AWE Committee

Janet Yang, Chair
Founder and President, Janet Yang Productions
President, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Katie Soo, Co-Chair
Chief Operating Officer & Managing Director, DICE
Chair, Asia Society Southern California
Global Trustee, Asia Society

Jade Alex
Executive Director, Global Events & Publicity, Warner Bros. Publicity

Kathy Le Backes
Vice President, Content Advisement – Representation, Inclusion Strategies & Engagement, The Walt Disney Studios

Nancy Lee
Chief of Staff to the CEO and EVP, International Business Operations, The Walt Disney Company

Yiwen Li
Head of Venture and Strategic Investments, Bayview Development Group

Vivian Long
Executive Director, Long Family Foundation

Sophia Yen
Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

AWE Advisory Council

Julia Gouw
Chairwoman, Piermont Bank

Sue Ann Hong
President & CEO, The Center for Asian Pacific American Women

Fiona Ma
State Treasurer, California

Ally Maki
Founder, Asian American Girl Club

Maia Shibutani
double Olympic medalist ice dancer

Denise Yi
Managing Director, Citi Private Bank | Citibank N.A.

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, Executive Director
Noriko Kaneko, Program Officer