MACY'S salutes Asian American Business Development Center's Outstanding 50 in Business Award Honoree

James M. Eng Vice President Store Manager Macy's East Flushing Branch

We applaud John for this commitment and dedication to giving back and reaching out to the communities where we do business and our employees' lives. Message from AABDC

I wish to extend my congratulations to the recipients of the 2008 "Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business" award and the "Pinnacle Award" for their accomplishments and contributions to help power the engine of the economy. I also want to express my grati- tude to our corporate sponsors and many individuals for their unfailing support to make this event possible.

Especially in this uncertain economic climate,Asian American entrepreneurship has become synonymous with resource for community development and economic revitaliza- tion in our neighborhoods.Through ingenuity, entrepreneur drive and sheer hard work, Asian Americans have not only successfully created numerous ethnically based economies throughout the country, but also have established themselves in a number of important John Wang industries. President On the global scale,Asian American executives with their multicultural background and entrepreneurial talents are key to helping American corporations stay competitive in the AABDC world market. Global corporations can leverage their Asian American professionals within their ranks to enhance business in Asia and broaden its own appeal as global leader.

Since the inception of this project in 2001,AABDC has dedicated its efforts to promote and strengthen the voice and role of Asian Americans in the mainstream marketplace, and to highlight their achievements and contributions to the general economy.Tonight's hon- orees represent a microcosm of the best of Asian American entrepreneurship with a pool of diverse and multi-talented individuals engaged in a wide range of business interests.The depth and breadth of their business undertakings clearly demonstrate that Asian Americans are an integral part of the larger economy.

I am grateful for the participation and presence of this group of outstanding individuals in tonight's event.

Sincerely yours

John Wang President,AABDC

Keynote Speaker

Son of a public school teacher, born and raised in Brooklyn, and now a Queens resident,Anthony Weiner knows the challenges most families face, and has worked hard to make sure that all New Yorkers get their chance at a better life.

In his years in the City Council,Weiner has gained a reputation as a thoughtful fighter for 's neighborhoods. He initiated programs to tackle quality of life concerns, and spearheaded development plans for his- toric Sheepshead Bay that led to a revival of the area.And when super- Anthony D. Weiner markets began leaving the neighborhood,Weiner worked night and day to Congressman reverse the trend.

He also won much recognition for his efforts as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Housing, where on behalf of New York's most underserved and underrepresented citizens, he fought to increase federal funding for Public Housing, and on numerous occasions succeeded on a city-wide level in making public housing safer.

Elected to congress in 1998,Weiner became a congressman for the dis- trict that includes Brooklyn and Queens. He currently sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has the largest jurisdiction in the U.S. House; overseeing telecommunications, public health, air quality and envi- ronmental protection, the nation’s energy policy, and interstate and foreign commerce. He also serves on the Judiciary Committee and as a part of the Democratic leadership team.

Weiner's efforts have brought millions of dollars home to to restore our city's parks and beaches, to improve the collection of DNA to solve crimes against women, to fund programs for the developmentally disabled, to fund for additional police officers, to improve pedestrian safe- ty, to bring ferry transportation to more New Yorkers, and to even clean graffiti.

Mistress of Ceremonies

Cindy Hsu is an Emmy Award winning anchor and reporter who has been at CBS 2 News in New York City since 1993.

Ms. Hsu's work at CBS 2 has been recognized with numerous awards. Most recently, her personal adoption story, "Bringing Rosie Home," was nominated for an Emmy Award and won the New York AP Broadcasters Award for Best Feature. She received Emmy Awards for Outstanding Single Hard News Story for "Smuggled from China," which exposed the horrific plights of Chinese refugees from the Golden Venture ship, and for Cindy Hsu her live coverage of the snowstorm of 1994.American Women in Radio News Anchor and Television honored her with the Golden Apple Award, and she also received the Friends of Adoption Award from the Adoptive Parents WCBS-TV Committee.

Prior to joining WCBS-TV, Ms. Hsu worked as a reporter and anchor at WFRV-TV in Green Bay,Wisconsin, and for WTOV-TV in Steubenville, Ohio. She began her broadcasting career as an associate producer for WTVR-TV in Richmond,.

Ms. Hsu spends much of her off-duty time performing community work and is strongly involved with the Asian-American community. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Coast Guard family that moved every two to four years. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in communi- cation studies and lives in New York City with her daughter.

Pinnacle Award

Michael Chen is the President and CEO of Media, Communications, and Entertainment, GE Commercial Finance and is a Vice President and Officer of GE. Mr. Chen has primary responsibility for overseeing GE's debt and equity financing activities to the media, communications and entertainment sectors and the technologies that enable them. In addition, he heads up GE's Asian-Pacific American Forum, a group that has close to 10,000 peo- ple in the US. Mr. Chen was named as one of the nation's top sales and customer relationship individuals in the book 'Secrets of Great Rainmakers' by best-selling author Jeffrey Fox. Michael Chen President and CEO of Mr. Chen started his career in 1985 as a financial analyst for IBM.After Media, several management positions in sales, finance, and marketing for IBM, he Communications, and was promoted in 1992 to head up Risk Management for IBM Credit Entertainment Corporation's mid-market leasing business. In 1994, he left IBM to join GE as Vice President of Risk Management for GE Capital Aviation Services GE Commercial Finance (GECAS).After three years he was named Senior Vice President, Marketing Operations for GECAS. In 1999, he was named Senior Vice President and Regional Mgr, North America for GECAS. In 2002, he was named a Vice President and Officer of GE Capital Corporation, and in 2005, he assumed the position of general manager for Global Airports and U.S.Aviation, GECAS. Mr. Chen was named to his current position in December 2006.

Mr. Chen received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rochester University in 1983 and an MBA in finance from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University in 1985.

Mr. Chen also serves on the Board of Directors for Norwalk Community College and Give Me an Answer, a local community organization focused on helping young adults answer the tough questions in life.

Patricia Berberabe and her sisters, along with their husbands, established the Phil-Am Food Mart, Inc. in 1973 to cater to the growing Filipino popu- lation in Jersey City, NJ. Eventually the store was divided into Phil-Am Merchandising, Casa Victoria,and Phil-Am Trading, Inc. - the wholesale and import division owned by Ms. Berberabe and her sister, Florence. Phil-Am Trading distribute to more than 200 stores and restaurants up and down the east coast, with gross annual sales of about $5 million.

Ms. Berberabe is an author of two books, actively participates in and sup- ports community activities, and has received numerous awards, the most recent being the 2006 Distinguished Service Award from the Pan American Concerned Citizen Action League, the 2005 Volunteer Award Pat Berberabe for the Year from the State of NJ General Assembly, the 2005 President Entrepreneur Award from the Knights of Rizal and the 2005 Entrepreneur Award for the Year. Phil-Am Trading, Inc. Ms. Berberabe received her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Santo Tomas,the Philippines.

Neeta Bhasin is the President/CEO of ASB Communications, a full service multicultural communications agency dedicated to the ethnic markets, especially the South Asian (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal) and Middle Eastern markets, in North America. Ms. Bhasin not only knows the areas of community concentration but also possesses insight on the psychology of this vibrant, affluent, evolved and phenomenally growing ethnic group in the USA.ASB has more than 100 consultants and executives nationwide.

Ms. Bhasin hosts a live show on ITV, a New York/New Jersey channel dedi- cated to the South Asian diasporas. She has been invited as a guest lectur- Neeta Bhasin er at NYU, St. John's University and many other prestigious public forums CEO/President to share her insights of the South Asian market in the US. She was also recognized and awarded by the Census Board for her contribution in ASB Communications making Census 2000 a success. Ms. Bhasin was commended by New York City for her outstanding service to the South Asian community.

Michelle L. Bunting is the President of Horizon Pediatric Systems, Inc., the largest pediatric medical daycare in New Jersey, which she co-formed in 2003. Mrs. Bunting manages the operations and administration of a team of over 50 healthcare staff and consultants who operate Mercer County Children's Medical Daycare, which is not only the first, but also the largest pediatric medical daycare facility in the State of New Jersey, providing comprehensive health care, early childhood education, and social services under one roof.

Mrs. Bunting received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Rider University and an A.S. in Business Administration from Burlington County College.At Rider University she qualified as a sharpshooter on the rifle Michelle Bunting team. She became the first woman in Rider's history to graduate from the President U.S.Army Airborne School, Ft. Benning, , and acquire her jump wings. Horizon Pediatric Systems, Inc.

Vichai Charalaivan is the Vice President of Vasinee Food Corporation, an import company that distributes Thai and ethnic food products all over the eastern coast of the . Established in 1987, the company began as local family business.Within a span of 20 years, the company has grown to be one of the leading importers and distributors of Thai and ethnic food products while still maintaining its family oriented values. Both his daughters work in the company.

Mr. Charalaivan is actively involved in the New York Thai community. He is the president of Thailand USA Commerce and he serves on the advisory board for the Thai Trade Center of New York. He is the Chairman of a charity that gives to more than 30 Buddhist temples in the US and Vichai Charalaivan Thailand, as well as a disabled children organization that gives to more Vice President than 20 organizations.

Vasinee Food Corp. Mr. Charalaivan was born in Bangkok,Thailand, and graduated from Bormpitpimuk College. He earned his pilot license in New York.

A seasoned practitioner in marketing research for over 15 years, specializing in medical and multicultural markets, Grace has an exceptionally strong track record in her profession.

In 2000, Grace founded GC GLOBAL, a multicultural marketing research and consulting agency based in New York, which conducts Asian American multi- cultural marketing research studies as well as global, multi-country assign- ments.The mission of GC GLOBAL is to be the cultural and marketing com- pass for American corporations, government agencies and non-profit organi- zations who seek to understand and reach out to Asian American consumers.

Through client consulting and by conducting primary, in-language marketing Grace Chiu research, GC GLOBAL provides their clients with a greater awareness and Owner deeper understanding of the cultural diversity, psychographics and consumer needs and behaviors of the Asian American markets in the United States. By GC Global, LLC providing this service, GC GLOBAL helps to ensure that the particular needs of the diverse Asian American communities are better understood and satis- fied.

Won Choe is section manager in Con Edison Electric Operations, respon- sible for the maintenance and construction of the underground electrical distribution infrastructure in Brooklyn. Con Edison supplies electricity to over 3 million customers in New York City through 93,000 miles of underground electrical cable.

Mr. Choe was formerly a United States Naval officer and since joining Con Edison in 2001 as an electrical distribution engineer, has held various man- agement positions in Con Edison's electric construction and engineering. He served as Department Manager in Electrical Distribution Engineering charged with public safety before assuming his current position as manag- Won Choe er in Electric Construction. Department Manager of Distribution Mr. Choe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is completing a Masters of Business Engineering and Administration degree at Fordham University. Planning

Con Edison

Steve Chon was born in Korea and came to New York in the early 1980's. Mr. Chon received an engineering degree from the Polytechnic Institute in 1984. He went to work for the U.S.Army Corp of Engineers in and was involved in the Fort Drum projects in Watertown, NY. He earned a professional engineering degree and became the first licensed plumber in the NY Korean community.

In 1994, he founded Chon Engineering, P.C. and Nova Plumbing & Heating, Inc., with his wife who was the only employee. Now, he has over two hun- dred employees working for his companies.

In 2000, Mr. Chon bought a used car lot in Flushing, NY and built a four Steve Chon story commercial building and is now active in Flushing's real estate devel- CEO opment. Mr. Chon opened Inspa World, an 85,000 square foot Asian and Inspa World European spa in College Point, NY and plans to open twenty more in other cities. He recently purchased an existing Pocono Mountains resort, which will be turned into a 280 acres luxury resort and water park.

Young Cui is the President and CEO of USA Auto Group LLC, which dis- tributes luxury brand vehicles to China from the United States. He estab- lished his company in 2003 and has advised Porsche, Daimler Chrysler, Volkswagen, and Audi on standard equipment offerings for certain models to be distributed in China.The company is one of the largest automobile distributors in China.

Mr. Cui was an awardee at the 2006 International Leadership Foundation's Annual Gala, and has received certificates of appreciation by the U.S. Department of Commerce's MBDA. He was invited to attend the celebra- tion of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month as a representative of New Yong Cui York by the President of the United States in 2006 and 2007. He was part President & CEO of the welcoming party for China's President Hu Jintao, at the White House. He currently holds the position of Senior Advisor of USA Zhejiang USA Auto Group LLP Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.

Mr. Cui received his education from Bei Yang University of China, renamed Tianjin University.

James Eng is Vice President Store Manager for Macy's in Flushing, New York. He began his retail career in 1990 and joined Macy's Inc. in 2005. He worked his way up to VP Store Manager of the Flushing branch in 2006. Mr. Eng works very closely with Macy's Special Events and Diversity Group to coordinate annual events such as Asian Pacific History Month and Lunar New Year.

Mr. Eng is very involved with the Flushing community and currently is on the Board of Directors of the Flushing Improvement District. In 2006, Mr. Eng was awarded a community service award from the New York Cosmopolitan Lions Club and from Councilman John Liu. James Eng VP Store Manager (Flushing)

Macy's

Jim Flock joined HBO in 1982 as manager,Technical Support. He currently oversees the management of the HBO computer center and telecommu- nications network. Prior to HBO, he worked in manufacturing, and telecommunications industries.

In 1993, he received the Innovators Award from Electric Power Research Institute for his role in the EPA's first Energy Star program which involved personal computers.

Mr. Flock is Board President of the New York Chinese Cultural Center and volunteers on two New Jersey school boards and the local planning Jim Flock board. He has been an assistant coach of his local high school's varsity SVP Technology fencing program and had assisted the local recreation commission in teaching the sport to children. He volunteers as Principal for a Day for P.S. Home Box Office 124 for the last 4 years, and manages two Time Warner Pro Bono Consulting projects.

He graduated from City College of New York with a BS degree in eco- nomics and received an MBA from Columbia University. He is an Army ROTC graduate.

Yao Fu Bailey is a partner at Menaker & Herrmann LLP.Ms. Bailey has extensive experience in real estate, and specializes in commercial leasing, commercial and residential real property transfer, construction law, and corporate law.

Prior to joining Menaker & Herrmann LLP in 1999, Ms. Bailey was an in- house counsel for a state-owned international trading company in China and a managing attorney of the Beijing office of a law firm. She has recently been invited to make presentations in China about residential real estate in the US, with an emphasis on New York City.

She earned her LL.B from Peking University School of Law in 1987 and Yao (Helen) Fu her LL.M. from University of Washington School of Law in 1998. She quali- Attorney at Law fied for the bar in China in 1995 and was admitted to the bar in New (Partner) York in 1999. She is a member of the New York State and City Bar associ- Menaker & Herrmann LLP ations, and a member of the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Brooklyn.

Michael Gao started his successful seafood importing company, Seafood Expert Inc., in 1997.

As the President of Seafood Expert Inc., Mr. Gao is responsible for over- seeing all aspects of purchasing, marketing and management. Seafood Expert is one of the largest providers of seafood on the east coast of the United States and its reputation is growing as a provider of a series of Chinese and Japanese style prepared frozen seafood.Today, Seafood Expert's has a network of customers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, with a revenue of over $10 million.

Feng (Michael) Gao As an Asian with a successful business in the U.S., Mr. Gao sees himself as President promoter of improved trading relations between the U.S. and China.a

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Dr. Sunil K. Garg is the Executive Director of New Jersey's Union County Utilities Authority, which has assets of about $ 300 million and an annual operating budget in excess of $ 38 million.The Authority is engaged in the energy-from waste business and generates enough electricity to power 30,000 homes using municipal solid waste as the fuel. It regulates and manages sustainable waste management, including commercial recycling, for its 520,000 residents and several thousand commercial businesses.

Dr. Garg is also the president and chief executive officer of The EcoShelf Group Inc, a consulting firm that provides strategic technical support and science-based consulting services to clients and their legal counsel.

Sunil Garg Dr. Garg holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Stevens Institute of Executive Director Technology and a law degree from Rutgers Law School. He holds several Union County Utilities patents, has been widely published, and has been a frequent speaker, on Authority scientific and legal issues. Dr. Garg has appeared as a testifying expert at trial. Dr. Garg was a member of Governor-elect Corzine Policy Transition Team on environmental issues in 2006.

Dr.Ambuj Goyal is General Manager, Information Management Software. Dr. Goyal joined IBM Corporation in 1982 as a research staff member at the T.J. Watson Research Center. He was named Vice President, Services and Software, and Director, Computer Sciences in 1996. Since that time he has steadily moved up within the corporation. Dr. Goyal's main research interests are in high performance systems, databases and distributed systems. His early work in scalable databases led to IBM's Universal Database (DB2) family. He was also responsible for setting the early direction in web application servers which led to the WebSphere product family. He was involved in creating the RS/6000 SP supercomputer and the Deep Blue World Chess Champion com- puter.

Ambuj Goyal Dr. Goyal has received five outstanding innovation awards from IBM for his General Manager, work. He was elected an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to the theory and Information practice of highly dependable systems; elected an ACM Fellow in recognition Management Software, of outstanding technical and professional achievements in the field of informa- IBM tion technology.

IBM Dr. Goyal received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of at Austin in 1982, and his Bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur in 1978.

Sarbari Gupta launched Electrosoft as a Federal information technology consulting business in 2001, and has actively led the organization to suc- cessfully obtain various high profile information security contracts with the NIST, NSA, GSA, FAA, and various government and commercial organ- izations.

Ms. Gupta has been active in the information security industry for the past twenty years as an entrepreneur, executive, manager, consultant, sys- tem architect, researcher, and software engineer. She has a broad base of knowledge and experience in the areas of network and internet security, and has written many papers in prestigious publications and presented at noteworthy conferences. She holds four patents in the area of information Sarbari Gupta security. President and Founder Ms. Gupta has a B.Tech in Electronics from IIT, Kharagpur, and an MS and Electrosoft Services, Inc. PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of , College Park.

INeil Horikoshi is Director, Global Business Development for IBM's Global Public Sector business focused on procurement policy and trade association relations and initiatives in Washington, D.C. Mr. Horikoshi has lived in Japan and in Singapore and was the IBM ASEAN General Counsel involved with numerous joint venture/alliance transactions and complex contract projects. He has held various legal management and executive positions in sales, servic- es, software, and manufacturing and development. His legal and business knowledge supported the growth of IBM Global Services business in Asia Pacific.

Mr. Horikoshi is a member of the American Bar Association and the New Neil Horikoshi York State Bar Association,AmCham in Japan, and the U.S. Chamber of Director, Global Commerce, Procurement Council. He serves on the boards of the Asian Business Development American Justice Center,Asia Pacific Institute of Congressional Studies, Go For Broke National Education Center, Coalition for Government IBM Procurement, and is Chairman,Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation, and Director of the National Defense Industrial Association.

Mr. Horikoshi has a BBA, Honors from the University of Hawaii, and MBA and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Southern .

Mr. Hubin Jiang is the President and CEO of Ecompex, Inc., an information and knowledge management company since 1995.

Mr. Jiang is a pioneer developer in document imaging and management sys- tems, and applied artificial intelligence systems. He is the co-inventor of a satellite remote sensing imagery system, the Maryland Image Visualization and Analysis System (MIVAS) and was the leader for research and development of CorpCast, an expert system with innovative self-learning capability. He devel- oped a neural network model for simulation of human visual perception and a machine-learning model for natural handwriting recognition. Mr. Jiang holds over five patents and patents pending in document deciphering, expert sys- tems, content management, and document imaging. He developed Ecompex's Hubin Jiang first imaging and scanning system,VersaScan, which has been sold to numer- President and CEO ous Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.

Ecompex, Inc. Mr. Jiang was awarded the "Fifty Influential Minorities in Business" in 2002 and Ecompex was awarded the "Inc. 5000" in the USA, and "Deloitte's Tech Fast 500" in Norh America in 2007.

Jinsoo Kim immigrated to the United States in 1986, and began his career in tech- nology as a software programmer at Laser Recording Systems. Mr. Kim's leader- ship and vision enabled the company to develop a breakthrough technology: an Optical New Drug Application, which was considered the first electronic submis- sion to the FDA using optical disk technology.

In 1992, Mr. Kim founded ISI and created a unique software and service solution for pharmaceutical companies submitting new drug applications in electronic for- mat to the FDA and other agencies. In 1993, he developed Drug Application Methodology using optical storage, the standard application for the European drug agencies. In 1998, that first electronic submission to the FDA was included in the Smithsonian Institute's Innovation in Science Collection. In less than 15 years, Jinsoo Kim ISI grew from a one-person business to an international technology leader CEO/President employing over 300 people in the United States, Europe, China and Korea.

Image Solutions, Inc. Mr. Kim earned a Master's Degree in Computer Science, as well as the Executive Master of Technology Management from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. He received "The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist" in 2000, 2006, and 2007.And ISI received seven times "Technology Fast 50 Award" by Deloitte & Touche. Congratulations and Best Wishes from

ANGELINE CHO Sum-Min Kim has been an executive search consultant with Cesna Group Inc. since 1999. Mr. Kim has extensive executive search experience in telecommunica- tions, electronics, mechanics, semi-conductors, information technology, service industry, consumer products, pharmaceutical, optics, and the internet. He has car- ried out searches for clients in the US, Korea, Japan, Singapore, China,Taiwan, Europe India, Israel, and Russia.

Prior to joining Cesna Group Inc., Mr, Kim gained his multi-industry experience while working for six years at Samsung Electronics and Samsung Aerospace Industry Co. Ltd. as technical coordinator and high-tech strategy planner for their international markets. He also has several years of experience at Samsung Everland, Inc., which businesses include an amusement park, real estate, asset management and sports marketing. Mr. Kim has a Master's degree in asset man- Sum-Min Kim agement from Hanyang University in Korea and a Business degree from CEO Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) Sloan School of Management in . In 2000 he published a book for the Korean market on Real Estate Cesna Group Inc. Investment Trusts (REITs) in the United States. Society.

Ester Kim is President and CEO of Dynamics World, Inc., a retail supplier of martial arts equipment. Martial Arts, an ancient profession, has been transformed into a very modern, highly professional and competitive industry over the last 10 years. Dynamics caters to the individual practi- tioners as well as the ever-increasing individual martial arts academies and schools that need their own branded equipment. Under one roof of hun- dred of thousands of square feet of floor space, Dynamics have stream- lined and set up one-stop shopping - a showroom, in-house design, print- ings, decals and embroidery to accommodate demands from large quantity orders to very specific and personal requirements of each client. In order to meet needs of both ends, Dynamics World has developed Esther Kim its own brand of products that are highly comparable both in quality and President & CEO price with other name brands.

Dynamics World, Inc. Dynamics World, formally known as Vision America, started out as a small business run from home.Today, Dynamics has global clients and is one of the biggest martial arts suppliers on the East Coast.

Ms. Shu Lin is a Vice President and Actuary for Chubb and Son, a Fortune 500 company, specializing in property and casualty insurance which was recently named by Fortune as the second most admired property and casualty insurer.

Ms. Lin has been with Chubb for sixteen years, during which time she was responsible for the pricing activities of a number of commercial insurance lines of business, including commercial multi-peril, general liability, error & omission, property, workers' compensation and commercial automobile. In her current role as Deputy Actuarial Manager of Chubb Personal Insurance, Ms. Lin is responsible for pricing $3.7 billion of Chubb's person- al insurance products. She currently serves as a member of the Highway Shu Lin Loss Data Institute's Board of Directors and is co-founder of Chubb's Vice President and Asian American Business Network. Prior to joining Chubb, Ms. Lin worked Actuary for Ernst & Young in New York City. Chubb & Son Ms. Lin obtained an MBA from the University of in 1982. She completed her undergraduate degree in Taiwan.

Anna Lo is the director of business development for Fortune Capital USA, a company that specializes in advising companies in Asia on how to access western markets and market their goods and services. Fueled by strong convictions, Ms. Lo has now expanded her portfolio to include renewable energy/green companies in China, which she plans to help go public on the American stock exchanges.

In the intervening years Ms. Lo has set up and run a number of successful medical administration franchises and was the managing partner of the Liberty View Restaurant, which has become a fixture of the downtown Manhattan landscape.The restaurant has attracted the attention of New Anna Lo York Magazine,Washington Post,AOL City Search, Japan's Maple Magazine, Partner Zagats and the Michelin Guide to name a few.

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Karen Na is the Branch Manager and Vice President for JPMorgan Chase's Downtown Flushing branch – one of the largest in the nation. Since join- ing in 1989, Karen has received numerous awards including the Outstanding Performance Award for Branch Managers in 2007, and the APA Leadership Award, presented by the National Association of Asian American Professionals. Karen was also instrumental in the Asian gold coin promotion launched during the Lunar New Year celebrations.

Despite recent medical challenges, Karen is a dedicated volunteer, mentor and counselor, and an advocate of those in need. She plays a key leader- ship role in the Korean American community and is widely respected for Karen Na her fundraising and community relations activities. Branch Manager,VP Karen serves on the Board of Directors and is a founding member of the JPMorgan Chase Korean American Community Foundation; and on the Board of Managers for the Flushing YMCA; is a member of the Flushing Rotarian, and active in her church. Karen holds a B.A. in Economics from SUNY — Stony Brook.

Dr. Shan Nair co-founded Nair & Co with Vyoma Nair in 1994.The com- pany specializes in corporate tax compliance in over 40 countries.

Dr. Nair is an Oxford University Ph.D. nuclear physicist with an unusual mixed high technology/software and accounting background. He started his career as a research scientist in the UK nuclear industry and helped develop a code which set the UK standard for calculating waste from spent nuclear fuel. He was one of the two UK technical experts assisting the European Commission on the post- Chernobyl accident response. In the early 1990s, Dr. Nair retrained as an accountant within the industry and he set up Nair & Co jointly with Vyoma Nair in 1994. Nair is certified in Sarbanes-Oxley (SAS-70) and UK money laundering regulations. Shan Nair Co-Founder & President Dr. Nair has traveled widely and lived in 13 countries in Southeast Asia, Nair & Co, Inc Europe and the Middle East, becoming multi-lingual in the process. He is a Charter Member of TiE-Boston.

Chung Ng is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of ROKKAN, a leading interactive agency in New York City. Since establishing the compa- ny in 2000, Mr. Chung has managed the operations and finance, growing the business from a two-person shop to a 30 employee, multi-million dol- lar agency.With the opening of ROKKAN's San Francisco office and plans to open additional offices across the country to support a roster of blue- chip clients including Time Warner,Time Inc,Virgin America, Coca Cola and Atlantic Records, ROKKAN's success has mirrorred Chung's vision, determination, intelligence and entrepreneurial spirit.

Mr. Chung has also developed ROKKAN's User Experience practice lead- ing the Information Architecture efforts for projects such as NBA.com, Chung Ng WNBA.com,VirginAmerica.com,ADP.com,TimeInc.com, COO BadBoyOnline.com and countless other projects. ROKKAN's exceptional user experience and creativity has been a true differentiator and has spot- PROKKAN lighted the company's competency, recognition and presence in the digital space.

Dr. Pudchong Nil is chairman of the Department of Medicine and presi- dent of medical staff for Barnert Hospital. He specializes in Endocrinology (Diabetes & Metabolism) and Internal Medicine in Paterson and Wayne, New Jersey. He has launched numerous programs for the hospital, such as pain management, neuro sleep lab, and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to treat difficult wounds. He set up the new medical library for the affiliated medical school, raised funds to build a mammogram unit for the hospital, and established an advanced diabetic center at the hospital to serve the uninsured diabetic patient population.

Dr. Neil was honored as the Physician of the Year in 2001 and received the Proclamation from the New York City Council for Humanitarian work Pudchong Nil in Thailand and New York City in 2005. In 2006, the King of Thailand pre- MD sented him with the most Admiral Medal Award 4th Class.

Barnert Hospital Dr. Nil graduated from Mahidol University,Thailand, with an MD and immi- grated to the United States in 1973.

Nancy Pak has leadership responsibility in Colgate-Palmolive's U.S. Personal Care Marketing group and continues to do an outstanding job in driving financial and market share growth for the category. In 2007 she was instrumental in the delivery of strong net sales and operating profit growth while evolving the quality of marketing strategy across all the U.S. Personal Care Product brands. During this time, she also successfully introduced Irish Spring Body Wash, established positive business momen- tum on Softsoap Body Wash, and helped achieve record sales for Irish Spring Bar.And while delivering these impressive business results, she never lost sight of keeping her team focused on relationship building, cross functional collaboration and teamwork in order to achieve key busi- ness objectives. Nancy Pak Marketing Director Nancy also exemplifies visible leadership. She serves as a training resource Colgate-Palmolive for some of Colgate's key leadership programs, oversees recruitment Company efforts for the broader U.S. Marketing group and is involved in a number of commercial projects.

R. Ravisankar is Vice-Chairman,i-flex solutions, which provides information tech- nology solutions to the financial service industry worldwide. He is also part of the leadership team of Oracle's (a major shareholder) Global Business Unit (FSGBU).

A founding member of i-flex, Mr. Ravisankar has led the products and services business, technology and architecture, global sales and marketing and corporate development functions, including new lines of business, over the past two decades.

In 1997, he became CEO and transformed i-flex into a fast-growing, highly suc- cessful products and services company, winning customers around the globe. He relocated to the USA in 2000 as CEO, to manage i-flex's products and services R. Ravisankar businesses, the subsidiaries abroad, and new business acquisitions in the USA. Vice-Chairman Mr. Ravisankar has been a guest faculty at the Citicorp Asia-Pacific Banking i-flex solutions Institute in Singapore. He has presented i-flex's global product software success story at industry forums like NASSCOM and CII, and has been profiled in CNBC, NDTV,The Economic Times,The Times of India and Business Today.

Sean D. Reyes is a litigation partner in Utah's largest firm, Parsons Behle & Latimer.As one of the first minority partners in Utah's history, Mr. Reyes has worked on some of the state's most high profile lawsuits, and has suc- cessfully argued or briefed cases before the Utah Supreme Court, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court. Prior to join- ing the law firm, Mr. Reyes was a small claims judge for eight years, a mem- ber of the governing body of the state bar and is the youngest appointee to the coveted Governor's Judicial Nominating Commission.

This year, the American Bar Association honored Mr. Reyes as its inaugural National Outstanding Young Lawyer, and he was chosen the Business Sean D. Reyes Professional of the Year by the Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce. In Litigation Partner 2006 he was Utah's Young Lawyer of the Year.

Parsons Behle & Mr. Reyes received his law degree at UC Berkeley, where he was an editor Latimer for the Asian Law Journal.

Arun Sampanthavivat is the President and Executive Chef/Owner of SJL, Inc. the for Arun's Thai restaurant, which opened in Chicago in 1985. Mr. Sampanthavivat elevated Thai cuisine by presenting it in an upscale environment.Two month after opening its doors,Arun's received a 3-star rating by the Chicago Tribune and then a 3.5 star rating by the Chicago Sun-Times. From then on,Arun's continued to receive many important accolades and awards

He was born and raised in Thailand, is a devout Buddhist, a poet and a composer of Thai songs, as well as a collector of Asian antiques. Mr. Sampanthavivat plans to start a Thai TV station to strengthen the Thai community's relationship with the Asian community as a whole.

Mr. Sampanthavivat received his undergraduate degree from Chulalongkorn University, studied German in Hamburg, completed graduate school from Sophia International Arun Sampanthavivat University in Tokyo, and earned his second MA degree in Political Science, from the University of Chicago. President and Executive Chef/Owner Virendra Patel, a pharmacist and successful businessman, is the President of Shriji Pharmacy, a business which he started in the 1970s. His retail drug store was the first one SJL, Inc. to be established in Brentwood, New York. A few years later, he was able to open another pharmacy in Mt.Vernon, New York. He was also the one of the founding executive mem- bers of the Indian American Pharmaceutical Association.

Benjamin H. Santos, RN is President & CEO of United Staffing Registry, Inc. dba United Home Care, which specializes in local and international recruitment in the field of nursing. Mr. Santos began as a miner with the U.S. Nickel Co., Canada North, and went from there to take up nursing in 1972 (Algonquin College) and became a Staff Nurse, Psych Nurse Therapist, Head Nurse and Nurse Administrator I. He joined the Psych Unit of St. Claire's Hospital in New York City and in1988, he took over the administrative functions of their medical clinic in Jackson Heights, which was the beginning of United Staffing Registry, Inc. He started with two office staff and a couple of nursing personnel and today has more than 200 employees. Benjamin Santos President & CEO Mr. Santos is a highly decorated patriot having served in the military in the war zones of Vietnam,Southeast Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, and identi- United Staffing fied as "Sonny Boy, special Forces, Ranger Airborne". Registry, Inc. Mr. Santos received a Nursing Diploma and B.S. Health Care Management from Brooklyn College, New York in 1983.

Se-Min Sohn is a Business Development Manager for United Parcel Service (UPS), where he has worked for 18 years in various areas of the organization. His current role is focused on directing UPS's sales, marketing, and customer service efforts in Connecticut. His primary experience lies in industrial engi- neering, process automation/re-design, and distribution network analysis.

Within these areas of expertise, Mr. Sohn has worked with Fortune 500 com- panies, helping them utilize UPS solutions to help drive greater productivity, increase market-share, and impact bottom line cost-savings goals.

Mr. Sohn has spearheaded globally-focused initiatives and programs through his involvement in the World Affairs Council of Connecticut and Se-Min Sohn MeetChinaBiz to help facilitate trade partnerships between US companies and Business Development Pac-Rim business partners. He has also been instrumental in helping to grow Manager the sister-state relationship between Hartford, CT and Shandong Province in China. He is currently working with Goodwin College and the University of UPS CT to develop internship and placement programs for minority students.

In 1989, Rafe Totengco left behind his successful business in Manila to pur- sue a career in fashion design in New York, where he enrolled in the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT).

In 1994, a collection of belts and watchbands he produced for a SoHo boutique, sold out instantly. One year later, the first collection of Rafe handbags debuted. Since then, the Rafe brand has grown to include women's handbags, shoes and small leather goods, which are available at upscale department stores and specialty boutiques worldwide as well as select online shopping sites.This year the first Rafe store was opened in Manila. Rafe Totengco President As an acclaimed American designer, he has received many honors: Fresh Faces in Fashion, Gen Art Foundation (1996),The "Ten Bes" Award, ENK Rafe International(1997), Finalist, Perry Ellis Accessory Design Award, CFDA(1999), Rising Star Award, Fashion Group International(2000), Best Accessories Designer,Accessories Council (2001),TOYM (Ten Outstanding Young Men), Philippine Jaycees (2002), Entrepreneurship Award, Filipinas Magazine(2005) and Asian Entrepreneur of the Year,Asian Enterprise Magazine (2007).

Kamalpreet S.Virdi, a 31 year old Asian American is a partner, Board mem- ber and Sr. Executive Vice President for the Aequor Group of Companies. Aequor Group is a $36 million, privately owned group by the Virdi broth- ers.Aequor Group has Aequor Technologies,Inc,Aequor Healthcare Services, Inc,Aequor Homes, Inc and CPLC Education Center, Inc under its umbrella.Aequor Group is celebrating their 10th Anniversary this year.

Mr.Virdi was born in New Delhi and moved with his family to the United States in 1992. His father wanted him to become a doctor, but after grad- uating with a Bachelor's degree in biochemistry, instead of pursuing medi- cine, Mr.Virdi joined the corporate world in technology with the intention of one day owning his own business. He started his first venture as Kamalpreet S. Virdi Aequor Technologies,Inc in 1998 with his brother Manmeet Virdi.This was Executive Vice the start of Aequor. President Mr.Virdi received a Master's Degree in Computer Science from New Aequor Technologies, Jersey Institute of Technology. Inc.

Rachel Vorobyev is the Head of Local Market Improvement, Regional Businesses of Aetna, Inc. where her major responsibilities include leading the development of business growth strategies and cross-segment strate- gic initiatives. She is also involved in regional businesses planning, regional MENTOR, and other strategic initiatives. Prior to this role, she was the head of strategic planning & business development of Aetna's middle mar- ket accounts.

During her career in the health care industry, Ms.Vorobyev has held lead- ership roles as diverse as product marketing, strategic business develop- ment, medical strategy & health policy, provider relations and contracting, Rachel Vorobyev sales, and underwriting. She has also held positions in legal and engineering Local Markets companies. Improvements/ Targeted Ms.Vorobyev earned her Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering Aetna from Jilin University of Technology in China, and her Master's degree in health science and administration from the Medical College of Virginia.She completed the National Executive Program in Managed Care from the University of Missouri, Kansas from the Henry M. Block School of Business.

Ajay Waghray is Chief Information Officer for Verizon Wireless, the premier wire- less service provider with the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data net- work. He is responsible for the company's information technology strategy, its systems portfolio development and operation of all supporting infrastructure. He has been a leader of the Verizon Wireless IT organization since 2000.

Mr.Waghray started his wireless career with Bell Atlantic Mobile in 1997 as a director of Information Technology. He was named a vice president of IT when the company became part of the newly formed Verizon Wireless. Mr.Waghray has cited by CIO magazine in 2006 as "One to Watch" and recognized as one of Computerworld's "2008 Premier 100 IT Leaders.

Mr.Waghray holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School Ajay Waghray of Business, a Master's degree in Computer Science from West Virginia University, CIO and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Science (BITS) in Pilani, India. Verizon Wireless

Alexis Wong founded AGI Capital in 1998, a multi-million-dollar vertically integrated real estate investment and development firm. In 2006,AGI Capital formed a joint venture partnership with TMG Partners and CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System), the second largest pension fund in the U.S., to invest $100 million to develop $400 million worth of urban infill housing projects.This joint venture is the first of its kind for CalPERS and it is the first time for an Asian-American developer to be part of such a partnership.

AGI Capital has been recognized as one of the Largest Residential Developers in the Bay Area,Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies, Alexis Wong and, for the past three years,Top 100 Women Owned Businesses in the President/CEO Bay Area. In the past two years, Ms.Wong was recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in AGI Capital Group, Inc Business. In 2007, she received the Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Award for Excellence in Business for the State of California.

Ms.Wong received a BA in marketing and an MBA in international man- agement from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.

Dr. Songlin Xue joined Novartis in 2007 as Vice President and Global Head of Clinical Epidemiology at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. He and his team have made significant contributions to many drug development and drug safety assessment projects.

Prior to Novartis, Dr. Xue held senior positions with Hoffman-La Roche, Pharmacia & Upjohn,Warner-Lambert Company, and Wyeth.

In 2007 alone, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, gave guest lectures at Harvard University and the University of Rhode Island, was elected to the Expert Committee for the Chinese Society of Pharmacoepidemiology, was named guest professor by Xiangya Medical University in China and invited to join China's regulatory agency. Songlin Xue Dr. Xue is an active member of PhRMA/FDA Liver Toxicity Steering Committee, Vice President Epidemiology Expert Group, Pharmacovigilance and Epidemiology Committee, and the Think-Tank for the World Health Organization. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Dr. Xue was born in Datong, China. He received his medical training at Shanxi Corporation Medical School and Hunan Medical School in China, and his epidemiology training at the University of Minnesota.

Robert Yi,CPCU, is Operations Vice President at State Farm Corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois

Mr.Yi joined State Farm in 1988 as an Auto Claim Representative in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. He became a Trainee Agent in 1989 and after several promotions became Divisional Claim Superintendent in State College, Pennsylvania in 1995. He moved to Duluth, Georgia in 1998 as Assistant Division Manager and quickly became Division Manager. In 2001 he became Staff Director in the Enterprise Technology Office at Corporate Headquarters and Executive Assistant to the Chairman's Council. Mr.Yi was selected as Vice President-Operations for the Southern Robert Yi Zone in 2002, Operations Vice President in the Pacific Northwest Zone in Operations Vice President, 2004 and assumed his present position in 2006. CPCU Mr.Yi received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in State Farm Corporation College Park and a Juris Doctorate Degree cum laude from Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation in 2001.

K. Peter Yu worked as a civil/geotechnical engineer for 18 years for two leading engineering firms, prior to establishing his own firm,Yu & Associates, Inc. in 1992. In his new venture he provided consultation serv- ices to his former employer and other engineering companies. Recognizing the need for growth, he brought in two senior level professionals to help manage the firm and to bring it to the next level.Today,Yu & Associates is an award-winning firm with 38 employees providing civil/site, geotechnical and environmental engineering services in the New York and New Jersey area.

Mr.Yu was born in Hong Kong and in 1968 came to the United States to attend college. He received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Peter Yu from Texas A&M University and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering President from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a licensed engineer in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Florida. Yu & Associates, Inc.

Aixia Zhan is the president of Golden Global Travel inc., a successful travel and tour bus business.

Ms. Zhan started her career as an actress in China. In 1989 she moved to the United States and the following year Ms. Zhan started her own import and export clothing business. In 2001, Ms. Zhan set up Golden Globe Travel, Inc. and today it is a successful business.

Ms.Zhan has received many citations of appreciation from the city of New York. She has put a lot of effort into supporting many Chinese-American to be elected to city and state offices, to the betterment of the Chinese Aixia Zhan community through representation. Ms. Zhan is a true entrepreneur with President many talents. She's well known in the community, many people seek her help and advice and she is always ready to help people in need. Golden Global Travel, Inc.

Philip Xuan Zhang is a Partner in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group of Hodgson Russ LLP,one of the oldest law firms in the nation.

Working with clients in a range of industries, including financial services, real estate, transportation, energy, natural resources, technology, pharma- ceutical, apparel, and traditional manufacturing, Mr. Zhang concentrates his practice on China-related cross-border transactions, representing Chinese companies doing business in the United States and American and other foreign companies doing business in China. Mr. Zhang counsels on a wide range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, foreign direct investment in China, and dispute resolution.

Philip Xuan Zhang Mr. Zhang actively serves the community as the General counsel to the Partner, Corporate & China Chamber of Commerce in USA and as the President of U.S. Securities Practice Group Chapter of Alumni Association of China University of Political Science and Law. Before joining Hodgson Russ LLP,Mr. Zhang practiced in Singapore. Hodgson Russ LLP He is admitted to practice in New York and China.

Lihui Zhang is President of the Great Wall Group that he founded in Elmhurst, New York in 2004. Great Wall Supermarket provides fresh food, daily necessities and excellent service to local residents and Asian community. In the last three years, Great Wall Supermarket has opened seven branches in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Virginia, and achieved 80% annual sales growth through multi-channel sales and innovative marketing strategies.

Prior to starting the Great Wall Supermarket Group, Mr. Zhang achieved experience and recognition as President and CEO of Chinatown Supermarket from 1996 to 2004. Lihui Zhang President and Chief Mr. Zhang is Vice President of the Sino American Business Association and Executive Officer Zhenjiang Business Association. He is also an active leader of many Asian community organizations and uses his involvement to connect people with Great Wall Supermarket ideas, resources and talent to better the Asian community. Group

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