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Do you want to know what each Board member does in their role with NAAAP Seattle?
Check out the Board Descriptions
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o f f i c e r s
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President
Andy Yip
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Born and raised in Hong Kong, Andy moved to Seattle to finish his study in the field of Economics at the University of Washington. Prior to his graduation, Prudential Financial has recruited Andy to add to their diversity group. Having enjoyed success as a financial planner, and later the recruiting manager for the state of Washington for Prudential Financial, Andy has recently started his own financial planning firm in Mercer Island, WA.
Andy Speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English. He lives in Bellevue with his wife, Elizabeth, and their son Kaden. Andy is currently involved in the following communities:
Board of Directors for International Community Health Services Foundation Board
Board of Directors for Hong Kong Association of Washington
Board of Directors for Newcastle Chamber of Commerce
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Vice President
Nancy Ko
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Nancy is an event planner who is originally from Boston. She served as a former Social Events Chairperson for NAAAP-Boston chapter for three years. Recently, Nancy was the Events Chair for the 2006 NAAAP National Convention in Seattle and produced the fashion show for the Gala with Banana Republic. She is an avid volleyball player year round and a snowboarder.
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NAAAP National
Representative
Yunice Fong
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Yunice grew up in Malaysia before moving to the US . She graduated from Seattle University with Bachelors in Accounting. While in Seattle University , she was a Transfer Rep. with Seattle University s Student Government, mentor for the Albers Business School , Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and Campus Ministry and a part-time tutor. Yunice has served as one of the co-chairs for the Diversity Career Fair for NAAAP 20th Annual National Convention in 2006. She currently works as a consultant at KPMG.
She enjoys networking with various Asian community and other professionals with similar interests. In her leisure time, she likes traveling, eating, solving SUDOKU puzzles, playing soccer and hiking.
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Secretary
Michael Okimura
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Michael is a Seattle native, born and raised. He graduated from the University of Washington where he studied American Ethnic Studies with a concentration in Asian American history. Since college Michael has become a financial advisor working with AXA Advisors, LLC in Bellevue.
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Treasurer
Andrew Yang
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c o m m u n i t y r e l a t i o n s / f u n d r a i s i n g c o m m i t t e e
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Norene Pen
Community Relations Chair
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Norene is relatively new to the Pacific Northwest. He once served as the Volunteer/
Community Relations Coordinator for NAAAP-Denver. As a civil engineer,
Norene is accustomed to working closely with communities and is excited about the
opportunity. Norene enjoys hiking, mountain biking, tennis, and traveling in his spare
time. In addition to Seattle , Norene has lived in San Diego , Denver, Baltimore/
Washington DC, and Philadelphia.
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Ki Kim
Fundraising Chair
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Ki is a design engineer at Boeing Co. with background in Aerospace Engineering. He joined NAAAP-Seattle as a fundraising committee chair shortly after receiving his MBA from Seattle University. Ki enjoys outdoor activities including mountain biking, snowboarding, rafting, camping, and simply enjoying the sun and the breeze.
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p r / m a r k e t i n g c o m m i t t e e
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Romina Rivera
Chair
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Romina is the Marketing Manager for Bellevue Community College. Previously, she spent the last two years living in the Philippines and coordinating global implementations for World Vision International. When she's not doing marketing for BCC and NAAAP, Romina enjoys traveling around the world (conquering Asia this decade), collecting Starbucks City Mugs, hiphop dancing and watching way too many Korean TV dramas.
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Brian Yu
Webmaster
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Brian is a Software Design Engineer in Test at Microsoft Game Studios. He moved to Seattle in 2002 after graduating from the University of California Irvine with a B.S. in Information and Computer Science. In his spare time, Brian enjoys basketball, football, traveling, and games. As the NAAAP Seattle Webmaster, Brian is looking forward to serving the community and helping the chapter with their technology needs.
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Lei Chen
Newsletter Editor
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p r o f e s s i o n a l d e v e l o p me n t / c o r p o r a t e r e l a t i o n s c o m m i t t e e
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Jing Feng
Chair
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m e m b e r s h i p / s o c i a l c o m m i t t e e
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Andrew Liu
Social Chair
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Andrew grew up in the SF Bay Area and studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. He then went to Cornell to get his master's and decided that West coast living was the way to go. He moved to Portland to work for Intel for many years and had many adventures. Recently he came to Seattle to try out a startup company before finding his way to his current position in Product Management at Nokia Siemens Networks. Andrew enjoys sports, volunteering, cultural events, traveling, and thrill-seeking. Life is too short to sit at home, come out and play.
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Angela Cheng
Membership Chair
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Angela is a Program Manager at Airline Intelligence Systems. She was also the Gala Chairperson last year for NAAAP Seattle. Angela is originally from Taiwan then immigrated to Houston, TX when she was 14. She moved to Seattle after graduated from UT and have been calling Seattle home ever since. Besides working on her full time job and volunteering for NAAAP, Angela plays volleyball to keep herself active!
Angela is looking forward to another exciting year in NAAAP. As a membership chair, she wishes to bring more NAAAP benefits to its members!
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s c h o l a r s h i p c o m m i t t e e
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Denny Wong
Chair
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Denny is currently a financial advisor working with the Retirement Benefits Group for AXA Advisors, LLC. He previously held the board position as NAAAP secretary. Being a Seattle native, he attended Seattle public schools and then graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in Ethnic Studies and Masters in Education. As the Scholarship Committee Chair, Denny is passionate about empowering students of color in attaining their academic goals with the support of NAAAP. In his spare time, he loves sports and spending time with his family.
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L e a d e r s h i p & s c h o l a r s h i p G a l a c o m m i t t e e
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Will Huang
Chair
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Will Huang was born in Bellevue and lived abroad. He has lived in places such as LA, Taiwan and all around the Puget Sound. Prior to becoming a Realtor for Keller Williams Realty, Will graduated from Western Washington University with his Associates Arts and Science degree. He currently is a member of Steve Otto and Associates, "A Team Approach to Professional Real Estate," as quoted by Seattle Magazine December 2007 issue.
Will enjoys networking, socializing and dining with friends, snowboarding, and most of all, traveling abroad. He speaks, Mandarin, English, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Spanish. Will is currently involved in the following communities:
Ambassadors for the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce
Member of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce
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Vyvyan Du
Co-Chair
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Vyvyan is an Entrepreneur who grew up in Seattle. As a University of Washington Alumni, she enjoys being of service for the community. She serves as a Mentor for The Community of Youth, a Tet In Seattle Event Coordinator, a Taiwanese Zest Assistant Organizer, a Fund Raiser for the American Cancer Society,and an Ambassador for Washington State Wine. She is also known as a mortgage and realty resource for the Vietnamese Community.
Aside from her professional life, shes an outdoorsy person, and has a deep passion for spirituality, health, Bikram yoga, cooking, traveling, and eating to where she is also known as the "walking menu".
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b o a r d at l a r g e
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Connie Sugahara
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Connie has been a member for eleven years and previous VP with NAAAP's former group called Asian MBA in 1998. After attending six NAAAP national conventions, Connie has been a member for 13 years and was the previous VP with NAAAP's former group called Asian MBA in 1998. She was also National Rep for 2 years. She has several attended NAAAP national conventions and retreats. She has started her insurance business with World Financial Group in Bellevue. Her other part-time job is working as Account Executive for the NW Asian Weekly newspaper. She has served on the Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Board doing fundraising and recruiting volunteers. She's also served on the advisory board for the NW Asian Film Festival. For the Japanese American Citizens League she has volunteered for the Strategic Planning committee and the banquet committee. She has numerous years of volunteering with non-profits in the International District. She has a Marketing degree from Central Washington University. Her interests are networking and attending various Asian community dinners, skiing, traveling, playing pool, taking Japanese classical dance (Nihon Buyo) with the Fujima School. She looks forward in meeting new people in NAAAP. oup. She is also will be selling mortgages with WFG Mortgage. Her other part-time job is working as Account Executive for the NW Asian Weekly newspaper. She serves on the Cherry Blossom Festival Committee doing fundraising and recruting volunteers. She's also on the advisory board for the NW Asian Film Festival. She has numerous years of volunteering with non-profits. She has a Marketing degree from Central Washington University. Her interests are networking and attending various Asian community dinners, skiing, traveling, playing pool, taking Japanese classical dance (Nihon Buyo) with the Fujima School. She looks forward in meeting new people in NAAAP.
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