Our Team

AWE Committee*

Janet Yang, Chair
Founder and President, Janet Yang Productions

Katie Soo, Co-Chair
Chief Marketing Officer, KiwiCo, Inc.
Co-Chair, Asia Society Southern California
Global Trustee, Asia Society

Yiwen Li, Co-Chair
Director, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Masimo

Charles Coker
Managing Director, Dasym Media LLC

Sylvia Kim
General Partner, CerraCap Cares

Kathy Le Backes
Senior Director, Programs – Equity & Inclusion, Warner Media

Vivian Long
Executive Director, Long Family Foundation

*All AWE Committee members are also members of the Asia Society Southern California Advisory Board

AWE Launch Event Host Committee

Julia Gouw
Chairwoman, Piermont Bank

Claudia Lin
Founder, Legacy Maker LLC

Florence Low Sloan
Producer and Philanthropist

Shirley Wang
CEO, Plastpro

Asia Society Southern California Team

Anjali Sharan, Acting Executive Director
Li Huang, Program Director
Amanda Walencewicz, Program Assistant