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Shannon
Chen, president, is VP of Operations at DFW Technology, Inc,
responsible for business development and operation management. Shannon has served
as Executive VP and VP of Communication/Youth Leadership at OCA-DFW. She is
actively involved in local Chinese American Community outreach programs and
national level organizations. She founded the Community Youth Leadership
Club (CYLC) to provide educational programs through various diversity
initiatives. Shannon serves as the Chair of the Board and Past Principal of
Hai-Hwa Overseas Chinese School. She serves on the Nomination Committee and
as past Chair of the Academic Committee of the National Council Association
of Chinese Language Schools and also served on the Academic Advisory Board
of Plano Independence School District (PISD) for 3 years. Shannon holds an
MBA from University of Texas-Dallas and BA in Journalism.
Cindy
Chao, Vice President, is a
Strategy & Business Solutions Manager with Hitachi Consulting,
specializing in business process improvement and organizational change
management. Cindy was a board member of OCA-DFW, prior to moving to
Washington, DC. While in DC, Cindy served two consecutive terms as County
Health Commissioner for Montgomery County, MD. 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) and founding member of the Asian Professional
Exchange (APEX). She is also a member of the Institute for Operations
Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the National Association of
Female Executives (NAFE). Cindy recently moved back to Dallas and is
actively involved in OCA-DFW again.
Sue
Yeh, Treasurer, has
been an active OCA-DFW member for six years. She has worked as a real
estate broker and computer engineer at EDS. Sue has helped promote arts to
young children as a board member of “The Classics” and volunteers in
various community events. Sue has helped plan several OCA-DFW programs
including Feed the Homeless, Lunar New Year Banquet, and the Annual Member
Picnic.
Julie
Hwang, Secretary, is an electrical engineer at Texas Instruments
working in the High Speed Interface Group. She is a graduate of MIT. Julie
has been an OCA member for 4 years and has served on the board for 3 years,
actively participating in OCA events such as the KERA pledge drive, Feed
the Homeless, and the Junior Leadership Seminar, for which she has served
as facilitator and panelist. Julie was a member of the Alpha class of the
GDAACC Leadership Tomorrow program. She has a great passion for
volunteerism and the arts, and also serves as an officer of Soroptimist
International of Dallas, and as Director of Community Affairs for the Asian
Film Festival of Dallas, the largest showcase of Asian and Asian American
film in the Southwest.
William
Chi Tong, Immediate Past President, the past President of OCA-DFW, is an active community volunteer
and board member of several non-profit organizations in the Dallas / Fort
Worth (DFW) community. He has served on the boards of Center for Nonprofit
Management, Camp Fire USA, and the DFW International Community Alliance.
William is currently on international assignment with Citibank in Hong
Kong, but still maintains close ties to OCA-DFW. He is married with three
children. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees in Computer
Science. William is the recipient of the 2006 Greater Dallas Asian American
Chamber of Commerce (GDAACC) Community Service Award and the 2006 Texas
Diversity Council Award.
Ansel
(Chun) Cheng, Board Member, is Application Manager at
Citigroup, Citi-Mortgage division. He has served on the Steering Committee
of the Citigroup Asian Heritage Network, which promotes cultural diversity
within the company, for three years. In 2006, he participated in the North
Texas Youth Program, the Merit Gavel Club, with Stephen Chow, 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 and
Bachelor in Computer Science from University of Manitoba. He is married
with three children.
Stephen
Chow, Board Member, is a Senior Consulting Information Technology
Architect with IBM. Stephen has been active in the Chinese American
community. He is a current board member and past Board Chairman of Merit
Chinese School. Stephen founded the North Texas Youth Program and is
instrumental in organizing the Merit Gavel Club with OCA-DFW and
Toastmaster International District 50 to benefit the Asian Pacific American
kids in the DFW area. He is a member of the IBM Asian Diversity Network
Group mentoring young engineers in China and a member of the Chinese
Institute of Engineers in the US. Stephen holds an MBA from University of
British Columbia and a BS in Computer Science.
Rita
Chui, Board Member, is a Financial Advisor holding series 6 and 7
licenses. She has associated herself with MetLife for the past 7 years and
currently has her practice in the city of Plano. She specializes in
pensions and retirement planning for business owners and self employed
professionals along with estates planning for clients wanting to leave a
legacy. She has been relocated to DFW after living in southern California
for 27 years. She is involved with various local organizations. She also
serves on the board for VOAAA in Plano. She resides in the city of Plano
with her husband, Kelvin along with her son, Justin, and two dogs.
Soegiono
Hadiwijaya (Sugi), Board Member, is a Manager within the Reorganization Services
Group at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP (Deloitte FAS) in Dallas.
Sugi provides financial advisory services to medium and large companies in
bankruptcy (Chapter 11 or 7) or out-of-court restructuring / turnaround.
His expertise includes financial projection, business plan assessment, cash
flow / working capital management, liquidity / covenant structure analysis,
and business profitability improvement. In addition to work, 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
ozn 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 currently pursuing his CFA certification.
Tina
H. Huang, Board Member, is a
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) having licenses in TX, MI and CA. She was
a Senior Tax Consultant with Deloitte & Touche in Detroit. In the last
ten years, she has been serving clients on tax, accounting, and business
matters with her own firm. Her professional service experience includes
consultation to non-profit organizations, including Internal Revenue Code
Section 501©(3) entities. She served on the board of OCA in Michigan. Tina
H. Huang moved to Dallas in 2006 and is now settling down in Garland,
Texas.
Cecilia
Leung, Board Member, has
assisted in planning various OCA-DFW events including the Chinese Youth
Leadership Conference, Feed the Homeless, Member Picnic, and Lunar New Year
Banquets since 1999. 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, Henry, consult in the area of food, nutrition, and
wellness.
Karen
H. Liu, Board Member, is a
graduate of University of Texas at Austin and the SMU Dedman School of Law.
Karen is the Director, Priority Needs Grants for the United Way of
Metropolitan Dallas. In 2006, she was appointed as the Vice Chair of the
City of Dallas Board for Tax Increment Finance. In 2007, Karen will serve
on the Board of Directors for her Alumni Association, Dallas Texas Exes.
Susan
Lu, Board Member, is
currently helping her husband, Frank, who is a realtor with Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage. In her “spare time”, she also has a hobby-turned
business taking action photos and making photo DVDs. She holds a Masters of
Science degree in Psychology from the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center. She has been a member of OCA for more than 10 years, and has
been active as OCA board member serving in various capacities including, 2-
terms of Presidency, Vice President of Programs, Secretary, OCA National
Convention Opening Night Reception Chairperson, Lunar New Year Banquet
Committee Chairperson, and Newsletter editor. Susan has 3 active children,
15,13, and 10; and is an active volunteer at the elementary school.
Lily
Mak, Board Member, is a
returning board member of OCA-DFW. Lily is Senior Director of Marketing at
Worksoft, Inc. Her previous corporate positions include Senior Director of
Marketing at Alcatel and Director of Product Marketing at Nortel. Lily is
active in the community, serving in a number of non-profit organizations
and is currently appointed to a board for the City of Dallas. Lily holds an
M.B.A., a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science and a B.Sc. in Physics and
Mathematics. In addition, Lily is a professional underwater photographer,
scuba instructor, and owns her own company, Enchanted Sea Images, Inc.
Shiying
Ken Rong, Board Member, is
active participant of community organizations such as CAST- DFW and the
Association of Chinese Professional (ACP). A resident of the Dallas area
for over ten years, Ken worked at Raytheon and Verizon and currently is
working in Citigroup. Ken is married with two children. He received his
graduate degrees in Computer Science and Geographic Information System.
Linda
Tran, Board Member, is a
graduate from Baylor University. She currently works for BeautiControl
Cosmetics, Inc. as their IT Business Analyst. In her spare time, she likes
to teach cooking, volunteer and has a passion to help make a difference in
the community. She is an active community volunteer for several nonprofit
organizations in the Dallas/Forth Worth (DFW) community. At this time, she
is currently pursuing her master in counselor and education degree at
Dallas Baptist University (DBU).
Les
Tung, Board Member, is a
supervisor with State Farm Insurance at its Insurance Support
Center-Central Region in Irving. He is a graduate of UT-Austin and holds
the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. He was
one of the founders of AsiaNet, an employee resource group at State Farm in
Texas. He was a board member of OCA-DFW in 2002 and 2006. He was a founding
member of APA-YPO affiliated with OCA-DFW and served as Secretary in
2002-2003. When APA-YPO merged with the Asian American Professional Group
(PA2) in 2003 to become APEX Dallas, he was elected President in 2003 and
2004. He continues to serve as Advisor to the APEX Board of Directors.
Jun
Zhang, Board Member, is
the VP of Programs of OCA-DFW, and served as the Executive VP and Secretary
in the past years. She has worked at EDS for 8 years in different areas,
including technical, financial, program management, and human resources.
She holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in
Engineering and Public Policy. She is the chair of the Asian Pacific
American Community at EDS (APACE), an employee network group, and
coordinates various cultural and employee development events at EDS. She
and her family reside in Plano, and actively participate in voluntary
activities in the local community and schools.
Suzy
Fulton, Legal Counsel, is a
local Dallas attorney. She was formerly the president of the Dallas Asian
American Bar Association (DAABA) and a board member of the Asian American
Forum.
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