56 O C A W E S T C H E S T E R & H U D S O N V A L L E Y 3 3 R D A N N I V E R S A R Y Thirty THIRD ANNIVERSARY & DYNAMIC ACHIEVER AWARD GALA OCA Westchester & Hudson Valley Advocacy and Empowerment November 02, 2013 Doubletree Hotel Tarrytown, New York
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Thirty THIRD ANNIVERSARY
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OCA Westchester & Hudson Valley Advocacy and Empowerment
Bill Kaung and Dr. Miriam Levitt Flisser Jenny Kho, Dr. Miriam Flisser and Mr.
Joseph DiGuardi
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OCA WESTCHESTER & HUDSON VALLEY CHAPTER
OCA Westchester & Hudson Valley (OCA-WHV) is one of over 100 chapters and affiliates of
OCA National. OCA-WHV is an all volunteer grassroots organization and encourages the active
participation of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs) in civic and community affairs. OCA is one of
the preeminent APA civil rights advocacy leaders on key issues of concern to the APA community,
and has been an effective voice in Washington, DC and across the nation by monitoring legislation
and policy issues that affect APA’s. - support social justice –> supporting social justice. The issues
include: support social justice, anti-Asian violence, economic development, campaign finance re-
form, voting rights, immigration reform, welfare reform, affirmative action and accurate portrayal
of APAs in the media. In addition, OCA is able to build national support working in partnership
with a diverse group of national organizations on issues affecting APA’s. An example is the his-
toric milestone of the passage of Senate Resolution 201 which acknowledges the injustice of the
Chinese Exclusion Laws, first enacted in 1882. Because of what happened to Private Danny Chen,
OCA is working with prominent advocacy organizations and is seeking lasting and sustainable
reform in the military and a more permanent solution to the harassment and bullying not only in
the military but in the United States.
Since its founding in 1980, the Westchester Chapter has achieved many milestones. In 1999, the
Chapter expanded its membership to include the Hudson Valley region of New York, hence chang-
ing its name to OCA Westchester & Hudson Valley (WHV). Its many awards include: Best Chap-ter of the Year in 1990,1998, and 2003; 2nd place Best Chapter of the Year in 2000, 2002 and 2008;
the Chapter Excellence Award for Membership Growth in 1995 and 1997, Chapter Excellence
Award for Membership (1st place), Chapter Excellence Award for Community Involvement in 2006
(2nd place) and 2008 (1st place), Chapter Excellence Award for Economic Development (3rd place)
in 2007, and Chapter Excellence Award for Projects & Programs (1st place) in 2009 from OCA
National. In 2005, it received the Leadership in Advocacy Initiatives Award from the National
Federation of Filipino American Associations.
OCA-WHV sponsors many activities in service to Asian American communities as well as our
community at large. Since 1999, it has been organizing and co-sponsoring the Annual Westchester
County Asian American Heritage Festival in May, attracting thousands of visitors from the region.
Other major programs include the Youth Organization of Chinese and Asian Americans for high
school students, the “Hate Crime Workshop”, “Meet the Candidates Forum.”, as well as its annual
signature event, the Dynamic Achiever Awards Gala. OCA-WHV also sponsors an endowed
Asian Student Scholarship at Westchester Community College. Rising Stars Concert and Student
Leadership Award are two additional events that the chapter holds annually to showcase and in-
spire the young generation of Asian Americans in the region.
OCA Westchester & Hudson Valley, P. O. Box 541, White Plains, NY 10602.
Email: [email protected], Website: www.oca-whv.org, Facebook @ Oca Whv
As we celebrate our 33rd anniversary of OCA-Westchester & Hudson Valley Chapter’s Dynamic Achievers Award, the OCA Board and I are proud to present to you tonight three outstanding individuals who have not only made a significant contribution to their respective fields, but also to the Asian Pacific American community. This year’s accomplished awardees are Angela A.Chao, Honorable Randall T. Eng and Jane Aoyama-Martin.
Tonight we are also honored to have as our keynote speaker Vivian Louie, who has written several books focusing on the interaction of social class and culture in the education and identities among immigrants and children of immigrants. I would like to specially thank Secretary Elaine Chao for taking time out of her hectic schedule to join us. Finally I would like to thank CeFaan Kim, a reporter for News 12 Westchester, who will serve as our MC for the evening.
Since 2003, our chapter initiated Student Leadership Awards whose intent is to recognize young Asian American leaders who have not only achieved scholastically and academically in their high schools but also exhibited leadership and made significant contributions to the Asian American community which they had participated in. This year’s winners are Stephanie Ding, Mary Chen, Meg Stomski and Stanley Vuong.
Our OCA-WHV chapter is recognized as the leading Asian American organization in Westchester and Hudson Valley area. We have been outspoken in the area of civil rights and voting advocate among elected officials and various government offices. Throughout our 33 years of existence, our chapter has promoted civil participant and advanced coalition and community building and we have not wavered in our objectives.
Our continuing attainment can be attributed to a long list of dedicated board members, past and present, who have worked tirelessly to insure that this evening will be successful. Many thanks go to our sponsors and supporters including Foremost Group, TD Bank, Capital One, New York Life, FCMS Foundation, LLC, Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore, Jin Li and Gary Guo, William and Sinforosa Tan Kaung , Wei Dai and Xiaochun Luo, Jean and Stanley Chang, Grace Pan and Dapeng Hu, and Christine Zhao and David Yan.
Thank you for your attendance. Please enjoy and celebrate this evening.
Vincent Young, President
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2013 OCA NATIONAL CONVENTION JULY 20, 2013, WASHINGTON D.C.
Board members at the National Convention
OCA-WHV board member Rose Tan Kaung and
Congresswomen Judy Chu
Liz OuYang, June Jee, our Unsung Hero
Xin Zheng and President Vincent Young Board members at the National Convention
Gala Co-Chairs: William Kaung, Rose Tan Kaung & Xiaochun Luo
Dynamic Achiever Nomination Committee Mark Fang, William Kaung, Xiaochun Luo, Vincent Young Fundraising/Promotion: Jason Tan Bobadilla, Peggy Chen, David Chen, Jenny Kho, Rose Tan Kaung,
William Kaung, Xiaochun Luo, Lawrence Ng, David Yan, Vincent Young, Xin Zheng
Raffle and Silent Auction Jenny Kho, Jin Li, Li Lin, Linda Ching Sledge, Peggy Chen, Rose Tan Kaung, Nancy
THE HONORABLE ELAINE L. CHAO 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor (2001-2009)
The Honorable Elaine L. Chao is the first Asian Pacific American woman to be appointed to a President's cabinet in American history.
An immigrant who arrived in America at age eight speaking no English, Secretary Chao’s experience transitioning to a new country has motivated her to dedicate her professional life to help others access opportunities in America.
Under Secretary Chao’s leadership, the Department made the advancement of Asian Pacific Americans a priority through its human capital program, enforce-ment activities, compliance assistance efforts and partnership activities including hosting the annual Asian Pacific American Federal Career Advancement Summit and the annual Opportunity Conference. In 2003, the Bureau of Labor Statistics began reporting employment data on the Asian Pacific American community in a separate category, a historic first.
Secretary Chao was a key participant in the Strategic Economic Dialogue, the Cabinet to Cabinet forum between the U. S. and China. In August 2008, Secre-tary Chao chaired the U. S. Delegation to the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
Secretary Chao's distinguished career spanned the public, private and non-profit sectors. She was President and CEO of United Way of America, Director of the Peace Corps, Deputy Secretary of the U. S. Department of Transportation and Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. She chairs the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation in honor of her late mother and serves on many corporate and non-profit boards including: News Corp; Wells Fargo; Bloomberg Philanthropies; New York Presbyterian Hospital; Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Harvard Business School Board of Global Advisors; Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors.
She received her M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, an economics degree from Mt. Holyoke College and is the recipient of 34 honorary doctorate degrees. Secretary Chao is married to the Republican Leader of the United States Senate, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
CeFaan Kim is a general assignment reporter for News 12 Westchester/Hudson Valley who began his career with the station in 2012. At News 12, Kim has covered many major events, including the tragic wedding party boat crash in the Hudson River in 2013 that claimed the lives of the bride-to-be and the best man. He has also reported on the Metro-North Train derailment that caused service cancellations and disruptions for more than a week. Prior to joining News 12, Kim was a reporter for NY1 News, not only cover-ing the borough of Queens but also working in the NY1 News political unit as an associate producer for "Inside City Hall." He made national head-lines with his exclusive story of a woman who died tragically in the "Christmas Blizzard" of 2010 when EMS efforts were hampered by lengthy delays (45 minutes) in reaching 911 operators. Kim's account forced the Bloomberg administration to admit to the inadequacies of the city's emer-gency system. He has lengthy experience in managing news on the political/electoral front. In 2008, for example, he traveled to Iowa and New Hampshire to cover the presidential campaigns of former Senator Hillary Clinton, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and former Senator Barack Obama. A graduate of New York University and a member of the Asian American Journalists Association, Kim served as sergeant in the U.S. Army Re-serves (2000-2006). He is the first Korean-American male tv reporter in New York City. Born in Philadelphia, he now resides in Queens.
Vivian Louie is the CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at CUNY-Hunter College. She is a sociologist who studies the intersection of social class and culture in the edu-cation and identities among immigrants and the children of immigrants. Louie studies how the incorporation of immigrant parents in the United States influences their children's high school to college transition and identity formation, from childhood to early adulthood among diverse immi-grant and native-born groups. Louie also studies how migrants from Main-land China negotiate the cultural, language and learning divides in graduate management programs in the United States that seek to prepare students to be leaders in the global economy and their decision-making about whether to settle in the United States or return to Asia.
Louie is the author of two books, Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Educa-tion, and Opportunity among Chinese Americans (Stanford University Press, 2004), Keeping the Immigrant Bargain: The Costs and Rewards of Success in America (Russell Sage Foundation, 2012), and several articles and book chapters, the co-author of a forthcoming book, Achieving the Dream: Educa-tors, Immigrants and the Paths to College (Harvard Education Press), and co-editor of and contributor to Writing Immigration: Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue (University of California, 2011). Louie has been awarded postdoctoral fellowships from the Social Science Research Council and the National Academy of Education/Spencer Founda-tion, and a position as Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. A na-tive of New York City, Louie received her doctorate in sociology from Yale University, masters in communication from Stanford University and bache-lor’s degree from Harvard. She previously worked as a newspaper journalist, lecturer in sociology at Harvard, and postdoctoral fellow, assistant and asso-ciate professor in education at Harvard.
Angela A. Chao is Deputy Chairman of Foremost Group, an international shipping company in New York, where she concentrates on financing, chartering and ship management.
From 2001-2008, Chao served Foremost Group as Assistant Vice President, Vice President and Senior Vice President. One among many major tasks was to implement the fleet’s Vessel Security Plans to comply with international measures enhancing the security of ships and ports in the wake of 9/11.
Prior to Foremost Group, Ms. Chao was an investment banker in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department of Smith Barney.
She received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree magna cum laude in economics from Harvard College. A case study she wrote at Harvard Business School was published in a compilation of essen-tial HBS finance cases and is now part of the first-year curriculum. Ms. Chao lectures throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. In 2005, she was named an “Eminent Young Overseas Chinese” by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. That same year, The Journal of Commerce fea-tured her in a special edition on Women in International Trade. In 2011, she became a founding member of the Wall Street Journal’s Task Force on Women in the Economy.
Ms. Chao serves on many corporate boards, including the following: the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Harvard Business School's Board of Dean's Advisors, Lincoln Center Global’s China Advisory Council, the American Bureau of Shipping Council, the Chairman’s Council of the Metropoli-tan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art PS1, the Shanghai Mulan Edu-cation Foundation and Foremost Foundation. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
An ardent fan of the arts, Ms. Chao lives in New York City.
Families with Children from China Salutes the 33rd Annual
OCA Dynamic Achiever Awards Banquet and its awardees
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HONORABLE RANDALL T. ENG, ESQ. Presiding Justice of the
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
2013 Dynamic Achiever Award Recipient
Justice Randall T. Eng is the Presiding Jus-tice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2012. He received his J.D. degree from St. John’s Uni-versity School of Law in 1972. Upon admission to the bar in 1973, Justice Eng was made an assistant district attorney in Queens County, the first Asian-American in New York to serve in that capacity. Justice Eng again broke barriers in 1983 by becoming the first Asian-American judge in New York State, appointed by Edward Koch to the Criminal Court of the City of New York. He presided until 1988 when he was named Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court. In 1990 and 2004 he won election to that bench. In 2007, he was appointed Administrative Judge of the Criminal Term of Queens County Supreme Court. In 2008, he was designated Associate Justice of the Appellate Division Second Department. He has also served as President of the Association of Supreme Court Justices of the City of New York and as a member of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics, Currently, he serves on the Permanent Sentencing Commission for New York State and the New York State Judicial Institute of Professionalism in the Law. Justice Eng served in the New York Army National Guard from 1970 to
2004, retiring as State Judge Advocate, at the rank of colonel. He is also
adjunct professor at St. John’s University School of Law. He is married to Dr. Pauline Leong Eng, an internist. The couple has two daughters.
JANE AOYAMA-MARTIN, ESQ. Executive Director Pace Women’s Justice Center,
Pace University School of Law.
2013 Dynamic Achiever Award Recipient
Jane Aoyama-Martin is the Executive Director of the Pace University School of Law Women’s Justice Center in White Plains, New York. Jane's work at the Center focuses on eliminating violence against women and advancing the rights of women, children and the elderly through the skillful and innovative uses of the law. Her expertise encompasses community education and outreach and focuses particularly on administering to the needs of victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual and elder abuse. Prior to serving as the Center’s Executive Director, Jane supervised the Le-gal Aid Society’s family law practice in the Bronx and Harlem and co-supervised the Society’s city-wide Domestic Violence Project. She is a founding Board member of the New York Asian Women’s Center, the first organization on the east coast to address battering and sexual assault against Asian women and currently sits on its Advisory Board. She is also an active member of the Matrimonial Committee of the Lawyers’ Committee Against Domestic Violence. Jane frequently serves as lecturer and trainer of attorneys, providing inten-sive trials skills training in programs sponsored by the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence. Jane graduated from the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare and the UCLA School of law. She began her law career as a legal services attorney and Reginald Heber Smith Fellow in rural New York before embarking on a distinguished legal career in both the private and public sectors.
Born and raised in Taipei, musical artist Diane Phelan moved to the U.S. at age nine. Upon completing her studies at N.Y.U., she became a noted performer and producer in Broadway musical theater throughout the U.S. and the world. She made her NYC debut at Lincoln Center Theater in Michael John Chiusa’s BERNARDA ALBA. She has had many starring roles in Broad-way revivals such as WEST SIDE STORY (Maria) in Europe and Asia; MISS SAIGON and CINDERELLA at the Paper Mill Playhouse; FLOW-ER DRUM SONG in Los Angeles; CAROUSEL at the National Asian Artists Project founded by Baayork Lee; THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE at First Broadway National; THE KING AND I at Sacramento Music Circus; and the Broadway lab production of ALLEGIANCE. She is particularly proud of her starring role in the world premiere of WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP, a groundbreaking rock opera directed by Robert McQueen in Phnom Penh which was subsequently banned by Cambodian censors. Moved by her time in Cambodia, she wrote, pro-duced and performed in a cabaret benefit entitled AN AMBIGUOUSLY ETHNIC GIRL at The Duplex in NYC as well as in a concert in Phnom Penh to raise funds for Cambodian Living Arts. In 2008, she produced a star-studded benefit raising $17.000 for the Sichuan earthquake disaster relief. In addition to her work in theater, Diane has a second career as a pro-fessional photographer.