Actor & Martial Artist & Culinary Champions, Chairman

Mark Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist and has won numerous karate and kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18. He is best known for his roles as Mani in Brotherhood of the Wolf, Toby Wong in Drive, Ling in Cradle 2 the Grave, the titular role in Crying Freeman and Zero in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Beginning in January 2005, Dacascos played "The Chairman" on Food Network's Iron Chef America. His other roles include Wo Fat on the CBS series Hawaii Five-0, Kung Lao in the web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Eric Draven in The Crow: Stairway to Heaven and Eubulon in Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight. He also competed in the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars.

ABC7 News Anchor & Author

Dion Lim is a TV news anchor and reporter at ABC7/KGO-TV in San Francisco, CA and the author of Make Your Moment: The Savvy Woman's Communication Playbook To Getting The Success You Want.  A sought-after speaker and emcee, she has hosted events with everyone from news legend Dan Rather to Hollywood celebrities like Patrick Dempsey, to community groups and leadership conferences. She was named one of Broadcasting and Cable Magazine's top 24 leaders in media and is the recipient of multiple Emmy awards.

Award Winning Actress and Martial Artist

JuJu Chan – BSc Computer Science & Math, MPS (NYU-Tisch), is an award-winning actress, known by the Hong Kong press as the female Bruce Lee. She won several medals, including gold, while on the Hong Kong National Taekwondo Team, and winner of a Muay Thai Championship Belt. JuJu is a former beauty queen, songwriter/singer, and musician of her own award-winning album and an author of two published books, JuJu is best known for her role as Zan in Netflix TV series, Wu Assassins, where she performed all her own stunts. JuJu is also a long-time supporter of Habitat for Humanity.

Sentek Global, Founder & CEO

Eric Basu is the CEO of Sentek Global. He’s a former U.S. Navy SEAL Commander who graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and holds an MBA from Anderson Graduate School of Management (UCLA). He launched Sentek Global out of his home in 2001 with the goal of founding a firm committed to making a significant and long-standing positive difference for it's clients. He was a finalist for Entrepreneur Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year and San Diego Business Journal’s Most Admired CEO.

Ph.D., UC Berkeley , Former Miss Asian America 

Darae Jun received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from UC Berkeley and B.S. in Environmental Science from UC San Diego. Her hope is to utilize microbiology as a tool to promote sustainability by discovering and optimizing bioenergy solutions. Her mission is to be a role model and inspire students with real-world science careers and issues, engage students in hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences, and create teaching links between scientists and public elementary school

Boba Guys, CoFounder

Andrew Chau is passionate about building things that bring cultures together. He is one half of Boba Guys and Tea People USA. A former blogger for GOOD magazine, Andrew writes about entrepreneurship through the lens of brand marketing, technology, and the lean startup approach. Prior to a career in CPG and corporate marketing, Andrew started and exited his first startup in 2011. He has his MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Alibaba Alum, Film Finance, Angel Investor

Alvin Lau is an angel investor and advisor in film projects and tech startups. He co-founded a Silicon Valley software company, Alohar Mobile, which Alibaba Group acquired. He has been a business advisor to Netflix, Movielink, Fox TV Studios, and Intel Capital digital media companies. Alvin started his career in investment banking and private equity at the parent company of Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Pictures. He received his MBA from Stanford University and his engineering degree from. UC Berkeley.

Auric Nutrition & Wellness, Founder & CEO, Former Miss Asian America

Charlene Wang is the CEO, founder, and Dietitian Nutritionist of Auric Nutrition & Wellness. The San Francisco Bay Area native is a Professor of Nutrition, Health and Wellness. She hosts classes and guides meditation retreats for corporations throughout Colorado with plans to expand to the west coast. The former Miss Asian America is featured on FOX news and is a contributing writer for Doctors Quarterly magazine. Her expertise of nutrition, herbalism, energy healing, and meditation stemmed from an incident that forever changed her life. 

Miss Asian Global 2019

Stephanie Kim is a 20-year-old college student majoring in Communications. She has worked abroad with South Korean broadcasting companies, such as NBC and KBS, to cover the stories of North Korean refugees in hopes of bringing more awareness to the issue of human rights oppression. She also assists with their assimilation into South Korea by teaching English to these refugees as a volunteer. As she continues her education, she hopes to share more of their stories with the free world. She also just happens to be the current Miss Asian Global.

Islahoney Lifestyle Blog, Founder

Lifestyle blogger with a focus on women empowerment, mental health, and wellness. Volunteer Crisis Counselor for CrisisTextline.org (a global not-for-profit organization providing free crisis intervention via text message), recipient of Women on the Rise (SSF chapter)'s 2019 "Woman of the Year" award- award given to a woman who empowers and elevates women in her community. Philanthropy work for Charity:Water & The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Zammo Al, Head of Marketing, Former Miss Asian America

Amy is the Head of Marketing at Zammo AI, Co-Founder of London Valor, a fashion brand of smartbags creating efficiency for enterprising women, and the content creator of sharingamy.com. Amy is a fearless marketer specializing in content creation, storytelling, branding, operations and strategy in tech, real estate, fashion, e-commerce, banking and media. She was crowned Miss Asian America in 2009 and is a former TEDx speaker, sharing her journey from “Fear to Fearlessness.” 

Entrepreneur and Founder of Building Education

Wendy Shew is the Founder of Building Education that serves to build schools and provide education in developing countries in efforts to eliminate poverty. Her Mission is to Build 1,000 schools and touch 1,000,000 lives. After working for an Aerospace Company as a Jet Engine Specialist she found her true calling in philanthropy by making a difference in the world. She is an accredited life coach that believes everyone has a true purpose in life and it is their mission to live it out.

Actress & Culinary Champions, Vice Presidents

Julie Dacascos is best known for her recurring role as Madeline Adams in the TV show The Wonder Years and later appeared on several other shows including Eerie, Indiana, Married... with Children and Walker, Texas Ranger. As Vice President of Culinary Champions, She oversees daily operations and the development of innovative, world-class food. Growing up in a family of cattle ranchers inTexas, and having graduated from culinary school, Julie knows how high quality, home-cooked meals should taste. 

BetterBrave, Founder & CEO

Tammy Cho is CEO and founder of BetterBrave, a nonprofit that empowers employees with knowledge and tools for navigating harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Previously, Tammy co-founded Encore Alert, an AI platform that helps brands identify and act on emerging trends, crises, and influencers in their industry. She started the company as a college freshman at Georgetown University and sold it in 2016 at age 21. Tammy has also been recognized as an NBC Asian America's A to Z Rising Star in 2018, Georgetown Entrepreneur of the Year, Hubspot Inbound's 22 Under 22, and a Power Woman in DC Tech.

Rotten Tomatoes, Co-Founder

Patrick Lee is a serial entrepreneur best known for being a co-founder and former CEO of Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes.com), a leading entertainment website focused on movie reviews and news. He is an advisor to a number of startups including Casetify, Instaread, Kiwi Campus, Oishii, WePloy, and Zeuss Technologies; and a mentor at a number of organizations including SOSV, Berkeley SkyDeck, Blue Startups, and Founder Institute. Patrick holds a BA in Cognitive Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Senior & Professional Ballerina

As a dancer, Miko has received worldwide recognition with her debut in the movie, First Position, as well as winning the Gold Medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition. Miko received a contract with the Birmingham Royal Ballet in England at the age of 17 years old as she danced and taught in over 20 countries. She is now a graduating student majoring in Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley and researching brain cancer therapies at UCSF. She is also the Conservatory Director of San Jose Dance International, a non-profit arts organization with a mission to give dancers the chance to give back to the community.

Miss Asian America 2019

Melanie is a career advisor for students at Built By Girls and a Technical Recruiter in the Silicon Valley. But while she thought she had figured out all the keys to success, her life took a turn when she experienced depression after unexpected heartbreak and career burnout. Melanie was able to overcome this dark period of her life through a challenging mental shift in her priorities, sources of validation, and perspective on life. Today, it is her mission to advocate for the power of positive thinking in order to lead a healthy and fulfilling life.

Asians@ Global Chair, Airbnb

Mable is passionate about bridging gaps across diverse communities and connecting with people on a personal level is her passion. Building up from scratch is Mable's forte. She currently builds community at Airbnb internally as their Asians employee resource group Global Lead + externally as a Community Organizer in the SF Bay Area. These roles utilize her background of intercultural communication and civic involvement.

La Boutique San Francisco, Founder

Born in San Francisco, California, Josie grew up in an environment that straddled both cultures and more so in the underground world of Chinatown. Being a child of an immigrant family, she had to learn how to make sense of the "Chinese playground" and create opportunities on her own. It wasn't until the death of her father that Josie turned over a new leaf and began to focus more on her professional journey of entrepreneurship and founded her own brand of lash and spa treatments. Her legacy now is to help other young women find their own financial stability through entrepreneurship.

Fitness Entrepreneur and Storyteller

Joseph Ilustrisimo is a fitness entrepreneur, personal and group trainer, photographer, videographer, and storyteller. Joseph has an independent personal training business called Redefined MVMT where he teaches individual clients and groups how to gain strength, get out of pain, and live more healthy lives. He is also a Founding Trainer with Dryft, a fitness start-up in San Francisco. He is passionate about creativity, health, wellness, and equality. 

Founder of Sixth Sense Consulting Group, President of Smarthomes.us, Mompreneur

Jen Louie graduated from UC Berkeley in 1995 with degrees in Mass Communications and Development Studies. Jen helped launch the first LGBTQ news magazine TV show in the country, had a successful career in Hip Hop radio, and founded Sixth Sense Consulting Group. Jen has produced hundreds of campaigns and events, including the X-Games, NBA All-Star/ Superbowl parties, NY Fashion Week, the Bay Area Olympic Bid 2012, The Clinton Foundation Millennium Network events, community initiatives, capital campaigns, responsibility programs, and worked alongside many A-List celebrities and top CEOs. 

Behavioral Therapist, MA Clinical Psychology, Miss Asian Community Service 2018

Believing there is good in everyone is what Jaclyn has known to do at a young age. From being exposed to people with different disabilities because of having a brother with autism, to helping military families through their grief, after her own father was killed in action in Iraq - finding hope is her drive. Through her own suffering, she was determined to pursue her educational career by double majoring in English Literature and Psychology for her undergrad, and earned a MA in Clinical Psychology.