Cary Chen is an attorney in the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster, where his practice focuses on general corporate and securities matters. Prior to joining Morrison and Foerster, he was Associate Corporate Counsel at United Commercial Bank. Cary received his bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University and his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He is inspired by the dedication of the APA staff and is honored to support APA's mission to promote healthy families and prevent child abuse and domestic violence in API communities.

Jane Chessen, a mother of four and a former UCSF/SFGH administrator with the Emergency Pediatrics Department, is well aware of the prevalence of domestic violence in our society, "I support APA because they identify at-risk families and then work with the parents to prevent harmful situations. This intervention model stops child abuse." The Chessen family makes an annual donation to APA, "We see what APA Family Support Services is doing for children, and we want to help APA Family Support Services keep on doing it."

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Peter S. Chin, board member, is a neurologist working in clinical research at Genentech, Inc. He completed undergraduate studies in molecular biology at Berkeley, medical school at Dartmouth, neurology residency at the University of Washington, and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars fellowship at UCLA where he also obtained an MS in health services research through the school of public health. Dr. Chin has been recognized as an advocacy leader within the American Academy of Neurology and recently served on the Academy's legislative affairs committee. A native San Franciscan, Peter hopes to apply his experience in medicine, public health advocacy, and outcomes research to help APA achieve its mission of promoting healthy families.

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Rose Chung, board member and president, graduated from SFSU with a degree in Health Education. She is the President of the Chinese Employee Association at San Francisco General Hospital. Rose enjoys community fund-raising events and serves on APA's board as well as on the Board of Chinatown Neighborhood Center. She is elected to the Republican Central Committee. For the last fifteen years, she produces the Miss Asian Pageant and stays busy year round with community service. She says, "Rewards of community service are felt within the heart." Rose appreciates the difficulty of raising a special needs child, especially for mono-lingual and low income parents who are sometimes unable to access resources available to their child.

Van Diep is an Associate Director New Media at KTSF-TV26 in Brisbane, California. Van grew up in Saigon, Vietnam where he received twelve years of formal educationa. He came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1984 and completed his four year training program in Psychology at California State University of Hayward. Van has been with the KTSF since 1990. In the past, Van has directed Vietnamese talents for video production and conducted Vietnamese focus groups for service providers. He also hosted the Vietnamese Journal, a monthly talk show, for KTSF in the early 1990s. "I feel honored to be part of an organization that serves a community with great needs," says Van Diep, "I hope to make a difference in the lives of the families we serve."

David Martz is a lawyer. David is active in his church and has a heart for low-income children and elderly people. He is a graduate of Yale Law School. He currently serves as the Board Secretary.

Justin W. Shek is a Dentist in the Laurel Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. He is also a part time Clinical Instructor at the UCSF School of Dentistry where he graduated from. As a native San Franciscan, he continues to give back to the community by participating in oral health screenings and providing dental education at health fairs. He is currently a member of the APA program committee.

Benjamin Tsai is a Software Engineer at salesforce.com in the San Francisco financial district. Benjamin completed his undergraduate studies in Computer Science, Business Administration, and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. He also completed his Masters studies in eBusiness Technology at Carnegie Mellon University. "It is an honor to be able to work with the dedicated staffs and volunteers of APA towards achieving the goals of healthy families and happy children."

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