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Kenny Chung

First Vice President
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Carol Lee

Second Vice President
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Sabrina Li

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Steve Maekawa

Treasurer

Stephen Arce

Vice President, Cathay Bank

Frank Feng, CPA

Senior Accountant, Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles

Katherine Gorospe

Junior Data Analyst, IW Group Inc.

Jorge Herrera Avila

Councilmember, City of San Gabriel

Judy Hsieh

Head of Operations, Larta Institute

Sabrina Li, Esq

Attorney, Law Offices of Sabrina Li, P.C

Damien Orozco

Founder, Xocial Gong LLC

Alice Shyu

CEO, Alice in LaLaLand

Vincent Shih

Consulting Controller, CliftonLarsonAllen

Mary Wong, EA

Chief Executive Officer, Exact Tax, Inc.

Elizabeth Yang, J.D.

CEO & Founder, Yang Law Offices & Optinizers

Vanessa Yang, CPA

CEO and Founder, 1st Mentor Street

Andrew Yam

Healthcare Policy Lead, LA County Department of Public Health

Community Advisory Board

Hon. Adele Andrade-Stadler

Alhambra Council Member

Hon. Michael D. Antonovich

Former Los Angeles County Supervisor, Fifth District

Chun Fun (Jack) Yao

Deputy Probation Officer L.A. County Probation Department Asian Gang Unit

Stephen Chan

President, G.E. Property Management, Inc.

Angela Chang

Community Member

Ted Chen

Weekend Co-Anchor, NBC Corporation

Dennis Chiappetta

President, Athens Services

Hon. Judy Chu, Ph.D.

Congresswoman House of Representatives, 27th District

Mark Delgado

Community Member

Daniel H. Deng

Attorney at Law

Hon. Michael Eng

Former Assemblymember, 49th District

Anna Jung

Community Member

Hon. Ruth Kwan

Superior Court Judge

Marissa Castro-Salvati

Government Relations Manager, Southern California Edison

Hon. Hans Liang

Monterey Park Council Member

Hon. Carol Liu

Former Senator, 25th District

Thomas Mone

Chief Executive Officer, OneLegacy

Jones Moy

Retired Chief, Monterey Park Police Department

Susan Parks, Ph.D.

Retired Superintendent San Gabriel Unified School District

Hon. Anthony Portantino

Senator, 25th District

Hon. Adam Schiff

Congressman U. S. Congress, 28th District

Hon. Hilda Solis

Los Angeles County Supervisor, First District

Thomas Tam, M.D.

President, Garfield Comprehensive Care

Emily Wang

Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer Corporate Development, Preferred Bank

Ada Chan Wong

Retired Account Manager, Cathay Pacific Airways

Helen Romero Shaw

Public Affairs Manager, Southern California Gas Company

Cordelia Wong

Previews Property Specialist, Coldwell Banker

Edward Wong, Ph.D.

President, E. W. Financial Service

Gay Yuen, Ph.D.

Retired Professor, Charter College of Education California State University, Los Angeles

Ricky Choi

Past AYC President, Director of Government and Community Relations San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments

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Elizabeth Yang
First Vice President
​Elizabeth Yang, owner and founder of the Law & Mediation Offices of Elizabeth Yang, has over a decade of legal experience and is recognized by Thomson Reuters as a “Super Lawyer.” Her firm specializes in Family Law, Business Law, Intellectual Property law (patents, trademarks, copyrights), and Estate Planning and has offices in Los Angeles, Irvine, Monterey Park, Beverly Hills and Taipei. At the age of 19, Elizabeth earned her B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 2.5 years. She then earned her JD/MBA from the University of La Verne as well as her Mediation Certification with the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA).
Prior to practicing law, she worked for Raytheon as a radar designer for the B2 Bomber and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab on the Mars Exploration Rover. In 2017, Elizabeth published “The Big Secret” alongside Jack Canfield, author of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series and it became a best-selling novel within the first week. Since then, she has also published 4 other books: “Stress-Free Divorce” (2018), “The Authorities: Powerful Wisdom from Leaders in the Field” (2020), “Women in the Modern Business World: A Blueprint on how to Lead Yourself to a Better Life” (2020), and “Asian Women Who BossUp” (2021). She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and currently resides in Monterey Park with her husband and two children.

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Kenny Chung
Secretary

Kenny Chung is the Executive Vice-President for Commercial Real Estate at Hong Kong Realty Management, Inc. He has extensive experience investing in and managing multiple types of real property such as retail, industrial, multi-family, and office. In addition to being a real estate attorney, Kenny is also a licensed California Realtor and holds the CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) and SFR (Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource) designations. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association and the Rosemead Chamber of Commerce.

Kenny earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley, a master’s degree from Harvard University, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. While at UCLA Law, he studied abroad at the Peking University Law School in Beijing, China. He is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.

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