ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION COMMITTEE

The APA Heritage Celebration Committee was founded in 2005 to promote awareness of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and to plan San Francisco’s annual official celebration. Members of the committee include representatives from city officials as well as various ethnic community organizations within the APA family.

Honorary Chair, Mayor Gavin Newsom

2010 STEERING COMMITTEE

Claudine Cheng, Chair, APA Heritage Celebration Committee
Lisa Ang, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services
Sirch Chanthyasack, Laotian American National Alliance
Jack Chin, Coalition of Asian American Government Employees
Lin-Shao Chin, office of Supervisor Eric Mar
Rose Chung, Asian American Pageant
Ratha Chuon, Cambodian American activist
Julie Gramlich, UC Berkeley student
Faye Woo Lee, Chinese American Citizens Alliance
Ron Lee, American Legion Cathay Post #384
Thomas Li, San Francisco State student
Manufou Liaiga, SF Friends of American Somoa and Samoa
Victor Lim, Office of Supervisor David Chiu
Lucille Low, office of Assemblywoman Fiona Ma
Alan Mok, Northern California Chinese Media Association
Viva Mogi, OCA San Francisco Bay Chapter
Mary Nicely, U.S. Census Committee for the People of Burma
Dennis Normandy, San Francisco-Manila Sister City
Beverly Ng, Office of Senator Mark Leno
Philip Nguyen, Southeast Asian Community Center
Keesa Ocampo, ABS-CBN
Sululagi Paleaga, Samoan Community Development Center
Diane Shin, Korean Cultural Center of San Francisco
Sandra Siharath, Wat Buddapradeep of San Francisco
Dar Singh, Indian American Chamber of Commerce
Jack Song, office of City Attorney Dennis Herrera
Katy Tang, office of Supervisor Carmen Chu
Cindy Tong, Community Youth Center
Francis Tsang, Mayor’s APA Community Liaison
Tobin Tsuji, APA Heritage Foundation
Tamiko Wong, AsianWeek Foundation