On April 26, 2017, Apex for Youth will celebrate its 25th anniversary and honor inspiring leaders from the past 25 years.
25th Anniversary Gala Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Connie Chung
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Cipriani Wall Street
New York City
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GALA CHAIRS
Karen Wong,
Deputy Director, New Museum
Kathy Wong,
Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase
Patrick Yee,
Chief Executive Officer, Laird + Partners
GALA CELEBRANTS
Alex Chung
Co-Founder & CEO, GIPHY
Alexander Tsui
Founder, Apex for Youth
Andrew Yang
Founder & CEO, Venture for America
Anita Lo
Chef, Annisa
Chloe Kim
Elite Snowboarder
Dhivya Suryadevara
Vice President, Treasurer & Chief Investment Officer, General Motors
Gregory Yep
Executive Vice President, Chief Global Scientific & Sustainability Officer, International Flavors & Fragrances
Hayden Szeto
Actor
Irene & Alexander Chu
Chu Enterprises
J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation
Trustee, Victoria Hsu
James Chang
Founder, CP Advanced Imaging
Jason Wang
President/CEO, Xi’an Famous Foods
Julie Yoo
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Scripps Networks Interactive
Kathy Hirata Chin
Senior Counsel, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Krista Marie Yu
Actress, ABC’s Dr. Ken
Marcus Loo
Clinical Professor of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Attending Urologist, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Michelle Lee
Editor in Chief, Allure
Mitchell E. Harris
CEO, Investment Management, BNY Mellon
Natasha Jen
Partner, Pentagram
Nathaniel Ru
Co-Founder, sweetgreen
Norman C.T. Liu
Retired CEO, GE Capital Aviation Services
Patricia Shin Röckenwagner
Chief Communications Officer, STX Entertainment
Phillip Lim
Creative Director, 3.1 Phillip Lim
Shan-Lyn Ma
CEO & Co-Founder, Zola
Ted Chung
Founder, Cashmere Agency
Yie-Hsin Hung
CEO, New York Life Investment Management
GALA SPONSORS
CHAMPION
James Chang
UNDERWRITERS
Coalition of Asian-American IPA, Inc.
Eric T. Lee & Cindy Chua
Irene & Alexander Chu
J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation
BENEFACTORS
BNY Mellon
Columbus Hill Capital Management, L.P.
The Harris Family
Nissan North America
The Plum Spring Foundation
The Sriratana Family
PATRONS
Jack & Hollie Franke
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
New York Life
Patrick Yee & Jessica Hendricks Yee
Scripps Networks Interactive
WAC Lighting
SPONSORS
Aaron Tai and Douglas Lee
Ajay Bhalla
Beaulian
Blaise Chow & Kristin Quitoni
Cariann Chan
The Chauncey F. Lufkin III Foundation
Chroma
Colgate Palmolive
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Edwin Chin and Phil Wu
Euching Lin & Wayne E. Yang
First American International Bank
Glenn & Jill Luk
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Kenneth Chan
Ling & Gilbert Liu
Melissa & Alec Gunn
Michael & Michelle Cho
Michael & Nadine Chen
Morgan Stanley
NBC 4 New York
Patrick Lo & Natasha Wattel
Patti Koo & Rayburn Chan
Philip Ha
Rany Ng, Edward and Joyce Wu
Ricky & Kathy Wong
Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley
Roy Kim and Clayton Crawley
Stanley & Fiona Druckenmiller
Sunny Kim & Christopher Moyer
Waterfall Asset Management
