Lori is a Managing Associate of Creative Financial Group, a boutique financial service firm in Newtown Square, PA. She delivers comprehensive financial solutions and provides wealth management needs to the clients. She specializes in planning for business owners, successful individuals and families. She has Series 7 & 66, and she is working on her CFP designation.

Lori Co-founded NAAAP Philadelphia in 2004.

Lori has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Marketing from DeSales University and a Master’s of Business Administration Degree in Marketing from La Salle University. In her spare time, she devotes lots of energy to non-profit organizations in the Philadelphia area. She is on the Advisory Board of the Asian American Women’s Coalition, promoting the advancement of Asian American women through leadership and mutual support. She also serves on the Advisory Panel of Families with Children from China, Delaware Valley Chapter, focusing on culture, language, mentoring, and identity issues. In addition, she is on the diversity committee of the American Red Cross (Penn Jersey Region) and Asian advisory committee of the American Cancer Society (PA Division Southeast Region).

Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, Lori moved to the US in 1995. She travels frequently between the US and Taiwan to spend time with family and friends. Lori’s hobbies include playing a variety of sports such as volleyball, swimming, and working out at the gym. She also enjoys reading, dining out, traveling, and simply spending quality time with loved ones.

Hyun is an Account Manager at StarCite, Inc. In 2004, Hyun was recruited to join the Philadelphia chapter of National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP). In 2005, she was asked to join the Board and serve as the Membership Committee Chair. In 2006, Hyun co-chaired the NAAAP National Retreat held in Philadelphia. In 2008, Hyun served as the National Representative of NAAAP Philadelphia, and in 2009, she served as the Vice President of Corporate Relations. Currently, Hyun serves as the Executive Vice President of NAAAP Philadelphia.

Hyun has also served on the boards of: Asian American Women’s Coalition (AAWC) from 2004 – 2008, Asian Arts Initiative (AAI) from 2006 – 2007, Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 2006 - 2008, and Philadelphia Cultural Fund from 2007 - now.

Hyun has always volunteered with her church growing up and often organizes events and community efforts at her church. She has participated in Habitat for Humanity in South Korea in summer of 2001 and in New Orleans, LA in summer of 2008. In 2006, Hyun was an Emerging Leader Finalist for eWomenNetwork Foundation.

Tom is currently a Process Development Consultant at the Rutgers Food Innovation Center, Bridgeton, NJ; a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University, a unique business incubation and economic development accelerator program. Tom is also an adjunct faculty at Philadelphia University; teaching supply chain management, and participated in Short Study Abroad Program to Shanghai, Shenzhen & Hong Kong, China.

Tom completed 29 years of service with the Campbell Soup Company. Formerly as Director of Operations for North American Foodservice Division, Tom managed all aspects of the supply chain, with direct impact to profit and loss. He was a key liaison between product development and marketing with over 30 manufacturing plants in North America, supporting product commercialization, capital budgeting, technology assessment, and lean manufacturing. Tom has held positions of increasing responsibility within various corporate functions: Process Engineering, Strategic Planning, and Global Operations; as well as overseas assignments in England, Japan and South Korea. Tom has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; MBA from Temple Fox School, and MS in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on the Temple University CIBER Advisory Board (http://www.fox.temple.edu/ciber/board.htm) since 2003.

Tom’s vision for NAAAP Philadelphia is promoting inclusion and innovation. "No matter who you are, you're going to have to work with people who are different from you. You're going to have to sell to people who are different from you, and buy from people who are different from you, and manage people who are different from you . . . ." Inclusion is not the mother of invention, but rather the catalyst for innovations; diversity is a fundamental business strategy. Innovation is a process that involves teamwork and continuous collaboration through social interactions. The more diverse of a team being built, the higher the probability of success. NAAAP Philadelphia can provide such a platform for all us to grow, both professionally and interpersonally. “None of us is as smart as all of us.”

Joe is a full time REALTOR® in the state of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In PA, he hangs his license at Century 21 Target Realty, which specializes in the Asian market throughout the Philadelphia metropolitan area with offices located in South Philly and Northeast Philly. He is with Century 21 Alliance in the Cherry Hill office. C21 Alliance has eleven offices dispersed throughout South Jersey. Joe started in his career as a business broker and loan officer. With this string of experience, he is able to offer his clients a broad range of service and provides valuable advice and insight into the residential and commercial markets.

In 2004, Joe co-founded the National Association of Asian American Professionals- Philadelphia (NAAAP Philly) and currently serves as Board Member. His dedication to the Asian community is evident in his continuous involvement since high school as a volunteer tutor to Korean immigrant students in English and Math. Since then, he’s held various leadership titles in Asian organizations in and out of school. Joe also holds the position of President with the Cultural Alliance International (CAI), a non-profit dedicated to bringing cultural awareness to the Delaware Valley through events that help to promote and support cultural diversity. One of those being the Asian Festival (AsianFest) on Philadelphia’s historical Penn’s Landing.

Lingan is a Sr. Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin focused on design, implementation and deployment of software for large scale programs. Along with 10 years of professional experience, Lingan holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Lehigh University and a M.S. in Information Science from Penn State. Prior to working at Lockheed Martin, Lingan held positions at Ikea North America and Accenture.

Lingan's experience with non-profits range from a board member of The Cancer Aid Society of the Philadelphia Area to Vice-President, National Representative, and Webmaster for NAAAP Philadelphia.

In his free time, Lingan enjoys golf, traveling, eating out and (most of all) relaxing. Born and rasied in Philadelphia, Lingan now currently resides in San Jose, CA.

Carol Wong has been an advisory board member since NAAAP Philadelphia was founded in 2004. Carol is the Director and owner of the Chinatown Learning Center, a bilingual preschool and after school program that she founded 16 years ago. As Vice-President and Executive Board Member for the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC), Carol addresses affordable housing and community development issues in Chinatown. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Asian American Women's Coalition (AAWC), which promotes the advancement of Asian American women through leadership and mutual support. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Philadelphia SUNS, a youth basketball and Lion Dance organization, and On Lok House, a senior housing and community center. Carol proudly serves on the Board for the Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC). She is also a member of Soroptomist International of Indian Rock, an organization focused on making a difference for women through volunteer service.

Carol looks forward to working with and mentoring other NAAAP members to help the organization grow.

Jenny Wong has been a member of NAAAP-Philadelphia for several years and has served in the capacity of Advisory Board member for the past two years. She was the past President of the Asian American Women's Coalition (2004-2005) and now serves as a Board member. She has served as the Secretary of OCA-Greater Philadelphia (Organization of Chinese Americans) for the past four years. Jenny is particularly interested in for and non-profit organizations that improve the lives of Asian Americans living in the greater Philadelphia area. She has been working at a large pharmaceutical company (#5 in volume) for the past 11 years and lives in PA.

Ms. Woo has oversight of SEI Global Fixed Income Management’s credit process. Ms. Woo is also responsible for reviewing and monitoring new and existing credits and making investment recommendations for the Fixed Income Management Team. Prior to joining SEI, Ms. Woo was a Senior Credit Analyst with John Hancock Money Market Group focusing on investment grade and asset-backed securities and a Senior Business Analyst within Liberty Mutual Group’s Strategy and Planning Group for Corporate Real Estate and Administration. Ms. Woo graduated Magna Cum Laude; earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and her MBA from Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

While in Boston, she was an active member of NAAAP Boston and served as PR and Marketing Chair, Board Member and President. Currently, she is an active member of the Board of Directors for NAAAP Philadelphia focusing on Corporate Relations.

Min Yoo attended her first NAAAP Philly Event three years ago and has since been a supporter and fan of it’s mission statement. Through the years, she attended both Seattle (2006) and Atlanta (2007) NAAAP National Conventions and has seen Philadelphia’s Venture grow into a Chapter. It is a rewarding experience for her to see the non-profit organization making leaders in the community and being apart of this effective change and growth. She has participated and planned several events with the professional development committee and looks forward to members continuing to benefit from the programs and innovative ideas and events that enhance, empower, and advance the success of the individual and the greater good of the group.

Kristy Leong graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in Economics and Biological Basis of Behavior. It was in college that she got involved with an online magazine for college women that she learned effective ways of reaching out to college students locally and nationally. She also held a Public Relations internship where she garnered numerous press placements for clients from the Tri-State area.

Currently, Kristy is working at an interactive advertising agency in the Strategy and Insights department. Prior to this, Kristy had 3 years of experience at a leading consumer packaged good company as a sales analyst and planner for national market mover accounts. While there, she received a Leadership Award from the company for promoting diversity in the workplace with monthly events that celebrated minority groups.

She is very excited for her post as VP of Education for NAAAP as it falls directly in line with all her prior experience in student outreach and marketing. Her goal for Education is to create at least one impactful event in 2009 for students focusing on student and professional leadership. As Director of Public Relations, her goal is to increase the awareness of NAAAP in the Tri State area, particularly via the online channel.

Steven Suh currently works for Shire Pharmaceuticals as a supply chain manager optimizing the inventory levels and distribution channels of one of Shire’s key corporate brands. He previously worked at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals as a supply chain planner for its Oncology portfolio and developed valuable experience managing some of AstraZeneca’s top contract customers. Steven graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Business Administration and specialization in Marketing.

Aside from NAAAP, Steven is actively involved as a Board member for the Main Line Chinese Cultural Center. With a mission to foster the understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture and heritages, the Main Line Chinese Culture has been thriving with 300+ students and has plans to expand beyond the Main Line area.

As Assistant Vice President of Corporate Relations, Steven will assist the VP of Corporate Relations by establishing long-term partnerships with local corporations and providing professional development activities for NAAAP Philadelphia’s members.

Esther Lee is currently a project manager at Chatham Financial Corporation, a global derivatives consulting firm. In this role, she improved the company's risk management accountability structure to reduce documentation risk by over 95%. Previous to her current role as project manager, Esther worked as a consultant, advising Opportunity Funds and Private Equity firms. As a consultant, Esther managed a foreign exchange spot program, executing foreign exchange trades ranging in notional from USD 1 million to USD 1 billion.

Outside of work, Esther serves as a Committee Person for the 5th Ward, 24th Division of the City of Philadelphia. She is also the young alumni representative for the Philadelphia chapter of her college alumni club.

Esther graduated summa cum laude from Wheaton College (IL) with a B.S. in Mathematics and Sociology. During her tenure at Wheaton, she was elected to serve one term as Student Body President.

Vil Vongphrachanh is the founder and CEO of FinanceMyEquipment.com, a company founded in 2008 that specializes in equipment financing across the U.S. In her role as an equipment finance consultant, Vil works closely with equipment vendors and manufacturers to assist their customers with financing their equipment. Prior to her current role, Vil worked for Citizens Financial Group, Co-Activ Capital Partner, De Lage Landen Financial Services, and Tokai Financial Services. For 5 years, she worked alongside the “pioneers and experts” of her industry, giving her the confidence and knowledge to run her business. Vil is an expert in the Medical and Banking areas of her equipment financing industry. Her previous partnerships include Toshiba Medical, Abbott Laboratories, Beckman Coulter, Invacare, Sunrise Medical, Airsep, Citizens Bank (RI), East West Bank, Capital One, and Commerce Bank.

As the Vice President of Small Business Relations for 2010, Vil aims to set the foundation and precedent for the small business unit within NAAAP Philadelphia. Her focus will be to develop and provide entrepreneurs and business owners with high quality business education from accredited business experts.

Erica Chen is currently a traffic coordinator at Bank of America’s in-house advertising agency, Enterprise Creative Solutions. In this role, she oversees the details and processes behind each project in an effort to maximize efficiency and mitigate project risk, engaging in the agency workflow from the beginning and seeing every job to its completion. She is also the communications lead for the Asian Leadership Network Delaware Valley Chapter, a local employee resource group within the bank where she manages their website, newsletters, as well as all forms of advertising. Previous to her current role, she had interned for the Ronald McDonald House and the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce.

Erica graduated from the University of Delaware with a B.S. in Mass Communications and a minor in Chinese. She was extremely involved with the Asian community serving as President of the Chinese Cultural Student Association and VP of the Taekwondo Club, along with emceeing at several cultural shows.

As Director of Member Services, she is looking forward to find ways to grow and strengthen NAAAP by recruiting and retaining the best of the best Asian professionals and students that Philadelphia has to offer.

George is originally from Central NJ, doing his graduate and undergraduate work at Rutgers University with a Master's Degree in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. He now works as a research scientist at Johnson & Johnson in their rigorous Drug Discovery program. Being new to the Philadelphia Area, George joined NAAAP in early 2008 seeking to build a rich diverse network of Asian peers. He quickly became involved with the Sports & Social committee and began organizing and coordinating sporting and social events. This gave members a chance to interact and network in a less formal atmosphere and generated opportunities for members to create memorable experiences together. His play hard, work hard style and charmingly disarming attitude makes him quite a character on the team. As events coordinator, George will interface with all the VPs to ensure everyone delivers exciting new programs and events. He will also oversee the development and employment of online tools, ie Facebook and Meetup. In his off time, George enjoys snowboarding, vegetating with Video Games, eating like a crazed hyena, and talking/typing about himself.

Kristy Leong graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in Economics and Biological Basis of Behavior. It was in college that she got involved with an online magazine for college women that she learned effective ways of reaching out to college students locally and nationally. She also held a Public Relations internship where she garnered numerous press placements for clients from the Tri-State area.

Currently, Kristy is working at an interactive advertising agency in the Strategy and Insights department. Prior to this, Kristy had 3 years of experience at a leading consumer packaged good company as a sales analyst and planner for national market mover accounts. While there, she received a Leadership Award from the company for promoting diversity in the workplace with monthly events that celebrated minority groups.

She is very excited for her post as VP of Education for NAAAP as it falls directly in line with all her prior experience in student outreach and marketing. Her goal for Education is to create at least one impactful event in 2009 for students focusing on student and professional leadership. As Director of Public Relations, her goal is to increase the awareness of NAAAP in the Tri State area, particularly via the online channel.