Speaker Biographies
 | Sefa Aina Director of the Asian American Resource Center Pomona College |  | Aiden Aizumi Executive Board Member PFLAG Pasadena |  | Ashley Alvarado Public Engagement Manager California Watch |  | Israel Alvaran Interfaith and Community Outreach Organizer Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice |  | Fatima Angeles Director of Evaluation and Organizational Learning The California Wellness Foundation |  | Joshua Arce Executive Director Brightline Defense Project |  | John Arntz Director of Elections, San Francisco Department of Elections, City and County of San Francisco |  | ASPIRE Members ASPIRE, Asian Students Promoting Immigrant Rights through Education |  | Shaun Au Community Organizing and Research Assistant Asian American Institute |  | Barbara Baran Senior Fellow California Budget Project |  | Faith Bautista President and CEO National Asian American Coalition |  | Lawrence Benito Deputy Director Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights |  | Zahra Billoo Executive Director CAIR San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA) |  | Michelle Brega Senior Vice President Bank of America |  | Maeve Elise Brown Executive Director Housing and Economic Rights Advocates |  | Shahid Buttar Executive Director Bill of Rights Defense Committee |  | Angela Chan Staff Attorney, Criminal Justice Reform Program Asian Law Caucus |  | Benji Chang Postdoctoral Fellow Teachers College Columbia University |  | Cecilia Chen Thurgood Marshall Fellow Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights |  | Lisa Chen Community Advocate Asian Law Caucus |  | Raymond Cheung Senior Trial Attorney U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |  | Richard Chin CEO Institute for OneWorld Health |  | Connie Choi Staff Attorney/Citizenship Network Manager Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Randy Chun Regional Vice President Wells Fargo Foundation |  | Anni Chung President and CEO Self-Help for the Elderly |  | Linda Clark Information Services Specialist U.S. Census Bureau |  | Arlene Daus-Magbual Associate Director of Program Development Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP) |  | Carlo De La Cruz Special Projects Coordinator, Redistricting & Voting Rights Asian Law Caucus |  | Mario De Mira FCC Workers Rights Porgram Coordinator Filipino Community Center |  | Kira Donnell President Association of Korean Adoptees - San Francisco |  | Veena Dubal Staff Attorney Asian Law Caucus |  | Jane Duong Director of Programs & Advocacy National CAPACD |  | Laura Efurd Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer ZeroDivide |  | Jasmine Ehrhardt Blogger I Will Not Love You Long Time |  | Maha Elgenaidi President Islamic Networks Group (ING) |  | Marita Etcubanez Director of Programs Asian American Justice Center |  | Kathleen Fernicola Policy Director Asian American Institute | | Christina Fletes Research Fellow DataCenter |  | Jon Funabiki Executive Director Renaissance Journalism Center |  | Lillian Galedo Executive Director Filipino Advocates for Justice |  | Nicole Gon Ochi Skadden Fellow Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Tiny Gray-Garcia Co-founder and Executive Director POOR Magazine/Prensa POBRE |  | Rooshey Hasnain Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Chicago |  | Michael Hennessey Sheriff of San Francisco San Francisco Sheriff's Department |  | Wendy Ho Research & Policy Analyst Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum |  | Stephanie Hoang Student University of California, Berkeley |  | Alice Y. Hom Director, Queer Justice Fund Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy |  | James Hong Civic Participation Coordinator MinKwon Center for Community Action |  | Ju Hong Member ASPIRE |  | Mariam Hosseini Director of Communications Asian Law Caucus |  | Priscilla Hung Program Director Community Partners |  | Arcelia Hurtado Executive Director Equal Rights Advocates |  | Nick Hutchinson Chief Development Officer Juma Ventures |  | Daniel Ichinose Director, Demographic Research Project Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Leila Janah Founder and CEO Samasource |  | Raj Jayadev Director Silicon Valley De-Bug |  | Keith Kamisugi Director of Communications Equal Justice Society |  | Andy Kang Staff Attorney Asian American Institute |  | Alice Kessler Director, Government Affairs Comcast |  | Helen Kim Team Member Building Movement Project |  | Miho Kim Executive Director DataCenter |  | Deanna Kitamura Statewide Redistricting Manager Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Nick Kuwada Staff Attorney Asian Law Alliance |  | Stewart Kwoh President and Executive Director Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Jason Lagria Telecommunications and Broadband Policy Staff Attorney Asian American Justice Center. |  | Jenny Lam Director of Community Initiatives Chinese for Affirmative Action |  | An Le Statewide Network Manager Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Tuyet Le Executive Director Asian American Institute |  | Curtis Lee Agent State Farm Insurance |  | Daniel Jae-Won Lee Executive Director Levi Strauss Foundation |  | Eugene Lee Voting Rights Project Director Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Grace Lee Policy Advocate Chinese for Affirmative Action |  | Jonathan “Tana” Lepule Executive Director Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC) |  | Steve Lew Senior Project Director CompassPoint Nonprofit Services |  | David Lin Executive Director, External Affairs AT&T |  | Jean Lin Outreach Coordinator Asians Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of CA |  | Shaw San Liu Lead Organizer Tenants and Workers Center of Chinese Progressive Association |  | Titi Liu Executive Director Asian Law Caucus |  | Dean Logan Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Los Angeles County |  | Steve Louie co-editor Asian Americans: The Movement and the Moment | | Joanne Low Associate Vice Chancellor City College of San Francisco |  | Richard Lui News Anchor, MSNBC |  | Wynne Lum National Philanthropy Manager Bank of America |  | Eileen Ma Director API Equality-LA |  | Nura Maznavi Counsel, Program to End Racial and Religious Profiling Muslim Advocates |  | Bilen Mesfin Communications Consultant/Principal Change Consulting |  | David Monkawa Past Co-Chair, current member Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress | | Steve Hosik Moon Former Director Multi-Cultural Youth Project |  | Mee Moua VP of Strategic Impact Initiatives Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum | | Lindsay Nako Attorney Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C. |  | Karen K. Narasaki President and Executive Director Asian American Justice Center |  | Chris Newman Legal Director National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) |  | Tuan Nguyen Deputy Director MQVN Community Development Corporation |  | Carmina Ocampo Staff Attorney, Impact Litigation Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Emma Oppenheim Manager, Workforce Development Policy Initiatives National Council of La Raza |  | Erin Oshiro Senior Staff Attorney, Immigration and Immigrants' Rights Program Asian American Justice Center |  | Vincent Pan Executive Director Chinese for Affirmative Action |  | Tawal Panyacosit Director, API Equality - Northern California API Equality - Northern California |  | Cheryl Pearson-McNeil Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Government Relations Nielsen |  | Mike Pedro Youth & Community Coordinator Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | José Quiñonez Executive Director Mission Asset Fund |  | Jason Rieckewald-Schmidt Fundraising, Donor Database, and Online Social Media Consulting Within Reach |  | Cary Sanders Director Policy Analysis & Having Our Say Coalition California Pan-Ethnic Health Network |  | Catherine Sandoval Commissioner California Public Utilities Commission |  | Laura Saponara Communications Director ACLU of Northern California |  | Alisha Saville Community Organizing Associate Americorps VISTA |  | Aparna Shah Director Mobilize the Immigrant Vote |  | Hina Shah Clinical Staff Attorney Women's Employment Rights Clinic (WERC) |  | Premal Shah President Kiva.org |  | Aditi Shekar Director of Changeshops Ashoka Changemakers |  | Howard Shih Census Programs Director Asian American Federation |  | Lateefah Simon Executive Director Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area | | Naindeep Singh Founder and Community Organizer Jakara Movement |  | Abdi Soltani Executive Director American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California |  | Nita Song President, COO IW Group, Inc. |  | Hannah Stone Director of Development Asian American Justice Center |  | Jane Suhr District Director U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFCCP |  | William Tamayo Regional Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, San Francisco District U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |  | Mari Rose Taruc State Organizing Director Asian Pacific Environmental Network |  | Otolose Fahina Tavake-Pasi Executive Director National Tongan American Society |  | Homer Teng Coordinator Chinatown Families Economic Self-Sufficiency Coalition |  | Jacinta Titialii-Abbott Attorney and Business Consultant Chair of APIASF |  | Alex Tom Executive Director Chinese Progressive Association |  | Jonathan Tran California Policy Advocate Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) |  | Leafa Tuita Taumoepeau Executive Director Taulama for Tongans | | Gabriela Villareal Policy Analyst California Immigrant Policy Center |  | Frances kai-hwa Wang Online Communications Chair American Citizens for Justice Advisory Board |  | Karin Wang Vice-President, Programs & Communications Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Annette Wong SFILEN Program Coordinator, Dolores Street Community Services Dolores Street Community Services/San Francisco Immigrant Legal and Education Network |  | Doreena Wong Project Director, Health Access Project Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Tamera Wong Attorney Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Dept. of Education |  | Dae Joung Yoon Executive Director Korean Resource Center |  | Haeyoung Yoon Staff Attorney National Employment Law Project |  | Eddy Zheng Project Manager Community Youth Center of San Francisco |