Our Team

Staff

Board of Directors

  • Chair Rose Chan Loui

    Director, Lowell Milken Program on Philanthropy & Nonprofits, UCLA School of Law

  • Vice Chair Dr. Nayan Shah

    Professor, University of Southern California

  • Treasurer Derrick Que

    Director, Risk Assurance Services, PwC

  • Secretary Judith Sasaki

    Partner, Coleman and Horowitt, LLP

  • Chair Emeritus Randall Tamura

    Graphware Corporation (Retired)

  • Board Member Albert E. Aubin

    Staff Administrator (Retired)
    Campus and Community Advocate, UCLA

  • Board Member Christine Chang

    Head of Hosting Standards and Operations, Airbnb

  • Board Member Alex De Ocampo

    Consultant, Government Affairs

  • Board Member Kiyomi Emi

    Senior Manager, Marketing Events & Partnerships, Center Theatre Group

  • Board Member the Honorable Alex Giza

    Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles County

  • Board Member Kenneth Lao

    Principal, Culinary Task Force

  • Board Member May Lee

    Journalist

    Adjunct Instructor, USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism

  • Board Member Joseph C. Portillo

    Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager, Fiduciary Trust International

  • Board Member Carmen J. Smith

    Vice President, Creative Development/Enrichment Strategies, Walt Disney Imagineering

  • Board Member Mary Tee

    Vice President/Controller, Princess Cruises

  • Board Member Dawn Yamazi

    Talent Executive, Animation

  • Board Member Jeff Yang

    Author

Advisory Council

  • Wendy Chang, Chair

    Director,
    Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

  • Charles Chatelain

    Principal,
    C2 Consulting

  • Cynthia Choi

    Co-Founder, Stop AAPI Hate

    Co-Executive Director, Chinese for Affirmative Action

  • Kin Cheng

    Managing Director,
    Courage Music

  • James E. Herr

    Director,
    National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, Japanese American National Museum

  • Michelle Lee Kim

    Film Distributor Deep C Digital

  • Sally Lew

    Philanthropic & Non-Profit Consulting, Eastwind

  • Bill McDermott

    Director of Special Projects,
    Project Angel Food

  • Gamal Palmer

    Principal & Founder,
    Conscious Builders

    Founder & CEO,
    Global Eye Entrepreneurs

  • Jennifer Price-Letscher

    President & CEO,
    The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

  • Stephania Ramirez

    Executive Director,
    Perenchio Foundation

  • Lisa Sedares

    Space Systems Engineer,
    JPL

  • Shamya Ullah

    First Vice President-Financial Advisor, RBC Wealth Management

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