Speaker Biographies
 | Sameer Ahmed Skadden Fellow Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund |  | Sefa Aina Director of Asian American Resource Center Pomona College |  | Kawaiopua Alo Past President Pacific Islander Community Council |  | Pablo Alvarado Executive Director National Day Laborer Organizing Network |  | Terry Ao Director of Census and Voting Programs Asian American Justice Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | Jay Aromin Executive Secretary Kutturan Chamoru Foundation |  | Aimee Baldillo Director of Programs Asian American Justice Center |  | Kafi Blumenfield President and Chief Executive Officer Liberty Hill Foundation |  | Diana Bontá Member United States Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Minority Health |  | Cynthia Buiza Director of Policy and Advocacy Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles |  | Dannielle Campos Senior Vice President / National Philanthropy Program Manager Bank of America |  | Jury Candelario Director Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team |  | Angela Chan Staff Attorney Asian Law Caucus (Workshop Moderator) |  | Joyti Chand Associate Coordinator for the Civil Rights Unit South Asian Network |  | Julia Chen Media Director IW Group, Inc. |  | Lisa Chen Community Advocate Asian Law Caucus (Workshop Co-Moderator) |  | S. Leo Chiang Producer/Director A Village Called Versailles |  | Maisie Chin Director and Co-Founder Community Asset Development Re-defining Education |  | Deborah Ching Principal Nonprofit Consulting Group |  | Sung Yeon Choi-Morrow Community Organizer Asian American Institute (Workshop Co-Moderator) |  | James Christy Regional Director, Los Angeles Region United States Census Bureau |  | Sophya Chum Program Coordinator Khmer Girls in Action |  | Jay Conui Co-Director Asian American Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership |  | Jamil Dakwar Director, Human Rights Program American Civil Liberties Union |  | Ben de Guzman Co-Director of Programs National Queer API Alliance |  | Rangita de Silva de Alwis Director of International Human Rights Policy Wellesley Centers for Women |  | Krishanti Dharmaraj Founder Women's Institute for Leadership Development for Human Rights |  | Veena Dubal Staff Attorney Asian Law Caucus (Workshop Moderator) |  | Belinda Escobosa Helzer Staff Attorney American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California |  | Joseph Fa'avae Youth Programs Coordinator Guam Communications Network |  | Ted Fang Editor/Publisher AsianWeek |  | Mónica Gil Senior Vice President, Public Affairs The Nielsen Company |  | Rosalind Gold Senior Director of Policy, Research and Advocacy National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials |  | Lisa Hasegawa Executive Director National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development |  | Marielena Hincapié Executive Director National Immigration Law Center |  | Bill Ong Hing Professor of Law University of California, Davis |  | Irene Hirano Board of Trustees Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation |  | Mimi Ho Program Director Asian Pacific Environmental Network |  | Daniel Ichinose Project Director, Demographic Research Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Ismael Ileto Brother of hate crimes victim, Joseph Ileto |  | Josh Ishimatsu Principal mz consulting |  | Val Jacobo President and CEO The Jasmar Group, Inc (Workshop Moderator) |  | Deeana Jang Policy Director Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (Workshop Moderator) |  | Keith Kamisugi Director of Communications Equal Justice Society |  | M. Bob Kao Staff Attorney Asian Pacific American Legal Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | Hamid Khan Executive Director South Asian Network |  | Claire Jean Kim Associate Professor of Political Science and Asian American Studies University of California, Irvine |  | Yongho Kim Civic Participation Coordinator Korean Resource Center |  | Preeti Kulkarni Board Member Asian Pacific Americans for Progress |  | Stewart Kwoh President and Executive Director Asian Pacific American Legal Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | Tuyet Le Executive Director Asian American Institute (Workshop Moderator) |  | Uyen Le Project Coordinator, Community Innovators Lab Massachusetts Institute of Technology |  | Arnold Lee Law Student and President of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Southwestern Law School |  | Eugene Lee Project Director, Voting Rights Asian Pacific American Legal Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | HyunJoo Lee National Organizing Coordinator National Korean American Service and Education Consortium |  | David Lin Executive Director of External Affairs AT&T |  | Titi Liu Executive Director Asian Law Caucus (Workshop Moderator) |  | Aileen Almeria Louie Leadership Development Strategy Director Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Amanda Annie Ly Youth Advocate Rosemead Youth Leadership Center |  | Chanchanit Martorell Executive Director Thai Community Development Center |  | Michael Matsuda Coordinator, Quality Teacher Programs Anaheim Union High School District |  | Catherine McCully Chief of Census Redistricting Data Office United States Census Bureau |  | Eliseo Medina International Executive Vice President Service Employees International Union |  | Leslie Moe-Kaiser Corporate Relations Manager of the Asian Pacific Islander Community State Farm |  | Carmen Morgan Project Director, Leadership Development in Interethnic Relations Asian Pacific American Legal Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | Karen Narasaki President and Executive Director Asian American Justice Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | Thuan Nguyen Coordinator California Fund for Youth Organizing |  | Priscilla Orozco Public Affairs Specialist State Farm |  | Yungsuhn Park Staff Attorney Asian Pacific American Legal Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | Manuel Pastor Jr. Professor of Geography and American Studies and Ethnicity University of Southern California |  | Eva Paterson President Equal Justice Society |  | Sara Pol-Lim Executive Director United Cambodian Community |  | Christopher Punongbayan Deputy Director Asian Law Caucus |  | Karthick Ramakrishnan Associate Professor of Political Science University of California, Riverside |  | Nancy Ramirez Western Regional Counsel Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund |  | Cristina Regalado Vice President of Programs The California Wellness Foundation |  | Cynthia Renfro Director of Programs and Evaluation Marguerite Casey Foundation |  | Jennifer Rosenbaum Legal Director New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice |  | Sara Sadhwani Project Director, Immigrant Rights Asian Pacific American Legal Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | Natasha Saelua Advisor, Student Initiated Access Center University of California, Los Angeles |  | Leland Saito Associate Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity University of Southern California |  | Sentayehu Silassie Founder Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance |  | Beatriz Solís Director, Healthy Communities, South Region The California Endowment |  | Nita Song President and Chief Operating Officer IW Group, Inc. (Workshop Moderator) |  | Aquilina Soriano Executive Director Pilipino Workers Center |  | Hannah Stone Director of Foundation Relations Asian American Justice Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | Joanna Su Director of Programs Asian American Institute (Workshop Moderator) |  | Peter Swing Director of Communications and Donor Relations Asian Law Caucus (Workshop Moderator) |  | John Taeleifi Commissioner City of Long Beach Community Development Advisory Commission |  | Bonnie Tang Associate Development Officer Asian Pacific American Legal Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | Monica Thammarath Education Advocate Southeast Asia Resource Action Center |  | Gary Toebben President and Chief Executive Officer Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce |  | Casimiro Tolentino Vice President City of Los Angeles Fire Commission |  | Alex Tom Co-Director Chinese Progressive Association |  | Robin Toma Executive Director Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission (Workshop Moderator) |  | Grace Tse Law Student and Former Teach for America Corps Member |  | Vanessa Tui'one Outreach Coordinator Tongan Community Service Center | | Alisi Tulua-Tata Program Coordinator, PATH for Women Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance |  | Hector Vargas Deputy Director, Education and Public Affairs Lambda Legal |  | Linda Trinh Võ Associate Professor and Chair, Asian American Studies University of California, Irvine (Workshop Moderator) |  | Jen Wang Co-Creator DISGRASIAN.com |  | Karin Wang Vice President of Programs Asian Pacific American Legal Center (Workshop Moderator) |  | Doreena Wong Co-Founder Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Women/Transgender Activists |  | Marshall Wong Co-Chair API Equality-LA |  | Shin-Ming Wong Helpline Attorney National Center for Lesbian Rights |  | Anthony Wright Executive Director Health Access California |  | Shinae Yoon Executive Director Visual Communications (Workshop Moderator) |  | Phil Yu Creator and Editor AngyAsianMan.com |
