2023 TAAF Heritage Month Summit
May 5-6, 2023

Friday, May 5, 2023, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Welcome

• Li Lu, Founder and Chairman of Himalaya Capital & Board Chair, The Asian American Foundation‍
• Norman Chen, CEO, The Asian American Foundation
  

Panel 1: Building Coalitions to Fight Hate

• Elaine Quijano, News Anchor, CBS (moderator)
• Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO & National Director, ADL
• Anisha Singh, Executive Director, Sikh Coalition 
• J. Phillip Thompson, Former Deputy Mayor of New York & Associate Professor of Political Science & Urban Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

‍Panel 2: The Leaders Behind the AAPI Studies Movement

• Erika Lee, Regents Professor of History & Asian American Studies, University of Minnesota (moderator)
• Kate Lee, Co-Founder & Policy Director, Make Us Visible
• Grace Pai, Executive Director, AAJC-Chicago
• Pawan Dhingra, President, Association for Asian American Studies & Associate Provost & Associate Dean of the Faculty, Amherst College   

Panel 3: Storytelling, Belonging, and the AAPI Experience

• Jose Antonio Vargas, Founder, Define American (moderator)
• Freddy Bharucha, Sr. Executive Vice President, P&G NA and Global Personal Beauty Care, Sponsor, P&G APA Affinity Network
• Tracey Bing, Head of Content, Rideback Rise
• Michelle Sugihara, Executive Director, CAPE 
• Donald Young, Director of Programs, CAAM

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Networking Lunch

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Panel 4: From Government to Corporations: The Urgent Need for AAPI Leadership

• Richard Lui, Anchor & Journalist, MSNBC / NBC News (moderator)
• Ruchi Bhowmik, Head of US Public Policy, Netflix 
• Chris Lu, United Nations Ambassador, Former Obama Administration 
• Eric Toda, Global Head of Social Marketing at Meta & Executive GM of Meta Prosper
• Andrew Yang, Entrepreneur & Community Leader

Trailblazing the Way: The (Super) Hero’s Journey

• Juju Chang, Co-Anchor, ABC Nightly News
• Simu Liu, Actor

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Networking Reception

10:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Summit After Party

Saturday, May 6, 2023

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Pillar Roundtables 
*Open to all Summit attendees*                                                         

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Networking Brunch presented by Panda Express
*Open to all Summit attendees*

‍12:30 PM - 4:30 PM

‍Panel 1: 2023 STAATUS Index

• Russell Jeung, Professor of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University & Co-Founder, Stop AAPI Hate
• Jennifer Lee, Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Social Sciences, Columbia University 
• Taeku Lee, Bae Family Professor of Government, Harvard University
• Mike Hoa Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Education, New York University 
• Karen Umemoto, Professor of Urban Planning & Asian American Studies, UCLA

Panel 2: Together We Build: Community

• Georgette Bhathena, Chief Programs Officer, The Asian American Foundation (moderator)
• Norman Chen, CEO, The Asian American Foundation
• Don Chen, President, Surdna Foundation
• Maria Choi, Founder & CEO, Raise for Good
• Kevin D. Kim, Commissioner, NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS)

American Born Chinese Screening + Q&A

Closing Remarks

• Norman Chen, CEO, The Asian American Foundation

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Networking Reception