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