BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DIPTI GHOSH
Board Co-Chair
Dipti Ghosh is Senior Vice President – Investments at the Ghosh Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors in San Francisco. She has been in the financial services industry since 1986 and has also spent time as a fund development coordinator at Asian Women’s Shelter. She currently serves on the investment committee of Horizons Foundation. She has also been a past board chair of The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Trikone a South Asian LGBT organization, and was the recipient of the Phoenix Award from APIQWTC in 2007 and Trikone’s Pink Peacock Award for service to the South Asian LGBT community. When not advising clients on their investments, or fulfilling community obligations, she spends time discovering the greater Bay Area on her bicycle and traveling with her partner Meggy of 16 years, and of course, taking time off to attend CAAMFest.
VINCENT PAN
Board Co-Chair
Vincent Pan is the Co-Executive Director for Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), a community-based civil rights organization in San Francisco. CAA is a progressive voice in and on behalf of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community that advocates for immigrant rights, language diversity, and racial justice. Prior to joining CAA, Vincent worked with the William Clinton Foundation in Beijing to address HIV/AIDS issues, and before that he helped start and run an AmeriCorps youth program in Washington, D.C. Vincent has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, and has been a fellow with the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford University, the Echoing Green Foundation, and the Stride Rite Foundation.
MYONG LEIGH
Board Vice Chair
Myong Leigh is the Deputy Superintendent of Policy and Operations for the San Francisco Unified School District. Areas of responsibility under his supervision include policy development and implementation, business services, facilities, human resources, information technology, intergovernmental relations, and public engagement and communications. Myong’s work has focused in subject areas including financial planning and resource allocation, school site-based academic decision-making and budgeting, student assignment and desegregation, collective bargaining and labor relations, capital facilities planning, and transportation. He has also served as the Budget Director for the District of Columbia Public Schools and was a financial advisor to state and local governments on capital facilities financing and budgeting. Myong holds a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on the board of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club and lives in San Francisco’s Mission district.
BRENT QUAN HALL
Secretary
Brent Hall is a marketing consultant. Formerly he served as the Head of Digital at Nokia Technologies, leading their digital marketing driven by creative, data-driven strategies. He has extensive experience in marketing, public media, independent film, and community service. His previous positions include: VP of Digital at DxO (Responsible for driving integrated global marketing efforts across multiple offices and all marketing channels), Group Media and Strategy at AKQA (media and strategy director developing innovative digital-driven marketing campaigns for clients, including Visa, Gap, YouTube, Autodesk, Audi & Old Navy), VP, Marketing & Co-Founder of dGenerate Films (pioneering digital film distribution company bringing independent films from mainland China to North America and beyond), Media Strategy at Universal McCann, and Educational and Community Outreach Manager, KQED/Frontline World. For CAAM, Brent has served as both outreach coordinator, Directions in Sound producer, and festival operations. His interests include independent film, DJing, travel, and community building. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley, Honors, Mass Communications and Ethnic Studies. Brent is a Board member with the Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach.
DAVID LEI
Treasurer
David Lei worked as social worker in San Francisco’s Chinatown with at-risk youths before starting his business in 1981 specializing in exporting consumer products to Mexico. He sold his business in 2003 and retired at the end of 2005. David has a passion for building communities, social changes/improvements, youth education and the arts so he actively participates with following non profit organizations: The Chinese Performing Arts Foundation, Asian Art Museum, The Chinese American Community Fund, Chung Ngai Dance Troupe, Academy of Chinese Performing Arts, World Arts West – San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, the Bancroft Library and Center for Asian American Media. David has been married since 1974 with one grown daughter. He attended public schools in San Francisco and graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a degree in Business Administration.
JAMES BAO
Board Member
James is the Founder & Managing Partner, Pixel Inc, a company that helps brands create products and experiences for digital-first consumers. He is also a co-founder of OneVietnam Network, a Ford Foundation funded online network that connects the Vietnamese diaspora to grassroots projects in Vietnam using social media. OneVietnam was recognized as an example of innovation by Secretary Hillary Clinton in 2012. James is a recipient of Migration Policy Institute’s Young Innovator Award. He has been invited to speak on technology and social innovation by the State Department, USAID, University of California, Berkeley, University of the Pacific, and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Israel. Before OneVietnam, James worked as a management consultant with a primary focus on technology and telecommunications. He graduated as a Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholar from the UC Berkeley with a BS in Business Administration.
CHRISTINE CHEN
Board Member
Christine Chen is the current Executive Director at APIA vote, where she served as the founding executive director from 2006-2008. She also serves as President of Strategic Alliances USA, a consulting firm specializing in coalition building, institutional development, and partnerships among government agencies, and the corporate, nonprofit and public sectors. Profiled by Newsweek magazine in 2001 as one of 15 women who will shape America’s new century, Chen served from from 2001 to 2005 as national executive director of the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), one of the leading APIA civil rights organizations in the country. Chen also was a member of the executive committee of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. She also served on numerous boards such as the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, Demos Board of Trustees, Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL), Youth Vote, Gates Millennium Scholarship Advisory Council, advisory board for the Progressive Majority Racial Justice Campaign, and the Board of Advisors for the Midwest Asian American Students Union, East Coast Asian American Students Union, and the Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association. In 2003, she was a founding member of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund. Chen currently serves on the Kennedy Center Community Advisory Board, Center for Asian American Media, OCA Northern Virginia Chapter, and the advisory boards for the Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association (APAMSA), and CAPAL.
RICHARD CHIN
Board Member
Richard is the Founder and CEO of Infinita Life Science, a biotech company pursuing a cure for aging. Previously, he was Founder and CEO of KindredBio (NASDAQ:KIN), a biotech developing medicines for pets. Prior to that, he was CEO of OneWorld Health, a Gates Foundation-funded nonprofit developing affordable medicines for impoverished patients in developing countries, and also served in senior roles at various for-profit companies. The drugs that Richard developed have current aggregate sales of well over $10 billion per year. Richard is a Harvard-trained physician, an Oxford-trained lawyer, and a Rhodes Scholar. He was named by BusinessWeek in 2007 as one of 99 youngest public company CEOs in the United States. Richard has authored several textbooks on clinical development and previously was a faculty member at UCSF. He has also served as a director on multiple corporate boards and currently serves on the board of Wikitongues, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving endangered languages. In his spare time, Richard likes tinkering with his ’66 Mustang and running triathlons.
STEPHEN GONG
Board Member
Stephen Gong is the Executive Director of the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM). Stephen has been associated with CAAM since its founding in 1980, and has served as Executive Director since 2006. His previous positions in arts administration include: Deputy Director of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley, Program Officer in the Media Arts program at the National Endowment for the Arts, and Associate Director of the National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute. He has been a lecturer in the Asian American Studies program at UC Berkeley, where he developed and taught a course on the history of Asian American media. In addition to writing about film history, Gong has provided critical commentary on several DVD projects including the Treasures From American Archives, Vol 1 & 5 (National Film Preservation Foundation), Chan is Missing (dir. Wayne Wang), and is the featured historian in the documentary Hollywood Chinese (Dir. Arthur Dong). He is the Board Chair of the Center for Rural Strategies and serves on the Advisory Board of the San Francisco Silent Film Society.
HANSON LI
Board Member
Hanson Li is the Founder and Managing Partner of Salt Partners Group. Salt invests in and develops emerging concepts and exceptional teams in the food and beverage industry. Previous to founding Salt, Li was the Managing Director at The Hina Group, one of the largest merchant banks focusing on China. He serves as Board Director for Chinese American Community Foundation, the first philanthropic platform in the United States focused on engaging Chinese Americans through community grant making. His other board roles include the Association of Asian American Investment Managers, a non-profit organization that encourages and fosters business ties among Asian-led and managed investment firms; Asia America MultiTechnology Association, a 30 year old professional organization that serves the technology community around the Pacific Rim; and as Executive Board Advisor to ChinaSF, a public-private partnership fostering ties between San Francisco and China. He was recently named to Asia Society’s Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative. Li earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was named a Siebel Scholar in recognition as one of the top 5 graduates in his class and was also recognized as an Arjay Miller Scholar. He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Human Biology and master degree in Sociology (Organizational Behavior). Originally from Hong Kong, Hanson grew up in Hong Kong, Taiwan, New York, and Malaysia and now makes his home in San Francisco with his wife Terri and two children.
PAULA MADISON
Board Member
Paula Williams Madison is Chairman and CEO of Madison Media Management LLC, a Los Angeles based media consultancy company with global reach. Madison is the previous Executive Vice President for Diversity at NBCUniversal and is a longtime award-winning journalist. She executive produced Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China, a documentary that chronicles her journey to her maternal grandfather’s homeland in China and the reconnection of her family with his 300-plus descendants. Her memoir, Finding Samuel Lowe: China, Jamaica, Harlem was published by HarperCollins in 2015. The film aired nationally on PBS during APA Heritage Month in May 2017. Madison is a highly sought-after speaker on topics such as corporate diversity, genealogy, multigenerational wealth, entrepreneurship and multicultural issues. She has been named one of Hollywood Reporter’s “Power 100” and has been honored by many organizations, including AARP, East West Players and Ebony magazine. Madison is a native of Harlem, and now resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Roosevelt.
ROSEMARIE NAHM
Board Member
Rosemarie is a lawyer and passionate about researching and sharing the immigration stories of Asian Americans. Rosemarie served on the Board of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) from 2016 to 2022. She was deeply involved in the content development for the new Angel Island Immigration Museum (AIIM) and in organizing community education programs about Angel Island immigration. She also curated an exhibit at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center entitled San Francisco Beginnings of Korean Immigration 1902-1920; she plans to publish a book under the same title. Rosemarie formerly served as the general counsel of Sand Hill Property Company, a commercial development company, the lead counsel for Dong Ah Construction Co., and an associate at the law firm of Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper). She also worked as a legal adviser at the Palo Alto Housing Corporation and provided pro bono work for the Legal Aid Society, the East Palo Alto Volunteer Attorney Program, the Assistance League of Los Altos, and the Korean American Community Services. Rosemarie holds a J.D. from U.C. Berkeley Law and a B.A. from Wellesley College.
FRANK NAKANO
Board Member
Frank has served as Managing Director of the Sports and Entertainment team at JP Morgan Chase (JPMC) since October 2011. The group leads JPMC’s brand partnerships with sports, entertainment and culturally relevant properties that reflect the passion of customers, with a focus on sponsorship impact and ensuring alignment between JPMC and each partnership. JPMorgan Chase was named Sponsor of the Year in 2017 by the Sports Business Journal. Prior to joining JPMC, Frank served as Vice President of Marketing Partnerships at the National Basketball Association, managing development and relationships with national brands. Prior to the NBA, he served as the Vice President at Momentum Worldwide, and spent 9 years with the National Hockey League’s International Business Development Group. Frank graduated from Colgate University and currently lives in Manhattan with his wife and two daughters.
JENNIFER THUY VI NGUYEN
Board Member
Jennifer Thuy Vi Nguyen is the director of postsecondary success at the Stupski Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation that will spend down its assets and sunset by 2029. In her role as director, Jennifer manages a multi-million dollar portfolio and leads a team responsible for implementing a strategy for postsecondary success in the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaiʻi. Prior to joining the Stupski Foundation, Jennifer worked for more than a decade in education, supporting students at every level of the education system. Previously, Jennifer served as the director of a comprehensive, peer-led academic support and tutoring center at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB) in Hayward, California and began her career as an Educational Advisor for the Japanese Community Youth Council (JCYC). A proud native Houstonian, Jennifer holds a Masters and Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Georgetown University. She is a published creative nonfiction writer, short story writer, and blogger. She lives in Oakland with her partner.
CHERYL WEI
Board Member
Cheryl Wei is a partner in the entertainment group at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. She works in multiple areas of the media and entertainment industry, including film, television, digital content, podcasting, and video games. She is a trusted adviser to studios, production companies, networks, streamers, financiers and other clients in the entertainment, media, technology, and non-profit industries, who rely on her to guide and advocate for them in all stages of entertainment transactions.
DON TAMAKI, ESQ.
Intellectual Property & Contract counsel to CAAM
NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Jamie Chen
Melody Hom
Elliot Lum
Konrad Ng, Ph.D., M.A.
Joan Shigekawa
Jean Tsien
Alex Wu