| keynote speakers |

Jeannie Park
Executive Editor, People Magazine

Jeannie Park became Executive Editor of People Magazine in April 2002. People, one of the most popular magazines in the world, has a paid circulation of 3.7 million, and is read by more than 36 million people each week. Park moved to the weekly from the same position at sister publication In Style, where she had been since January 1999. Park has worked for five Time Inc. publications, and this is her second stint at People.

She began her career in 1985 as a reporter-researcher for Time, and moved to People as a staff writer in 1989. Over the next three years she was promoted to senior writer, and then associate editor. In 1991, she spent several months in Sydney on the team producing test issues of an Australian edition of the magazine, Who Weekly, which was launched the following year. She moved to Entertainment Weekly in 1992 as senior editor of the television section, and in 1993 edited the publication’s first book, The Entertainment Weekly Seinfeld Companion. She served as EW’s assistant managing editor from 1995 until her appointment four years later to executive editor at In Style.

She is the founding president of the Asian American Journalists Association’s New York chapter, which is now the largest in the country, and she has been honored by numerous organizations for her work in the area of diversity. She is a founding member of A3, Time Inc.’s year-old Asian American employee affinity group. Park graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a degree in biochemistry in 1983. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.

Helen Zia
Author and Scholar

Helen Zia is an award-winning journalist and a contributing editor to Ms. magazine, where she was formerly executive editor. Her articles, essays, and reviews have also appeared in The Nation, Essence, San Francisco Focus, A. Magazine, The Advocate, Bridge Magazine, Curve (Deneuve), OUT!, Social Policy, Sojourner, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Detroit News, Arizona Republic, and many other publications. She has contributed essays to several anthologies, and was executive editor of the book Notable Asian-Americans by Gale Publications. She has received numerous awards for writing and editing from the Asian-American Journalists Association, the National Women's Political Caucus, the American Society of Business Press Editors, the Detroit Press Club, and other organizations.

A second-generation Chinese-American, Helen has been a long-time activist for social justice on issues ranging from civil rights and peace to women's rights and countering hate violence. In 1997 she testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the impact of the campaign finance hearings on Asian-Americans, and helped author a complaint to the Commission against Congress, the Democratic and Republican National Committees, and the news media for racially discriminatory treatment of Asian-Americans. Helen traveled to Beijing in 1995 to the UN Fourth World Congress on Women as part of a journalists of color delegation. Her work on the Asian-American landmark civil rights case of anti-Asian violence is documented in the Academy-Award-nominated film, Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Her civic and community work includes serving as a trustee of the Asian-Pacific-American Leadership Institute and the Journalism and Women Symposium. She is on the board of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Asian-American Journalists Association, and the Media Diversity Circle to advocate for diversity issues in the media. She serves on the advisory boards of the API Wellness Center; the Horizons Foundation; and the Media project of the Family Violence Prevention Fund of San Francisco.

She is the author of Asian-American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, published in March 2000, and co-author with Wen Ho Lee of My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused, released January 2002.

| panel speakers |

Wendy Chan is the founder of Definity Marketing, a consulting firm based in New York, specializing in several key industries including food, beauty, finance, entertainment, healthcare and non-profit. Chan started her career in Hong Kong where she worked her way quickly to management position in leading global advertising agencies. A breast cancer survivor, Chan found new calling in using her marketing talents in the healthcare industry and joined Tenet Healthcare Corporation in the early 90’s. She was actively involved with Hillary Clinton’s healthcare reform initiatives. Her outstanding contributions to her company and the industry were recognized by YWCA of Greater Los Angeles during the Outstanding Women in Business Awards in 1995. Chan’s family relocated to New York eight years ago. Her passion in promoting Asian food led to the launch of All Asia Food Expo in 2004. She also collaborated with Grace Niwa in the publication of a recipe book titled “New Asian Cuisine” (International Food Wine & Travel Association, 2006). Panel: Asian American Women and Globalization

Sangita Chandra is a producer for the "Chronicle" news and feature magazine program, which airs on WCVB TV 5, Boston's ABC affiliate television station. She is also former President of the New England chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. While a student at Wellesley College, Sangita completed nine internships in journalism and politics, including a summer spent as an intern for Vice President Al Gore. After graduating with a double degree in English literature and political science, she was the recipient of a Hearst Fellowship in Producing and Writing, and began her broadcast career as WCVB's overnight news writer. She also worked as a weekend news engineering producer before becoming a producer for "CityLine" and "Chronicle" in 1998 and 2000, respectively. Sangita often covers arts, politics, and travel in New England and especially enjoys producing people profile segments. Panel: Meaningful Leadership through the Media

Tinnie Chow is the Programming Manager, Talent Artist Relations for MTV World's MTV Chi, a pop culture destination for young Chinese Americans. The TV channel and website brings Chinese and Chinese American pop culture to America. Besides MTV Chi, MTV World has MTV Desi (South Asians), MTV K (Koreans). Tinnie has nearly eight years experience in media. After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Asian Studies, she worked at television networks such as CNBC Asia, CBC (Vancouver), CNN International, RTHK, in Hong Kong. She has taken on roles such as producing and reporting news, producing documentaries, magazine style TV shows behind and in front of the camera. She also wrote an arts & entertainment column "CitySeen" for the leading English language newspaper South China Morning Post and has a proven track record in Asian pop culture. Panel: Meaningful Leadership through the Media

Anuradha Desai is a Master in Public Administration (MPA) degree candidate at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Most recently she served as the Executive Director of Organizational Development at Citizen Schools, Inc., an innovative program that is revolutionizing the field of out-of-school education across the country. As the Executive Director of Organizational Development, Anuradha lead the national development and fundraising activities for Citizen Schools and maintained senior-level relationships with foundations, corporations, and individual supporters. Anuradha served in leadership roles at Oxfam America and Tufts University in the decade prior to joining Citizen Schools. Anuradha was trained as an architect before coming to the U.S. in 1983. She received her graduate degree in urban planning from the Royal Danish Academy in Denmark and her undergraduate degree in Architecture from the Center on Environment, Planning, and Technology in Ahmedabad, India. Panel: Leading with a Purpose

Sherry Dong has been at Tufts-New England Medical Center as Associate Director of Community Health Programs for the past 4½ years. Principally, she manages community benefits programs, funds, and outreach activities, and develops and facilitates collaborative programmatic relationships with community organizations. Sherry began her professional career in public service, first at the state Attorney General’s Office addressing disability rights and civil rights issues. Already active with Chinatown organizations and interested in working more directly with the Asian community, she joined the City of Boston’s Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services as a neighborhood coordinator and Asian liaison. She helped to bridge cultural and linguistic barriers to accessing and understanding city services and processes, and served as a conduit for information and concerns. She has also worked on equal employment opportunity, discrimination, and harassment issues for the city’s Office of Human Resources, and project management at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Sherry has been active with various community organizations, including the Chinese Historical Society of New England, Ricesticks & Tea, WalkBoston, and the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence. She received her Masters in Public Administration from Northeastern University and B.A. in Asian Studies and Sociology from Tufts University. Panel: Working with Other Leadership Types

Atsuko Toko Fish recently retired as a U.S.-Japan cross cultural communication consultant – providing local and international clients with cultural sensitivity practices. Today, Fish focuses her time and energy on international social change for women through the promotion of female leadership and empowerment. Fish serves as Chairman of the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence – a non-profit organization, which seeks to prevent domestic violence and empower self-sufficiency in Asian women. She is a co-founder of HANDS – a Japanese non-profit organization that strengthens public health systems and advocacy initiatives between Japan and developing countries. In addition, she is a co-founder of the “Japanese Women Leadership Initiative” program. Prior to forming her consulting practice, Fish served as a consultant to Governor Michael Dukakis and served on Governor William Weld’s Asian American Commission for which she was recognized with the Governor’s New American Appreciation Award. For her efforts in the corporate, cultural and civic arena, Fish has received the YWCA Academy of Women Achievers Award, the Humanitarian Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice, the “Pearl Award for Human Service” from Bay Cove Human Services and the humanitarian award from United Way. She was recently inducted into new Asian American Commission of Massachusetts. Fish received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan and has pursued additional studies in foreign policy and the role of non-profit organization through Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Fish and her husband, Larry, have three children. Panel: Asian American Women and Globalization

Peter Gee is a second year graduate student at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). He is graduating in June 2007 with a Master's in Public Policy with a concentration in Housing, Urban Development, and Transportation. Before KSG he graduated with a B.A. in Ethnic Studies and Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley. While at Cal, he was the Director of bridges Multicultural Resource Center and Co-Director of the Asian Pacific Islander Recruitment and Retention Center. He has volunteered for Asian Immigrant Women Advocates, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Center, and the Garment Worker Center. Currently he is a trainer for Summer Activist Training, a Los Angeles based direct action organizing program for Asian and Pacific Islander American youth and college students. Panel: Working with Other Leadership Types

Lindsay Hyde is the founder of Strong Women, Strong Girls. Lindsay graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 2004 with a joint-degree in Sociology and Women's Studies. During her time at Harvard, Lindsay worked extensively to promote women's leadership, public service involvement, and youth voice; serving as co-chair of the Women's Leadership Project, as a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Committee on Public Service, and as a board member of Youth Service America and the Campus Outreach Opportunities League. As a result of her work, Lindsay has received numerous awards and recognition including being named one of Glamour Magazine's "Top 10 College Women," the 2004 winner of the Harvard College Women's Leadership Award, and a Stride Rite Post Graduate Public Service Fellow. Most recently, Lindsay was honored with a 2005 Do Something BRICK Award. In addition to her work on Strong Women, Strong Girls, Lindsay also serves an academic advisor for first-year students at Harvard and the advisor to the Harvard First-Year Urban Program, a service-based pre-orientation program for incoming students. Panel: What Does It Mean To Be a Leader?

Margaret Kim was first exposed to formal leadership roles in high school where she served as a captain of various sporting teams and presided over a number of clubs. While attending Brown University, she was Treasurer of her campus church and served as a mentor for underclasswomen. After receiving her MBA from Rutgers University, Margaret took a position with Ernst & Young. She later took a break from the corporate world in 2005, joining AmeriCorps to work with recently arrived refugees and asylees at the International Institute of New Jersey where she was recognized by her peers as the AmeriCorps volunteer of the year. Since college, Margaret has served in numerous leadership roles, both formal and informal, at her local church in New Jersey- most recently spearheading a 9-day trip to Benin in West Africa this past November. Margaret also volunteers her time through NY Cares and local agencies in New Jersey that deal with homeless families, as well as being a long-time volunteer alumni interviewer for Brown. Panel: What Does It Mean To Be a Leader?

Sophia Lai grew up in a suburb outside of Rochester, NY. An active student leader in high school, she continued her extracurricular engagement at Harvard College as Co-President of the Asian American Association, executive officer for the Asian American Christian Fellowship, First-Year Urban Program leader, and an organizer for Ethnic Studies. She also served on the board of the Taiwanese Cultural Society, coordinated part of the 2002 Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association East Coast Conference, and co-founded and directed the Taiwanese American Foundation College Program. In addition, Sophia has taught citizenship classes to Chinese immigrants and interned with civil rights, immigrants’ rights, and legal organizations. After working for two years at the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Sophia matriculated at Harvard Law School in fall 2006. She plans to pursue a career in civil rights and immigrants’ rights law. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends, hiking, and aimlessly surfing the Internet. Panel: What Does It Mean To Be a Leader?

Mela Lew joined Atlas Venture in August 2000 as Partner and General Counsel. Prior to joining Atlas Venture, she was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oak Industries Inc., a $500 million NYSE company, which she joined in 1991. Oak Industries was acquired by Corning Incorporated in 2000. Mela was previously an associate at the Boston law firm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault. Mela is a member of the Board and Vice President of the Massachusetts Center for Law and Justice, and a member of the Board of the Northeast Chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association. She also serves on the Programs Committee of the Center for Women and Enterprise and as a member of the Advisory Board to the Boston University School of Management Pocket MBA for Lawyers Program. Mela was designated as a Massachusetts "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics and Boston Magazine in 2005. Mela holds an A.B. from Smith College, where she was a First Group Scholar, and a J.D. from Cornell Law School. Panel: What Does It Mean To Be a Leader?

Angie Li is a manager at Accenture and has 8 years experience in supply chain, consulting and management in the U.S. and Asia. Throughout her career, Angie has led clients in executing market offerings in Supply Chain such as Product Cost Management, Supply Chain Performance Assessment, Direct Materials Merger Integration, and B2B Exchange Supplier Adoption. Over the last 3 years, her focus has been supporting the selling and delivery of major Communications & High Tech clients in Taiwan, Japan and China. Through her delivery and account management experience, she has led multimillion dollar strategic gain-share deals, delivering over $50M in P&L savings for her clients. In addition to her client work in Asia, she also helped build the service line by leading in recruiting key service line resources, as well as development of several localized methodologies such as Procurement Transformation in Greater China, Global Sourcing, and Chinese eAuction event management. Angie has worked in different parts of the Accenture global business throughout most of her career, having started out as an analyst, before taking on project and program management roles of increasing size. She has also spent some time supporting the Chief Strategy Officer in managing Accenture’s strategic planning process and determining investment priorities roles. Angie graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Industrial Engineering, and is fluent in Chinese, English & Spanish. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan, grew up in San Juan, PR, and now resides in Boston, MA. Panel: Asian American Women and Globalization

Since 1991, Vivien Li has been Executive Director of The Boston Harbor Association, a non-profit, public interest organization founded by the League of Women Voters and the Boston Shipping Association to promote a clean, alive, and accessible Boston Harbor. TBHA was the first public interest organization to call for the clean up of Boston Harbor, and continues to actively work for the restoration of harbor beaches for urban residents and the completion of a 47-mile HarborWalk public access network along the waterfront. Previously, Vivien was senior staff to Governor Michael Dukakis and was elected to serve two terms on the Board of Directors of the national Sierra Club. She is the recipient of numerous awards, the most recent being the Boston Theological Society's 2005 Annual Humanitarian Award and the first John W. Gaston, Jr. Award for Public Administration presented earlier this year by the American Society of Public Administration. Vivien and her family live in Boston. (Globe article) Panel: Leading with a Purpose

Currently working as the Project Manager on a poverty initiative at the Heller School, Brandeis University, Denise Riebman has worked extensively for the past fifteen years in the public sector. She has provided both direct and indirect service in various fields including youth development, community development, environmental education and national service. Through her volunteer service, Denise serves as a trainer and advisory council member with Strong Women, Strong Girls; trainer for the Patriots’ Trail Girl Scouts; trainer and executive committee member for the Anti-Defamation League and volunteer for Sierra Club Inner City Outings. Denise also recently started Wishing Well, a Women’s Giving Circle. Denise received her BA from Rutgers University in Political Science and her MA in Public Policy and Management from the Muskie School of Public Service. She is a graduate of the Anti-Defamation League’s Steinberg Leadership Institute, Massachusetts Commonwealth Legislative Seminar, Interactive Associates’ Facilitative Leadership Course and National Service Executive Leadership Program. In addition, she has a Mediation Certificate from the University of Southern Maine and a Training Certificate from the American Society for Training and Development. Workshop: How to Influence Others

Katherine Oh Roof has 10 years of experience in affordable housing, real estate development, construction management, urban planning, and community organizing. Currently, she is the Director of Housing for the Asian Community Development Corporation's real estate development activities. Her priorities are to return Parcel 24 to the Chinatown community, and increase the production of affordable rental and homeownership units in Asian communities throughout Greater Boston. Prior to ACDC, she worked at affordable housing mainstays such as Urban Edge in Boston and HRI in Cambridge. Katherine is a founding member of the Tobin Danehy Neighborhood Association in Cambridge, and one of the leaders who achieved an unprecedented victory to re-zone her neighborhood with unanimous support from the Cambridge City Council. She also sits on the Construction Committee at her son's daycare. As a mom, Katherine is committed to youth empowerment and leadership. She is training to lead homeland tours for Korean adoptees and their families, and to lead workshops on Raising Peacemakers. Katherine earned a MA in public administration from New York University and a BA in international relations from Boston University. She has lived, worked and studied in Korea, Japan and France. She lives in Cambridge with her husband and son. Panel: Leading with a Purpose

Jessica Tang is an educator, activist, artist, and organizer who lives and works in Boston. She teaches 8th grade civics at the Gavin Middle School and is involved in a number of community organizations and movement building efforts including the Massachusetts Asian American Educators Association (MAAEA), Reflect & Strengthen, INCITE! Boston, and both local and national API movement building efforts. She is specifically interested in advocating for students of color in education—particularly struggling Asian-American students who are often overlooked—through building multicultural coalitions that work together to overcome shared oppression. She believes very strongly in community based organizing and in building a national API movement of progressive Asian Americans. She is also very interested radical feminist and queer politics and perspectives. She was educated and mis-educated at Harvard University where she graduated in 2004 with a degree in sociology and also received her masters in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her passion is in working with youth and she hopes to continue teaching as long as she can effectively inspire her students and impact her community. Panel: Working with Other Leadership Types

Janet Wu is a general assignment reporter and substitute anchor. She first joined 7NEWS in 1996 as a general assignment reporter. Before 7NEWS, Janet was a weekday morning anchor and reporter for KIRO-TV in Seattle. Prior to that, she spent three years as the weekend anchor and reporter at KGMB-TV in Honolulu. She has also worked here in New England for WFSB-TV in Hartford, CT. A published writer, she has lectured at Boston University, Brandeis, Bentley, and Emerson College. Janet is also multilingual, speaking both Chinese and Spanish. Janet works with a number of local organizations, including the South Cove Community Health Center as well the American Heart Association, in memory of her father who was a noted heart surgeon. She is on the fundraising committee of the ROSE Fund, which helps victims of domestic violence. She is also a member of the Friends of Brigham and Women's Hospital. Janet is currently a candidate for a masters degree in literature and creative writing at Harvard University. She received her bachelors degree in psychology and philosophy from Yale University. Janet also earned a masters degree at Columbia University's Graduate Schools of Journalism and International Affairs. Raised in Miami, Fl., she currently resides in the Boston area. Panel: Meaningful Leadership through the Media

Kyung Yoon is an award-winning television journalist, video documentary producer and expert in the field of global communications and media. She is founder and president of KBY Productions, LLC, a company specializing in documentaries and videos with an emphasis on international issues. Formerly a correspondent for WNYW Fox Channel 5 News, Kyung was the first Korean-American broadcast reporter in New York history. She went on to create and host Global Links Television, an international television documentary series on economic and social development issues, sponsored by the World Bank, that is broadcasted in more than 60 countries around the world and won the Best Documentary prize at the 2001 Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. Kyung is a recognized leader in New York’s Asian American community. As the former Chair of the New York Asian Women's Center, she worked to raise awareness and support for the fight against domestic violence in the Asian American community. The New York Asian Women’s Center honored Kyung with the 2006 Phoenix Award for Service. In 2003, Kyung helped to found the Korean American Community Foundation to provide assistance to organizations serving the Korean immigrant community of greater New York. In May 2006, Kyung received an award from the City of New York for leadership and distinguished service. Kyung has a BA in English and Political Science from Wellesley College and an MA in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Born in South Korea to a diplomatic family, she grew up in Seoul, Washington, DC and Paris. She is fluent in Korean, French and English. She holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and has designed and taught a program of self-defense for women. She lives in New York City with her husband, attorney George Wang, and their two children. Panel: Asian American Women and Globalization