Patricia is an attorney at the national law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine where she specializes in employment law. In addition to representing employers in litigation, she provides advice and training on numerous topics in the workplace, including disability accommodation and how to conduct investigations.  A former member on the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, she is a past president of the Japanese American Bar Association, and has served as an appointed member of the American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights.

Johnna is a former Senior Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs for Warner Bros., where she handled a broad range of legal matters relating to the home video, digital distribution, and game businesses in the Asia-Pacific region. While at Warner Bros. she also served for several years as the Executive Sponsor for the Network for Asian Pacific Americans (NAPA), the business resource group for Asian American and Pacific Islander employees. Ms. Cho started her legal career as an attorney with Graham & James, developing an expertise in corporate transactions. She received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her J.D. from UCLA. Ms. Cho is a yoga enthusiast and certified yoga instructor (RYT-500) and currently in training to be a yoga therapist.

Nicole is the Account Director for Exact Tax Inc. She has been involved with nonprofits and philanthropy for over 15 years with 5 of those years at California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She also serves as a committee member of Pasadena City College’s Asian American and Pacific Islander President’s Advisory Council, co-founded Asian Pacific Americans at Caltech, the campus’s first employee resource group, and is currently a Leadership Institute Fellow with Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE). She received her undergraduate degree at UC Irvine and her Masters of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University.

Mark is the former Director of Disabled Students Programs and Services at Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California. He worked in programs serving students with disabilities in the California Community Colleges and the California State University system for over 35 years. He established the “GO Project” and co-created the “College to Career” program at Long Beach City College. Mr. Matsui is also a Past-President of the California Association for Post-secondary Education and Disability (CAPED), the oldest professional organization of post-secondary educators of students with disabilities in the nation.

Phuong is Senior Vice President, Business Development Officer, at Bank of America, where she is responsible for sourcing new financing opportunities, while leading deal teams through the screening, approval and execution phases of a transaction. She previously served as vice president at Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, City National Bank, and People's Bank of America.

LInda is an alum of Cal State University Los Angeles (CSULA) with a BS and MBA  in Information Systems.  She is a  retired technology manager for the City of Los Angeles, and is a former elected Trustee for Pasadena City College, where she served in leadership on a number of community college boards and committees, including President for the California Community College Trustees (CCCT), Director on the national Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), and Chair of Community College League of California (CCLC) Financial Reform Task Force.  She is a co-founder of two caucuses for California Community Colleges (Asian American Pacific Islander Trustees & Administrators (APITA)) and the Women's Caucus (CCCWC).  Linda also serves on the CSULA President's Caucus, and is a co-sponsor for the CSULA Alumni Mentoring Program. Linda volunteers as an executive coach for the Executive Services Corp for non-profit organizations, and is the Chair of the National Women's Political Caucus/Los Angeles County Council.