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NAAAP-NY
Scholarship and Leadership Backgrounder
Each
year, at least two one-time $2,500 scholarships are awarded to high
school senior from the Greater Metropolitan New York City area in recognition
for their talent and leadership potential based on their applications
scored by a Distinguished Panel of Reviewers.
The NAAAP-NY Scholarship
Program was redesigned in 2002 to incorporate a corporate Leadership Awards
Program to honor exceptional leaders from Asian American corporate affinity
groups, as recommended by peers, for their outstanding contributions and
accomplishments to their respective corporations.
Recent Keynotes
included accomplished professionals, from a variety of fields,
such as:
- 2003
Cindy Hsu who joined CBS 2 in 1993 as a correspondent,
and currently anchors the station's NEWS THIS MORNING and the NEWS at
NOON.
- 2002
Frank Wu who is on the faculty of the Howard University
School of Law, in Washington, D.C. His book Yellow: Race in America
Beyond Black and White was published by Basic Books in January 2002.
Recent NAAAP-NY Scholarship
Winners included:
- 2003
Kitty Chen, Stuyvesant High School in New York
- 2003
Vijay Chaudhuri , Glen Ridge High School in New Jersey
- 2002
Yin Zhao, Lehman High School in New York
- 2002
Wendy Cheung, Stuyvesant High School in New York
Recent NAAAP-NY Leadership
Winners included:
- 2003
Moon-Bae Chung, Vice President, Financial Management
at Prudential Financial. Mr. Chung has been an Executive Sponsor
of the Asian Pacific American Association (APAA) at Prudential since
its inception in 1999, and is also a mentor in the APAA Mentoring Program.
- 2003
Suk-Mei Mui, Manager, Transaction Taxes at Verizon
Communications. Ms. Mui has played a key role in the Asian Pacific
Employees for eXcellence (formerly Asian Focus Group of Verizon) since
the organization was founded in 1991. She has held the positions of
Treasurer, Vice President, President, and is the current National Treasurer.
- 2003
Karen Na, Vice President, Broadway/Flushing Branch
Manager at JPMorgan Chase. Ms. Na is best known for her achievement
in Leadership
Excellence for Best Performing Branch for many years, and was recently
presented with a Profile in Diversity Diamond Award at Chase.
- 2002
June Jee, currently a Director in the Verizon
Communications Community Affairs' group. June currently serves as
a member of the Board of Directors at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas,
Second Generation Productions, United East Athletic Association, Manhattan
Chamber of Commerce and the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional
Studies. June is also president of the Asian Focus Group of Verizon.
- 2002
Veronica Tsang,
Vice President in Chase Workplace Financial Services at JPMorgan
Chase. She is a member of Chase's Diversity Council, Chase Asian
Pacific American Networking group, one of the founders of the Chinese
Gift of Life, past president of Rotary Club of Chinatown New York, and
serves on the board of the Chinese American Planning Council.
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