2017 WWAAC Asian Community Business Leadership Award OVERVIEW Shiv Aggarwal has been actively serving his community for the last 34 years in the USA. Along with starting his own real estate business, Shiv has created a foundation bringing the Indian community together in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Atlanta, Georgia. From founding the first and only […]
Past Awards
Natori, Callerina
Callerina Natori is a former NCAA Track and Field athlete from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. In May of 2010 during track practice she hit a hurdle wrong and broke her right femur, which lead to a difficult recovery, but ultimately her love for Chiropractic. It was a Chiropractor who helped her get back […]
Lin, Amy
Dr. Lin is a board certified internist. She finished her Internal Medicine Residency from University of South Alabama in 2007 and has been working as a physician/Hospitalist taking care of hospitalized patients. She has been working at Gwinnett Medical Center since 2014. Prior to that, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine […]
Schmidlkofer, Sue
Sue Schmidlkofer is the Director of Diversity & Inclusion Officer for UPS. In this role, she helps oversee the company’s diversity and inclusion strategies, ensuring UPS leverages the unique perspectives of an inclusive workforce. This global strategy is built on UPS’s ability to increasingly connect our customers, suppliers, employees and communities. Throughout her 22-year UPS […]
Tom Hayashi
Tom brings over 20 years of combined professional experience as an educator, consultant, and nonprofit executive–career highlights include teaching positions in a number of higher education institutions, former Executive Director of OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, and currently serving as the Vice President of Development & External Relations for the Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship […]
Lounnarath-Bozarth, Noy
Noy Lounnarath-Bozarth was born in Laos and emigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 12 as a refugee. As a parent, Noy hopes to pass on her pride of her Laotian culture and heritage to her children and the next Laotian American generation. Noy is a Global Grants and Training […]
Enriquez, Gloria
Gloria Enriquez is currently a Director with the UPS SCS US Freight Forwarding group. She has been with the company for twenty-seven years and assumed different roles in Corporate Security, Business Continuity and Global Business Services. Gloria obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management at Park University, Missouri and completed her Masters of […]
Dahal, Radha
Radha Dahal Honoree Video from WWAAC Alliance Foundation on Vimeo. Radha Dahal was born in Surey village in southern Bhutan . Her family had to flee the country in 1992 during the ethnic cleansing by the Bhutanese Government while she was in her infancy. The family landed up in a refugee camp in Nepal run […]
Yaguchi, Michael J.
MichaelYaguchi_04 from WWAAC Alliance Foundation on Vimeo. Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Michael J. Yaguchi, U.S. Air Force, Ret., was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. A graduate of the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, Yaguchi served over twenty-seven years in the US Air Force as a noncommissioned officer […]
Abriam, Rosie
Rosie Abriam from WWAAC Alliance Foundation on Vimeo. Rosie is the President/CEO for The Center for Asian Pacific American Women. Previously, she held technical and management roles in government and corporate entities for over 20 years. At New Focus, Inc., a photonics company in Silicon Valley, she developed patents for laser and photonics applications. She […]
Leong-Hong, Belkis
Ms. Belkis Leong-Hong represents the American dream that has brought people to this nation’s shores for centuries. She is a first generation Chinese American who fled the rise of Communism in both China and Cuba, served a distinguished 30 year career in the U.S. government, established and runs a thriving company, and serves as a […]
Melookaran, Joseph
Joseph Melookaran WWAAC 2015 from WWAAC Alliance Foundation on Vimeo. Joseph Melookaran is President & CEO of JMA Information Technology Inc., which has more than 300 employees in the U.S. and more than 100 employees in Singapore, Malaysia and India. Melookaran is a certified public accountant with extensive experience in management consulting and public assurance […]
Dacuan, Lindsay
Lindsay Dacuan WWAAC 2015 from WWAAC Alliance Foundation on Vimeo. Lindsay Dacuan was born in Seattle, WA. Her mother, Sheryle Dacuan, traveled to the Philippines to marry her father so the couple could live together in the United States. When Lindsay was young, her grandmother also immigrated from the Philippines to help take care of […]
Sato-Yamazaki, Christina
WWAAC 2014 Christine Yamazaki from WWAAC Alliance Foundation on Vimeo. Christine was born in San Leandro, California. She spent her childhood in Southern California, where she has many fond memories growing up in Cerritos during her elementary school years. Then at the age of 12, she moved to Japan due to her father’s job as […]
Mori, Floyd
Play Video ► Shiro Floyd Mori was born in Murray, Utah, outside of Salt Lake City on May 30, 1939. His parents were immigrants to the United States from Kagoshima, Japan. He is the seventh of eight children. When he was a small child, the family bought a farm in Sandy, Utah, where Floyd attended […]
Anand, Rohini
Play Video ► Dr. Rohini Anand is Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer for Sodexo, a leading provider of Quality of Life Services with $24 billion or 18 billion euro in consolidated annual revenue and nearly 428,000 employees in 80 countries serving 75 million customers daily. Dr. Anand is responsible for the strategic […]
Bioc, Catherine
WWAAC 2014 Catherine Bioc from WWAAC Alliance Foundation on Vimeo. Catherine Bioc was born in the Cavite, Philippines to Imelda and Ponciano Bioc. Growing up, Cat was a child full of energy and life and was constantly surrounded by her immediate and extended family. At a very young age, Cat learned the importance of education […]
Chang, Ronald
Ronald Chang, President of Corporate Treasury and Finance at UPS Inc., was appointed to this position in October 2018. He has responsibilities for Global Cash Management, Corporate Finance, Enterprise Risk Insurance, Pensions, and Investor Services. He has over twenty-five years of financial experience with UPS Inc., the world’s largest transportation and logistics company. Prior to […]
Chen, Michael
Michael Chen is currently the General Partner and CEO of Chen & Associates, an advisory services firm focused on the media, financial services, aviation, and food industry. Michael founded the firm in 1997, and joined full-time in 2013. In addition, he serves as the Strategic Advisor to the President of Grace Farms Foundation (www.gracefarms.org), where […]
Peterson, Joseph F.
Joseph F.H. Peterson is vice president of Special Operations Forces/Army Programs for Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz. In this position, he coordinates broad advocacy across the enterprise, businesses and product lines to ensure alignment and growth within all Army-related efforts. Before joining Raytheon, Peterson served in the U.S. Army, retiring as a lieutenant general. […]