Lily Mak, OCA-DFW President. Lily joined the OCA-DFW
board in 2003 and is active in the community, serving on the boards of a
number of non-profit organizations, including Marco Polo World Foundation,
OCA, and DFW AACC. Lily is one of the founders and a co-chair of the Annual
DFW Dragon Boat, Kite, and Lantern Festival. She has been appointed by the Dallas city council to two re-investment boards for
the City of Dallas
and is a member of the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce. Lily
has held a succession of senior management positions at Nortel, Alcatel,
and Airband Communications. Lily holds an M.B.A.,
a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science and a B.Sc. in Physics. In addition, Lily
is a professional underwater photographer, scuba diver and owns Enchanted
Sea Images, Inc.
Cynthia W. Chao is Senior Manager of Organization and
Transformation Solutions with Hitachi Consulting, leading global companies
through the organizational and personal transitions essential to successful
enterprise-wide transformation. Cindy specializes in business strategy,
organizational change management and executive coaching. Cindy has been
active in the community since 1992 and has held OCA Board positions since
2000. While living in Washington, DC, Cindy served two consecutive terms as an
executive appointed and senate confirmed County Health Commissioner for Montgomery County, Maryland, under the Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS). She served on the Environmental Health and
Mental Health subcommittees as well as the County Mental Health Advisory
Board. Cindy was the Professional Advisor for the Society of Women
Engineers (SWE) at SMU from 1997 – 2003. She is Co-Founder and Past
President of the Asian Pacific American Young Professionals Organization
(APA-YPO), founding member of the APA-YPO Toastmasters Club and founding
member of the Asian Professional Exchange (APEX).
Shannon Chen,
immediate past president, is the
current President of OCA-DFW. She is the VP of Operation/Administration at
DFW Technology. Shannon is an active
community volunteer and board members of several non-profit organizations
in the Dallas / Fort Worth (DFW) community. She is serving as the
Chairperson of the Board and Past Principal of Hai-Hwa
Foundation Oversea Chinese School. She is the president of Chinese Youth
Leadership Club (CYLC) and board director of Plano Community Home (PCH).
She had served on the Board of Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM),
Plano ISD (PISD) Advisory Board, and National Council of Association of
Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS), Asian American Citizen Council (AACC). Shannon received the 2007 Community Services Award
from the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce (GDAACC).
Ansel (Chun)
Cheng, Ansel is Senior
Business Analyst at Epsilon, Strategic Database Services. He served on
the Steering Committee of the Citigroup Asian Heritage Network, which
promotes cultural diversity within the company, for three years. In 2006
and 2007, he led the North Texas Youth Program, the Merit Gavel Club,
volunteered at OCA events, and served as backup Webmaster in maintaining
OCA website. Ansel holds an MBA degree in Accounting from University of Dallas
and Bachelor in Computer Science from University of Manitoba.
He is married with three children.
Soegiono Hadiwijaya (Sugi) is a Manager within the Reorganization Services
Group at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP (Deloitte FAS) in Dallas. Sugi provides financial advisory services to companies
in Chapter 11 bankruptcy or out-of-court restructuring / turnaround.
His expertise includes financial projection, liquidity issue, business plan
assessment and profitability improvement. In addition, Sugi has been active in community services. He
serves as the President of the Deloitte & Touche
North Texas Pan Asian Business Resource Group and also sits in the board of
the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce (GDAACC). He
graduated with a Finance degree from the University
of Texas at Austin and is a CFA ("Chartered
Financial Analyst") charterholder.
Julie Hwang is currently Secretary of OCA-DFW. A graduate of
MIT with a degree in electrical engineering, she has worked at Texas
Instruments. Julie has developed
joint program such as screening of “Becoming American: The Chinese Experience”
between OCA-DFW and KERA. An alumnus of the GDAAXX Leadership Tomorrow
program, she serves as an officer of Soroptimist
International of Dallas and Director of community Affairs for the Asian
Film Festival of Dallas.
Cecilia Leung, a current board member and long time supporter of
OCA, has assisted in planning
various OCA-DFW programs including youth leadership conferences, homeless
feeding, picnic, and banquets. She is a recipient of the 2003 OCA Unsung
Hero Award. Cecilia is a registered dietitian (RD) and holds a Ph.D. in
Nutrition. She and her husband consult in the area of food, nutrition, and
wellness.
Ian
Lim, a board member of OCA-DFW,
works at Clark Consulting as an Investment Research Analyst and progressed
to Senior Investment Research Analyst. His responsibilities include
investment strategy, due diligence of structured products, separate account
options and insurance subaccounts for both the COLI and BOLI space. He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas
at Dallas.
In addition his Group One, NASD Series 7, and 63 licenses, he is a CFA charterholder and is an active member of the CFA
Society of Dallas Ft. Worth and the CFA Institute.
Linda Tran, Linda is a graduate from Baylor University. She currently works for BeautiControl Cosmetics, Inc. as their IT Business
Analyst/IT SOX auditor. In her spare
time, she likes to teach cooking, travel, volunteer with different
non-profit organizations and has a passion to help make a difference in the
communities. She is an active community
volunteer for several non-profit organizations in the Dallas/Forth Worth
(DFW) community. At this time, she is currently pursuing her master in
counselor and education at Dallas Baptist University (DBU).
Derek
Tse, Tik (Derek) Tse is a
MAP-certified agent at New York Life. He has helped families,
business owners, and local entrepreneurs in the community to establish and
organize their financial portfolio. Tik has
been an active member and a volunteer at the Greater Dallas Asian American
Chamber of Commerce (GDAACC) for over 3 years, where he participates in the
annual Asian Festival, Awards Banquet, and now sits in the Membership
committee as Co-Chair in charge of retention. He's been a member at
APEX since 2003. Tik's membership at OCA
included corporate and personal participation in the 2006 and 2007 Annual
DFW Dragon Boat, Kite, and Lantern Festival, as well as sponsorships at the
OCA Chinese (lunar) New Year banquet for the last two years. Tik is a native of Hong Kong residing in Plano. He has a
10 year-old son, Orion, and an 8 year-old daughter, Adara,
where he volunteers at the school chess club and cub-scouting. His
hobbies include spending time with his children, tennis, and other outdoor
activities.
Les
Tung, Treasurer of OCA DFW is a
Manager in the Claims Division at AAA Texas. Les has been an active OCA member since
2001 and is a graduate of the University
of Texas at Austin.
He has earned the designations of Chartered Property Casualty
Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate In Claims (AIC). He served as Secretary of Asian Pacific
American Young Professionals Organization (APA-YPO) in 2002-2003, founding
member of Asian Professional Exchange of Dallas (APEX Dallas), and
President of APEX Dallas 2003-2004.
Les is serving his second term as Treasurer, OCA DFW.
Grace Tyler, an owner of Dave Tyler Photography. She worked in the computer
software industry for over twenty year. She is a member of Dallas Regional
Chamber and Great Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce. She served as
Vice President of Youth Program for Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE) in
2007 and serving again in 2008. She is a member of Toastmasters
International and achieved Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM). She founded
the Texas Dragon Toastmasters club, the first Asian Toastmasters club in
the north Texas Area.
Diana Meilan Wang, a Founder, President and Co-chair of the Marco
Polo World Foundation which organizes and implements the Annual DFW Dragon
Boat, Kite, and Lantern Festival. Meilan is
an active volunteer in the community, and a current member of the Greater
Dallas Asian American Chamber of
Commerce (GDAACC), lifetime member of the DFW Asian American Citizens
Council (DFWAACC), and a member of the Greater Irving - Las Colinas Chamber
of Commerce as well as the Dallas Regional Chamber. She is the owner of Sen Can International. Before coming to the US, Meilan worked
at Xiamen TV station in one of China's booming economic zones,
as a Producer/Director of Entertainment programs.
Lili Yiu graduated from Texas A&M with degree in
Communications. She currently works for State Farm Insurance as a Trainer.
She is active in company employee resource group and serves as an auxiliary
recruiter.
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