2016 Monarch Leadership Awards | Light the Way
Light the Way
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PAAWBAC honors the next generation of API women whose light shines brightly for others to see. Join us in celebrating their incredible journeys of leadership and inspiration.
June 12, 2016
InterContinental Hotel
888 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS
Mayor Edwin Lee and First Lady Anita Lee
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Reggie Aqui | Anchor & Reporter | ABC7/KGO-TV San Francisco
Reggie came to ABC7/KGO-TV in October 2015 after an anchoring job in Portland, Oregon. Before that, he was an anchor in Atlanta for CNN’s streaming news service, and a freelance anchor for CNN International. He anchored CNN/Facebook coverage of President Obama’s inauguration, at the time the most viewed streaming event, and covered the ‘Arab Spring’ uprising and the Japanese Tsunami disaster on CNN International. On CNN U.S. he reported from Virginia Tech after the nation’s deadliest school shooting and covered breaking news from wildfires in California to record snowfalls in upstate New York. Reggie is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Awardees
Angela Chau
Co-Founder at 5YINA BEAUTÉ
Katharine Chin
Theatrical Performer & Writer Student at The New School
Katy Tang
Member, Board of Supervisors at City & County of San Francisco District 4 – Sunset/Parkside
Kelly Mayeda
Associate, Marketing Manager at Shah Kawasaki Architects
Lauren Morimoto
Youth Leadership Specialist at Japanese Community Youth Council
Saira Hussain
Staff Attorney at Criminal Justice Reform program
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus
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