years. In her 20's, she learned of her grandfather's involvement with the 100th/442nd/MIS WWII Memorial Foundation to build the Go for Broke monument that would educate the public about the service of the Japanese American WWII veterans. In 2006, at the urging of her then boyfriend (now husband), she and 25 friends organized a casino night fundraiser to raise funds for the Go for Broke Monument. $20,000 was raised. Shortly after, she was approached by Debra Nishinaka-Skelton, executive director of the Foundation, to join the staff as a development associate to support the completion of the Go for Broke Monument. A year later, the executive director collapsed from a cerebral hemorrhage and Christine was appointed as the interim executive director and then permanently as the ED at the age of 28. In 2009, the Go for Broke Monument was unveiled in Los Angeles due to the efforts of a group of 100th, 442nd and MIS veterans who spent near two decades to fundraise and build the Monument. Christine was mentored by Colonel Young Oak Kim, chairman of the board and 100th Infantry Battalion officer, for the next 8 years, to help grow the Foundation to become an educational nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about the 100th, 442nd and MIS veterans. She credits his visionary mentorship to understand nonprofit management and governance Out of her early years as Executive Director, she recalls the scariest moment of her career was when Colonel Kim sent her to Sacramento to lobby for state funds. She remembers being nervous as she walked down the halls of the state capitol, presenting her case for funding in five minutes or less, with legislative members. She survived and in hindsight realizes that it was the turning point for her to overcome her fear in order to advocate for a cause she passionately believed in. Over the course of next three years, $1.5 million was secured from the State of California for the establishment of an education program. During her later years at GFBNEC, another significant turning point for Christine was being mentored by General Eric Shinseki, who became the National Spokesperson for the organization from 3 years from 2007-2009. She worked closely with General Shinseki to help establish the organization at the national level by increasing GFBNEC's presence throughout the U.S.. He ingrained in her the importance of having a vision, long and short term strategic planning and execution and gave her the insights on how to do it at the national level. She has benefited greatly from his mentorship which continues today as she works on the Congressional Gold Medal initiatives with the National Veterans Network. While serving as Executive Director then President/CEO from 1997 to 2010, she founded the Hanashi Oral History Program which holds the nation's largest collection, 1100 in total, of visual Japanese American World War II veteran oral histories. She also introduced the development of educational programs on the Nisei Soldiers that include teacher training programs, online interview archive, digital curriculum and co-produced award-winning documentaries, "A Tradition of Honor" and "Going for Broke." On the fundraising front, she fundraised at the national level and spent time on Capitol Hill in Washington DC advocating for funds which resulted in 5.5 million in grants over a three year period. Christine Sato-Yamazaki is now the Executive Director of the National Veterans Network (NVN), a national coalition of Japanese American veteran and civic organizations that advocate to educate and enlighten the public about the experience and legacy of the Japanese American World War II soldiers. Christine is presently working with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington DC to develop a Congressional Gold Medal Digital Exhibition that will be on display with the Congressional Gold Medal at the National Museum of American History and available digitally worldwide in 2016. Prior to this from 2013-2014, she along with the coalition members sponsored and jointly collaborated with the Smithsonian on a seven-city nationwide tour when the Congressional Gold Medal traveled to some of the top history museums in the country, reaching 350,000 onsite visitors while the medal was on display. From 2010 to 2011, she led the coalition on a two-year national initiative to secure the passage of S.1055 to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd RCT and Military Intelligence Service, serving as a liaison to the United States Congress and United States Mint for the bill passage, medal design and Congressional Gold Medal awards ceremony. Upon its passage, she attended the bill signing by President Obama in the Oval office of the White House in October 2010. Under her leadership, over $700,000 was raised for a three-day national celebration that brought out 2500 veterans and family members to Washington DC. Christine is a graduate of University of California, Riverside and received the UCR Alumni Award of Distinction for her work dedicated to the Nisei Soldiers in 2012. She is a granddaughter of the late 442nd veteran, Dave Kawagoye. She lives in Torrance, CA. She owes a debt of gratitude to her husband, David, and her family who has supported her career and travels. She also has a eight year old son, Kyle, who has endured her travel since he was one years old. He complains less now but by the fourth day of any trip demands that she returns home!

Christopher J. Chan

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Partner / Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Daphne Kwok - President

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President

In July, 2013, Daphne Kwok was appointed as the Vice President, of AARP's Multicultural Markets and Engagement. Daphne leads the AARP's outreach to Asian Americans 50+. Daphne Kwok was appointed by President Barack Obama in July 2010 to serve as Chair of President Obama's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Ms. Kwok has also served as the Executive Director of Asians & Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California (APIDC) for the last five years. A non-profit based in Oakland, APIDC seeks to give a voice and a face to AAPIs with disabilities. Ms. Kwok has fought to break down the stigma in the AAPI community about disabilities and to provide technical assistance to organizations that want to effectively work with AAPIs with disabilities. Prior to her tenure at APIDC, Ms. Kwok served as the Executive Director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) in San Francisco from 2005-2007. At AIISF, she worked to preserve and restore the Angel Island Immigration Station and to promote the role that it played in shaping America's past and present. Ms. Kwok is also a former Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS), where she focused on increasing political participation of the APIA community and working with API elected officials from school board members to Members of Congress. Prior to her services at APAICS, Ms. Kwok served for 11 years as Executive Director of the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), a non-profit, civil rights organization with more than 10,000 members. A graduate of Wesleyan University in East Asian Studies and Music, Ms. Kwok is the first Asian American to serve on its Board of Trustees.

Dr. Ravi Chaudhary

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Director of Advanced Programs and Innovation

Dr. Ravi Chaudhary is the Director of Advanced Programs and Innovation, Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST), at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Reporting directly to the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space, he is responsible for the execution of advanced development and research programs in support of the FAA's Commercial Space Transportation mission. The Directorate of Advanced programs includes the office of the Chief Engineer, providing technical leadership and performance-based oversight of AST's regulatory responsibilities for the Commercial Space Industry. He also leads all AST Research and Development activities, including the FAA's nationally recognized Center of Excellence in Commercial Space (COE CST), a consortium of ten different universities committed to cutting-edge research in the space field. Dr. Chaudhary previously served as Executive Director, Regions and Center Operations, at the FAA. In this role he was responsible for leadership, integration, and execution of aviation operations in 9 different regions located nationwide. He executed a $254 Million operating budget, and led over 400 Federal Employees geographically located across the nation. As second in command to the Deputy Assistant Administrator, he was responsible for providing Department of Transportation and FAA-wide services in the areas of operations, safety, policy, industry and congressional outreach, and emergency readiness for the National Aerospace System. Ravi Chaudhary is a former Air Force officer, having completed 21 years of service. He has completed a variety of command, operational, engineering, and senior staff assignments in the Air Force. As a C-17 pilot, he conducted and led global flight operations in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific regions. As a flight test engineer, he was responsible for FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) certification of military avionics and hardware for over $2 Billion in Air Force Transport Modernization Programs supporting flight safety and mishap prevention. Dr. Chaudhary also supported space launch operations for the Global Positioning System (GPS), and led third stage and flight safety activities to ensure full-operational capability of the first GPS constellation. As a systems engineer, he supported NASA's International Space Station test activities, to include development of the first orbital debris repair systems to ensure safety of NASA Astronauts. Dr. Chaudhary also serves as a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. In this role, he advises the President on executive branch efforts to improve economic and community development, public and private sector collaboration, health, education and veterans support for the AAPI community. Dr. Chaudhary holds a Doctorate specializing in Executive Leadership and Innovation from the Georgetown University D.L.S. Program, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from St. Mary's University as a NASA graduate fellow, an M.A. in Operational Arts and Military Science from Air University, and a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Academy. He has published numerous articles in Future Strategy, Aircraft Design, Business Transformation, and Space Operations. Dr. Chaudhary holds FAA commercial, multi-engine, and instrument pilot certificates and has logged over 3000 hours as a pilot and flight test engineer (760 combat hours) and multiple deployments since Sept 11, 2001.

Dr. Rohini Anand

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Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer for Sodexo

Dr. Rohini Anand is Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer for Sodexo, a leading provider of Quality of Life Services with $24 billion or 18 billion euro in consolidated annual revenue and nearly 428,000 employees in 80 countries serving 75 million customers daily. Dr. Anand is responsible for the strategic direction, implementation and business alignment of Sodexo's integrated global diversity and inclusion initiatives, as well as Sodexo USA's sustainable development, wellness and corporate social responsibility strategies. She leads the organization's sustained culture change initiatives as well as its integration in the overall business growth strategy. Today diversity, wellness and inclusion and sustainability are thought leadership platforms of the Sodexo brand and key drivers of Sodexo's business growth. Under Dr. Anand's leadership, Sodexo received the prestigious 2012 Catalyst Award and was the only company to be ranked #1 or #2 for five years consecutive years on the DiversityInc business index of Top Companies for Diversity and Inclusion. In addition, the Human Rights Campaign has given Sodexo a 100% rating on its prestigious Corporate Equality Index for seven consecutive years. Sodexo has been recognized as best-in-class for social, environmental and economic responsibility by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index every year for the past nine years and commitment to sustainability has been recognized for efforts and results in social, environmental and economic performance at the World Economic Forum 2013 in Davos with three awards: Sector Leader 2013, Gold Class 2013, and Sector Mover 2013. Today the Sodexo brand is synonymous with diversity, sustainability and wellness leadership. Sodexo's remarkable culture change, led by diversity and inclusion, is featured in a Harvard Business School case study entitled Shifting the Diversity Climate: the Sodexo Solution. Widely considered a leading expert on organizational change and diversity and inclusion, Dr. Anand has authored several manuals and has been published in numerous trade journals. Her works include texts on cultural competency and diversity and inclusion such as a chapter in The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence (2009), Customizing Diversity Training Using Case Vignettes (2001), Multicultural Case Studies: Tools for Training (1999), Teaching Skills and Cultural Competence: A Guide for Trainers (1997) and Cultural Competency in Health Care: A Guide for Trainers (1997). Dr. Anand has also been the recipient of many prestigious awards and honors including the Mosaic Woman Leadership Award, the Women's Foodservice Forum Trailblazer Award, the Maryland International Business Leadership Award, the American Institute for Managing Diversity's Individual Leader Award and Webster University's Women of Influence Award. Dr. Anand received her PhD from the University of Michigan and serves on the boards of several organizations including the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN); the Human Rights Campaign, Universities at Shady Grove, iMCI, the Catalyst Board of Advisors and the National Organization on Disabilities (NOD).

Eleanor Mae Pascual

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Financial Advisor / Providential Legacy Group

Fabian DeRozario

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Gloria Enriquez

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Director / UPS Corporate Security Operations Group

Gobinda Shrestha

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Jane Juan Li

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Data and Analytics, Product Management Supply Chain, Customer, Marketing, Operation

Jenny Yao Harrison

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Supply Chain Strategist and Portfolio Innovator

John C. Yang

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President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice ( AAJC )

At Advancing Justice I AAJC, John leads the organization's efforts to fight for civil rights and empower Asian Americans to create a more just America for all through public policy advocacy,education, and litigation. His extensive legal

Jon Iwata

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Executive in Residence at the Yale School of Management

Jon Iwata is Executive in Residence at the Yale School of Management. His appointment followed his retirement from IBM in 2018. During his 34-year career with IBM, Jon held a variety of senior management roles. He was most recently IBM Senior Vice President and Chief Brand Officer. IBM's brand is one of the most valuable in the world, a status enhanced by strategic brand platforms that express the company's strategy, purpose and values. Jon is the architect of several of these platforms, including e-business, Smarter Planet and Watson. Prior to his role as Chief Brand Officer, Jon led IBM's global marketing, communications and corporate citizenship organization for nearly a decade. He was chairman of the IBM Values and Policy Advisory Board and chaired IBM's corporate strategy committee for three years. Jon has reported to three IBM CEOs during two decades of significant transformation of the information technology industry, globalization and geopolitical issues. He continues to be an advisor to Ginni Rometty, IBM's current Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. In addition to his role at Yale University, Jon is a trustee of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and a director of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Jon is recognized as a leader in both the marketing and corporate communications professions. He is an inductee of the Marketing Hall of Fame, the CMO Club Hall of Fame and the Page Society Hall of Fame, which honors lifetime achievement in business communications. He was named a Brand Genius by AdWeek in 2017 and is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from The Seminar, an organization of Chief Communications Officers. He holds a B.A. from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jose State University. Jon is co-inventor of a U.S. patent for advanced semiconductor lithography technology.

JuE Wong - CEO

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CEO
Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Julie Xiong

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / DEI Business Intelligence and Data Governance Manager General Motors Company

Kim D. Reimann

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Associate Professor / Political Science Department Georgia State University

Kiran Agnihotri

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Co - Founder and Partner / US International Business and Research Center

Leng Leng Chancey

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Executive Director
Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Linda Akutagawa

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
CEO & President / LEAP

Liz Genereux

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Marianne Chung

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Consultant
Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Partner

Mayumi Cole

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Member of the Executive Board
Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Michael Chen

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General Partner and CEO of Chen & Associates

Michael Chen is currently the General Partner and CEO of Chen & Associates, an advisory services firm focused on the media, financial services, aviation, and food industry. Michael founded the firm in 1997, and joined full-time in 2013. In addition, he serves as the Strategic Advisor to the President of Grace Farms Foundation (www.gracefarms.org), where he advises and works with the President on all key decisions, including financial, organizational, staffing, operational, legal, and communications. He also serves as the Chairman of The CEO Forum (www.ceoforum.ceo), a fast growing media company focused on disseminating CEO wisdom exclusively to the top 10,000 CEO's and aspiring CEO's. From 2012-2013, he was a Management Committee Advisor and Strategic Partner to the Chief Investment Officer at Bridgewater Associates. From 2011-2012, he was the President of NBC News' Strategic Initiatives Group and served on the Board of Directors for The Weather Channel. Prior to joining NBC News, Michael was a GE Officer and President & CEO of GE Capital's Media, Communications, and Entertainment (MCE) business from 2006-2010. He was also the Chairman of the Board and co-creator of the Peacock Equity Fund from 2006-2010, which was a digital media fund supported by GE and NBC Universal that returned 40% IRR before being merged into Comcast Ventures. Michael started as a financial analyst for IBM. After spending nine years in financial planning, pricing, financial investments, and credit analysis for IBM and IBM Credit Corporation, he joined GE in 1994 as Vice President of Risk Management for GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). He was named Senior Vice President and General Manager, North America of GECAS in 1999. From 1999-2006, he helped grow the North America business by 4x to nearly $500M in Net Income. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester and an MBA in Finance from the SC Johnson School of Business at Cornell University. Michael has been featured in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. He currently serves as an Emeritus Advisory Council member for the SC Johnson School of Business, and is Vice Chairman of Grace Farms Foundation. In addition, he previously served on the Board of The Weather Channel, the Norwalk Community College Foundation, the Diversity Advisory Board at Sodexo Corporation, the Executive Diversity Council of GE, and the Planning Team for Grace Community Church. He was named the top Asian American in business in 2008 by the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC), and was the highest ranking Asian American in the media sector when he worked for NBC News in 2011. Michael is married, and has 4 children. He and his family live in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Michael Fung

Michael Fung served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Walmart U.S., a multinational retailer, from 2006 until his retirement in February 2012, as Senior Vice President, Internal Audit Services from 2003 to 2006, and as Vice President, Finance and Administration of Global Procurement from 2001 to 2003. Michael grew up in Chicago in a working-class environment. His parents immigrated to the United States looking for a better life and opportunity. Michael's father worked as a waiter in a restaurant his entire life and his mother worked as a seamstress in a shoe factory. Michael and his two older brothers were "latchkey children" since his parents needed to work in order to support the family. Michael did not see his parents often but did learn the value of education, hard work, respect and the meaning of honoring one's family. Michael worked throughout his formulate years and was able to pay for his own books and tuition at the University of Illinois. He was the first member of his family to attend college. Michael learned humility throughout his upbringing and how difficult life was for working class individuals. Michael's multiple part time jobs included being a dishwasher, waiter, bus boy and janitor. Michael also loaded and unloaded trucks for Sears Roebuck throughout his college years, which introduced him to retail. Between his junior and senior year at the University, Michael joined the Illinois National Guard and received training as a Military Policeman. After completing basic and advanced infantry training, Michael returned to his unit in Chicago. In one of Michael's key career moments, he decided to enter Officer School and complete training in order to be commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Michael thought he could achieve more from his career in the military and get more accomplished for his team if he was in a leadership position. Michael learned in basic training and Officer School the meaning of servant leadership. After graduation, Michael started in public accounting with Deloitte Touche. After several years, Michael joined Beatrice Foods, which was one of the world's largest diversified food companies. He was promoted rapidly and became their youngest corporate officer in their history. He also received Beatrice's President Honor Club, Beatrice's highest honor to an individual. Michael decided to go back to school and earned his MBA at the University of Chicago by going to class in the evenings, weekends and summers while working full time. Going back to school was difficult but paved the way for further success as Michael was able to leverage his experience and apply his education in various industries. Michael served as the Chief Financial Officer at Bass Pro Shops, Vanstar Corporation and Sensient Technologies. In each of these companies, Michael sought challenges and opportunities where he could continue to learn and make a difference.

Mr. Norman Y. Mineta

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Secretary
Secretary of Transportation

Mr. Norman Y. Mineta became the 14th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on January 25, 2001. In nominating him, President Bush said, "Norm made a reputation in the halls of Congress as someone who understands that a sound infrastructure in America will lead to economic opportunity for all Americans." As Secretary of Transportation, Mr. Mineta oversees an agency with 60,000 employees and a $56.3 billion budget. Created in 1967, the U.S. Department of Transportation brought under one umbrella air, maritime and surface transportation missions. "Transportation is key to generating and enabling economic growth, determining the patterns of that growth, and determining the competitiveness of our businesses in the world economy," said Secretary Mineta. "Transportation is thus key to both our economic success and to our quality of life." As a result of September 11, 2001, President Bush signed into law on November 19, 2001, the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), which among other things established the Transportation Security Administration within the Department of Transportation. During 2002, under Secretary Mineta's direction, the department undertook the earth-moving efforts to transform, in the course of only a year, the Transportation Security Administration from a piece of paper into a fully operational agency with extensively trained new federal employees and the numerous congressional deadlines met. On March 1, 2003, the Transportation Security Agency was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security as a fully-operational agency. Mr. Mineta served as chairman of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee between 1992 and 1994. He chaired the committee's aviation subcommittee between 1981 and 1988, and chaired its Surface Transportation Subcommittee from 1989 to 1991. During his career in Congress he championed increases in investment for transportation infrastructure, and was a key author of the landmark Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 which shifted decisions on highway and mass Secretary Mineta and his family were among the 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry forced from their homes and into internment camps during World War II. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, Mr. Mineta joined the Army in 1953 and served as an intelligence officer in Japan and Korea. He joined his father in the Mineta Insurance Agency before entering politics in San Jose, serving as a member of its City Council from 1967 to 1971 and mayor from 1971 to 1974, becoming the first Asian Pacific American mayor of a major U.S. city. As mayor, he favored greater control of transportation decisions by local government, a position he later championed in ISTEA.

Ms. Jin Davis - CSR

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Chief Sustainability Officer
Chief Sustainability Officer Comcast Corporation

Susan Jin Davis, Chief Sustainability Officer, has over 25 years of experience in the communications and technology industry. In her current position, Ms. Jin Davis is responsible for identifying sustainable strategies and priorities and for implementing the Company's Sustainability Program across all of Comcast business units and functions. Prior to her current role, Ms. Jin Davis was Senior Vice President of Operations Compliance and was responsible for implementing product policies, operationalizing regulatory and legal requirements, reducing costs to the cable business, and managing business compliance. In 2011, Ms. Jin Davis negotiated a historic Memorandum of Understanding between Comcast and the Asian American community as part of the Company's merger with NBC Universal that creates ground-breaking commitments in the areas of programming, supplier and employment diversity, and community investment. She serves on Comcast's Internal Diversity Council and is a Company liaison to the Comcast and NBCUniversal Joint Diversity Council. She is an executive sponsor of Asian Pacific Americans at Comcast, a Company affinity group. Ms. Jin Davis was also responsible for launching Comcast's Internet Essentials Program in 2011. Internet Essentials offers low-cost Internet service, discounted computer equipment and free digital literacy training to families with at least one child eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program. Internet Essentials is Comcast's largest, most successful community investment initiative, having connected more than 600,000 families - over 2.4 million low income Americans - to the power of the Internet in their homes. Ms. Jin Davis is also integrally involved in the Company's approach to digital literacy, providing resources to customers on safe Internet use with particular emphasis on helping families understand the Internet and teaching children how to responsibly use Comcast's services. She leads the Company's On-Line Safety Advisory Council, an external body of leaders in the area on-line safety. Recently, she completed the Women in Cable Telecommunications Senior Executive Summit at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and has completed the Women's Executive Leadership Program at the Wharton School of Business. She received the 2010 Paragon Award of the National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Cable and completed CTAM's Executive Management Program at the Harvard Business School. Ms. Jin Davis was a fellow in the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute of the Women in Cable Telecommunications. She has been named one of the "Most Powerful Women in Cable" by CableFAX and one of the "Top 50 Most Influential Minorities in Cable" by CableWorld for many years. Ms. Jin Davis is actively involved in Comcast's diversity efforts, particularly as it relates to the Company's relationship with the Asian American community. She serves as the Chair of the Board of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies and is a director on the Boards of the Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund, the Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship, and the Juvenile Law Center. Ms. Jin Davis also serves on the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr College.

Myles Villoria

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Noy Lounnarath

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Global Grants and Training Manager / the UPS Foundation

Patricia Ann "Kiko" Harvey

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Director of Oversight at the United Nations World Food Programme
Inspector General and Director of Oversight at the United Nations World Food Programme

Patricia Ann "Kiko" Harvey, inspector general and director of oversight at the United Nations World Food Programme, has become the newest member of the Gemological Institute of America's (GIA) board of governors. She first joined the board in February. She is a member of its audit and finance committees. Harvey is based in Rome and has worked for the United Nations World Food Programme since 2017. The GIA's newest governor has more than 30 years of executive-level experience in the private and public sectors. She has held senior management positions at Delta Air Lines, Starbucks, Yum! Brands' Taco Bell, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, focusing on risk, internal audit, and compliance. She is a certified public accountant with a certification in risk management assurance, and she received both her Bachelor of Science and master's in accounting degrees from the University of Southern California. GIA board of governors chair Dione Kenyon said in a statement that Harvey's "global experience, broad perspective, and expertise will help steer the Institute as we plan for the future." Harvey was a former vice president - Corporate Audit and lead Delta's Corporate Audit team in carrying out reviews of the company's business functions to ensure effective controls and compliance with company policies, as well as identify process efficiencies. Previously, Harvey held the position of vice president, Internal Audit for Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle. Harvey's more than 10-year tenure at the company is highlighted by her role in advocating for and developing a strong internal audit program. Harvey's more than 23 years of diverse professional experience also includes positions of increasing leadership at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Taco Bell Corporation. Harvey holds both Masters of Accounting and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Southern California and is a certified public accountant.

Pauline Ho

Pauline Ho's personal background is filled with educational challenges: she could be defined as an immigrant, an English Language learner, a member of a low-income family and a first-generation college student. Rather than be defined by these labels, Pauline has chosen to channel her background and experiences to shape her passion for being a scholar in the field of education. Pauline was born and raised in a small town in Vietnam. Growing up in a rural area, she thought her life would be as ordinary as other young girls in the town - attending school, getting married and living a life as a stay-at-home mother. However, her life trajectory completely changed when her mom informed her about their migration to America. Her family has experienced various financial and personal challenges as they landed on America. She recalls that her family was in major debt even before they stepped on the plane. They needed to live in a living room where the family of four had to sleep on one bed. Soon after their arrival, her father went to another state for his first job in a small factory. It was not until several months later that their family reunited. When Pauline arrived in America, she had only studied English for two hours. Not knowing English, she struggled with classes and was isolated from classmates. With dedication and perseverance, she developed a way to face her fear and struggles that is to challenge herself to achieve higher goals. When she struggled in a World History course, she challenged herself to take AP Government in her senior year. When she struggled to learn English in her freshman year, she challenged herself to become an academic tutor for English learners in her junior year. When she tried to learn English as a new language, she also became fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, in addition to her native language, Vietnamese. With the encouragement and support of family and teachers, Pauline gained her admission to the University of California, Irvine. As a member of a low-income family, Pauline proactively took steps to support herself by receiving various scholarships to fund her undergraduate study, both at the national and local levels. She was awarded the APIASF scholarships twice throughout her undergraduate career for her dedicate to academic success and community services. Being the first person in her family to attend college, Pauline has experienced several personal challenges. The transition to college was difficult, especially given her strong drive to achieve and be a role model to the family and the community. As she tried to manage her financial situations, academic study, and her grandma's Alzheimer's disease, she has come to realize her limitations as an individual and learned to embrace her imperfection through a period of depression. With a quarter off from school, she found her passion in serving others by volunteering in a senior home, teaching English to minority language speakers. Moreover, she reflected on her dream which she once thought it was about what she can do. However, today, she deeply realized that it is not her who pursue any dream, but it is about responding to the purpose that God has prepared for her. It is more than what her abilities can do to make an impact. Pursuing a God-given dream is her key to success! Pauline recently graduated from UC Irvine with a double major in Education Sciences and Social Policy & Public Service with cum laude. She has risen to achieve a variety of academic honors such as AERA 2017 Undergraduate Fellow, National Science Foundation GRFP Honorable Mention and UCI's 2017 Chancellor's Award of Distinction. In addition to her academic achievements, she has fulfilled a variety of leadership and research roles during her four years at UCI. She has been involved in three research labs, conducted four undergraduate research projects (two of these independently), presented at four symposiums, completed an honors thesis and co-founded two student organizations. In addition, she has been coaching several high school and college students through the college application process as well as serving as their personal mentor throughout their educational journey. Pauline will be starting her doctoral degree in Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her research focuses on examining factors that influence underrepresented groups' educational aspirations and persistence. She is dedicated to use her knowledge and research to fulfill her God-given dream: to encourage and support the next generations to dream big, soar like an eagle, and live life to the fullest. Pauline owes her success to God, her family, the Los Angeles Kam Kwong Church family, her mentors, her friends and the communities she lived in. Without any of them, she won't be who she is today.

Radha Dahal

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Member of the Bhutanese American Community

Radha Dahal was born in Surey village in southern Bhutan . Her family had to flee the country in 1992 during the ethnic cleansing by the Bhutanese Government while she was in her infancy. The family landed up in a refugee camp in Nepal run by UNHCR. Leaving behind the school built by her grandfather and father in Bhutan she grew up studying under the trees and bamboo huts in the camp using self designed kerosene lamps. Though back in Bhutan the family had a good place to live and enough crops to feed them Radha's family depended on the food from different donors for almost two decades. Right from elementary school in the camp Radha was a very active student. She played games and participated in the school sports. She also led several child-to-child programs. Every time she passed by the AMDA Hospital in the she had the desire to work there when she grew up and she knew it well that doing well in the school was her only option. When frustrations were growing in the camps in Nepal with no progress in repatriation to her homeland Bhutan, things took a different turn as the opportunity of third country resettlement for Bhutanese refugees were opened. Such an opportunity was highly encouraged by people and the organizations helping the refugees and Radha's family was given the option to resettle in the United States. Her family happily accepted the opportunity and in July 2008, she headed for Atlanta, Georgia. She had just completed her board examination for grade 10 and had scored a first division. She had already volunteered many hundred hours in the camp helping her community learn about health and sustainability. In a New land and in a new school at Dunwoody High she completed her high school in 2010. To pursue her long time dream to be health professional she joined Georgia Perimeter College completing her pre-requisites and later transferred to Georgia State University where she is now studying to be a Respiratory Therapist. From the day of her resettlement, Radha has been an indispensible member of the Bhutanese American Community in Georgia. Her focus is health and education. Taking the seniors for exercise, gardening and nutrition lessons fill her time while she is at home. Teaching English to her parents and senior community members never makes her tired. Her big achievement came when her parents and several other seniors passed their the US Citizenship test and got their citizenship with more than three years of her coaching them. She has been extremely encouraged by their success. Radha uses social media and advocates the family connections and family reunions. She has taught many seniors to use Facebook and Face-Time to connect with the long separated family members in Bhutan and Nepal. In 2014 she earned money working at Walmart and took care of her aging parents when they travelled to New Zealand and Australia for family reunion. She also went as their guide when they visited Canada the same year. Today Radha and her parents have video chats with her sister who is in Bhutan and she has plans to take her parents to meet her in future. It is almost 24 years they have been separated. Radha wants to help her sister's children get their higher education . In 2015 Radha was awarded the APIASF, United Health Foundation Scholarship which provided her the necessary fund to take up studies full time. Today she is a Respiratory Therapy at Georgia State University. She will graduate in 2017. She is not only the pride of her family but also a leader in the making for her community. She has volunteered in numerous community events. She also volunteered for International Rescue Committee, Atlanta, Sewa International, Hindu Buddhist Spiritual Center and Global Soap Project.

Richard Lui

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Rina Bala

Job Titles:

Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board
Process Analyst

Ronald Chang

Job Titles:

President of Corporate Treasury

Ronald Chang, President of Corporate Treasury and Finance at UPS Inc., was appointed to this position in October 2018. He has responsibilities for Global Cash Management, Corporate Finance, Enterprise Risk Insurance, Pensions, and Investor Services. He has over twenty-five years of financial experience with UPS Inc., the world's largest transportation and logistics company. Prior to this position, Ronald served as President of Enterprise Transformation where he was responsible for identifying opportunities globally across the enterprise to streamline decision making, improve and automate processes, and outsource where possible. Ronald has also served as President of UPS Capital Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of UPS focused on providing supply chain finance and insurance services. While at UPS Capital, he led the rapid expansion into Europe and Asia, acquired and integrated Parcel Pro and G4Si (Insured Parcel Division), the leading independent logistics providers to the jewelry, wristwatch and collectibles industries. Ronald's previous assignments include serving as Vice-President and Global Head of Mergers & Acquisition and Intellectual Property Group, Vice-President of Mergers & Acquisitions, Treasury for Europe and Asia, Vice President of Finance in Asia as well as the US Western Region. In addition, Ronald is the executive sponsor for UPS's Asian Talent Management program and community philanthropic activities. He also serves as an advisor to the UPS Foundation. Outside of UPS, Ronald serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP). He is also a NAAAP 100 honoree, recognizing the most influential leaders and contributors in the Asian community. Ronald is also a member of the Business Advisory Council for Organization for Chinese Americans (OCA) National and the recipient of the "Leaders & Legends" award from Who's Who in Asian American Communities for his outstanding contributions to his company and community. Ronald earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.

Rosie Abriam

Job Titles:

President / CEO for the Center for Asian Pacific American Women

Rosie is the President/CEO for The Center for Asian Pacific American Women. Previously, she held technical and management roles in government and corporate entities for over 20 years. At New Focus, Inc., a photonics company in Silicon Valley, she developed patents for laser and photonics applications. She was the technical lead/manager of multiple projects in Europe, Asia and South America. These projects spanned oil and gas, civil engineering, biomedical and photonic applications. Prior to New Focus, Rosie worked on a national emergency response program related to atmospheric models at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). While at LLNL, she received multiple awards including the Distinguished Physics Award from the Director of the Lab. In her "first" career, she was the first woman to become a field biologist for Alameda County's Mosquito Abatement District. Rosie is a volunteer and board member on numerous community organizations including Forward Together, AAPIP Metro DC (Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy), the Leader Project and Institute of Zen Studies. Rosie co-founded Rosemary Pai, Inc., a private company which markets and retails new and small business ventures and ALY Fund, a donor advised fund dedicated to building API leadership and health capacity in our communities. Rosie has taught martial arts for over 25 years. She is a Gura Fifth Degree of the Kamatuuran School of Kali. She is a Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Institute Fellow (APAWLI) and was honored as one of the 100 Most Influential Filipinas in America.

Rudy Pamintuan - Managing Director

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Managing Director
Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Shiro Floyd Mori

Shiro Floyd Mori was born in Murray, Utah, outside of Salt Lake City on May 30, 1939. His parents were immigrants to the United States from Kagoshima, Japan. He is the seventh of eight children. When he was a small child, the family bought a farm in Sandy, Utah, where Floyd attended school. Active in sports, he became an All State High School Baseball Player. After graduation from Jordan High School, he served for six months on active duty at Fort Ord, California, with the United States Army Reserves. Floyd entered college at the University of Southern California (USC). He interrupted his college studies to serve a two year mission to Hawaii for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). He attended Brigham Young University (BYU) from which he received a Bachelors degree with a dual major in Economics and Asian Studies. He received a Masters degree in Economics and Political Science from BYU. He has attended fellowship programs at Stanford University and UCLA. Upon completion of college, Floyd taught Economics at Chabot College in Hayward, California, for ten years. He was on the Faculty Senate, was a member of the credit committee for the college credit union, taught religious education classes, was advisor of student clubs, and was a member of several professional organizations. In 1972 he was elected City Councilman of the City of Pleasanton, California, and later served as Mayor. Floyd was elected to the California State Assembly in March 1975 and served for six years in that capacity as one of the first two Japanese Americans to serve in the State Assembly. He was later Director of the Office of International Trade for the State of California. He has worked in various business ventures including as an International Business Consultant when he and his partners were instrumental in taking Subway Sandwiches and Pennzoil to Japan, and he has been an owner of a golf business. Floyd has held various local and national positions for the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the nation's oldest and largest Asian American civil and human rights organization, including four years as National President and four years as Vice President. He joined the JACL staff in 2005 and was Director of Public Policy, followed by the assignment to become the National Executive Director/CEO of the JACL. He retired from that position on June 1, 2012, and received the title of Executive Director Emeritus. He is currently the President/CEO of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS). He is a member and supporter of many civil rights and community organizations. He served on the Executive Council of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCR) and was chair of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA). He serves on the Diversity Council for Comcast and has served on various boards of organizations, including the National JACL Credit Union, Alpine Country Club, and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). He has received awards for his work in community service including Outstanding Citizen Achievement Award from OCA National, Community Leadership Award from Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS), Coalition Building Award from the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), Voices of Courage Award from the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno, the Distinguished Citizenship and Patriotism Award from Pan Pacific American Leaders and Mentors (PPALM), and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette Award from the Government of Japan. Floyd has been chairman of Gala dinners, conventions, golf tournaments, conferences, and various events for the JACL and other community groups. He started a Nihon Matsuri (Japan Festival) in Salt Lake City. He initiated the National JACL Gala in the nation's capital. He fostered corporate partnerships as well as establishing Fellowships. He started the JACL D.C. Digest to inform members and friends of current happenings through weekly emails. He has spoken numerous times to various groups over the years about the Japanese American and Asian American story with particular emphasis on the discrimination and experiences during World War II. Some of the speeches along with articles written have been compiled into a book entitled, The Japanese American Story - As Told Through a Collection of Speeches and Articles.

Sopheap Lam

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Member of the WWAAC Corporate Advisory Board

Susan Sim Oh

Job Titles:

Co - Owner of WKTB - CD
Co - Owner, WKTB - CD TV Station Managing Partner, Telemundo Atlanta

Susan Sim Oh, is the co-owner of WKTB-CD, a local Class A Television Station in the Atlanta DMA broadcasting top-tier Spanish and Korean broadcast networks, ultimately serving the fastest growing minority groups in Atlanta with a broadcast reach of over a million viewers. Oh is one of the few Asian female TV station owners in the nation. Asian Class A TV station owners in the US represent only 1.6% of all station owners. Additionally, Oh is Managing Partner for Telemundo Atlanta handles all business development aspects including contractual obligations, carriage negotiations and programming contracts for Telemundo Atlanta, a premier Spanish-language television station. Oh launched Telemundo Atlanta in 2009 and continues to oversee distribution, local programming, marketing and news operations at Telemundo Atlanta. In 2011, Oh spearheaded 4 of Telemundo Atlanta's signature annual events that are an integral part of the Latino community: NaviDando Christmas promotion for families in need, Todos Somos Héroes community awards luncheon, Festivalísimo Fall Festival and Proyecto Rayito de Luz room makers for chronically ill children. In March of 2012, Oh recruited talent and developed the workflow and structure for the leading local Spanish- language newscasts in the market, Noticerio Telemundo Atlanta. In June of 2015, Oh along with her team expanded the news offerings to include a 5:30pm newscast and introduced a newly designed news set to accompany the launch of the news expansion. Telemundo Atlanta provides the most local news in Spanish in the Atlanta DMA with daily 5:30pm, 6pm and 11pm live newscasts. Through Oh's leadership, Telemundo Atlanta was the first local Spanish-language television station to consecutively garner the coveted ‘Overall Station Excellence' Emmy® Award by the National Academy of Arts and Sciences in the Southeast region in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. Under Oh's leadership, Telemundo Atlanta has garnered 41 Emmy® Awards within the last 5 years. A journalist by training, Oh worked at CNN in Atlanta, GA and WCID in Champaign, IL in various news production and media relations capacities. Oh received her Executive MBA from Georgia State University and her Bachelors of Science in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. In 2014, the Atlanta Business Chronicle recognized Oh with a 40 Under 40 award for her business accomplishments and community involvement. Under Oh's leadership, Korean Television Network (KTN) received the Community Champions Award in 2012 from the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center for creating media partnerships across multiple platforms to generate funds and awareness on voting and immigration rights. At the University of Illinois, Oh served as president of her Sorority, treasurer of the National Honor Society and among 9,000 applicants, was selected as a member of the Senior 100 Honorary, an organization where only one hundred graduating seniors are selected based on grade point averages and leadership. Currently, Oh is a Trustee on the Brookhaven Visitors and Convention Bureau. She also serves on the Board of Directors of We Love BuHi, an organization that catalyzes and supports a livable and inclusive Buford Highway corridor. She is also an active board member of the Mustang Fund, which raises funds to maintain excellence in education at Montgomery Elementary School in Brookhaven. Previously, Oh served on the Corporate Advisory Board of the Hispanic Corporate Council of Atlanta and the Advisory Board of Caminar Latino, a non-profit organization providing services for victims and families of domestic violence. Oh is married with two children and resides in North Brookhaven.