Hosted by Council Member Shekar Krishnan and Council Member Linda Lee
2025 was a year of change and celebration for Asian American leadership in New York City.
We heard from leaders across industries, including Peloton, Goldman Sachs, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, Unapologetic Foods, Queens Night Market, and more.
Hosted by Council Member Shekar Krishnan and Council Member Linda Lee
2024 marked our inaugural celebration of Asian American leadership in New York City.
Hosted by Council Member Shekar Krishnan and Council Member Linda Lee
2025 was a year of change and celebration for Asian American leadership in New York City.
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The Program
Hosted at Lincoln Center, Samuel B. & David Rose Building
Opening Remarks
Council Member Shekar Krishnan and Council Member Linda Lee
Logo Unveiling: Suzy Taekyung Kim & Annabelle Lee
Coffee and chai provided by Queens locals: Cafe Catmandoo and Elm Roastery
Advocating for Justice, Inside & Outside of the Legal Profession
Charan Sandhu (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP) and Muhammad Faridi (Linklaters/NYC Bar Association)
Moderated by Meera Marti (Forum NYC)
Mindful Healing: Mental Health & Wellbeing in the AAPI Community
Aditi Shah (Peloton) and Dr. Jianping Zhang (CAIPA/Weill Cornell College of Medicine)
Moderated by Mitra Kalita (URL Media)
Lincoln Center & Hire Juilliard Performers present: The Julia Lee String Trio
Followed by lunch provided by Unapologetic Foods and Jing Fong
Banking on Change and Breaking Barriers
Karen Choi (Capital Group) and Alex Chi (Goldman Sachs BDC)
Telling Our Stories Through Food
Roni Mazumdar (Unapologetic Foods), Truman Lam (Jing Fong), John Wang (Queens Night Market)
Moderated by Deepti Sharma (Gundi Partners)
Anti-Asian Hate and Protecting our Democracy
CeFaan Kim (ABC7) and Jennifer Wu (Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP)
Cocktail Hour
Honoring Vic Lee (Welcome to Chinatown) and Byran Lozano (Tech:NYC)
Drinks provided by The Lucky Ox, Lunar Seltzer, Rupee Beer
Our Partners
S. Mitra Kalita
URL Media
Priya Krishna
NYT Food
Madhuri Kommareddi
Obama White House
Shekar Krishnan
NYC Council
Stephanie Kwok
NFL
Linda Lee
NYC Council
Evan Louie
AAPI Lead
Meera Marti
Forum NYC
Jason Ve
PAPER Magazine
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Eric Wei
Bellevue Hospital
Jenny Wu
GWB&S LLP
Kyung B. Yoon
Korean American CF
Panelists
AAPI LEADERS FROM ACROSS NYC
Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP
Korean American Community Foundation
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May 12-15
2035
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