Dwayne Johnson is a business, entertainment and fitness icon who continues to expand his success with his consumer-first mentality rooted in authenticity and storytelling. After a phenomenal WWE career Johnson successfully transitioned to film and TV, a move that saw his name reach global recognition and led to co-founding Seven Bucks Productions. As social media’s most followed American man in the world, he is a cultural leader with expertise not just in entertainment but in first class brands; including Project Rock which recently announced its global footwear partnership with UFC, Teremana Tequila which just celebrated being the fastest growing Tequila in the history of all spirits, and ZOA Energy which is officially the fastest growing new energy drink brand in the market. Johnson was most recently seen starring in the Netflix record breaking film, Red Notice, the streamers most watched film to date. He’ll next voice the lead role of Krypto in the animated feature film DC League of Super Pets in July and in October will be seen starring in the highly anticipated DC anti-hero film Black Adam with Warner Bros which he will also produce on behalf of his Seven Bucks Productions.

Dwayne Johnson explains: “Our differences are our greatest strengths, and recognizing representation in entertainment and amplifying the voices and contributions of our AAPI community is of the highest importance. I could not be more proud of my Black and Samoan heritage, and one of my greatest passions in life is enriching my daughters’ lives with our people’s history so they also understand the importance of our great ancestry and its meaning.  Both cultures represent love, respect and power that ignites the universal feeling of family, our mana, and nodding to those who paved the road before us so that the ‘rough places are made plain’ and we can pursue our dreams today.  Let us embrace, celebrate and illuminate the Asian American and Pacific Islanders, and all people of color, who contribute to making this country great today and every day.

Michelle Yeoh is an internationally recognized Malaysian-born actress who rose to fame in 1990s Hong Kong action films before going on to shatter convention and star in a myriad of globally acclaimed blockbusters.

Having appeared in more than 70 features and television series, the former Bond girl’s filmography is a collection of iconic roles, from Ang Lee’s CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON 1 & 2 and Rob Marshall’s MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, to Roger Spottiswoode’s TOMORROW NEVER DIES, Danny Boyle’s SUNSHINE, and Jon Chu’s romantic comedy, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, the highest-grossing romantic comedy in the U.S. of the past 10 years. After appearing in James Gunn’s second installment of the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY franchise, Yeoh returned to the Marvel universe in Destin Daniel Cretton’s SHANG-CHI.
In television, Yeoh can most recently be seen as ‘Emperor Philippa Georgiou’ in CBS’ STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Next, she will be reuniting with Destin Daniel Cretton in Disney+’s AMERICAN BORN CHINESE and starring in Netflix’s upcoming limited series, THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN.

Poised to have a remarkable 2022, Yeoh can currently be seen in the Daniels’ original sci-fi feature for A24, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, which opened this year’s SXSW festival. She will also be seen in James Cameron’s AVATAR sequels and Paul Feig’s THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL for Netflix, an adaptation of the bestselling book. Other upcoming credits include voicing roles in the animated comedy features, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU for Universal and Paramount’s PAWS OF FURY.

Yeoh has recently been featured in both TIME100 and the BBC’s 100 Women list of 2020. And in 2016, Yeoh was appointed Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations, focusing on raising awareness and mobilizing support for environmental issues.

Mindy Kaling is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. She first gained recognition starring as Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom The Office, for which she also served as a writer, executive producer, and director. For her work on the series, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and five times for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Kaling gained wider attention for creating, producing and starring in the Fox comedy series The Mindy Project. She created the NBC sitcom Champions,, the Hulu miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral, the Netflix comedy-drama series Never Have I Ever, and the HBO Max comedy-drama series The Sex Lives of College Girls. Her memoirs, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) and Why Not Me?, reached The New York Times Best Seller list.

Aftab Pureval is the 70th Mayor of Cincinnati. He was raised in Southwest, Ohio, the son of first-generation Americans. He is making history as Cincinnati’s first Asian American Mayor. As Mayor, he is committed to serving Cincinnati’s 52 neighborhoods. He has made equitable economic growth a top priority of his administration, as well as a comprehensive reform and improvement of public safety, affordable housing, and environmental action.

He served as Hamilton County Clerk of Courts from 2016 to 2021 and was the first Democrat to hold this office in over 100 years. During his tenure, he brought modern and professional reforms to the Clerk’s office. He paid a living wage to all employees and become the first county officeholder in Ohio to offer comprehensive paid family leave. By ending nepotism, by cutting waste, and by making the office more professional, he saved taxpayers millions of dollars.
Mayor Aftab graduated from The Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati for law school. He resides in Clifton with his wife, Whitney, and their son, Bodhi.

Bruce Harrell is an American politician and attorney serving as the 57th and current mayor of Seattle, Washington. Harrell is the first Asian American, bi-racial mayor of Seattle, after serving as the President of the city council and acting mayor of the city in 2017.

During his time on the Council, Harrell was a leader on issues of racial equity, public safety reform, and economic and educational opportunity for all. He championed Seattle’s Race and Social Justice legislation, requiring all Seattle policies to be reviewed through an equity lens. Now as Mayor, he is committed to addressing the homelessness crisis with urgency and compassion, ensuring public safety for all communities, and restoring trust, hope, and unity in local government and civic life.

Michelle Wu is the first woman, the first person of color, and the first Asian American elected to serve as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. Before becoming mayor, she was the first Asian American woman elected to the Boston City Council, as well as the first woman of color to serve as Council President.

In 2016, Wu was honored as one of Ten Outstanding Young Leaders by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and as part of Marie Claire magazine’s New Guard: The 50 Most Influential Women in America. Michelle continues to be a voice for accessibility, transparency, and community engagement in city leadership.

Tony Xu is the CEO and Co-founder of DoorDash, a technology company passionate about transforming local businesses and dedicated to enabling new ways of working, earning, and living. Born in China, Tony came to America with his parents and grew up working in his mom’s restaurant. He started DoorDash to help small business owners succeed. Prior to co-founding DoorDash in 2013, Tony worked in Product at Square, led special projects for the CEO and CFO at eBay, and began his career at McKinsey and Company. He holds a B.S. with high honors in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Founded in 2013, DoorDash is the the largest and fastest-growing local commerce platform, operating in more than 7,000 cities across the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and Germany.

Simu Liu made his feature debut as the title hero in Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring alongside Awkwafina, Tony Leung, and Michelle Yeoh, Shang-Chi broke box office records on its release and became the second-highest-grossing film of the pandemic era. Liu won the People’s Choice Award for Action Movie Star of 2021 and was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor in a Superhero Movie.

As a writer, Liu has contributed think pieces and editorials to publications such as Variety, Character Magazine, USA Today and Macleans. His family memoir We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story, detailing his family’s journey from Harbin, China to Hollywood, California, will release worldwide on May 17th through HarperCollins and William Morrow.
Before his motion picture breakout, Liu filmed five seasons of the award-winning CBC/Netflix family sitcom Kim’s Convenience, which chronicled the lives of a Korean-Canadian family that owned a bodega in the inner city of Toronto. He recently completed production on eOne’s Arthur the King opposite Nathalie Emmanuel and Mark Wahlberg, as well as on One True Loves, the film adaptation of the bestselling romance written by Taylor Jenkins Reid. He is currently in production on Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, starring alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

Payal Kadakia is the Founder of ClassPass, the leading fitness and wellness membership that was acquired by Mindbody in October 2021. Prior to its acquisition ClassPass had been valued at over $1 billion with members logging more than 100 million hours of workouts across 30,000 partner studios in over 30 countries. Payal is also the Founder and Artistic Director of The Sa Dance Company, founded in 2009 with the mission to increase awareness of Indian Dance in the mainstream and serve as a platform for expressing the Indian-American identity through movement. Payal has been featured in most major news outlets, has been listed as Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People and was named to Fortune’s 40 under 40 list. Before founding ClassPass, Payal worked at Bain & Company and at Warner Music Group. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from MIT. Payal is a national bestselling author of the book, LifePass: Drop Your Limits, Rise to Your Potential.

The 2018 Winter Olympics cemented Chloe Kim as the female face of both snowboarding and action sports. Winning an Olympic Gold Medal and scoring a 98.25 on her third and final run, Chloe became the youngest woman in history to win an Olympic snowboarding Gold medal.

Prior to the Olympics, Chloe medaled at every event she entered in the 2017-18 season, starting with Gold medals at the New Zealand World Cup, Copper Grand Prix and Dew Tour, where she officially clinched her spot on the 2018 Olympic team. In January 2018, Chloe won Silver Medals at the Mammoth and Snowmass Grand Prix’s and, in the last competition prior to the Olympics, her fourth career Gold medal at the X Games, making her the first athlete to earn four X Games Gold medals before her 18th birthday. Chloe kicked off the 2016-17 season winning Gold medals at the Copper Grand Prix and LAAX Open, pushing her consecutive event win streak to eight. She went on to win Bronze at X Games and the first World Cup Crystal Globe of her career. Chloe finished the season defending her Gold medal at the Burton US Open. During the 2015-16 season, Chloe won six Gold and two Silver medals. Chloe season highlights included defending her X Games Gold medal, becoming the first X Games athlete to win two Gold medals before the age of 16. Chloe continued to break new ground in women’s snowboarding, becoming the first woman to land back-to-back 1080s and score a perfect 100.

Chloe made history during the 2014-15 season when she became the youngest competitor (at 14 years old) to win a winter X Games Gold medal. 2013-14 was Chloe’s breakout season. The year began with a Bronze medal at the Dew Tour and continued with Chloe grabbing Silver at X Games. She finished the season with another Silver at the Burton US Open – all at the age of 13.

Chloe has had just as much success off of the mountain as she has had on it, being featured on Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2017, TIME’s 30 Most Influential Teens of 2016 and 2017, and espnW’s 2015 IMPACT25 list. In addition, Chloe has been nominated for an ESPY, Kids Choice Sports Award, and two Laureus World Sports Awards.

Chloe qualified to make the 2014 Olympic Halfpipe team, but due to her age and IOC rules, was unable to compete, setting up her debut on the Olympics stage in Korea in 2018 where she took home a gold medal. Chloe’s first tracks on a snowboard were at the age of four and she began competing when she was six. Chloe, whose parents emigrated from Korea, now lives in Los Angeles with her family.

Ai-jen Poo is a next-generation labor leader, award-winning organizer, author, and a leading voice in the women’s movement. She is the Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Director of Caring Across Generations, Co-Founder of SuperMajority and Trustee of the Ford Foundation. Ai-jen is a nationally recognized expert on elder and family care, the future of work, gender equality, immigration, narrative change, and grassroots organizing. She is the author of the celebrated book, The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America. Together with Alicia Garza, Ai-jen co-hosts the podcast, Sunstorm. Follow her at @aijenpoo.

She has been recognized among Fortune’s 50 World’s Greatest Leaders and Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, and she has been the recipient of countless awards, including a 2014 MacArthur “Genius” Award. Ai-jen has been a featured speaker at TEDWomen, Aspen Ideas Festival, Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Skoll World Forum, and the Obama Foundation Inaugural Summit. She has made TV appearances on Nightline, MSNBC, and Morning Joe, and her writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Maire Claire, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and CNN.com among others. Ai-jen has been an influential voice in the #MeToo movement and attended the 2018 Golden Globe Awards with Meryl Streep as part of the launch of #TimesUp.

In 12 short years, with the help of more than 70 local affiliate organizations and chapters and over 200,000 members, the National Domestic Workers Alliance has passed Domestic Worker Bills of Rights in 10 states, the cities of Seattle and Philadelphia, and brought over 2 million home care workers under minimum wage protections. In 2011, Ai-jen launched Caring Across Generations to unite American families in a campaign to achieve bold solutions to the nation’s crumbling care infrastructure. The campaign has catalyzed groundbreaking policy change in states including the nation’s first family caregiver benefit in Hawai’i, and the first long-term care social insurance fund in Washington State.

Alice Wong (she/her) is a disabled activist, writer, media maker, and consultant. She is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture created in 2014. Alice is the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people and Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today an adapted version for adults. Her debut memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life, will be available on September 6, 2022 from Vintage Books. You can find her on Twitter: @SFdirewolf.

The Alliance for Asian American Justice (“The Alliance”) is a group of Fortune 1000 General Counsel and leading Asian American litigation partners and allies at over 90 large law firms, a national pro bono initiative committed to standing up for victims, and preventing future acts, of anti-Asian hate.

The Alliance coordinates and drives law firm pro bono resources on behalf of victims to assist and support them in obtaining legal remedies. This can include providing victims with counsel to bring lawsuits to seek compensatory and other civil remedies or working with law enforcement to ensure that perpetrators are held accountable, where appropriate.

Amrapali (Ami) Gan is the CEO at OnlyFans, the subscription social platform revolutionizing creator and fan connections. Gan is responsible for day-to-day leadership responsibilities and work closely with the creator community to help them maximize control over their content. In her former role as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Gan has worked closely with OnlyFans to make it the platform that it is today. Prior to joining OnlyFans, Gan worked in rapid growth companies and fast-moving consumer industries. She was with unicorn Quest Nutrition as the Head of Brand Communications, where Ami helped them through a rapid growth period, and for Red Bull Media House focusing on Activation & Communications. Most recently, she served as Vice President of Marketing, helping launch and rebrand the first cannabis restaurant in the U.S.

Congressman Andy Kim represents the Third Congressional District of New Jersey. Congressman Kim has dedicated his life to serving the country. He worked as a career public servant under both Democrats and Republicans, having served at USAID, the Pentagon, the State Department, the White House National Security Council, and in Afghanistan as an advisor to Generals Petraeus and Allen.

In the House of Representatives, Congressman Kim is working on an agenda to bring this country together and strengthen its national and economic security. He supports strong measures that boost our economy by investing in small businesses and innovation, creating fairness and opportunities for working families, and honoring America’s promises to military families and veterans.

Congressman Kim and his wife are currently raising two little boys down the street from where he grew up.

Anne Raimondi is COO of Asana, leading and scaling the growth and global business operations and go-to market teams, including sales, marketing, customer operations, partner programs and business development. Anne is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience leading various product and business functions in fast-growing SaaS companies. Prior to her role at Asana, she was the Chief Customer Officer at Guru, Senior Vice President Operations at Zendesk, Chief Revenue Officer at TaskRabbit and held senior positions with SurveyMonkey and eBay. She holds a B.A. in Economics and Sociology, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Tony and Grammy Award nominated actress Ashley Park continues to captivate audiences on the stage and screen.

Park currently stars as “Mindy” in the hit Netflix series EMILY IN PARIS. For season one, she received a Critics Choice nomination for her performance becoming the first Asian American Actress to be nominated for the award’s “Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.”

Park’s other television credits include Tina Fey’s Peacock hit series GIRLS5EVA, Netflix’s TALES OF THE CITY, Apple TV+’s HELPSTERS. This summer, she will star in the Untitled Lionsgate/Point Grey comedy and in Universal/Untitled Entertainment’s MR. MALCOLM’S LIST.

On the Broadway stage, Park originated the role of “Gretchen Wieners” in the Broadway production of Fey’s MEAN GIRLS, which garnered her nominations for a Tony Award, Drama League, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Chita Rivera Award. That same year, Park received critical acclaim for starring as “Mwe” in KPOP, for which she won the esteemed Lucille Lortel Award for Lead Actress in a Musical and was nominated for her second Drama League and Drama Desk Awards of the season. Other Broadway credits include ‘Tuptim’ in the Tony-Award-winning revival of THE KING AND I, Stephen Sondheim’s SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, Bess Wohl’s Tony-nominated GRAND HORIZONS, MAMMA MIA!.

Park is an alum and advocate of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Infinitely fascinating and unpredictable, Bella Poarch is the true definition of never giving up. Not only the world’s third-biggest TikTok star (with more than 88 million followers and counting), the Filipina is a U.S. Navy veteran, gaming icon, anime obsessive, lifelong singer, and burgeoning songwriter who created countless home recordings based on her emotionally raw lyrics and self-taught ukulele skills. Growing up on a farm in the Philippines, Bella first discovered her vocal gifts as a little girl and soon started performing despite her parents’ disapproval. “I was expected to just focus on academics and not do anything extracurricular, but I’d join all these singing competitions and talent shows even though I wasn’t allowed,” says Bella. Over the years, she collected over 30 medals from those contests without her parents’ knowledge, and in high school began writing songs of her own. On her debut single “Build a Bitch” – she smashed the record for the biggest debut EVER on YouTube by a brand-new artist, with over 75 million first-week video views and more than 300 million to date – Bella delivers a wildly original brand of dark-pop, making her introduction as an artist with a one-of-a-kind vision and the talent to see it through.

Bowen Yang is a comedian, writer, and actor based in Brooklyn, NY. He is currently an Emmy-nominated cast member on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, where he wrote for one season before moving on-screen. He can also be seen recurring on Comedy Central’s AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS and will next star in Fox Searchlight’s upcoming comedy FIRE ISLAND, and Paramount’s THE LOST CITY, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. This past year Bowen was featured in TIME 100.

Bretman Rock is an Asian-American digital superstar, known for his unique sense of comedy, genderbending fashion and creating the new standard of male beauty. With a combined following of over 45 million globally, you may recognize him from his reality series, MTV’s Following: Bretman Rock or his YouTube Originals limited series, 30 Days With: Bretman Rock. Conquering the beauty scene with collaborations ranging from Morphe, Colourpop and wet n wild, he continues to showcase his versality through partnerships in the fashion and apparel space with Stella McCartney, Michael Kors, Nike and more. With accolades ranging from Forbes’ 30 Under 30, Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood, Beauty Influencer of the Year at the 2019 People’s Choice Awards and Breakthrough Social Star at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards, Bretman continually proves that it is possible to conquer all business verticals by while being unapologetically himself.

At the age of 29, Carissa Moore is married to the love of her life and travels the world as a Professional Surfer. She spends six months of the year living out of a suitcase, chasing waves, and following her dream. The other six months you’ll find her at home in Honolulu, Hawai’i with her Husband, Luke, and two dogs, Maya and Tuffy.

Her dad taught her how to surf when she was five years old at Waikiki Beach and was immediately hooked. The ocean is her happy place and she’s so blessed to be doing what she loves everyday. 2019 was her tenth season competing on the World Championship Tour of Surfing and is grateful for her five World Titles in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, and 2021.

Winning a contest is great but the feeling is only temporary. On her journey, what stands out the most are all the moments in between: the belly aching laughs, breathtaking sunsets, yummy meals shared with friends and incredible adventures. To her, happiness and success aren’t defined by the trophies or accolades but by the small victories and simple joys everyday.

She’s inspired by those who live authentically and have the courage to be vulnerable. Her dream is to encourage others to live their passions, be unapologetically themselves and to take the time for others and the world around them.

Changpeng Zhao is a Chinese-Canadian business executive. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. Before Binance, Zhao got his start as a coder, building some of the fastest high-frequency trading systems for brokers. He was also a member of the team that developed Blockchain.info and also served as Chief Technology Officer of OKCoin.

Ambassador Chantale Wong was nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 2022 as the U.S. Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank with the rank of Ambassador. Ambassador Wong has had a long and distinguished career in public service, a leader-participant in some of the most significant events in U.S. history. Until August 2016, she was the Senior Vice President at a technology startup firm, Amida Technology Solutions, where she focused on solving data interoperability challenges by developing agile, open source tools. Just prior to that, she was appointed by President Obama to serve as Vice President for Administration and Finance, and Chief Financial Officer at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Chantale was also intimately involved in the financial rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and in developing the framework of the financial instruments of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). During her career, Chantale has held leadership positions at the Office of Management and Budget, Departments of Treasury and Interior, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Chantale was the founding chair of the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL), an organization dedicated to encouraging careers in public service by providing training, workshops, mentors, and work opportunities for young Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Chantale is also a member of the Advisory Board of Veterans for Global Leadership, which provides leadership opportunities for veterans transitioning into careers of diplomacy, security and development. In addition, she is a founding member and Treasurer of the Board of Focus on the Story, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support visual storytellers of diverse backgrounds in bringing attention to critical issues, bridging cultural gaps, and sparking social change.

Aside from public and community service, visual storytelling is Chantale’s passion. Her portraits capture the souls of the subjects, whether chronicling urban blight in East Baltimore or photographing crew teams on the Anacostia at dawn. Her travels to Cuba, India and Nepal, Southeast Asia and an epic trip on the Trans Siberia Railway have produced stunning images of cultures remote and afar. She has chronicled the annual Congressional Civil Rights pilgrimages to Alabama with Civil Rights icon, the late Cong. John Lewis.

Ms. Wong holds a Master in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, where she was a Littauer Fellow and a Women’s Leadership Fellow. She has another Master in Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, with a focus on water and wastewater management. She earned her undergraduate degree in civil and structural engineering from the University of Hawaii.

Bridgerton is an American streaming television period drama Netflix series. It is based on Julia Quinn’s novels set in the competitive world of Regency-era London during the season when debutantes are presented at court.

Bridgerton’s Season 2 is the most-watched English-language television series on Netflix with 656.16 million hours viewed since its March 25, 2022 launch. With generally positive reviews, it debuted number one in 92 countries on the platform. Nielsen Media Research reported a total of 2.55 billion minutes viewed on United States television screens in the first three days of Season 2’s availability which doubled all other shows across streamers for that week. In April 2021, it was confirmed that the series had been renewed for a third and fourth season.

Chella Man is an internationally acclaimed artist whose work explores the continuum of identity and deconstructs binaries within disability, gender, race, and morality. He is the author of Continnum (2021), the director of The Beauty of Being Deaf (2021), executive producer of Trans in Trumpland (2021), fashion designer for his collection with Opening Ceremony (2019), Jericho in Titans of DC Universe (2019), former columnist for Them, Condé Naste’s first LGBTQ+ publication (2018). His expansive identities as a Deaf, Genderqueer, Trans-Masculine, Jewish and Chinese artist inform a unique perspective that cannot be limited to one medium. Man blends the genres of fine arts and performance art while simultaneously exploring installation, sculpture, and film. Art serves as his visual loophole beyond verbal communication as this is often inaccessible and limiting in expression. He currently works as a mentor and artist-in-resident at Silver Art Projects located in The World Trade Center. This past year, Man published his first book, Continuum, highlighting the nuances of identity and to heal from systemic oppression. He hopes to continue pushing the boundaries of what it means to be accessible, inclusive, and equal in this world.

Chloé Zhao is a Chinese writer, director, editor and producer. Her feature debut, SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME, premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Her second feature, THE RIDER, premiered at Directors Fortnight at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the Art Cinema Award. Her third film, NOMADLAND, premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival and was awarded the Golden Lion. The film and Chloé also earned the industry’s highest acclaim including Golden Globe®, BAFTA, DGA, PGA Awards and 3 Academy Awards®, including Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Best Picture.

At just 25, Collin Morikawa is already a two-time major champion and Olympian with a list of history-making wins to his name. He and Tiger Woods are the only two players to have before age 25 won a Major and a WGC title, as well as both the PGA Championship and Open Championship. After top-10 performances at both the 2021 PGA Championship and U.S. Open, Collin was named Champion Golfer of the Year with his commanding performance at the 2021 Open Championship. He was also named the 2021 Male Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America. He is also the only player in history to win a Major in his first attempt twice. Collin was raised in Los Angeles, CA, and has excelled beyond golf as a 2019 graduate of the prestigious Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. When not competing, Collin devotes himself to spending time with his fiancée, dog and finding the best eats in town.

Daniel Wu is an American actor, director, producer, race car driver, and most recently community activist. After graduating from the University of Oregon in 1997 with a degree in architecture, Wu went to Hong Kong on what was meant to be a short graduation trip. He was soon discovered by art house film director Yonfan and was asked to play the lead role in his first film, “Bishonen”. Wu quickly rose to stardom and has made over 60 films in 20 years while playing a wide range of roles ranging from historical figures to action heroes in “The Last Supper” (2012), “Tomb Raider” (2018), “New Police Story” (2004) and “Caught in Time” (2020) and most recently “Reminisce”(2021). Daniel moved back to the States to executive produce and star in the AMC action series “ Into the Badlands ” and continues to balance careers in both Asia and the US.

David – David Chao is Co-Founder and General Partner at DCM, an early stage global technology venture capital firm with USD $4billion under management. DCM is based in Silicon Valley, Beijing and Tokyo. David is also responsible for the investments in SoFi, Bill.com, Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), 51job (Nasdaq: JOBS – David is Chairman of the Board), Musical.ly (TikTok), Careem (Uber), Sling Media (Dish), Eaze, eDreams, SMIC (NYSE: SMI), All About Japan, Inc. (JASDAQ: 2454), Kabu.com(TSE: 8703), Ucloud and Figure in the crypto/blockchain sector, Blockfolio (FTX), Amber, Theta, Chia, Provenance, and Polychain. David also serves on the Advisory Board of Legend Capital and is a former Trustee of The Thacher School. He has been listed as one of the top venture capitalists in US and Asia by Forbes Magazine since 2004 and was named to the Forbes Midas List Hall of Fame in 2016.

Prior to DCM, David was a Co-Founder and acting CFO/CTO of Japan Communications Inc. (Nasdaq Japan – Hercules: 9424), Japan’s first publicly traded mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Previously, David worked for McKinsey, Recruit and Apple. He has a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Stanford University.

Maui-born Destin Cretton, is fresh off the release of Marvel Studios’ newest film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, starring Simu Liu, Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina, and Tony Leung. This is the first film in the MCU that is led by an Asian actor, and mostly Asian cast. Destin’s feature film debut, “”I Am Not a Hipster*, premiered at Sundance in 2012. And was followed by Short Term 12. which won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival in 2013, featuring early performances by Brie Larson, Lakeith Stanfield, Rami Malek, Kaitlyn Dever, and John Gallagher Jr. His third feature, an adaptation of the NY Times best-selling memoir, The Glass Castle,
starred Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts and was released in 2016 by Lionsgate. Following this, Destin directed Just Mercy for Warner Bros, the adaptation of the NY-Times best-selling memoir by civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson. The film starred Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson. He is currently in production for a new Disney+ series, American Born Chinese based on the graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, starring Ben Wang, Michelle Yeoh, Daniel Wu and Ng Chin Han.

Domee Shi is an animation director currently working at Pixar. Her short film Bao won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Animated Short. Her feature film debut is Turning Red, which premiered on Disney+ in March 2022.

Edward Kim is the co-founder and CTO of Gusto, a people platform used by hundreds of thousands of small businesses. He is responsible for all the software engineering, product management, and design of Gusto’s product.

Emilie Choi oversees operations at Coinbase including Corporate and Business Development, Ventures, Security, Institutional Sales, International, IT and Data and Marketing and Communications among other functions. Prior to becoming President & COO of Coinbase in November 2020, Emilie served as COO, and Vice President of Business, Data and International prior to that.

Prior to Coinbase, Emilie spent more than eight years at LinkedIn as the Vice President of Corporate Development. Previously she has worked in corporate development and strategy roles at Warner Bros. and Yahoo!. Emilie also sits on the boards of Naspers, Ltd. and ZipRecruiter. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.

This past year, thousands of young women competed to become Miss America and on December 16th, 2021, as the organization celebrated its 100th Anniversary, Emma Broyles from Anchorage, Alaska became the first Miss Alaska to earn the coveted Miss America crown and was awarded a record $100,000 in scholarship assistance.

As Miss America 2022, Emma will embark on a year of service that will take her on a national tour across the country, promoting her social impact initiative, Building Community Through Special Olympics, an organization she has volunteered with for more than 12 years.

Emma also encourages another important conversation by sharing her personal experience with ADHD along with dermatillomania, a form of OCD with chronic skin picking. “I’ve struggled with all of these things, and I am а better person as а result. Being isolated in my college dorm for so long during Covid was extremely difficult. It was at that point, when I was at my lowest, that I realized I was capable of so much more.”

“Being crowned Miss America 2022 is an incredible dream come true,” said Broyles. “As a Korean American, I am so grateful for the opportunity to compete alongside so many brilliant, talented women and I hope to live up to the legacy. It’s been an honor to represent the great state of Alaska and I look forward to making a significant impact through my personal story and social impact initiative on the national stage.”

Broyles is in her junior year at Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University, where she is majoring in biomedical sciences with plans to become a dermatologist. Broyles believes that being a part of a community is central to the human experience. Through her social impact initiative, her goal is to help people from all walks of life be heard and respected through practicing inclusion. A gifted vocalist, for the talent portion of the Miss America competition, Broyles sang, “Let Me Be Your Star” from the NBC television show, “Smash.”

Emma Raducanu is a British-Chinese professional tennis player and the current reigning US Open champion. Her US Open title was the first Grand Slam singles win by a British woman since Virginia Wade during the 1977 Wimbledon Championships.

Making her WTA Tour debut in June 2021, she was a wildcard entry at Wimbledon, ranking outside of the top 300, ultimately reaching the fourth round in her first major tournament. At the US Open two months later, Raducanu became the first singles qualifier in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final without dropping a set in the tournament. It was the second Grand Slam tournament of her career; she holds the Open Era record for the fewest majors played before winning a title.

Eric J. Kim is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Goodwater Capital, a global consumer technology focused venture capital firm that has grown to over $5 Billion in assets since its inception in 2014. Eric has led several multi-billion dollar outcomes as an early investor in, and often board director of, global internet platforms such as Kakao (KOSDAQ: 035720), Musical.ly (Bytedance / Tik Tok), Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), Xendit, Viva Republica (Toss), Danggeun Market (Karrot), MoMo, and Everlywell.

Prior to co-founding Goodwater, Eric was a Managing Director at Maverick Capital where he helped to build Maverick’s private investments and venture capital business. Eric was also a startup member of two technology companies spun out of Stanford University. Eric began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company.
As an undergrad at Yale University, Eric majored in Cognitive Science (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude) and was a member of the Grammy-nominated Yale Cellos. Eric also received an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Eric serves on the advisory board of the Johns Hopkins Alliance for Science and Technology and on the non-profit boards of CollegeTrack, the Asian Pacific Fund and the St. Thomas More Chapel at Yale University.

Hailee Steinfeld is a force to be reckoned with, as a Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated actor, multi-platinum recording musician, and producer. At the age of 25, she has already amassed an enviable resume. This year, Steinfeld will reprise her role as “Spider-Gwen” in Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse (Part Two). Most recently, Steinfeld played role of Kate Bishop in Marvel’s highly anticipated series Hawkeye, earning her Fan Favorite Actress of 2021 by the Golden Tomato Awards. Steinfeld leads and executive produces Apple TV+’s hit original show Dickinson, for which she received a 2020 Peabody Award. She also voiced the role of Vi in Netflix’s Arcane, based on Riot Games’ League of Nations. Previously, Steinfeld starred in Paramount’s Bumblebee in support of the film release, the multi-faceted artist debuted “Back to Life,” an original song on the film’s soundtrack. She also starred in the second and third installments of the hit franchise Pitch Perfect, accompanied by three Teen Choice Award nominations for her work in both acting and singing. Steinfeld’s leading performance in the critically acclaimed film The Edge of Seventeen garnered her two Critics’ Choice Award nominations and a Golden Globe nomination. Her big-screen debut was in 2010 with the Coen Brothers’ film True Grit, for which she earned an Oscar nomination. In addition to her TV and film career, she has cemented herself as a leader in the pop music by releasing a series of certified hits. In addition to her breakout double-platinum debut single “Love Myself,” her growing discography encompasses the triple-platinum hit “Starving,” and platinum-certified singles “Most Girls” and “Let Me Go.” Most recently, she released her second extended play “Half Written Story” in 2020, which is considered the first half of a two-piece project, with her forthcoming third EP.

Hemant Taneja is an investor, founder, and author. He is the managing partner of the venture capital firm General Catalyst.

Hemant is an early investor in market-leading companies, including: Stripe, Livongo (acquired by Teladoc in an $18.5B merger), Samsara (NYSE: IOT), Snap (NYSE: SNAP), Olive, Applied Intuition, Grammarly, Gusto, and Ro.
Hemant is an advocate for Responsible Innovation, aligning innovation with the long-term interests of society by engineering for growth and good with greater intention, fewer unintended consequences, and increased inclusivity. In his 2021 WSJ bestselling book, Intended Consequences: How to Build Market-Leading Companies with Responsible Innovation, Hemant lays out an actionable framework for founders and executives on how to create innovative companies built for growth and for societal good that withstand the test of time. Hemant is also co-founder and chairman of Responsible Innovation Labs, a non-profit consortium of leaders aiming to create standards of innovation to serve the needs of a global society, and to help build enduring companies that re-center technology as a force for good.

He is a visionary leader in the healthcare space. His 2020 book, UnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance, co-authored with Dr. Stephen Klasko, former CEO of Jefferson Health, details how the healthcare system needs to transform from a “sick care” system into a Health Assurance system designed to help people stay well, bend the cost curve, and make quality care more affordable and more accessible to all. In Unscaled, released in 2018, Hemant articulates the need for accountability, transparency and explainability as AI permeates every aspect of daily life.

Hemant serves on the Stanford School of Medicine Board of Fellows and has worked on climate and energy issues as the co-founder and Chairman of Advanced Energy Economy.

Howie is Airtable’s Co-founder and CEO and is responsible for Airtable’s overall direction and strategy. He co-founded the company in 2013 to share the magic of building software with more people. That original inspiration—formed by his own experience learning to code and building useful applications—continues to drive Airtable today. He remains passionate about pushing the product to serve an increasing expanse of needs across Airtable’s diverse customer base.

Ivan Zhao is Co-founder and CEO of Notion. He created the company with Co-founder and CTO Simon Last in 2016, focusing first on creating tools for note taking and documents. In 2018, he launched Notion 2.0, introducing databases to help with all varieties of project management and workflows. Since then, Notion has grown into a $10B leader in the collaboration, productivity, and remote work fields. Before Notion, Ivan was a product designer at education publishing startup Inkling. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and has his degree in cognitive science.

Standout rookie Jalen Green is only the third NBA player to be of Filipino descent, following Jordan Clarkson and Raymond Townsend. Deciding to forego college basketball, Green was drafted number two overall in the 2021 NBA draft and signed a one-year contract with the inaugural NBA G League Ignite, a developmental team affiliated with the NBA G League.

With the United States at the junior level, he’s won three gold medals and was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Cup.

Jason Momoa is an American actor and filmmaker. He made his acting debut as Jason Loane on the action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii, which was followed by portrayals of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis, Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones. He was featured as the lead of the Discovery Channel’s historical drama series Frontier, and Apple TV+’s science fiction series See.

Since 2016, Momoa portrays Arthur Curry / Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe, headlining the eponymous 2018 film and its 2023 sequel. He also has a production company, Pride of Gypsies, in which he e has directed a couple of short films and his feature film debut, Road to Paloma.

Jay Shetty is a New York Times best-selling author, award-winning storyteller, podcast host, entrepreneur, and former monk. Earlier this year, he was named Chief Purpose Officer of Calm, the popular meditation and sleep app. In this role, Jay has joined Calm’s daily meditation content roster with his first daily content series, “The Daily Jay,” is supporting Calm for Business by helping organizations bring mindfulness to the forefront of workplace culture, and is furthering Calm’s mission to make the world a healthier and happier place.

Jay created On Purpose, now the world’s #1 Health and Wellness podcast, in 2019. He’s been a keynote speaker around the world, for leading companies such as Google, Microsoft, Netflix and HSBC, and has developed corporate training programs for many clients. His online courses via the Jay Shetty Certification School have been attended by over 2 million students and his Genius Community provides weekly programming on the principles and practices for health and wellness to thousands of members in over 100 countries.

As a previous AdWeek Young Influentials cover star, he has been described as “an emanation of spiritual force.” In 2017, Forbes named him to their 30 Under 30 List for his game-changing impact in media. His viral videos have been viewed more than 8 billion times and he is followed by over 40 million people across social media.

Growing up, Kathleen always loved Sesame Street and Muppet-style puppetry but never thought of herself as a performer. She eventually pursued a career behind the camera in production. While working as a story producer in reality TV, her husband encouraged her to take a “puppetry for comedy improv” class with him which reignited her love for the craft. In 2014, she was accepted into a Sesame Puppetry Workshop where she met and trained with some of the industry’s top puppeteers. Between Sesame Street’s seasons 46 through 48, Kathy was brought on as a puppetry assist and to attend additional workshops. Then in 2017, she was one of four new performers invited to join Sesame’s first Mentorship Program in an effort to train the next generation of puppeteers. Since then she has taken on the role of Elena, Julia’s mother. And in 2021, she was given the first Asian-American Muppet character on Sesame Street, Ji-Young, who was created as part of Sesame’s new commitment to teaching racial literacy. Some of Kim’s other credits include Helpsters on Apple TV+, SNL, the Today Show, Awkwafina is Nora from Queens as Toe-Knee and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

Jimmy O. Yang is an actor, stand-up comedian, writer and producer who currently stars & writes on Netflix’s series SPACE FORCE opposite Steve Carrell and John Malkovich. He also stars in the hit Netflix romantic comedy LOVE HARD which reached number 1 worldwide on the streamer. Jimmy’s debut comedy special GOOD DEAL premiered on Amazon Prime in 2021 and has since become some of the most viewed standup comedy clips on TikTok. Next, Jimmy is set to star in the comedy ME TIME starring Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg.

Born in Hong Kong, Jimmy moved to Los Angeles when he was thirteen, where he eventually started developing as a stand up comedian. His first big break came on HBO’s Emmy-nominated series SILICON VALLEY as the scene stealer JIAN YANG in 2014. In 2017, he made a dramatic turn as DANNY MENG in his theatrical debut in the highly acclaimed PATRIOTS DAY directed by Peter Berg. Shortly after, he played the memorable BERNARD TAI in Jon Chu’s global phenomenon CRAZY RICH ASIANS. Jimmy’s also the author of the book HOW TO AMERICAN: An Immigrant’s Guide to Disappointing Your Parents. He makes up one-third of the production company Crab Club Inc. with partners Jessica Gao and Ken Cheng who just wrapped their first feature film EASTER SUNDAY, starring Jo Koy and partnering with Steven Spielberg at Amblin.

As one of today’s premiere stand-up comedians, Jo Koy has come a long way from his modest beginnings performing in a Las Vegas coffee house. Jo’s uniquely relatable comedy pulls inspiration from his colorful family that has reached all kinds of people and has translated into sold-out arenas around the world.

Koy will next be seen on the silver screen in the Universal Picture comedy film, Easter Sunday in theaters August 5th, 2022. The feature film is loosely based on Koy’s life experiences and will be set around a Filipino family gathering to celebrate Easter sunday. In addition to the big screen, Jo’s single-cam comedy Josep landed a pilot order at ABC.

His highly anticipated 4th Netflix stand-up special will be shot March 2022 at the Forum in Los Angeles. The special is a follow up to his 2019 Netflix special, Comin’ In Hot – Koy has had four highly rated and successful stand-up specials on Comedy Central and Netflix. In June 2020, the comedian released his first variety special, Jo Koy: In His Elements on Netflix in which Koy brings the laughs and beats to Manila, spotlighting local culture in a one-of-a-kind show featuring Filipino-American comedians, DJs and B-boys. Koy is currently on his Funny Is Funny World Tour.

After foregoing his senior year in college to enter the 2014 NBA draft, Jordan Clarkson was selected by the Washington Wizards with the No. 46 overall pick and was immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. In his first year, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, a rarity for a second round pick. Clarkson was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2018 and then to the Utah Jazz in 2019. Clarkson averaged a career-high 16.8 points per game for the Cavs during the 2018-19 season, and he scored a career-best 42 points on February 13, 2019 against the Brooklyn Nets. Clarkson is Filipino-American and has dual citizenship with the Philippines and the United States. He competed with the Philippines national team at the 2018 Asian Games, where he averaged 26 points per game and led the Philippines to a fifth-place finish, its best in 16 years.

Born in Tampa, Florida but raised primarily in San Antonio, Texas, Clarkson played college basketball for two seasons with Tulsa before transferring to Missouri, where he averaged 17.5 points per game and earned Second Team All-SEC honors.

Playing for the U.S. National Team since 2017, Justine Wong-Orantes is an American professional volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist for Team USA. Of Filipino-Chinese and Mexican descent, in her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, she led the Olympics in serve reception percentage and was named the best Libero of the Olympics.

Aside from competing nationally in the States, Wong-Orantes plays for VC Wiesbaden in Germany.

Kelly Huang has held roles as a curator, advisor and dealer at leading institutions over the course of her 15-year career. She is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is the founder of KCH Advisory, working with private clients on building contemporary art collections. She also serves as the San Francisco VIP Representative for Art Basel. Previously, she was Co-Director of Gagosian San Francisco and spent nearly a decade as an advisor at a San Francisco-based firm. She is also the founder of several initiatives that build community and broaden participation in the art world, including the Gold Art Prize.

Kumail Nanjiani is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Nanjiani has also voiced Prismo on the animated series Adventure Time and starred in the TNT series Franklin & Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders. He also co-hosted the Comedy Central show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, as well as playing various roles on the comedy series Portlandia. He also starred as the Eternal Kingo in the Marvel Studios superhero film Eternals, which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. Its stars include Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su. Squid Game was released worldwide on September 17, 2021, to critical acclaim and international attention. It is Netflix’s most-watched series, becoming the top-viewed program in 94 countries, amassing 1.65 billion viewing hours during its first four weeks from launch, and surpassing Bridgerton for the title of most watched show.

The series has also received numerous accolades, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for O Yeong-su and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Lee Jung-jae and HoYeon Jung, respectively, with all three making history as the first Korean actors to win in those categories.

Lee started fencing at 7 years old. Over the span of her 20 year career, she competed in 9 World Championships and 3 Olympic games, taking home the gold in Tokyo 2021. Fencing led to to collegiate fencing and a pre-medicine track at the University of Notre Dame in 2012. Continuing her education, she started medical school at the University of Kentucky in 2017. She currently resides in Lexington, KY with her husband Gerek Meinhardt who is also any Olympic fencer with sights on Paris 2024 and becoming a physician.

Leena Nair is the recently appointed CEO of the global, luxury fashion brand Chanel. As the first person of Indian descent to be appointed to the prestigious role, she brings a unique and revolutionary perspective to the high-fashion world.

Hailing from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Nair has advanced to the top of corporate ladders and shattered the “bamboo ceiling” numerous times as an Indian woman in a white, male-dominated industry, exemplifying the incredible work and added value she brings to any team or company she is a part of. In her previous role as Chief Human Resources Officer at Unilever, she led the charge in all Diversity & Equity initiatives executed by the company, helping to ensure its workforce was inclusive and equitable at all levels of operation.

Lina M. Khan was sworn in as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission on June 15, 2021.

Prior to becoming head of the FTC, Khan was an Associate Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. She also previously served as counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, legal adviser to FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra, and legal director at the Open Markets Institute.

Khan’s scholarship on antitrust and competition policy has been published in the Columbia Law Review, Harvard Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, and Yale Law Journal. She is a graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School.

Lalisa Manobal, also known as LISA, is a Thai rapper, singer, and dancer based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group BLACKPINK formed by YG Entertainment.

Lisa made her solo debut with her single album Lalisa in September 2021. The album sold over 736,000 copies in its release week in South Korea, making her the first female artist to do so. The music video for its lead single of the same name recorded 73.6 million views on YouTube in first 24 hours of its release, becoming the most-viewed music video in the first 24 hours on the platform by a solo artist.

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan

Named on the 2021 TIME100 Next, an annual list of individuals who are shaping the future of their fields and defining the next generation of leadership, listed as one of the best actors of 2020 by the New York Times, and ambassador of Plan International Canada — has won the hearts and minds of a global audience. Her natural talent in acting and comedy was revealed through her breakthrough starring role as Devi Vishwakumar in Mindy Kaling’s hit show Never Have I Ever. Captivating international audiences with fast-paced comedic and heart-wrenching dramatic skills, Ramakrishnan’s multifaceted acting talent has been recognized by the 2021 Gracies, awarding her Actress in a Breakthrough Role — Comedy. Additionally, she was recently recognized by the 2021 Annual Asian American Awards for Breakout in TV and was nominated for Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series by the Independent Spirit Awards. Maitryei is also the recipient of the Radius Award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for making waves globally. You can find Ramakrishnan’s latest work streaming on Disney+ in Pixar’s Turning Red, voicing the role of Priya. She is currently filming the third season of Never Have I Ever.

Richa Moorjani

Born and raised in the Bay Area, California, made her series lead debut in Mindy Kaling’s Netflix dramedy, “Never Have I Ever.” After its premiere in 2020, the show immediately hit #1 around the world in the Netflix Top 10 and has been nominated for numerous awards including a TCA Award, People’s Choice Award, Independent Spirit Award, Hollywood Critics Associate Award and NAACP Image Award. Beating out somewhere between 15,000 applicants from a global casting call for the 3 South Asian leads, Richa won the hearts of an international and intergenerational audience with her portrayal of the brilliant, beautiful and stereotype-subverting ‘Kamala’. Raised in a family of performing artists, Richa began her acting career in middle school (performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival during her tenure) before studying theater and dance at university. She is also a professionally trained Indian Classical (Kathak), Hip-Hop and Bollywood dancer who focuses on meaningful projects in film and television that push culture forward. Currently, Richa serves as an ambassador for the C.A.P.E. Short Film Grant Challenge for emerging AAPI women and non-binary filmmakers. Shining a light on the South Asian diaspora and fighting for inclusion/authentic representation behind and in front of the camera are Richa’s mission as an artist. Outside of acting, Richa is a passionate advocate for animal rights, environmental sustainability, mental health & racial/gender equity.

Poorna Jagannathan

Is an actress and producer, best known for her portrayal of Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar in Mindy Kaling’s Never Have I Ever, which premiered globally on Netflix in April 2020 to critical and fan acclaim and has just been renewed for a fourth season. She is also known for her role as Safar Khan in HBO’s Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated show, The Night Of. Other recent television roles have included Dr. Lakshmi Chandra on Hulu’s Emmy-winning limited series The Act, Salma in the first season of Hulu’s Ramy – which has garnered nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and Critics Choice Awards – and Katie Richmond in the second season of HBO’s critically-acclaimed Big Little Lies. She also starred in HBO’s SHARE, by A24 and was in the Bollywood cult comedy, DELHI BELLY. Poorna will next be seen in upcoming Netflix feature The Out-Law.

Jagannathan has been a vocal advocate on behalf of survivors of sexual violence: she initiated, produced and acted in the play Nirbhaya, by Yael Farber, which dealt with breaking the silence around sexual violence. Nirbhaya won the 2013 Amnesty International Award and was hailed as “”One of the most powerful pieces of theater you’ll ever see” by The Telegraph.
Jagannathan has fought for diverse representation in the media and, in particular, more nuanced portrayals of South Asian women. In an interview with Vogue last year, she called for complexity in casting, saying “If it were left to Hollywood, more brown representation would mean a lot more doctors, scientists and terrorists. …when we only tell those stories, we deprive ourselves and our community of the real, human issues that are going on, including addiction, depression, and the feeling of not belonging. We don’t get to present ourselves as complex beings, ones who are yearning and struggling for what we want.”

Jagannathan was featured among the Top 10 in Femina Magazine’s “”India’s 50 Most Beautiful Women”” in 2012, and among the 50 Most Powerful Women in India in 2014. In May 2021, she was named to the Gold House A100 List, which annually honors the most impactful Asians and Asian American & Pacific Islanders in culture.

Jagannathan was born in Tunis, Tunisia, and grew up in Pakistan, Ireland, India, Brazil and Argentina. She speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi and Tamil. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, son and mutt.

Mak Azadi is the former COO of Discord. Azadi previously held executive and high-ranking titles at a wide-ranging selection of Fortune 500 companies, including Amazon and Starbucks.

Prior to joining Discord, he was the President and COO of CreativeLive. CreativeLive is the world’s largest online education platform focused on creatives, entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs. Azadi oversaw day-to-day management, helped to rebuild its executive team, accelerated growth significantly, and montired content strategy and production.

Margaret Vo Schaus was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30, 2021, to serve as NASA’s Chief Financial Officer. As Chief Financial Officer, Schaus ensures the financial health of the Agency and oversees all financial management, budget, strategic planning, and performance activities relating to NASA’s programs and operations. Schaus manages the Agency’s budget and financial operations, directs the preparation and submission of annual financial and budgetary reports, and coordinates Agency financial management activities with other federal agencies.

Prior to this appointment, Schaus was a career member of the Senior Executive Service. She has held numerous leadership roles within science and engineering organizations with responsibility for advancing research, development and demonstration programs, financial management and business operations. She has served in positions at the Departments of Defense, Energy and Treasury, and at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Schaus has been recognized with several awards, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Exceptional Civilian Service Award, the Department of Energy’s Distinguished Career Service Award, and the Secretary of Energy’s Honor Award.

She received her Bachelor of Arts degrees from Stanford University in Science, Technology, and Society, as well as English, as well as a Master of Science degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

CEO of Rappler, Journalist, Author, Freedom Advocate and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa is the CEO of Rappler.com, an online news organization in the Philippines. Maria’s courage and work on disinformation and ‘fake news’ culminated in being awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her “”efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.”” Her numerous awards include being named Time’s 2018 Person of the Year and listed among its 100 Most Influential People of 2019.

Maria advises organizations and corporations on corporate governance, values, and strategy. Her experience as a journalist and an entrepreneur in the digital world makes her a sought-after keynote speaker and panelist.
A journalist for over 35 years, Maria has been arrested on 10 charges related to exposing the Duterte government’s corrupt practices and was convicted of cyber-libel in June. She is out on bail pending her appeal but true to form, Ressa, vows to keep fighting.

Maria was featured in the 2020 documentary “A Thousand Cuts,” which profiles her fearless reporting on the abuses of Duterte’s presidency, while also illustrating social media’s capacity to deceive and entrench political power.

Maria now travels the world speaking to organizations of all kinds on freedom of the press, democracy, and corporate governance.

Marian Lee was named Chief Marketing Officer in March 2022 after joining Netflix the year prior in the role of Vice President of UCAN Marketing. Previously, she enjoyed an eight-year tenure at Spotify, where she served as Vice President & Co-Head of Music Vice President, Global Head of Artist & Label and held various other positions leading the Global Consumer Marketing & Creator Marketing teams. Marian has also worked at some of the world’s leading brands in fashion and entertainment, including Condé Nast and J.Crew. She began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant in the Retail & Consumer Products division. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Marian holds a B.A. in Psychology from Barnard College, Columbia University.

Mary Margaret is the VP & GM of Entertainment Weekly, serving as the brand’s first female and BIPOC Editor in Chief. Before that, she served as HubSpot’s Senior Director of Product Marketing, leading a global team from Ireland. Prior to that, she led the product content strategy teams for Facebook’s entertainment products and was the first Editorial Director at Roku, Inc. She began her career at Newsweek in their London bureau before holding senior editorial roles at PEOPLE and Parade.

Matt Huang is the co-founder of Paradigm. From 2014 to 2018, Matt was a partner at Sequoia Capital focusing on early stage venture investments in internet and mobile companies while also leading the firm’s efforts in cryptocurrency. Prior to Sequoia, Matt was the founding CEO of Hotspots, a YCombinator-backed company that was acquired by Twitter in 2012. Matt is also a personal seed investor in companies such as Toutiao and Instacart, and purchased his first Bitcoin from MtGox in 2012. Matt holds a B.S. in Mathematics from MIT.

Michael S. Chae is Blackstone’s Chief Financial Officer and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Mr. Chae has management responsibility over the firm’s global finance, treasury, technology and corporate development functions. He chairs the firm’s Valuation and Enterprise Risk Committees, and is a member of investment committees across most of the firm’s businesses. Since joining Blackstone in 1997, Mr. Chae has served in a broad range of leadership roles including Head of International Private Equity, Head of Private Equity for Asia Pacific, and as a senior partner in the U.S. Private Equity business, where he led numerous Blackstone investments and served on the boards of many private and publicly traded portfolio companies.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Chae previously worked at The Carlyle Group and Dillon, Read & Co.

Mr. Chae received an AB from Harvard College, an MPhil. in International Relations from Cambridge University and a JD from Yale Law School. He has been active in the non-profit world with a focus on education and policy. Mr. Chae served as the President of the Board of Trustees of the Lawrenceville School, and remains a Trustee Emeritus and co-chair of its capital campaign. He is a trustee of the St. Bernard’s School, a former trustee of KIPP NYC, and recently founded the Chae Initiative in Private Sector Leadership at Yale Law School. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Board of Trustees of the Asia Society, where he chairs its Nominating Committee.

MICHELLE ZAUNER is best known as a singer and guitarist who creates dreamy, shoegaze-inspired indie pop under the name Japanese Breakfast. She has won acclaim from major music outlets around the world for releases like Psychopomp (2016) and Soft Sounds from Another Planet (2017). Her most recent album, Jubilee (2021), earned two GRAMMY nominations for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album. Her first book, Crying in H Mart, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity, is a New York Times Best Seller. She’s currently adapting the memoir for the screen for MGM’s Orion Pictures.

Min Jin Lee is a recipient of fiction fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is the author of novels, Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko, a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times 10 Best Books. An international bestseller, Pachinko will be translated into over 30 languages. Her writings have appeared in The New Yorker, NPR’s Selected Shorts, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, Times of London, Food & Wine, Vogue and The Wall Street Journal. Lee was named as an Adweek Creative 100 for being one of the “10 Writers and Editors Who are Changing the National Conversation” and a Frederick Douglass 200. She is a Writer-in-Residence at Amherst College and serves as a trustee of PEN America and a director of the Authors Guild. She is currently at work on Name Recognition: A Memoir of Visibility and Voice and is researching and writing her third novel, American Hagwon, which will complete “The Koreans” trilogy.

Award-winning journalist Mina Kimes is an NFL analyst and senior writer for ESPN. In June 2020, Kimes joined ESPN’s daily football show, NFL Live. She also offers football analysis on Get Up, SportsCenter, First Take and more, in addition to being a regular contributor to Around the Horn and the host of her own podcast, The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny.

Musa joined GoFundMe in January 2021 to further build the GoFundMe brand and drive the company’s marketing and communications functions. Prior to GoFundMe, Musa was global head of marketing for Airbnb Experiences where he drove brand awareness and adoption of that rapidly growing part of Airbnb’s business. Before Airbnb, he was chief brand officer at Ford Motor Company and named to Forbes’ 2017 World’s Most Influential CMOs list. Musa has also held marketing leadership roles at Apple, Nike and Burberry and has a B.S. in Geography and Economics from London School of Economics. A distinguished counselor to iconic and emerging global brands, Musa currently serves as an advisor to MasterClass, Tonal and several other startups.

Nathaniel Ru is the Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of sweetgreen, leading the brand and their award-winning creative team. He oversees a team of thinkers and marketers who use creativity and storytelling to help redefine what the fast-food industry will look like in the years to come.

He has been named as one of the Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and one of Forbes’ Next 50 CMO’s. His team has collaborated with some of the world’s best chefs, athletes and musicians to amplify their mission. In both 2019 and 2020 sweetgreen was named as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of the Year. His passion for storytelling has led him to work at the unique intersection of food, lifestyle and social impact.

Nathaniel and his co-founders started sweetgreen in 2007, opening their first location in Georgetown, DC, just three months out of college. Their vision is to be as ubiquitous as traditional fast-food, but far more transparent and honest. Since inception, sweetgreen has served over 100 million healthy meals

Nathaniel graduated from Georgetown University and lives in Los Angeles.

With over 1.4 billion+ streams to date, 22-year-old NIKI has slammed the door on the conventions of pop stardom—writing, recording, and producing her music on her own. Born in Jakarta and based in Los Angeles, NIKI has captured the attention of audiences around the world, earning praise from Billboard “as one of the brightest rising stars.” Earning wide critical acclaim since her breakthrough EP, “Zephyr”, and her debut album, “MOONCHILD”, NIKI has cultivated fans around the globe with her expressive voice, personal songwriting and genre-blurring artistry, becoming a vibrant symbol of – and an advocate for – a generation of Asian musical artists.

Nikil Viswanathan

Nikil Viswanathan is the co-founder and CEO of Alchemy, the world’s leading blockchain developer platform powering over $100 billion in transactions in every country in the world and valued at over $10 billion dollars. Alchemy powers the NFT industry, the majority of top blockchain companies, and the largest players in the space. Alchemy is backed by Stanford University, Coinbase, the Google Chairman, founders and execs of Charles Schwab, Linkedin, NYSE, and many more.

Nikil was honored as Forbes 30 Under 30, received his BS & MS in Computer Science at Stanford, and formerly did product management at Google, Microsoft, and Facebook. A serial entrepreneur, he co-created the #1 social app in the world, Down To Lunch.

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Joe Lau is the co-founder and CTO of Alchemy, the world’s leading blockchain developer platform. He was honored as Forbes 30 Under 30, received his BS and MS in Computer Science at Stanford, and was a former engineer at Pinterest, Google, and Linkedin. A serial entrepreneur, he co-created the #1 social app in the world, Down To Lunch, which was featured in international media such as a New York Times business cover story.

With the arrival of her record-breaking, 5x-platinum debut single “drivers license,” critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo revealed the tremendous power of her raw self-expression and songwriting prowess – ultimately cementing her status as the most promising young artist to emerge with the release of her first full-length album, SOUR – out now on Geffen Records.    
  
SOUR was named the #1 Album of 2021 by Rolling Stone and called one of the Best Albums of 2021 by the New York Times. With over 1.3 billion streams, “driver’s license” was the top streamed song of 2021 on Spotify (both in the U.S. and worldwide), with SOUR earning the number one spot as the most globally streamed album.

Capping off Rodrigo’s banner year, Rodrigo was named Variety’s “Songwriter of the Year” and earned seven nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards including “Record Of The Year,” “Album Of The Year,” “Song Of The Year,” “Best New Artist,” “Best Pop Solo Performance,” “Best Pop Vocal Album,” and “Best Music Video,” making her the second-youngest artist in Grammy history to score nods in each of the Big Four categories in the same year. 

Now RIAA Triple Platinum Certified, upon its release, SOUR scored the most U.S. audio streams from a female debut album ever and broke the record for the most-streamed album in a week by a female artist in Spotify history with over 385M global steams.  All 11 tracks from the album have landed in the top 30 of Billboard’s Hot 100, making Rodrigo the first female artist, and the fourth act overall, to simultaneously chart 11 or more songs in the top 30.
Rodrigo will embark on her sold-out SOUR Tour in the Spring which will visit more than 40 major cities across North America and Europe.

Parag Agrawal is the chief executive officer of Twitter. He joined the company in 2011 and served as chief technology officer (CTO) from October 2017 to November 2021. As CTO, he was responsible for Twitter’s technical strategy, leading work to improve development velocity while advancing the state of Machine Learning across the company.

Prior to being appointed CTO, Parag had risen to be Twitter’s first Distinguished Engineer due to his work across revenue and consumer engineering, including his impact on the re-acceleration of audience growth in 2016 and 2017.

Parag holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Patrick is the Founding and Managing Partner of Juxtapose, a New York based investment firm that partners with experienced entrepreneur operators to build industry-transforming ventures from the ground up. He started Juxtapose in 2015 with the mission of founding the world’s pre-eminent firm building category-defining technology businesses. Last year Juxtapose closed its second fund – the largest vehicle run by a firm exclusively dedicated to inception-oriented investing.

Under Patrick’s leadership, Juxtapose has taken a countercultural approach to the more common venture capital model, namely by: spending years on a concept and creating very few things, all with the goal of achieving venture-like outcomes without venture-like risk. The inaugural fund has an envious track record: every venture to date has successfully raised a Series B or beyond, and the fund is currently on track for a potential fund-wide 50% unicorn hit rate.

Patrick’s pursuit of systematic early-stage company creation spans nearly two decades, and he is one of the world’s most experienced leaders at the inception stage of venture- and private-equity backed businesses, having helped build or shape over 20 businesses in his career (including several that have gone public). Before starting Juxtapose, Patrick was involved at the principal / partner level at several of the world’s best formation-oriented venture firms, including Thrive Capital, Accretive, and Bain Capital Ventures. Earlier in his career, Patrick spent time in technology private equity at Francisco Partners, and started his career at McKinsey.

Patrick has a BA in Economics from Harvard College, an MA in Asian Economic History from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was the first Korean-American student body president. Patrick previously served as a board member of the HBS Asian American Alumni Association Board and is on their global Alumni Board.

Puja Patel is the editor-in-chief of Pitchfork. Patel has previously served as the editor of SPIN, the culture editor of Deadspin, and a columnist for the Village Voice and MTV. Her writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Washington Post, VICE, and FADER. Patel serves on the board of NYU’s Clive Davis Institute and is a founding board member of Building Beats, a non-profit organization that provides music education and developmental skills to underserved youth across New York City.

Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter, better known as Valkyrae, is a Filipina American streamer, entrepreneur, and Co-Owner of 100 Thieves. Gathering numerous accolades such as Content Creator of the Year at The Game Awards 2020 and landing on the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 List, Hofstetter has become one of the most prominent and well-known content creators in the live streaming space.

In April of 2021, Hofstetter was announced as a co-owner of 100 Thieves, joining the likes of other well-known names in its ownership group, like Drake, Scooter Braun, and Dan Gilbert. Her announcement was not only a huge accomplishment for women, but women of color specifically, as she is one of the very few to hold such high leadership status.

Ramsey Naito is President of Animation for Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation.

As President of Animation for Paramount Animation, a role which she assumed in September 2021, Naito oversees all of the animation group’s operations from development through release. Naito previously served as Executive Vice President of Paramount Animation in 2018 before assuming her role as Executive Vice President of Animation Production and Development at Nickelodeon Animation.

At Nickelodeon, Naito oversees animation content across all formats and platforms–spanning linear, digital, TV movies, theatrical motion pictures and SVOD. Since joining the network in 2018, Naito has since overseen a renaissance at the studio of animation content and production in scale and creativity.

Naito produced DreamWorks Animation’s Oscar®-nominated feature, The Boss Baby, while also earning her a PGA nomination for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures. Prior to DreamWorks Animation, Ramsey worked as a producer for Blue Sky Studios, at Cartoon Network as Head of Movies and at Nickelodeon Movies as Vice President of Development & Production. Her executive and producer credits include: Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009), Barnyard (2006), The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002), Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002), the Oscar®-nominated Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001), Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000), and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999).

Naito is a member of Women in Animation, the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art and her Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts.

Riz Ahmed is a 2021 Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA Award nominee for his performance in Amazon Prime Video’s SOUND OF METAL, directed by Darius Marder. Ahmed won the NBR and IFP Gotham Awards for Best Actor, more than fourteen 2021 critics groups, and was named British/Irish Actor of the Year (2020 London Critics’ Circle Awards), since the film’s premiere at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival.

Left Handed Film, Ahmed’s production company, recently signed a first-look TV deal with Amazon Studios. The company has two films nominated for 2022 Academy Awards, including THE LONG GOODBYE which is nominated for Best Short Film and Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s FLEE, which made history as the first movie to earn Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature, Documentary Feature and International Feature. Left Handed Films’ most recent film, MOGUL MOWGLI, won the Fipresci International Critics’ Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, was nominated for ‘Best British Film’ at the BAFTA Awards, and received six BIFA nominations, with the film taking home ‘Best Debut Screenwriter’ for Ahmed and ‘Best Music’. In the works are EXIT WEST (Netflix), in partnership with the Obamas, Higher Ground Productions and Russo, AGBO, a modern take on Hamlet, and the comedy series THE SON OF GOOD FORTUNE (Amazon).

Ahmed’s musical journey spans two decades across rap, techno, residencies, a successful American band Swet Shop Boys, and most recently, critically acclaimed “The Long Goodbye,” accompanied by a short film of the same name.

As a vocal advocate for inclusion, Ahmed published an award-winning piece in the Nikesh Shukla, described as “essential reading.” In 2017, he spoke at the British Parliament’s House of Commons about diversity and representation and graced TIME’s 100 Most Influential People cover.

Roham Gharegozlou is the CEO at Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties and projects like NBA Top Shot and the Flow blockchain. Formed in February 2018, Dapper Labs was spun out of Axiom Zen to spread the benefits of decentralization through the power of play. Notable investors in Dapper Labs include Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Venrock, Google Ventures, Samsung, and the founders of Dreamworks, Reddit, Coinbase, Zynga, and AngelList, among others.

He is also the former CEO at Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio based in Vancouver, BC, creators of ZenHub, Routific, Timeline, and more. Outside of his work at his own companies, he devotes his time to being an investor and advisor to various startups, a former VC, and being a relentless optimist. Gharegozlou emphasizes a focus on entrepreneurship, technology, bio-medicine and economic development.

Rohan Seth is the co-founder and CTO at Clubhouse. In 2019, Rohan and his wife Jen founded Lydian Accelerator, a non-profit research organization working to accelerate genetic cures for children like his daughter, Lydia.

Previously, Rohan was founder and CEO at Memry Labs, which explored new ways to record and remember memories, and was acquired by Opendoor. While at Opendoor, Rohan led growth product. Prior to Memry Labs, Rohan was an early member of Google’s mobile team working on product and engineering efforts for Android, Google Maps and location platforms. Rohan was also the co-founder and tech lead of Google’s User Location platform, and launched products like Google Latitude and Location History Timeline.

Rohan has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a masters in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.

Ronny is a stand-up comedian, actor and Correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. He starred in Crazy Rich Asians, Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Disney’s Doogie Kamealoha M.D, NBC’s Young Rock, Godzilla vs Kong and Bliss. He has two stand up comedy specials on Netflix.

Roy Choi was born in Seoul, Korea and raised in Los Angeles, California. Choi is known as one of the architects of the modern food truck movement through Kogi BBQ by merging food and social media with community and honoring the street food culture that laid the path before him, and for his civic minded TV show ‘Broken Bread’ on KCET/Tastemade, which in 2020 won him a James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Host in a television series. On a global scale, Roy is co-host in the full blown Netflix cooking series ‘The Chef Show’ with Jon Favreau. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. In 2010, Food and Wine magazine named him Best New Chef. His cookbook/memoir L.A. Son was a NY Times Bestseller in 2013. In 2016 he was named TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World. And in 2017, LocoL in Watts, received the first ever LA Times Restaurant of the Year award. Roy resides in Los Angeles where he is a voice and advocate for street food culture past, present, and future, and the co-owner, co-founder, and chef of Kogi BBQ, Chego!, Best Friend at Park MGM Las Vegas, and LocoL.

Rupi Kaur is a poet, artist, and performer. As a 21-year-old university student Rupi wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, milk and honey. Next came its artistic sibling, the sun and her flowers. These collections have sold over 10 million copies and have been translated into over 42 languages. Her most recent book, home body, debuted #1 on bestsellers lists across the world. In 2021, Rupi executive produced and starred in her debut film, Rupi Kaur Live, which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Rupi’s work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. She feels most at home when creating art or performing her poetry on stage.

Ryusuke Hamaguchi was born in 1978. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Hamaguchi spent several years working in the commercial film industry before entering the graduate program in film at Tokyo University of the Arts.

He made his festival debut in San Sebastian and Tokyo FILMeX in 2008 with his graduation film PASSION. He then directed the Japanese-Korean co-production THE DEPTHS (2010), INTIMACIES (2012), and a series of documentaries, THE TOHOKU TRILOGY (THE SOUND OF THE WAVES, VOICES FROM THE WAVES, and STORYTELLERS), co-directed by Ko Sakai, from 2011 to 2013.

Hamaguchi made his first major appearance on the global stage with HAPPY HOUR, his 317-minute feature film, which premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival and went on to win major awards at numerous festivals worldwide. He followed this up with ASAKO I & II, which debuted in Competition at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival to universal acclaim. Hamaguchi additionally served as the co-writer of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s WIFE OF A SPY, which won the Silver Lion at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.

In 2021, Hamaguchi’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.

His latest work, DRIVE MY CAR, premiered in Competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the Best Screenplay Prize, the FIPRESCI International Critics’ Prize, and the Ecumenical Jury Prize. DRIVE MY CAR was awarded Best Film at the 2021 Gotham Awards, and at both the 2021 New York Critics Circle Awards and the 2021 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, as well as winning Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 2022 National Society of Film Critics Awards.

It has since been nominated for Best Picture, Best International Feature, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director at the 94th Academy Awards.

Sam Yam is the Co-Founder and CTO of Patreon, a platform that funds creators and artists through membership from fans. Prior to Patreon, Sam co-founded AdWhirl, which was acquired by Google in 2010. Sam is also a YCE at YCombinator and has worked at Google, Yahoo, and Stanford’s StartX. Sam graduated with a BS in CS from Stanford and is currently on leave from Stanford’s Master’s program in CS.

Sarah Burke joined Them in October, 2021. Throughout her career, she has worked in numerous formats to tell stories that interrogate the intersectional ways identity shapes our world and amplify otherwise overlooked perspectives. Formerly, as Special Projects Editor at VICE, she helmed projects such as The Gender Spectrum Collection, an award-winning stock photo library featuring trans and nonbinary models, Queerly Beloved, an Ellie-nominated podcast telling remarkable stories of chosen family and Transnational, a GLAAD-acclaimed docuseries about transgender rights around the world. She is a queer, mixed Pilipinx and was born and raised on O’ahu. Today, she lives in Bed-Stuy.

Derek joined 88rising in 2016 after watching Desiigner perform “Panda” live in Chinese on 88rising’s YouTube channel. He was the company’s first business hire and currently leads business development, strategy, financing, and international expansion. He is an ardent supporter of AAPI causes, especially with regards to giving Asians a bigger voice in the media.

88rising is a global music collective that focuses on celebrating Asian talent, stories, and Asian culture. Sean Miyashiro and his team manage a strong roster of Internet-breaking sensations including Rich Brian, Joji, NIKI, Higher Brothers, Stephanie Poetri, etc. More recently, Sean has partnered with K-pop idol Jackson Wang to release a number of singles under the label. Last May, Miyashiro pioneered an 88rising-centric virtual festival, Asia Rising Forever, in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. With over three million viewers worldwide, the live stream spotlighting Asian talent from across the globe in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. All proceeds raised during the event were donated to Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Sean went out to create 88rising in 2015 after noticing the lack of Asian talent in mainstream media. Almost five years later, the company has grown to be the most influential Asian music brand in the world with artists spanning across Asia.

Shohei Ohtani is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher, designated hitter and outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels. Beginning his pro baseball career in Japan, he was drafted by and played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball from 2013 until 2017.

Breaking records and stereotypes, Ohtani had a standout year in 2021, garnering global acclaim and recognition from everyone, including the MLB commissioner for his gameplay during the season. He became the first two-way player in the history of Major League Baseball with 10+ home runs and 20+ stolen bases as a hitter and 100+ strikeouts and 10+ pitching appearances as a pitcher in the same season while also holding at least a share of the major league lead in home runs in fourteen starts. During the 2021 All-Star Game, he also became the first player in MLB history to be an All-Star as both a pitcher and a hitter.

Singaporean businessman Shou Zi Chew became the CEO of TikTok in May 2021 and CFO of ByteDance in March 2021.

Before becoming the CFO and President of International at Xiaomi Technology, he was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in London. During the pandemic, he joined ByteDance and TikTok, overseeing a mass period of global growth for the company.

He completed his undergraduate degree in Economics at University College London, before heading to Harvard for his MBA. Shou Zi Chew was recognized in Fortune’s 40 under 40 in 2021, celebrating his success as the CEO of TikTok, praising him for “navigating the complex political scene of both China and the U.S.

Silk Sonic is an American R&B superduo composed of singer Bruno Mars and rapper, drummer, and singer Anderson .Paak. Their debut album, An Evening with Silk Sonic, peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, while the first three singles (Leave the Door Open, Skate, and Smokin Out the Window) reached the top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Leave the Door Open” spending 18 weeks in the top ten and two non-consecutive weeks at the top spot. The song later won four Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Sofia Chang joined Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) as chief executive officer in 2022. The daughter of Chinese immigrant parents who worked tirelessly to open doors and create opportunity on her behalf, Sofia is dedicated to enhancing Girl Scouts’ ability to reach more girls and offer them the support and community they need to achieve their dreams. She is the mother of an active Girl Scout, a troop volunteer, a lifetime member, and the first CEO of Asian American-Pacific Islander descent in the organization’s 100-plus-year history.

Sofia’s leadership was built on her strategic vision, authenticity, and inclusiveness. Prior to joining GSUSA, she led robust global consumer businesses and brands in fast-paced industries responsible for revenues ranging from $1B to $12B. During her 20-year tenure at HBO (WarnerMedia), she led the successful digital transformation of several businesses and developed high-performing teams.

Sofia is strongly committed to advocating for women and diverse voices. She has served on the board of the Time Warner Foundation, was the executive sponsor of HBO’s AAPI resource group, and was a member of HBO’s diversity council. She continues to serve on the board of University of Pennsylvania’s Professional Women’s Alliance, which provides young alumnae with professional development and networking opportunities.
As CEO, Sofia brings her legacy of leadership and advocacy to advance Girl Scouts, the largest leadership organization for girls in the world, into its next chapter. A true champion for girls, she is focused on ensuring they have every opportunity to dream big, find their voices, and create an outsized impact in their communities and around the world.

Sofia holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Brazil, she now resides in New York with her family after spending several years in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Sunisa “Suni” Lee is a 3-time Olympic Medalist, taking home the esteemed gold medal as the all-around champion in women’s gymnastics at the 2020 Olympic Games. As the first Hmong-American Olympian, her story is more than just triumph, it’s one of representation. Born and raised in Minnesota, Suni’s journey now takes her to Alabama, where she will compete as a college freshman this Fall at Auburn University. At just 18 years old, Suni hopes to inspire and empower her peers and the next generation to work hard toward their passions and achieve their dreams.

As CEO of the Americas, Susie is at the helm of Droga5 New York, supporting client business across North and South America. Since joining the agency 13 years ago, Susie has been instrumental in the agency’s significant growth from a 35-person crew into a team of more than 500+ employees. She has also been critical in designing systems and culture that yield breakthrough ideas and advance best-in-class talent.

She began her career at George magazine, following the presidential campaign trail, and served as Features Editor for The New York Times’ first-ever online edition before studying at the London School of Economics. She then landed in advertising—first with Fallon, then with Droga5 in 2009.
Susie is an Aspen Institute First Movers Fellow (2020) and has been part of the GoldHouse A100 (2018) and Adweek 50 (2017). She’s also consistently served as an executive leader, champion and advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion. She is the founder and executive advisor of Droga5’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiative, D+iQ, and serves as Vice Chair of the board of directors of ADCOLOR, the premier organization celebrating and promoting professionals of color in the creative industries.

Taika Waititi is an Academy Award®-winning writer, director, and actor. His film JOJO RABBIT received six Oscar ® nominations, including Best Picture, and earned him an Oscar ® for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film, which was released by Searchlight Pictures, was also nominated for a Golden Globe ® for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, among other accolades. Previously, Waititi directed the critically-acclaimed blockbuster THOR: RAGNAROK for Disney, as well as the beloved indie films HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, BOY, and the Oscar®-nominated short film TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT. He also executive produced through his production company with Carthew Neal, Piki Films, THE BREAKER UPPERS, BABY, DONE, and the first Indigenous Canadian/New Zealand co-production, NIGHT RAIDERS, which premiered at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival.

Waititi is currently in post-production on NEXT GOAL WINS for Searchlight Pictures, which he wrote, directed, and produced, based on the 2015 documentary of the same name, as well as THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, which will be released on July 8, 2022. The highly-anticipated film, written and directed by Waititi, stars Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, and Natalie Portman. Previously, Waititi was seen in Shawn Levy’s FREE GUY from 20th Century Studios, alongside Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, and Joe Keery.

For television, Waititi is the co-creator and executive producer of the Indigenous American teen comedy RESERVATION DOGS for FX, for which he co-wrote the first episode with co-creator Sterlin Harjo. The series has been well-received, winning the 2021 Gotham Award for Short-Form Breakthrough Series and the 2022 Independent Spirit Award for Best New Scripted Series, as well as earning nominations for this year’s Critic’s Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards ®, and Writers Guild of America Awards. On screen, Waititi stars as “Blackbeard” in the HBO Max period comedy OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH. He is also the executive producer for the series and directed the pilot episode which debuted on the streaming platform this March. Additionally, Waititi directed the season one finale of THE MANDALORIAN for Disney+, in which he also voices “IG-11,” and serves as executive producer on the critically-acclaimed TV adaptation of WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, for which he’s directed several episodes.

Tan France is a television personality and the fashion guru and style expert of Netflix’s Queer Eye series. Born Tanveer Safdar, Tan grew up in a strict Pakistani Muslim family in South Yorkshire, England. When he was seven years old, he visited his grandfather’s denim factory and fell in love with fashion. Tan held on to that feeling throughout his adolescence, altering and elevating his own clothes at home before eventually studying fashion in college.

As an adult, Tan moved to London and worked corporate jobs for major retailers like Zara, Selfridges, and Chanel. After taking a leap and moving to the United States, he struck out on his own as a fashion designer, starting the fashion lines Kingdom & State and Rachel Parcell Inc. By 33, Tan was successful enough to be able to sell his businesses and retire comfortably.

In 2018, Netflix cast him in its reboot of the makeover show Queer Eye, which became a popular, Emmy-winning sensation. Tan became one of the most visible, sought-after personal stylists in the world—and made history as the first openly LGBTQ South Asian man on television. Tan also co-hosted the fun and fast-paced 2020 Netflix fashion design competition series, Next in Fashion alongside Alexa Chung.

Taylor Rapp is a Chinese American safety for the Los Angeles Rams and Super Bowl LVI champion. After competing for the University of Washington’s Huskies, Rapp decided to forego his final year of eligibility and declared for the 2019 NFL Draft.

Being one of the few Asian Americans currently playing on an NFL roster, Rapp has been an outspoken and fierce advocate for Asian American representation in the sport of football and prioritizing the importance of connecting with and showcasing his Chinese heritage on and off the field.

Teddy Park is a pioneer in music with an illustrious 20+ year career as a songwriter and producer, credited as bringing Korean music into the new era and the Creative Director/Lead Producer of BLACKPINK. Teddy is the architect behind the quartet, considered to be “the biggest girl group in the world” and holding the Guiness World Record for the most subscribed music channel on YouTube. He is one of the most influential figures of his era and won “Producer of the Year” at the 2021 MAMA – Asia’s most prestigious award event.

Since debuting as an artist and producer, he went on to play an integral role in shaping the overall direction of the careers of global stars BIGBANG, G-Dragon, 2NE1, and BLACKPINK. He is the Founder and CEO of THEBLACKLABEL, the South Korean Entertainment Company, Record Label & Creative Agency that is home to Jeon Somi, LØREN, and Zion.T.

His longevity and consistent success in creating new and innovative sounds for Korean artists has garnered the adoration of fans across the globe. Teddy is known for his distinctive sound and has set trends not only in music, but also in the music video productions that has defined K-Pop during its rise to global stardom. Teddy is undoubtedly one of the most influential figures of his era as a leader in the arts and has transcended into becoming a major player in the business of music and beyond.

Pachinko is an American drama television series created by Soo Hugh based on the novel of the same name by Manhattan-based author and journalist Min Jin Lee. The series is directed by Kogonada and Justin Chon, and stars Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Minho, Kim Min-ha and Jin Ha.

The drama follows four generations of a Korean immigrant family who fight to realize their dreams across Korea, Japan and America. The main protagonists are Zainichi Koreans, ethnic Koreans who came to Japan during Japanese colonial rule of Korea, and their descendants, who faced discrimination and marginalization. It premiered on Apple TV+ on March of 2022 and was renewed for a second season.

Tim Chen, CEO of NerdWallet, co-founded the personal finance company in 2009 after working on Wall Street and realizing there wasn’t enough transparency when it comes to consumer financial decisions. As CEO, Tim sets the strategic vision for NerdWallet and is determined to give consumers clarity around all of life’s financial decisions. Before founding NerdWallet, Tim was a hedge fund analyst at Perry Capital and an equity analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston. Tim has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University.

Todd Park is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Devoted Health, a company focused on dramatically improving the health and well-being of older Americans by caring for everyone like they are family.

Prior to co-founding Devoted, Todd served as U.S. Chief Technology Officer and White House technology advisor based in Silicon Valley under President Barack Obama. In these roles, he focused on bringing top technology talent and best practices into government to improve policymaking, service delivery, national defense, and public engagement. Todd joined the Obama Administration in 2009 as CTO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, helping HHS harness the power of data, technology, and innovation to improve the health of the nation. For this work at HHS, Todd was named one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business.”

Prior to his work in government, Todd co-founded pioneering health information technology company Athenahealth and co-led its development into a leading national provider of cloud-based software and services for physicians and health care practitioners. He also co-founded Castlight Health, an innovative online health benefits platform company, and has served as a senior advisor to Ashoka, a global incubator of social entrepreneurs, where he helped start a venture to bring affordable telehealth services, medications, diagnostics, and clean water to rural India.

Todd graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College with an A.B. in Economics. He currently serves on the board of New America and on the Obama Foundation’s Digital & Technology Council. Todd was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration in 2017 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Public Service Degree by American University in 2021. He is a member of the 2017 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.

Versha Sharma is the Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue, where she is focused on covering culture, fashion, politics, and social justice through the lens of young people. She is the first South Asian editor-in-chief in the publication’s history and is focused on new heights of representation for the AAPI community under her leadership. Previously, she was Managing Editor and Senior Correspondent at NowThis, which she helped build from a brand new startup to the #1 social video news company in the world. She led NowThis Election coverage in 2016, 2018, and 2020, has interviewed elected leaders like President Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Kamala Harris, as well as cultural leaders like Oprah and Alicia Keys. She’s produced several short documentaries and filed dispatches on immigration from the U.S.-Mexico border, has reported from mass protests in St. Louis, and traveled to Moscow, Russia for a show she hosted and produced, The Russia Desk. Versha and her team at NowThis won an Edward R. Murrow award for a short doc about the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Versha has long been an enthusiastic voice for the most innovative models in digital journalism and for increased diversity and inclusivity at all levels of leadership. Prior to NowThis, she worked as a reporter and editor for Vocativ, where she managed a team of international reporters. She covered the 2012 presidential election for MSNBC and got her start in journalism with an internship at Talking Points Memo in 2009. Born and raised in Louisiana, she now lives in New York with her husband, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Online News Association.

Will Lee is NPR’s Chief Operating Officer. In this role, he oversees the Technology; Audience Technology; Product; Content Operations; Research, Archives & Data Strategy; Member Partnership; and Change Management & Transformation teams. This portfolio brings together the teams that are leading the way in how NPR reaches and serves audiences now and into the future.

Lee believes that NPR is a media force and a news institution like no other in the world and that its journalistic mission is more essential and critical to the American public than ever before. He is excited to work closely with NPR’s network of Member stations to ignite and drive continued growth, transformation and brand momentum to reach new and more diverse audiences everywhere they encounter NPR.

Lee is an experienced media executive with a strong track record of digital innovations and brand transformation. He brings to this role more than two decades of experience in content creation, audience expansion, brand development and commitment to and evolution of DEI in organizations. He most recently served as SVP/Head of Digital, Entertainment Group at Meredith Corporation. There, he led and directed the digital, platform and video businesses of People, Entertainment Weekly, People en Español and PeopleTV, with over 130 million total monthly users and over a billion monthly content views. During his tenure, digital audiences and revenue more than tripled. He formerly served as the Vice President of Digital Content and Programming at The Hollywood Reporter, where he drove record-breaking audience growth for THR.com and THR video and led a complete renovation and relaunch of the digital newsroom.

Lee currently sits on the Board of Advisors of the New York University Center for Publishing, and Nekton Mission, a non-profit devoted to protecting the oceans.

Born and raised in San Diego, California, Xander Schauffele fixed his sights on golf at the young age of 10.

His father, a graduate of San Diego Golf Academy (now Golf Academy of America), encouraged his interest and to this day is his only swing coach. Schauffele played golf for Scripps Ranch High School, then Long Beach State University and San Diego State University.

Among other early accolades, he won the individual title of the 2011 California State High School Championship and is the 2014 California State Amateur champion.

He began his college career at Long Beach State University under then coach Ryan Ressa. There, Xander garnered Big West Conference Freshman of the Year and First Team All-Big West awards in 2012.

For his sophomore year Xander transferred to San Diego State University to play for the SDSU Aztecs, where he still holds several seasonal and career records. After graduating with a degree in Social Sciences in 2015, Xander played Web.com Q-School that same fall. There he succeeded in securing playing privileges for the 2016 Web.com Tour season.

After a solid first season on the Web.com Tour, Xander finished in 26th position at the end of regular season play, a mere US$ 900.00 short of earning a PGA Tour card.

In the ensuing Web.com Playoffs Xander did finish in 15th position securing his privileges for PGA Tour membership the hard way.

Xander finished his first PGA Tour season with a solid run beginning with a T5 at the 2017 US Open and ending with being the first ever rookie to win the PGA Tour Championship.

His 2-win season (2017 Greenbrier Classic; 2017 Tour Championship) earned Xander the Rookie of the Year award for the 2016-2017 season.

Yoon Ahn is a Korean American fashion designer, creative director of her brand, AMBUSH, and jewelry design director of Dior Homme.

AMBUSH® began as an experimental jewellery line – innovative pop art-inspired designs capturing a distinct Tokyo aesthetic. The iconic trademarked POW!® motif in particular received media coverage around the world. With apparel created as a canvas to complete the story, AMBUSH® evolved into designing unisex collections.

The brand made its Paris debut in 2015 with VERBAL & YOON being listed as two of Business of Fashion’s Top 500 people influencing the global fashion industry for 5 consecutive years from 2015, and HYPEBEAST 100 list for 8 consecutive years. In 2017 AMBUSH® was selected as one of the top 8 finalists for the LVMH PRIZE. AMBUSH®’s uniquely crafted parts form an idiosyncratic style that led to commissions and collaborations with an illustrious list that includes Louis Vuitton (Kim Jones), sacai, UNDERCOVER, Off-White, Moet, Bvlgari, Nike, CONVERSE, Rimowa, and GENTLE MONSTER.

In 2018 AMBUSH® presented the brand’s first runway presentation as part of Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo. Kim Jones named YOON as jewellery designer for Dior Men, and the first creations for the house debuted with the SS 2019 collection in Paris. AMBUSH® opened its first flagship store on September 2 2016 in Tokyo, a space which encapsulates the brand’s ethos in a creative environment under one roof with the design studio.

Youn Yuh-jung is a South Korean actor, whose career in film and television spans over five decades. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a British Academy Film Award, an Independent Spirit Award, and a nomination for a Critics’ Choice Movie Award. She has starred in many South Korean television series and films.

She gained international recognition for her role in Minari. Her critically acclaimed portrayal of Soon-ja in the film made her the first Korean actress to win a Screen Actors Guild Award, an Independent Spirit Award, a British Academy Film Award, and an Academy Award, as well as the first to be nominated for a Critics’ Choice Movie Award, all in the Best Supporting Actress category.