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Shawn Carter, Google
Google Cloud Design Leader
DHF Events & Scholarships

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Madhu Mujoo, KPMG
Partner

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Nishthaa Bhardwaj, Adobe
Group product Manager

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Bryan Buchert, Kera Capital
Partner

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Dr. Paul C. Wang, DACM, LAc
Dao Arts Center, Founder

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Kiyoshi Simon, Volant CPA
Managing Partner

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Christine Lo
Makeup Artist & Stylist

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Brian Pang, Skyrocket Management Consulting, Founder

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Eric, NVIDIA
Autonomous Vehicles Engineering
DHF Vice President

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Lucy Huang, Wei Chuan
Executive Managing Director

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Ethan Choi, Atomus Venture Capital Managing Director
Reach Foundation, Board Member

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Winnie Tseng, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Design Leader

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Ariana Pineda, Google
Product Manager & Model

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Rita Chiang, TCSA
President

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James Giovanni Pan
Photographer

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Jack Tran
GraideMind CEO & Asian American Dream, Chairman of Board

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Sam Young, tikTok
Partnerships

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Mangesh Bhandarkar, DocuSign
Global Vice President

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George Choe, Kera Capital
Co-Founder

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Jennifer Shein, Uber
Director

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Tamie Pham, HSBC
Premier Lender

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Karen Turng, Founder
The HF Collection
DHF Brand Director

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Phil Tan, Kaiser Permanente, Acupuncturist

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Chantra Park. Jitsu
VP of Product Development

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Audrey Wisch, Curious cardinals CEO

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Alec Katz, Curious Cardinals
COO

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Michael McCabe, Kera Capital
co-Founder

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Hoss Mortezaie, Stord
Vice President, Sales

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Andrew Leung,
citi Private Bank Director

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Ann-Marie Tescon, Bytes & Notes
Founder & Music Director

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Yeki Giles, Design Leader
Former Zoom, Roche, Groupon

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Judy LoNorCal
President, GFCBW

The Invite List

This is not an exhaustive list

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  • Deb Liu - Former Ancestry CEO & Meta VP & Co-Founder, EmberAI

  • Ha Nguyen - Startup Advisor, Chief Evangelist, Former VC

  • Sesh Tirumala — COO, Western Digital

  • Eric Young — Principal Engineer, NVIDIA

  • Dac Tran — Senior Engineer, NVIDIA

  • Shawn Carter — Design Leader, Google

  • Mangesh Bhandarkar - EVP, DocuSign

  • Meenu Taneja — IT Director, Cisco

  • Varun Parmar — SVP, Adobe

  • Sara Tariq – VP, Nvidia

  • Nishthaa Bhardwaj — Group Product Manager, Adobe

  • Madhu Mujoo — Partner, KPMG

  • Van Vuong — Chief Digital Officer, Murad

  • Ariana Pineda — Product Manager, Google & Influencer

  • Andrew Wu – Director of Engineering, Rivian

  • Sam Young – Sales, TikTok

  • Janie Kong – Director, Kingston Technology

  • Lucy Huang – Executive Managing Director, Wei-Chuan Foods USA

  • Jennifer Shein — Director, Uber

  • Pranav Bhardwaj – Engineer, Amazon Web Services

  • Leo Wang — Program Manager, CrowdStrike

  • Winnie Tseng — Design Leader, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  • Hoss Mortezaie — VP of Sales, Stord

  • Ben Freeman — VP of Engineering, Arch Systems

  • JT Nguyen — CEO, Gameflip

  • Chantra Park — VP of Product Development, Jitsu

  • Kenny Lim – Director of Customer Success, Mudflap

  • Virgil Hsieh — Principal Product Manager, CHEQ

  • Cindy Phan — Head of Digital Demand, Omnissa & Ao Dai Festival Board Member

  • Yeki Giles, Design Leader — Former Zoom, Roche, Groupon

  • Jon Hantsbarger — Engineering, Applied Intuition, Ex-Cruiser

Technology & Corporate

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  • George Choe — Co-Founder, Kera Capital

  • Michael McCabe — Co-Founder, Kera Capital

  • Kiyoshi Simon — Managing Partner, Volant CPA

  • Ethan Choi — Managing Director, Atomus Venture Capital

  • Dave Lu — Managing Partner, Hyphen Capital

  • Andrew Leung — Senior Vice President, Citi Private Bank

  • Brian Pang — Consultant, Investor & Entrepreneur

  • Rohit Jately — CEO, GoodDolphin Technologies

  • Airung Liu — Owner, High Valley Financial

  • Christine Leong Connors — CEO, Verita Wealth

  • Heidi Duong — VP, Chase Private Client

  • Young Pham — VP, JPMorgan Chase

  • Ryan Froelich — Finance Executive, Denali Therapeutics

  • Ron Rohde — President, Ron Rohde Law

  • Tamie Pham — Premier Mortgage Consultant, HSBC

  • Nicholas Huang — Partner, FBT Gibbons

  • Linda Su — Real Estate Investments & Operator

  • Connie Au — Financial Controller, Elcon Precision

  • Priscilla Lim — Managing Director, BMO

  • Catherine Liang — Finance, Visa & Influencer

  • Dennis Yao Yu — CEO, The Other Group

  • Jing Yang — Head of Talent, Fremont Group

  • Alex Nguyen — Attorney & Ao Dai Festival Board Member

  • Richard Yen – Managing Partner, Medici Group

  • Kapil Raina – VP of Marketing, Veza

Venture Capital, Profesional Services & Finance

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  • Kevin Ha — Founder, Asian American Dream

  • Norman Chen — CEO, The Asian American Foundation

  • Karen Fan — Operations Manager, Asian Pacific Community Fund

  • Chun Yen Chen — Exec. Director, Asian Pacific Community Fund

  • Dr. Hochie Tsai — Founder, TaiwaneseAmerican.org and Pediatrician, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

  • Maggie Chui — Co-Founder & COO, Asian Hustle Network

  • Dr. Paul C. Wang, DACM — Founder, Dao Arts Center, Acupuncturist

  • Judge Helen Yang — Los Angeles Superior Court Judge

  • Karen Chen — Global President, Global Federation of Chinese Business Women

  • Judy Lo — NorCal President, GFCBW

  • Anita Hong — Founder, Taiwanese Cultural & Sports Association

  • Rita Chiang — President, Taiwanese Cultural & Sports Association

  • Anna Nguyen —President, Ao Dai Festival

  • Kimberly Vodang — Founder, Warm Heart Mission and CEO, 24Vegan

  • Amrita Raina — Founder, Mystique Ventures

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Community, Public Service & Nonprofit

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  • Aileen Huang — Professor, Santa Monica College

  • Ann-Marie Tecson — Founder, Bytes and Notes

  • Audrey Wisch — CEO, Curious Cardinals

  • Alec Katz — COO, Curious Cardinals

  • Caitlyn Yates — Director, Santa Clara University

  • Padma Gargeya — Exec. Director, The Reach Foundation

  • Junyoung Park — Musician & Music Director, Junyfore Music

  • Jinhee Park — Dance Director, Junyfore Music

  • Brian Park — Music Instructor, Junyfore Music

Education

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  • Dion Lim — Author and Emmy Award Winning Journalist

  • Abigail Hing Wen — Author and Film Producer

  • Stephanie Lin — Journalist, KRON4

  • Tommy Le — Fashion Designer

  • John Wang — CEO, Big Asian Energy

  • Eunjoo Kim — Fashion Designer, MeeHee Hanbok

  • Sara Guo — Dancer, Juilliard

  • Lauren Kim — Violinist, Rice University

  • Nancy Yen — CEO, OmieBox

  • Natalie Minh — CEO, Natalie Minh Interactive

  • Christine Lo — Makeup Artist

  • James Pan Giovanni — Photographer

  • Kimberly Yang — Founder, Formosa Chocolates

  • Felicia Liang — Artist and Illustrator

Arts, Media & Entreprenuership

Healthcare

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  • Dr. Sophie Lu — Founder & Director, Haute Age Clinic

  • Vanessa Vu Tuong Van – Founder, Community Health Clinic & Fashion Model

  • Dr. Jacqueline Lo — Clinical Director, Cupertino Family Dental Center

  • Phil Tan — Acupuncturist, Kaiser Permanente

  • Dr. David Chen — Physician, Kaiser Permanente

  • Dr. Linda Lin — Physician

  • Dr. Richard Luu — Physician, Kaiser Permanente

  • Nicole Hahn – Miss Asia USA 2026, Boston Univ Grad - Pre-Dental

  • Dr. Lester Young — General Surgeon, MultiCare Yakima Memorial

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