A COMMUNITY UNITED: A National Convening

Against Anti-AAPI Hate

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AGENDA 4

DOUGLAS EMHOFF 6

ATTORNEY GENERAL RACINE 7

ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG 8

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 9

PANELIST BIOS 12

A COMMUNITY UNITED A N A T I O N A L C O N V E N I N G A G A I N S T A N T I - A A P I H A T E

TUESDAY, MAY 4 12:00-6:30 PM ET | LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. HOSTED AND EMCEED BY ATTORNEYS GENERAL TONG & RACINE, IN CONJUCTION WITH AGA

12:00 PM OPENING REMARKS DOUGLAS EMHOFF, SECOND GENTLEMAN OF THE UNITED STATES KARL RACINE, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLIAM TONG, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CONNECTICUT

12:20 PM KEYNOTE | AMANDA NGUYEN

12:40 PM PANEL | THE HISTORY OF HATE AGAINST THE AAPI COMMUNITY ADMIRAL A.B. CRUZ III, NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOHN YANG, ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE – AAJC MIKE KEO, #IAMNOTAVIRUS SIM J. SINGH, THE SIKH COALTION

1:20 PM ACTION PLEDGE

1:25 PM PANEL | THE RISE OF ONLINE ANTI-AAPI HATE & ITS REAL- WORLD IMPACT AARON FORD, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEVADA MANJUSHA P. KULKARNI, STOP AAPI HATE VIDHYA RAMALINGAM, MOONSHOT ADAM NEUFELD, ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE

2:05 PM BREAK

2:15 PM KEYNOTE CONGRESSWOMAN JUDY CHU, CONGRESSMAN TED LIEU, CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN GRACE MENG, NEW YORK

2:35 PM PANEL | LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY RESPONDING TO HATE KAREN WHITE, ATTORNEY GENERAL ALLIANCE AG SEAN REYES, UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE KIM POYER, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION LT. DAVID HONG, DC METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

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TUESDAY, MAY 4 12:00-6:30 PM ET | LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. HOSTED AND EMCEED BY ATTORNEYS GENERAL TONG & RACINE, IN CONJUCTION WITH AGA

3:20 PM PANEL | REPRESENTATION & EQUITY ACROSS SECTORS HAROLD KIM, U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ERIKA MORITSUGU, WHITE HOUSE LINDA AKUTAGAWA, LEADERSHIP EDUCATION FOR ASIAN PACIFICS MARCUS WANG, ZYTOGEN

4:00 PM BREAK

4:10 PM KEYNOTE | LEE WONG

4:30 PM PANEL | THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF ANTI-AAPI HATE MAR JORIE HSU, ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION SUNG YEON CHOIMORROW, NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN’S FORUM SUE ANN HONG, CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN BEN DE GUZMAN, MAYOR’S OFFICE ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AFFAIRS

5:20 PM PANEL | STANDING UP TO HATE, SUPPORTING SURVIVORS NANCI NISHIMURA, COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP AND THE LEADERS FORUM PHILIP TAJITSU NASH, THE ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND EMILY MAY, HOLLABACK! ANNE MARTIN-MONTGOMERY, THE YELLOW WHISTLE PROJECT

6:00 PM CLOSING REMARKS MIGUEL CARDONA, UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF EDUCTION KARL RACINE, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLIAM TONG, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CONNECTICUT

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Douglas Emhoff Second Gentleman of the United States White House

Doug Emhoff is a lawyer and the husband of U.S. vice president . He is the first-ever Second Gentleman in the United States.

Emhoff began his legal career in 1990 as an associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and then Bingham McCutchen. Moving on to Belin Rawlings & Badal at the end of the decade, the young attorney achieved the rank of partner and enjoyed his first extensive taste of entertainment law through his work with Hollywood Video and the industry's studios.

He teamed with two colleagues to launch Whitwell Jacoby Emhoff in 2000, eventually convincing them to incorporate their commercial litigation practice into the larger firm of Venable LLP. Emhoff subsequently joined a high-profile lawsuit over the rights to the creation of the infamous Taco Bell chihuahua, and also represented pharmaceutical behemoth Merck, arms dealer Dolarian Capital and former NFL star Willie Gault in major cases. After helping to found Venable's branch, he was named managing director of the firm's West Coast operations in 2015.

In 2017, Emhoff became a partner at DLA Piper with a focus on intellectual property in its media, sport and entertainment division. While not professionally connected to the firm's lobbying clientele, Emhoff took a leave of absence in August 2020 to head off potential conflicts of interest during wife Harris' vice-presidential campaign and announced his intention to leave Venable by Inauguration Day in January 2021.

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Karl Racine Attorney General Washington D.C. Attorney General’s Office

Karl A. Racine was sworn in as the District of Columbia’s first elected Attorney General in 2015 and was reelected to a second term in 2018. Attorney General Racine is honored to serve again and will use the next four years to expand work on priorities, including preserving affordable housing, employing evidence- based juvenile justice reforms, cracking down on slumlords, holding unscrupulous employers accountable for wage theft, and protecting consumers from scams and abusive business practices. He is also committed to making investments in new efforts to protect seniors and other vulnerable residents, interrupt violence in the District, address childhood trauma, and more.

Through his work as president of the bi-partisan National Association of Attorneys General and as Chair Emeritus of the Democratic Attorneys General Association's Executive Committee, Attorney General Racine also speaks out for D.C. autonomy at the national level and pushes back against federal government policies that harm District residents.

Attorney General Racine draws on over 25 years of legal and leadership experience in his work on behalf of District residents. Over the course of his career, he has worked at the D.C. Public Defender Service, where he represented District residents who could not afford a lawyer, served as Associate White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, and worked on criminal cases and complex civil litigation at private firms. While in private practice, he was elected managing partner of his firm, Venable LLP, and became the first African-American managing partner of a top-100 American law firm.

Born in Haiti, Attorney General Racine came to the District at the age of three. He attended D.C. public schools, including Murch Elementary, Deal Junior High, and Wilson High, and graduated from St. John’s College High School. He earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was captain of the basketball team, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he volunteered in a legal clinic supporting the rights of migrant farm workers. His commitment to equal justice was inspired by his parents, who fled authoritarian rule in Haiti to start a better life in the United States, and by the lawyers of the Civil Rights Movement, who used the law to make positive social change.

Outside of his official role, Attorney General Racine remains involved with a variety of causes, including youth literacy and mentoring. He lives in Ward 3.

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William Tong Attorney General Connecticut Attorney General’s Office

William Tong is the 25th Attorney General to serve Connecticut since the office was established in 1897. He took office on January 9, 2019 as the first Asian American elected at the statewide level, in Connecticut.

Before his election as Attorney General, Tong served for 12 years in Connecticut’s General Assembly representing the 147th District, which includes North Stamford and Darien. Most recently, Tong served as House Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In this position Tong was responsible for all legislation related to constitutional law, criminal law, civil rights, consumer protection, probate, judicial nominations and the Judicial branch, and major areas of substantive law.

During his service in the legislature, Tong helped lead passage of landmark legislation, including the Connecticut Second Chance Act, Domestic Violence Restraining Order Act, Lost and Stolen Firearms Act, the Act Protecting Homeowner Rights, and the Act Protecting Schoolchildren.

A Connecticut native, Tong grew up in the Hartford area and attended schools in West Hartford. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover, Brown University and the University of Chicago Law School. He has practiced law for the last 18 years as a litigator in both state and federal courts, first at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, in and for the past 15 years at Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, in Stamford.

Tong is the oldest of five children and grew up working side-by-side with his immigrant parents in their family’s Chinese restaurant. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Stamford with their three children and too many pets. Elizabeth is Vice President of Tax for North America for Diageo Corporation.

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Keynote Speakers

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Amanda Nguyen Founder & CEO RISE

Amanda Nguyen is an internationally acclaimed social entrepreneur. She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. Amanda penned her own civil rights into existence by unanimously passing the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights.

She has trained hundreds of activists using her theory of organizing, "Hopeanomics," to pass 34 laws protecting more than 85 million sexual violence survivors. Recently, her viral video sparked national coverage on anti-Asian hate crimes.

Amanda is the CEO and founder of Rise, a social movement accelerator where she teaches grassroots organizing. In recognition of her work, Amanda is a Heinz Laureate, Changemaker, Forbes 30 Under 30, Foreign Policy 100, Next, Frederick Douglass 100, and Marie Claire Young Woman of the Year.

Previously, Amanda served at NASA and the State Department under the Obama Administration. Amanda graduated from .

Lee Wong Chairman of the Board Midwest USA Chinese Chamber of Commerce

Lee Wong has been elected 4 terms (16 years) to the Board of Trustees for West Chester Township, Ohio since 2005. Lee is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of Midwest-USA Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Lee's experience included 20 years in the U.S. Army as Special Agent for the Criminal Investigation Command (CID). Upon retirement from the U.S. Army, Lee worked as a Civilian Police Officer; Plant Protection Supervisor for Joseph E. Seagram Inc. (Vivendi Pernod Rica rd); Facility Account Manager for Guardsmark; and Director of Intellectual Property, Johnson & Johnson, in China.

Lee has been actively involved in numerous organizations and institutions in local, county and Southwest Ohio communities. Lee is the current Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Midwest- USA Chinese Chamber of Commerce; Lee is Vice Chair of Chinese American Association of Cincinnati (CAAC). Lee has served as President, 80-20 (Political Action Committee), Cincinnati Chapter; Commander of the American Legion (Veterans i Organization); Adjutant for the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW); Commissioner for Butler County Veterans Services; Past Board of Directors for the Greater Miami Valley YMCA; Advisory Board Member for the Greater Cincinnati Chinese Music Society; Board of Directors for the Salvation Army; Master Mason; West Chester/Liberty Chamber of Commerce Alliance; Local Merchant Association; Eagle Scouts Speaker, and Lecturer in various new businesses grand openings, schools, International Rotary Club of West Chester, Chamber of Commerce, fundraising events and other educational programs. Lee is also "The Voice for the Chinese Americans" on numerous occasions in Cincinnati Area.

Trustee is "Mayor" equivalent. There is no city council, just three Trustees (equal power). It is ruled by two votes majority. Trustees governs all facets of government, such as Economic Development, Road Services & Maintenance, Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Services and local cemetery. Budget is $107M. Lee is a practitioner of "Shoe Leather Politics". West Chester awarded 7 times "The Best Places to Live in America". He is approachable and stays connected with people in the community. Lee knows his constituents and his constituents know him. Lee is consistently top vote getting Trustee of the largest township in the State of Ohio. Lee interfaced with government offices and personnel in County, State and Federal. He maintained liaison with CEOs, Corporate Presidents, Judges, Attorneys, Developers, University Presidents, local business merchants and vendors. He is corporate savvy. Lee is a decorated U.S. Military Veteran, and highly respected in the community. He is bilingual and bicultural. Lee graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Master's Degree of Science in Criminal Justice.

Panelist Biographies

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The History of Hate Against the AAPI Community

A.B. Cruz III 2021 Board of Governors President National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

A.B. CRUZ III has helped lead four public (NASDAQ: VIA & SSP | NYSE: SNI & EBS) and three private companies (USAA, BET, ARINC)— spanning several very different highly regulated industries and representing over $60B in total annual revenue— through challenge, crisis and change. He is also a former Navy Admiral who during his 33+ year military career shaped and led numerous high-performing operational teams in demanding, high-stress and ambiguous environments, and represented the United States internationally in multiple high-level engagements with foreign militaries.

A.B. currently serves on the boards of Graf Acquisition Corps II/III/IV, Inc. and is a Senior Advisor at BarkerGilmore LLC where he provides executive coaching, leadership development and executive search services to legal leaders, CEOs and corporate boards. He is also the President of the Board of Governors for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. He previously served as Senior Vice President & Divisional General Counsel at USAA, a Fortune 100 financial services company, where he led the legal teams that supported the Company’s C-suite members and their organizations. He spearheaded the optimization of the chief legal office’s operating and interaction models, and reviewed and approved new products and services to foster USAA’s future growth, competitiveness, and technology transformation.

Prior to USAA, A.B. was Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer, and PAC chairman for Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. Before Emergent, A.B. concurrently served as the Deputy Director of Maritime Operations for U.S. Fleet Forces Command and as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary for Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Prior to that, A.B. was the Deputy Commander for both U.S. 4th Fleet and Naval Forces Southern Command, and served as the Executive Vice President & General Counsel for The E.W. Scripps Company.

A.B. holds a JD from The Catholic University of America, an MA in Marketing from The University of Maryland, and a BS in General Engineering & Physical Sciences from U.S. Naval Academy. A.B. has served on numerous boards and previously served as the board chair for the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and as an advisory board member for Bellatorum Resources and VetStoreUSA. A.B. is currently a board director and audit committee chair for the Yellow Ribbon Fund, a board director and governance committee chair for the World Affairs Council of San Antonio, and a board director for the Down Syndrome Association of South Texas. He also serves as a board trustee, executive committee member, finance committee chair and treasurer for Saint Mary’s Hall, and as a board trustee and governance committee member for the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation.

The History of Hate Against the AAPI Community John Yang President & Executive Director Asian Americans Advancing Justice Institute (AAJC)

At AAJC John leads the organization’s efforts to fight for civil rights and empower Asian Americans to create a more just America for all through public policy advocacy, education, and litigation. His extensive legal background enables AAJC to address systemic policies, programs, and legislative attempts to discriminate against and marginalize Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and other minority communities.

John has been a leader in the Asian American and Pacific Islander and broader civic community. In 1997, John co-founded the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the direct service legal needs of Asian Pacific Americans in the D.C. metropolitan area. He served as chair of the Asian American Justice Center (former name of Advancing Justice | AAJC) after serving as treasurer of the organization and as a member of its National Advisory Council. John was president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) from 2003 to 2004, and since 1998, he has served as Co-Chair of NAPABA’s Judiciary and Executive Nominations & Appointments Committee. In that capacity, he has worked extensively with the White House and the U.S. Senate in securing the nomination and confirmation of over 20 Asian American and Pacific Islander federal judges and numerous other Senate-confirmed Presidential appointments.

John’s other leadership positions have included: Member, American Bar Association House of Delegates (2008–present; Minority Caucus Chair, 2014–16); Board Member, ABA Commission on Racial & Ethnic Diversity in the Legal Profession (2009–12); Advisory Committee on Pro Se Litigation for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1998–2002); General Counsel, Organization of Chinese Americans (2000–02); Board Member, ABA Rule of Law Initiative (2013–present).

John is an experienced attorney with over two decades of policy, litigation, and corporate expertise. He served in the Obama Administration as Senior Advisor for Trade and Strategic Initiatives at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he was the principal advisor to Secretary Penny Pritzker on issues related to Asia and worked with the White House and other U.S. agencies on strategic and economics issues concerning the region. Previously, John was a partner with a major Washington, D.C. law firm, and also worked in Shanghai, China for several years as the legal director for the Asia-Pacific operations of a U.S. Fortune 200 company.

John graduated with honors from George Washington University Law School, where he served on the George Washington Law Review and the Moot Court Board. Chambers USA recognized John as one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” and as a Washington, D.C. “Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics.

The History of Hate Against the AAPI Community

Mike Keo Founder #IAMNOTAVIRUS

Mike Keo is the founder of the #IAmNotAVirus campaign whose mission is to create more opportunities in communities for Asian American parents, young adults, and students to be engaged.

He is an Activist in Residence at the University of Connecticut Asian/Asian American Studies Institute.

The History of Hate Against the AAPI Community

Sim J. Singh Senior Manager of Policy & Advocacy The Sikh Coalition

As Senior Manager of Policy & Advocacy, Singh’s work focuses on grassroots and national advocacy against hate crime, school bullying, workplace discrimination, and racial profiling. Singh has been quoted in publications that include CNN, NBC, and Huffington Post and has appeared on national and international broadcast interviews. Additionally, he has testified in Congress and presented remarks to government offices and at national conferences, including the American Bar Association, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, and others.

Singh advises various state Attorney General’s offices, federal agencies such as the FBI, DHS, TSA, and DOT on discrimination, bias, and community relations policy. Singh also helped develop law enforcement training on Sikh cultural competency training on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service and is a certified instructor on the course. He is also a partner member of the Truman National Security Project and serves a committee advisor to the International Associations of Chiefs of Police on Enhancing the Response to Hate Crime.

Singh is a licensed attorney admitted to practice in Washington, D.C. and Florida. Prior to joining the Sikh Coalition, he practiced law, developed pro-bono legal assistance apps for disadvantaged communities and worked in governmental affairs through prior positions at Facebook and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Singh holds his Masters of Law from Georgetown University. Singh also holds degrees from other institutions including a Juris Doctor, and a Bachelors in Management Information

Science and is an active member with the South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C.

The Rise of Hate Online AAPI Hate & Its Real World Impact

Aaron Ford Attorney General Nevada Attorney General’s Office

Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford was sworn in as Nevada’s 34th attorney general in 2019 and is the first African American to take statewide constitutional office. Before his election, AG

Ford served as the Majority Leader of the Nevada State Senate. He previously served as the Minority Leader, Assistant Majority Whip, chair of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, vice chair of the Senate Committee on Education, and member of the Judiciary Committee.

Before beginning his legal career, AG Ford served as a public school math teacher. He later attended law school and went on to clerk for the Honorable Denise Page Hood of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, as well as the Honorable Johnnie B. Rawlinson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He spent many years in private practice, including as a Partner at Snell & Wilmer LLP and later as Partner at Eglet Prince, both in Las Vegas.

AG Ford earned his B.A. from Texas A&M University in Interdisciplinary Studies and then earned his M.A. in International Education from George Washington University. He also earned an M.A. in Educational Administration, as well as his law degree and Ph.D. in Educational Administration from The Ohio State University

The Rise of Hate Online AAPI Hate & Its Real World Impact

Manjusha P. Kulkarni Co-Founder Stop AAPI Hate

Manjusha P. Kulkarni (Manju) is Executive Director of Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON), a coalition of over forty community-based organizations that serves and represents the 1.5 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in County. Manju also serves as a Lecturer in the Asian American Studies Department of UCLA. In March 2020, Manju co-founded Stop AAPI Hate, the nation’s leading aggregator of COVID-19-related hate incidents against AAPIs.

Manju’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including , CBS News, and CNN, as well as several ethnic media outlets. On March 18, 2021, Manju testified before Congress at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on the issue of anti-Asian hate; she shared Stop AAPI Hate data as well as policy recommendations for addressing the current wave of racism and discrimination faced by AAPIs in the U.S.

Manju received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and a Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law. In 2014, Manju received the White House Champions of Change award from President Obama for her dedication to improving health care access for Asians American communities.

The Rise of Hate Online AAPI Hate & Its Real World Impact

Adam Neufeld Senior Vice President of Programs Anti-Defamation League

As Senior Vice President of Programs, Adam Neufeld leads ADL’s education, law enforcement and community security programs and oversees the work of ADL’s Center on Extremism.

Adam joined ADL in early 2018 as the Vice President of Strategy and Innovation after serving as the Deputy Administrator of the General Services Administration. In addition to being the chief operating officer at the 11,500-person agency, he also helped start new initiatives including a group of coders and designers called 18F to work on the government’s most difficult technology issues, an office of evaluation science and innovative financing for real estate transformation.

Prior to GSA, he worked in other agencies, including as a lawyer. He also was a consultant at McKinsey & Co., where he served government and nonprofit clients.

Adam has a BS in Neuroscience from Brown University, and a JD from Harvard Law School.

The Rise of Hate Online AAPI Hate & Its Real World Impact

Vidhya Ramalingam Founder Moonshot CVE

Vidhya Ramalingam is Founder of Moonshot, an organization that uses technology to disrupt and counter online harms globally. She directs overall strategy and oversees campaigns, software development, and digital projects in over 25 countries. Under her leadership, Moonshot has pioneered new partnerships with tech companies to respond to violent extremism on their platforms, online intervention programs to pull individuals out of violent movements, and the use of automated messaging to disrupt hate groups online.

Vidhya is recognized internationally for her role leading policy responses to white supremacist extremism and terrorism. Following the 2011 attacks in Norway, she led the European Union’s first inter-governmental initiative on white nationalist terrorism and extremism, initiated by the Governments of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands, and launched by the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs. She regularly advises Big Tech and Heads of State on tackling white supremacy online, including recently the Prime Ministers of New Zealand and Norway. She has testified before the U.S. Congress on the global threat posed by white nationalist terrorism.

Vidhya also serves on the Board of Life After Hate, an organization set up by former white supremacists to help individuals leave hate groups. In 2020, she was named an Obama Leader by the Obama Foundation.

Law Enforcement Community Responding to Hate

Karen White Executive Director Attorney General Alliance

Karen White is the Executive Director of the Conference of Western Attorneys General (CWAG), the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) and the international Rule of Law program, the AG Alliance Partnership. She is responsible for executing the mission and vision of the CWAG primary 18 member and territorial state Attorneys General as well as the additional 22 associate member Attorneys General.

Ms. White focuses on enhancing the AGs’ ability to obtain, exchange and utilize information regarding issues of importance to the membership. CWAG’s network of chief legal officers and staff has resulted in the organization’s national and international reputation for legal excellence on matters within the purview of the AGs. CWAG is recognized as a leader in facilitating conversations and building relationships amongst and between public officials, the private sector and others on topics ranging from Native American issues, energy, natural resources and the environment, to cyber security, fin-tech, and consumer protection.

Additionally, she leads an international program of collaboration, the AG Alliance Partnership, with legal officials from regional and State governments, including Mexico, Canada, Ireland, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Ms. White has worked on behalf of the Attorneys General for 30 years, serving as Executive Director since 2006. She is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University and attended the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, CA. She received her JD from Purdue University Global Concord Law School. Karen and her husband Ron have three children and have been married 28 years.

Law Enforcement Community Responding to Hate

Sean Reyes Attorney General Utah Attorney General’s Office

In 2013, at the age of 42, the Honorable Sean Reyes was appointed by Governor Gary Herbert as Utah’s 21st Attorney General. Reyes took over an office racked with scandal and inefficiency in the midst of some of the most significant constitutional issues in state history. Within a year, he reorganized and re-energized the office internally and recaptured the trust of the State with striking leadership, innovative programs and historic wins against drug dealers, human traffickers, child predators, and white-collar criminals. After winning the election in 2014 by one of the largest margins nationwide, Reyes was selected in 2015 by the Republican National Committee as one of its four national rising stars.

After graduating summa cum laude from Brigham Young University in 1994, Reyes earned his law degree with honors from U.C. Berkeley in 1997. He practiced for nearly fourteen years at Parsons Behle & Latimer, the largest law firm in the State, where he became one of the first minority lawyers to make partner at a major Utah firm. While there, Reyes represented clients on some of the largest and most high profile litigation cases in the history of the State. He argued or briefed cases before state and federal courts throughout the country, including the Utah Supreme Court and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has been honored nationally and locally with a long list of awards for his legal skills, leadership and unparalleled commitment to public service and has founded and served multiple non-profit organizations.

The son of a Spanish-Filipino immigrant father, who fled the Marcos regime and a Japanese- Hawaiian mother, AG Reyes is Utah’s first minority elected statewide. AG Reyes and his wife, Saysha, are the proud parents of 6 children. He is a former collegiate volleyball player and mixed martial arts fighter who enjoys speaking at Comic Cons, playing basketball, coaching his kids, dancing with Saysha, watching Sports Center, cooking, shooting guns and rapping on Bloomberg News.

Law Enforcement Community Responding to Hate

Kim Poyer Section Chief, Victim Services Division Federal Bureau of Investigation

Kimberly Poyer is a Clinical Social Worker and Certified Professional Coach. Ms. Poyer received her Bachelors of Social Work at the University of Illinois. She received her Masters of Social Work at The George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St Louis Missouri.

Ms. Poyer has worked at the Federal Bureau of Investigation for twenty years and is currently assigned to the Victim Services Division as the section chief for all programing related to victim services. Ms. Poyer has held a variety of management positions in the FBI including the Workforce Planning Unit, Leadership Development Program, Office of the Ombudsman and the Office of Victim Assistance where she served as the Deputy Program Director and Clinical Programs Director.

Prior to working at the FBI she was employed for five years at the United States Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia as the first Child Interview Specialist hired by the Department of Justice to work in a U.S. Attorney's office. Prior to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Ms. Poyer was employed at The Children's Hospital in Denver Colorado. She was the Co-Director of the Child Advocacy and Protection Team, a multi- disciplinary team that evaluated 1200 cases a year of fatal child abuse, physical and sexual abuse, as well as neglect.

Ms. Poyer has provided consultation and training both nationally and internationally to a wide variety of professionals on various topics in the fields of leadership, employee development, social work, violence and victimization, as well as child abuse and neglect.

Law Enforcement Community Responding to Hate

David Hong Lieutenant, Asian Liaison Unit D.C. Metropolitan Police Department

Lieutenant David Hong is with the DC Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Special Liaison Branch (SLB). Lieutenant Hong joined MPD in 2007, serving as an officer in the diverse First District, which encompasses Chinatown, and as a sergeant in the Fifth District, which supports Gallaudet University and much of the District’s sizable Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.

Most recently, Lt. Hong has worked in the Sixth District, supervising areas that include Latino and LGBTQ+ communities and partners. Lt. Hong brings substantial investigative experience to SLB as well. He spent four years working to protect the city’s most vulnerable population as a Detective Sergeant, supervising MPD’s detectives investigating child physical and sexual abuse, and internet crimes against children.

Lt. Hong’s parents emigrated from South Korea to Rochester, New York, and his work with MPD has been shaped by his childhood experiences. Watching his parents tackle numerous challenges as immigrant small business owners taught him the importance and impact of positive relationships with the police.

Representation and Equity Across Sectors

Harold Kim President U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Harold H. Kim was elected president of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) in December 2019, after nearly 12 years of holding a senior leadership position within ILR. Under Kim, the Institute will continue to be a comprehensive, multifaceted global legal reform campaign with cutting-edge advocacy, research, communications, and voter education initiatives.

Kim is responsible for providing strategy, policy guidance, programmatic management, and leadership for ILR’s comprehensive program aimed at improving the nation’s litigation climate.

Before joining ILR, Kim was special assistant to the president in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. There he served as former President George W. Bush’s liaison to the Senate on matters involving national security, the judiciary, civil justice reform, intellectual property, and criminal law enforcement. During his tenure, he helped win confirmation for several of President Bush’s judicial and executive nominees and worked closely with Congress to advance the administration’s policy priorities.

From 2003 to 2007, Kim served as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, deputy chief counsel to the late ranking member Arlen Specter, and senior committee counsel for then- Chairman Orrin Hatch. During the passage of the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act, Kim was the committee’s chief civil counsel and advised Republican members during the bill’s committee markup and Senate floor action. He also advised committee members in the areas of asbestos, class action, medical malpractice, and bankruptcy litigation reform.

Prior to government service, Kim was a senior litigation associate at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Patton Boggs, LLP.

Kim is an elected member of the American Law Institute and the International Association of Defense Counsel. He is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine, and earned a J.D. from The Catholic University of America.

Representation and Equity Across Sectors

Erika Moritsugu Deputy Assistant to the President/ Asian American and Pacific Islander Senior Liaison White House

Erika Moritsugu has spent her career in the federal government and politics fighting for social justice and the empowerment of communities and individuals. She served as the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations at the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the leadership of Secretary Julián Castro in the Obama Administration after being confirmed by the Senate in 2014.

Moritsugu was recently appointed as the Vice President of a newly formed Congressional Relations team to lead an enterprise-wide advocacy strategy across all of the Partnership’s program areas, including economic justice and health justice. Prior to her work at the National Partnership, Moritsugu led the Government Relations, Advocacy and Community Engagement team at the Anti- Defamation League, a leading anti-hate organization that was founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of antisemitism and bigotry.

Moritsugu has diverse and deep experience on Capitol Hill and within governmental agencies. Moritsugu served as the General Counsel for Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, for whom she provided legislative and political strategic counsel and managed the Senator’s AAPI outreach and judiciary, civil rights and economic policies. She was the Deputy Assistant Director for Legislative Affairs at the newly-established Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Deputy Legislative Director for Senator Daniel K. Akaka of Hawai’i focused on economic policy and health issues; and held several different roles at the Senate Democratic Policy Committee under Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, including Acting Staff Director and Policy Director and economic policy advisor. She previously worked at the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, the Prosecutor’s Office for the City and County of Honolulu, and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. Before recommitting to a career in public service, she practiced international trade, legislative, and immigration law at Hogan and Hartson and managed grassroots and coalition- building campaigns at The Wexler Group.

Moritsugu attended Brandeis University, the College of William and Mary, and George Washington Law School. Born in California and raised in Hawai’i, Moritsugu lives on Capitol Hill with her husband, Brian, their two children Vianne Leilani and Chester Likeke, and their two cats.

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Linda Akutagawa. President and CEO Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics

Linda Akutagawa is President and CEO of LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics). A passionate social entrepreneur for over 25 years and beneficiary of LEAP’s leadership programming, she is a believer in the value, and urgent need, for diverse, equitable, and inclusive leadership. Through LEAP, Linda has dedicated herself to continuing the cycle of leadership development and inspiring Asian and Pacific Islanders to step up to leadership roles across sectors, industries, and communities.

She is a Commissioner on California’s 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission, as well as an appointed member of the California Department of Insurance Diversity Task Force and Chair of the Alliance for Board Diversity. She is also a member of the Asian/Asian American Institute Advisory Board at California State University at Los Angeles and a Board member of the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council.

Linda is a nationally recognized speaker and facilitator on leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion, nonprofits, and board governance. She received her B.S. in International Business with a minor in Economics from California State University at Los Angeles. She has a Certificate in Nonprofit Board Consulting through Boardsource. She is married and a fur-mom to two very-loved and spoiled rescue dogs and aunty to eleven nephews and nieces.

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Marcus Wang Co-Founder, President, & General Manager ZytoGen Global Genetics Institute

Marcus L. Wang, Esq., is a Harvard-educated CEO and New York- licensed attorney with proven experience both in building startups to profitability and in expanding public companies globally. He has powered companies to success in diverse sectors ranging from biotech and genomics to retail and e- commerce, in both the U.S. and China.

Mr. Wang serves as Co-Founder, President and General Manager of ZytoGen Global Genetics Institute, which utilizes Next Generation Sequencing to drive successful pregnancy outcomes for parents worldwide through its proprietary Preimplantation Genetic Screening platform. Mr. Wang’s international business and legal experience covers both the U.S., where he practiced corporate law at the Manhattan office of DLA Piper, as well as China, where he spearheaded the development, execution and launch of Under Armour’s China market entry in 2011. Mr. Wang continues to advise U.S. businesses concerning China market entry and partnerships, providing guidance on go-to-market strategy, regulatory issues, brand development, and product localization.

Mr. Wang currently serves as a Commissioner for the Maryland Health Care Commission, a government regulatory agency with oversight over the health care system in the State of Maryland, including hospitals, home health agencies, freestanding medical facilities, surgical centers, and others.

Mr. Wang also serves as the Chair of the Baltimore County Economic Development Advisory Board. The Board is tasked with advising the administration on strategies for attraction and retention of businesses, best practices for public-private partnerships, and the creation of a long- term economic development strategy.

Born and raised in Baltimore, Mr. Wang is a native English speaker fully fluent in Mandarin Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), with upper-intermediate fluency in Cantonese and basic conversational proficiency in Burmese. Mr. Wang is a graduate of Gilman School with an A.B. cum laude from Harvard University and a J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Mr. Wang also holds a Certificate in International and Comparative Business Law from the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, and a Certificate in Genetics and Genomics from Stanford University. He has served on the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland School of Law and the Board of Trustees for Gilman School. Mr. Wang is licensed and admitted to practice as an attorney in the State of New York.

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Marjorie Hsu Chairman of the Board Asian American Federation

Marjorie Hsu has built her career on a solid reputation of orchestrating digital strategies across a broad range of technology platforms to drive business outcomes and influence positive change in the world. Marjorie leverages technology to improve business models, and champions opportunities to build connections between people and markets globally.

Marjorie’s career revolves around three core tenets: Leading the Strategic Planning Process – As a C-level executive and a board leader, Marjorie advises and guides board members and C-suite teams to formulate, implement, and execute on strategies that connect customers, businesses, and global markets. Harnessing the Power of Technology – Marjorie understands the potential of technologies – AI, machine learning, devices, location, and automation – to commercialize business operations and elevate services into differentiated solutions. Engaging and Empowering People – Marjorie identifies, mobilizes, and leads teams of top talent from a wide range of disciplines to innovate and deliver services and experiences that define markets. She cultivates inclusive, collaborative environments where people are respected and valued.

Marjorie’s most recent corporate role was also a foray into the start-up space. As Chief Revenue Officer and VP of Global Business Development for The Experience Engine (TE2), she built a robust pipeline of channel partnerships with global brands for this cloud-based data orchestration platform that enables enterprises to create personalized customer experiences at large venues on vast campuses. Previously and immediately after retiring from Verizon Wireless, Marjorie was recruited by Korn Ferry to provide the innovation and executive leadership she was known for at Verizon to SingTel. As the company’s Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director of Networks, she established the vision, strategy, and roadmap for SingTel businesses across South East Asia and Australia. Marjorie’s 27-year career at Verizon Wireless culminated in her role as VP of Wireless Network Administration with a multi-functional team of 150 employees and 6 direct reports. She established operational excellence across a wide range of functional operations by spearheading the implementation of best practices across network security, FCC and FAA compliance, operational assurance, and network real estate.

As VP of Services Technology, Marjorie built and led a specialized team of 120 engineers and user-centered design experts to create FiOS products and services for consumer and business markets. She authored the network strategic plan that enabled Fiber to the Home in her prior role as VP of Planning and Metrics Management. When she was appointed to her first enterprise-level position – Executive Director of Data Services and Network Operations – Marjorie spearheaded the strategic integration of an external data affiliate into national data operations and customer service, creating a 1,000-employee ISO-certified organization with 99.999% network availability and expense reductions in one year. Marjorie holds both an MBA and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University. She chairs the board of the Asian American Foundation and serves as a board member of tech startups, including EveryKey, and Red Bird Health Tech.

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Sung Yeon Choimorrow Executive Director National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum

Sung Yeon is a first generation immigrant working mom who is passionate about building power to create change so her daughter can live in a more just world than the one she inherited.

Sung Yeon initially came to NAPAWF as its National Field Director with a vision to build infrastructure for building a robust base of community leaders who are most affected by the policy issues that NAPAWF works on, namely immigrant rights, economic justice, and reproductive right and health, using the reproductive justice framework. Sung Yeon has continued to lead NAPAWF with the vision of building power with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and girls as she took on the role of Executive Director at NAPAWF.

Under Sung Yeon’s leadership, NAPAWF has gone from one organizer (her!) to now a team of nine on the organizing team. Sung Yeon deeply believes that policies should be made by the people for the people and when people are equipped with tools to build power and create change, we will get the job done.

Before working at NAPAWF, Sung Yeon was the Director of Organizing at Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) leading collaborative work with community organizations, unions and faith communities on worker organizing and worker justice public policy. Prior to IWJ, Sung Yeon was a Community Organizer at Asian American Institute where she helped organize the pan- Asian American community in Chicago to work together on presidential and mayoral elections, immigration reform, the state budget, and redistricting.

Sung Yeon was born in South Korea and spent her childhood in Singapore and India. Sung Yeon came to the U.S. at the age of 18 to study Political Science and Urban Studies at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL and earned an M.Div from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. Sung Yeon is an Ordained Minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Sung Yeon is a board member of the Hana Center, a Chicago based organization that builds power with Korean Americans, immigrants, and multi-racial communities for just policies that impact immigrant families.

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Sue Ann Hong Executive Director Center for Asian Pacific American Women

Sue Ann Hong joined the Center for Asian Pacific American Women (CAPAW) May 2018 as the interim Executive Director. As of January 2020, she is the President & CEO.

Her career was with State Farm Insurance Companies for over 28 years, including Data Processing, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate Business & Technology Portfolio Management and P&C Auto Claims. She’s led up to 600 employees in multiple locations, managed 1000 contract employees and supported customers and State Farm agents in 23 states. She’s worked in various locations, including MI, IL, NY and GA.

She infuses the philosophy of building trusting relationships, collaborating and bringing people together to achieve common goals. A 2002 Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute (APAWLI) Fellow, she continues her journey as a Whole Person Leader in her belief it’s the journey versus the destination. Her goal is to support CAPAW’s vision to build Whole Person Leaders one person at a time.

Sue Ann graduated from the University of Kansas with a BSB in Business Management and earned a MBA from Western Michigan University. She is also a certified Life Coach (CLC). She currently resides in Atlanta, GA.

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Ben de Guzman Director DC Mayor’s Office on Asian & Pacific Islander Affairs

Ben de Guzman is the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander

Affairs (MOAPIA). He has been a leading voice at the local and national level on issues of racial equity, immigrants' rights, veterans’ affairs, and LGBT justice for twenty years.

He comes to MOAPIA from the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs, where he served as the Community Outreach Specialist. During his tenure there, he helped execute two major first time events for the Office- the “District of Pride” LGBTQ cultural performance event and the 32nd Annual 17th Street High Heel Race, presented by the

Mayor’s Office as lead organizer. He also served as both the Public Information Officer and the Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Officer for the agency.

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Nanci Nishimura Partner Cotchett, Pitre, & McCarthy, LLP

Nanci E. Nishimura is a partner at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP, where she handles complex civil litigation focusing on antitrust and business litigation--including representing municipalities whose investments of public funds have been defrauded by unscrupulous financial institutions--and businesses, non-profits and individuals involved in commercial disputes, or defending those we believe have been wrongly sued. Nanci is responsible for litigation in state and federal courts across the country, including mediation, and community-based pro bono work. In 2019, she was named for the second time as one of the Top 100 Women Lawyers in California. Nishimura was named one of fifty Top Women Lawyers in California for 2020. This is the third time she has been honored as a leading woman lawyer in the State.

Nanci serves on the California Commission on Judicial Performance, where in March 2018, she was the first woman non-judge to be elected as Chair, and completed her second term as chair in March 2020. She was first appointed to the 11-member commission in 2011 by then-Governor Jerry Brown. Among her responsibilities on the Commission, she chairs the Education Committee, an outreach program to teach how the Commission serves to protect the public from judicial misconduct.

In December 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Nanci to the California Uniform Law Commission, where she serves on the Supply Chain Transparency study committee to explore nationwide regulations on coercive labor practices in America, including human trafficking, forced labor, and modern slavery in manufacturing industries. She has served on U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer’s Judicial Appointments Committee for the Northern District of California, and the State Bar Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission.

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Philip Tajitsu Nash Former Staff Attorney The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Phil Tajitsu Nash is a Board Member and former Staff Attorney at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). He also teaches Asian Pacific American history, art, and public policy courses at the University of Maryland, and has served as Founding Executive Director of the Asian American Justice Center and a Curator of the Asian Pacific American Program at the Smithsonian Institution's 2010 Folklife Festival.

He has taught APA courses for over thirty years at City College of New York, Yale University and UMD, and recently summarized his experiences in an article and speech. Nash also is affiliated with the University of Maryland Latin American Studies Center, based on his decades of work with Native Americans in North America and Brazil on human rights, culture, and language issues. He helped to bring a Lakota language workshop to UM, and has taught a Study Abroad class for students in the Brazilian Amazon, where they studied rainforest ecology and indigenous issues.

His current activities include research on Nipo-Brasileiros (Japanese Brazilians) and support for the redress efforts of Japanese Latin Americans unjustly interned during World War II.

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Emily May Co-Founder and Exective Director Hollaback!

Emily is an international leader in the movement to end harassment — in all its forms. In 2005, at the age of 24, she co-founded Hollaback! in New York City, and in 2010 she became its first full-time executive director.

Emily has won 11 awards for her work and been featured in over 200 news media outlets including People Magazine, the New York Times, and NPR.

Emily holds a bachelor’s degree from New York University, a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and is a Prime Movers Fellow and an Ashoka Fellow.

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Anne Martin-Montgomery Co-Founder The Yellow Whistle Projec

Anne Martin-Montgomery is a community organizer who working with Asian American community service organizations in the greater metro Philadelphia area. She volunteers for the ACLU, serves as Research Coordinator for the Adoptee Rights Campaign, and is one of 4 co-founders of The Yellow Whistle.

As a small business owner, she taught Mandarin for fifteen years and now works as a consultant for issue and political campaigns. She began her career in the federal government as a policy analyst.

She holds an MSc from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from the University of Texas.