Brad Baldia attended The Hill School, an elite private boarding school in Pottstown, PA. Brad received his BA in English and Biology from Bucknell University and a Masters in Public Health from Temple University. In 1995, Brad served as a White House Intern in the Office of Presidential Personnel. 

He currently works as the Director of the Southeast Philadelphia Collaborative. In addition, he works extensively with Asian community organizations on a local and national level, such as the Philadelphia Mayor’s Commission on Asian American Affairs and the National Association of Asian American Professionals (Brad is Founding President of the Philadelphia Chapter and was elected in August, 2006 as Executive Vice President of NAAAP National and National President & Chairman in August, 2008).

He serves on various boards including the Multicultural Affairs Congress (Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau), the Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition, the Chinatown Learning Center, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival and NAAAP. Brad is also member of the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Asian American & Pacific Islander Advisory Committee, the FBI Philadelphia’s Multi-Cultural Advisory Committee and was a 2008 CPL Pennsylvania Political Leaders Fellow. (www.progressleaders.org). Brad currently serves as Faculty for the Center for Progressive Leadership - Pennsylvania.

Mr. Baldia has received numerous awards for his efforts, including the "Unsung Heroes Award" by Keystone Mercy Health Plan and "National Brotherhood/Sisterhood Award" by the National Conference for Community and Justice. In 2002, he was recognized as one of the "Top 30 Most Influential Asians in America Under the Age of 30". In 2007, Brad was one of fifty individuals citywide that was nominated for the “Spirit of Philadelphia” award by Greater Philadelphia Cares. In July, 2008, Mr. Baldia was named one of Philadelphia’s 101 Top Connectors by LEADERSHIP Philadelphia.

Dr. William Lai is a licensed pharmacist by professional and academic training. His professional work experiences include practicing pharmacy at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and serving on the pharmacy faculty at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy (Rutgers University).

Currently, he is employed at Baxter Healthcare Corporation in their Global Clinical and Medical Affairs division as a Senior Manager. He has also been employed by other renowned pharmaceutical companies such as Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. He has also held part-time positions with both CVS and Rite Aid Pharmacies.  Will also participates as faculty and speaker for professional development meetings organized by the Drug Information Association (DIA).

Will earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first school of pharmacy in the USA, and subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Rutgers University. He then pursued an Executive Masters in Business Administration degree.  As a devoted and committed professional, Will has been awarded lifetime memberships in the highest honor societies in both pharmacy (Rho Chi) and business (Beta Gamma Sigma).

Will is also strongly committed to professional organizations and developing leadership skills. He previously served as a Chapter President within the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), held national-level positions within ASHP, served as o-Chair of the Asian American Healthcare Network (AAHCN), and just recently completed his first term on the Advisory Council of North American for the Drug Information Association (DIA).

With NAAAP Philadelphia, he served as Secretary and Director of Internal Relations, working alongside other NAAAP Philadelphia Leadership Officers to ensure fluid operations and communications within the chapter. Additionally, he has prior experience working on NAAAP National iniatives such as serving on the 2010 NAAAP National Leadership Retreat Selection Committee. Currently, he is geographically located in Southern California and lends his support and experience to NAAAP Orange County.

Dwayne Sye is a co-Founder and Chief Information Officer for Cvent, Inc., the largest provider of on-demand Event Management Software in the country. Throughout his tenure at Cvent, Dwayne has guided the company's innovative yet cost-effective use of technology. He earned his BSE in Systems Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dwayne has been active with NAAAP for over 5 years. From 2004 to 2008, he was Vice-President and Treasurer for NAAAP Washington, DC, and led their effort to achieve 501(c)(3) recognition. In 2010 he was elected Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer for NAAAP National.

In his free time, Dwayne is an avid sports enthusiast, and enjoys
basketball, tennis and skiing. He considers himself a "foodie" and a
mediocre cook, but gets better with every foray into the kitchen. He dreams of one day being a contestant on Top Chef.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Mr. Park moved to United States from Argentina at an early age with his family, grew up and currently resides near Philadelphia, PA. While Mr. Park was trained in classical opera, and started out as a Music and Political Science Major, he completed his undergraduate studies at Villanova University with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration.

Over his 12 years of experience in the banking industry, Mr. Park has been fortunate in gaining a diverse background in management, strategic planning, marketing, sales, technology, compliance and risk management. More recently, Mr. Park joined the fifth largest bank in the United States as a Treasury Management Officer, overseeing the business development of treasury management solutions for sales and relationship managers in the great state of Delaware.

Aside being an active member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals and having served as the Senior Partnerships Manager for its Non Profit Relations Business Unit, Mr. Park has been engaged in and around the Philadelphia region through committed involvements, board and executive positions with business and community organizations such as the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Making a Progressive Philadelphia, and Greater Philadelphia Cares.

Mr. Park, in his role with NAAAP, will be devoted to the development and execution of strategies and programs to strengthen its base through dedicated partnerships with local chapters, to foster a culture of confidence, and to ensure sustainable growth for the organization by attracting and retaining long-term partnerships.

Shan-Ming is currently based out of Atlanta, Georgia.  He specializes in business intelligence and data warehousing as well as custom application and database development.  Shan-Ming has worked for the telecom, retail and utilities industries previously in a variety of technology roles.  He received his B.S.E in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Shan-Ming has been involved with NAAAP since 2004, when he discovered the Atlanta chapter looking for information dragon boat racing.  He quickly became involved the following year as he joined the NAAAP Atlanta board as a technology chair, leading a redesign of the chapter's website.  Shan-Ming currently serves as the National Vice President of Technology, where is responsible for strategic planning, architecture, implementation and operations for NAAAP's technology across the organization.

Shan-Ming is also involved in the annual Chopstix for Charity fundraising event that provides grants to Asian American community service organizations.  In his spare, Shan-Ming enjoys hiking and dragon boat racing.

Tommy Yip is a Lead Network Design Engineer for British Telecom Global Services, a company that provides voice and data communication services for corporate customers with a heavy global presence. To supplement his fifteen-year career with the Telecommunications/IT industry, Tommy has obtained the most prestigious level of industry certification, the Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE)while leading a team of several network engineers and interfacing with global sales and account teams. Tommy graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida. Tommy is also a member of the University of Florida Alumni Association and an alumnus of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

An active member of the Atlanta chapter of NAAAPsince 2005, Tommy has served as the 2006 Technology Lead, the 2007 Vice President, and the 2008 President for the Atlanta chapter. During his term as the Atlanta chapter President, Tommy led NAAAP-Atlanta to win three national awards of excellence including Chapter of the Year. While serving as the 2008 NAAAP-Atlanta President, Tommy was named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Asian-Americans in Georgia by the Georgia Asian Times. You may also see Tommy on the March 2008 Georgia Asian Times Executive Profile. In 2009, Tommy was inspired to bring his knowledge and experience to serve NAAAP on the national level by serving as the Director of the National Office of Chapter Development & Consultancy.

As current Chief Operating Officer (COO), Tommy's goals are to provide a stronger sense of unity and cohesiveness for all NAAAP localities in order become a stronger and unified national organization for professionals of Asian decent. Tommy believes a strong sense of unity and cohesiveness will help NAAAP greatly strengthen its presence and influence and provide more value to its members, sponsors, and partners on a global environment.

In his spare time, Tommy is learning rock climbing, learning to play golf, watches football, enjoys movies, and experiments with ethnic foods while fitting in weight training and cardiovascular exercises.

Sally Wang is the National VP, Chief Program Officer for NAAAP. Before taking on this role, she was briefly the National Public Relations Co-chair, responsible for promoting the 2009 NAAAP Convention in Denver, CO. She has been active as a Board Member and Student Outreach Co-Chair of NAAAP Boston since 2007 and a member of NAAAP since 2005.

Sally Wang is pursuing a joint J.D. and Master of Public Health (MPH) at Harvard University. She was the Symposium Editor of the Journal of Law and Technology, responsible for organizing the 2009 JOLT Symposium that engaged over a dozen of world-class experts in a fruitful dialogue on international access of essential medicines. She is currently the Recent Developments Editor at the Journal of Law Medicine and Ethics. She has a B.A. in Biology from Harvard University. While at Harvard College, she was member of the media committee and the Keynote Speaker Liaison for Harvard China Review’s annual international business conference.

For four years, Sally worked as a Business Management Consultant in the Pharmaceutical Industry. She helped many of the largest pharmaceutical companies as well as smaller biotech and venture capital firms improve their current business and seek out new opportunities.

Sally was born in Nanjing, China and grew up in America’s “Melting Pot” New York City. She attended the prestigious specialized high school, Stuyvesant, of which 60% are Asian Americans. In addition to her academic and professional pursuits, Sally studies vocal music and writes classical Chinese poetry and martial arts novels.
 

Hector Javier hails from Manila, Philippines, and now lives as a US citizen in Durham, North Carolina. He is the NAAAP National VP of Chapter Operations, and is a former President of the NAAAP North Carolina Chapter.

Hector is an Information Technology Project Manager, and works as a Links Technology consultant at Cisco Systems, in Customer Advocacy Service Relations Management, Technical Services Web Business Intelligence Operations, and Communications & Collaboration Tools Management. Prior to that, he led multinational systems integration project teams in the American and Asia Pacific theaters for Accenture. He earned a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), and a Java Programmer certification from Sun Microsystems. He has also trained in Six Sigma, Oracle, and the Capability Maturity Model, and earned various specialist certifications from IBM and Microsoft.

He earned dual B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Computer Engineering from the elite Jesuit university at Ateneo de Manila, where he had a merit scholarship and served in student government. He also studied for a year at the country's premiere College of Law at the University of the Philippines, and took post-baccalaureate courses in international law and international political economy and a Six Sigma green belt program at NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and basic language classes at the North Carolina Japan Center.

Hector also sits on the National Leadership Council of the Young Professionals for International Cooperation (YPIC) program of the United Nations Association (UNA-USA), where he manages technology strategy and served as a former National Secretary and as a USA delegation member to the World Federation of UN Associations Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On the local level, he is a co-founder of the YPIC program in Raleigh and chartered two Toastmasters Clubs, serves on the English Editorial Board of the China Star newspaper, and is a member of the Triangle International Affairs Council, Durham Young Professionals, Emerging Tar Heel Leaders, and the Philippine-American Association of North Carolina. He was selected by Leadership Triangle to join its 2008 Regional Leadership Program for emerging local civic leaders, and graduated as a Goodmon Fellow.