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Bryan Chau

President
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Elizabeth Yang

First Vice President
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Todd Becker, J.D.

Second Vice President
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Steve Maekawa

Treasurer
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Kenny Chung

Secretary
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Stephen Arce

Vice President, Cathay Bank

Edwin Brock

Captain, San Gabriel Police Department

Frank Feng, CPA

Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles Senior Accountant

Katherine Gorospe

Junior Data Analyst, IW Group Inc.

Jorge Herrera Avila

Community Member

Judy Hsieh

Head of Operations, Larta

Carol Lee

Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Group, Preferred Bank

Sabrina Li, Esq

Attorney Law Offices of Sabrina Li, P.C

Damien Orozco

Founder, Xocial Gong LLC

Vincent Shih

Consulting Controller, CliftonLarsonAllen

Alice Shyu

Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services California Properties

Mary Wong, EA

Chief Executive Officer, Exact Tax, Inc.

Howard Xu

Director, LA BioSpace and Professor of Microbiology, California State University, Los Angeles​

Vanessa Yang, CPA

CEO and Founder, 1st Mentor Street

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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Bryan Chau
President

Bryan Chau was born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley and was part of multiple AYC programs as a youth.  Growing up as an economically disadvantaged minority in a combative environment, he was met various challenges, but through AYC’s Youth Development programs, those challenges became lessons and pillars by which he lives his life now.  These pillars have led Bryan to graduating from Gabrielino High School with numerous extracurricular accolades and graduating from Cal State Long Beach with dual degrees in Finance and Human Resources. With a strong gratitude to AYC for developing him during adolescence and a devoted passion for helping youth, he has come full circle in joining the AYC’s Board of Directors in 2016.

Bryan is currently the Vice President of Business Operations at Acceler8Networks, an infrastructure-based IT consulting firm, where he develops and maintains best-in-class operational practices, including planning, budgeting, process and procedures, personnel management and technology solutions.

Prior to this, he worked for a Fortune 500 staffing firm with international prominence and won their prestigious President’s Club Award two years in a row, ranking #20 & #17 globally.

Bryan has a true passion to empower our generation’s youth by helping them realize their full potential through mentorship and speaking on his own experiences as a challenged youth.  He gets true gratification by helping our youth overcome hardships while turning them into successes.

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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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Todd Becker
Second Vice President

Mr. Becker has earned a national reputation as an exceptional attorney adept at handling business, international, personal injury, wildfires, mass tort, and bankruptcy law matters of all sizes and levels of complexity for over thirty years for a diversity of clients.

Mr. Becker has lectured on international law and EB-5 at USC, Georgetown University, the China/US Business Summit, the US Consulate and Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, Tsing Hua University in Beijing, and Hubie Business University in Wuhan.

Mr. Becker values personal connection and communication with every client and has earned a reputation in the Chinese community in Los Angeles due to his background and involvement in China. He was voted top Trial Attorney at the Asian Expo for the last several years.

Mr. Becker believes in giving back to the community. He is also a board member of the non-profit organization Urban Compass, raising money for low-income inner-city school children in Los Angeles.

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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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