Our People

The work of APIA Scholars would not be possible without the efforts and generosity of countless Scholars, advisors, institutions, and supportive companies and their dedicated employees. Learn more about the ones making a difference below:

Chair, APIA Scholars Board of Directors
Vice President, Network Engineering at AT&T

Jeff Luong
Vice-Chair, APIA Scholars Board of Directors
Executive VP & Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman
The Walt Disney Company

Nancy Lee
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Asian Americans Advancing Justice/AAJC

Jacinta Titiali’i-Abbott
Associate Dean,
Director Draper Center
for Community Partnerships
Pomona College

Sefa Aina
Advisor and Liaison to the
CEO and the Chair of
America’s Promise Alliance

Pooneh Fracyon Butler
President
Community Catalyst Partners

Gene Chasin
First Vice Chair and
Seattle Chapter President
of the Asian McDonald’s Operators
Association (AMOA)

William Cho
Executive Director
Yale Alumni Association
Yale University,

J. Weili Cheng
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Victor Kuo (in Memoriam)
Managing Partner
Trustpoint.One

Jennifer Justine Kananionāpua Peru Gary
Executive Director
Nakupuna Foundation

Lindsay Lee Aulaniki’ikina Ah Loo
Global Vice President
Performance Management
Sodexo Worldwide

Scott Loretan
Managing Director, Education
The Kresge Foundation

William F. L. “Bill” Moses
Vice President of International Partnership Services
Walmart

Nidhi Munjal
Group Vice President and Chief Business Information Officer for Information Technology
Toyota Motor North America

Doug Murtha
President, San Jose City College

Dr. Rowena Tomaneng
Writer, Lawyer and Advocate
Columbia University

Wally Suphap
Chief Financial Officer
Steel Partner Holdings

Jason Wong
GM of Strategic Programs
Microsoft

Hans Yang
Chair, APIA Scholars Board of Directors
Vice President, Network Engineering at AT&T

Jeff Luong

Vice-Chair, APIA Scholars Board of Directors
Executive VP & Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman
The Walt Disney Company

Nancy Lee

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Asian Americans Advancing Justice/AAJC

Jacinta Titiali’i-Abbott

Jacinta Titialii-Abbott is a former healthcare executive, attorney, and business consultant who advised companies in corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and other business transactions. Titialii-Abbott was Vice President of Acquisitions and Development at Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and also served as Assistant General Counsel. Titialii-Abbott started her career at the Seattle firm of Bogle & Gates in the business and real estate group.

In 1996 Modern Healthcare Magazine selected Titialii-Abbott as one of 10 up and coming healthcare executives in the United States. In 1999 President Bill Clinton appointed her to the first White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Commission.

Jacinta has been active for three decades on various non-profit and hospital boards of directors across the country, including the Seattle Symphony, the Seattle Arts Commission, the Jack Nicklaus Children’s Healthcare Foundation, and APIA Scholars. Titialii-Abbott has two Bachelor of Arts degrees with majors in Political Science, Economics, and Art History from the University of Washington. She has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Washington School of Law.

Associate Dean,
Director Draper Center
for Community Partnerships
Pomona College

Sefa Aina

Advisor and Liaison to the
CEO and the Chair of
America’s Promise Alliance

Pooneh Fracyon Butler

President
Community Catalyst Partners

Gene Chasin

First Vice Chair and
Seattle Chapter President
of the Asian McDonald’s Operators
Association (AMOA)

William Cho

Executive Director
Yale Alumni Association
Yale University,

J. Weili Cheng

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Victor Kuo (in Memoriam)

Victor Kuo Memorial Scholarship.

Managing Partner
Trustpoint.One

Jennifer Justine Kananionāpua Peru Gary

Executive Director
Nakupuna Foundation

Lindsay Lee Aulaniki’ikina Ah Loo

Global Vice President
Performance Management
Sodexo Worldwide

Scott Loretan

Managing Director, Education
The Kresge Foundation

William F. L. “Bill” Moses

Vice President of International Partnership Services
Walmart

Nidhi Munjal

Group Vice President and Chief Business Information Officer for Information Technology
Toyota Motor North America

Doug Murtha

President, San Jose City College

Dr. Rowena Tomaneng

Writer, Lawyer and Advocate
Columbia University

Wally Suphap

Chief Financial Officer
Steel Partner Holdings

Jason Wong

GM of Strategic Programs
Microsoft

Hans Yang