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Susan Au Allen National Headquarters, CEO

Susan Au Allen came to the United States from Hong Kong on an invitation from the White House in recognition of her volunteer work for people with disabilities. She received her Juris Doctor from the Antioch School of Law and LL.M. in International Law from Georgetown University. During her 17 years with Paul Shearman Allen & Associates of Washington, DC and Hong Kong, she became nationally recognized for her work on immigration, international trade and investment.

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1329 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 296-5221

Karin Hung USPAACC, President

Karin Hung is the President of the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC), the largest and most established national non-profit organization representing Asian American and Asian American-related groups in business, sciences, the arts, sports, education, public and community services. She has over 14 years of leadership experience in hospitality, brand management, new product development and launch, and event management, working with global brands such as Disney and Universal Studios.

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1329 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 296-5221

Khoa Le Northeast Region, President

Khoa is a results-driven entrepreneur and professional filmmaker with extensive experience in films, commercials, and corporate branding. He directed and co-executive produced the full-length feature film, “Walt Before Mickey,” distributed worldwide by Voltage Pictures (domestic) and Mission Pictures (foreign). The film can be seen on platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, and Libraries across the world. He also directed the #1 Hit Bahamian TV Show, “BTC Starmaker Season 5,” and a TV Pilot for the NY Yankees entitled, “The Tryout.”

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186 Griffith St
Jersey City,, NJ 07307
(800) 696-7818

Sheetal Desai Southeast Region, President

Sheetal Desai is an accomplished attorney and partner at The Trusted Lawyers, a Desai Law Group, PC. Her areas of practice include commercial transactions, real estate, corporate law and commercial litigation.

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3055 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Suite 100
Duluth, GA 30097
(404) 822-0582

Grace McDermott Southwest Region, President

Grace McDermott is President of USPAACC Southwest Region, based in Dallas, Texas. Grace is an advocate, role model, and mentor for women and Asian Americans in Dallas business and the larger community. She has best served Asian American communities through various leadership roles and by giving them a voice and presence on mainstream boards and community associations.

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711 E. Lamar Blvd, Suite 103A
Arlington, TX 7601
(682) 323-5869

Sandhya Mukkamala Western Region, Co-President

Sandhya Mukkamala is a Partner and Co-Founder at ASTUTE and an accomplished CPA in the State of California. She advises clients on R&D tax incentives, technical accounting, forensic audits, as well as works closely with clients’ CFOs/Controllers to develop stronger processes and controls within business. She has more than 15 years of experience in audit and review engagements, and complex Merger & Acquisition due diligence audits for private and public accounting sectors.

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275 Fifth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(800) 696-7818

Deepti Dawar USPAACC-WEST, Co-President

Deepti Dawar is the COO & Partner at Diya TV - America's largest South Asian Broadcast TV Network. She brings with her over a decade of experience in Design, Branding & Operations.

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275 Fifth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(800) 696-7818

​Krishna Bansal Midwest Region, President

Krishna Bansal is an entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience in business, finance and technology. He is the President and CEO of Q1 Technologies, Inc., a technology and services company that he founded in 2002. Headquartered in Aurora IL, his company has worked with educational institutions, governments and fortune 500 corporations with complex technology and improving global operations.

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500 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 273-5000