Mr. Advani is the Vice President of Finance for Fidelity Investments. Born in Mumbai, India, his work frequently takes him back to that region. He has been active in civic affairs in Norfolk for over 15 years and was recently re-elected to his second term as a Selectman. A founding member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Indian American Forum for Political Education, had a successful 22-year career in the medical technology industry before joining Fidelity. He is an Electrical Engineer from IIT, Bombay and a Masters in International Business from the University of South Carolina.
Malisa Brown, South Boston, appointed by Attorney General Reilly
Ms. Brown, of South Boston, is the Director of Government Affairs at Tufts-NEMC and Floating Hospital for Children. She oversees the Medical Center's relationships with elected officials and government agencies on matters of public policy at the local, state and federal level. Malisa previously served as the Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Office of the Attorney General.
Hung Goon, Brighton, appointed by Speaker DiMasi
Mr. Goon was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States in 1968 with his parents and four brothers and sisters. He was educated in the Boston Public School system and graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1983. He and his wife, Gloria Sun, have been married since 1988 and have two sons, Douglas and Nicholas. Mr. Goon has served as President of Goon Shee Associates, President of the Chinese American Association of New England, President of Boston Chinatown Lions Club, Treasurer of Kwong Kow Chinese School, Co-moderator of Chinatown Neighborhood Council, Board Member/Secretary of Chinatown Main Street, Board Member/Auditor of Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Vice President of Chinatown Business Association, Secretary of Chinese Merchants Association, Member of Middlesex Sheriff Deputy Association, and is a Justice of the Peace.
Eugene Hartigan, Dedham, appointed by Senate President Travaglini
Mr. Hartigan, is the founder and owner of GB Group, an international business consulting company. Mr. Hartigan's business endeavors have focused on understanding Asian markets and building relationships with Asian firms. He previously served on the Asian American Commission from 2002-2003. Mr. Hartigan frequently travels to China each year and also serves on the Governor's Commission on Asian American Affairs.
Debbie Ho, Newton, appointed by Speaker DiMasi
Ms. Ho is the Program Manager for the Chinatown Main Street Organization, a City of Boston Initiative to improving the quality of life and provide tools and information to the Chinatown Community. She works collaboratively with many Chinatown associations and organizations. Born and raised in Boston, Ms. Ho is married with two children.
Kija Kim, Belmont, appointed by Treasurer Cahill
Ms. Kim is President, Harvard Design and Mapping, a subsidiary of First American Real Estate Solutions, LLC. A pioneer in the field of Geographic Information Systems and one of the first women to head a technology company, Ms. Kim co-founded Harvard Design and Mapping in 1988, and was President & CEO through HDM's acquisition in 2006. She has received numerous awards and recognition, including the 2006 U.S. Small Business Administration Small Business Person of the Year for Massachusetts. Ms. Kim has assumed a leadership role on a number of state initiatives, including: MassJobs Council; Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Index Advisory Board; Massachusetts Governors Advisory Commission on Welfare to Work; Massachusetts Asian American Commission; and the Massachusetts Governor's Advisory Committee on Women's Issues. In addition to her professional contribution, Ms. Kim has played an active part in issues facing women and minorities, and has played a key role in organizations including the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence and as Founder of the Silk Road Gala. She graduated from Seoul National University and Clark University, and has completed Executive Programs at Babson College and the Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College.
George King, Dover, appointed by Senate President Travaglini
Dr. King is the Senior Vice President, Director of Research, and Head of the Section on Vascular Cell Biology at Joslin Diabetes Center, and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. King's work focuses on the causes of diabetic complications, insulin resistance, and factors that cause diabetes in Asian Americans. He received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine and has received numerous awards including the Donald Silver Excellence in Research Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the Cogan Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Stadie Memorial Award and Lectureship from the Philadelphia Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association, the Alcon Award for Vision Research, the Boehringer Mannheim-JDF Excellence in Diabetes Care Research Award, and the Annual Award for Excellence in Research from the Japan Society of Diabetic Complications. Dr. King was bestowed Honorary Professor and Director of the Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetology at Fu Dan University, Shanghai, China. In 2005, Dr. King received the Person of the Year Award from the Chinese Hospital Board of Trustees and Medical Staff.
Kai Cheong Lau, Weston, appointed by Auditor DeNucci - Mr. Lau was born in Hong Kong and is the son of an immigrant couple from Mainland China. He finished high school in Hong Kong's King's College, came to Boston as a foreign student at Northeastern University and graduated with honors with a BSEE degree in 1976 and an MSEE in 1983. He and his wife, Wendy Chan, have been married since 1979 and have three children: Brian, Olivia and Emily. Mr. Lau served as president of Lions Club (District 33K); secretary/vice president of Chinatown Business Association; LKTY Family Association, Council member/Co-moderator of Chinatown Neighborhood Council; Board member/co-president of Chinese Merchants' Association; administrative director, and board director and currently English Secretary of CCBA.
Paul Lee, Belmont, appointed by Treasurer Cahill
Mr. Lee is an attorney and Partner in the Boston office of Goodwin Procter LLP. He represents large and small public and privately held companies in connection with business, securities and corporate governance matters. He works primarily with technology and financial services companies. His transactional practice includes mergers, acquisitions, and private and public securities offerings. He also advises high technology ventures regarding their organization, seed and venture capital financings, IPOs, technology transfers and licensing issues. Mr. Lee has served as chair of Goodwin Procter's Corporate Department and a member of several firm committees, including the associate compensation and evaluation committees. Mr. Lee recently served a three-year term on the ABA Board of Governors of the American Bar Association. He is a past president of The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts, and a former member of the ABA Commission on Opportunities for Minorities in the Profession. Mr. Lee is a Board member of the Asian Community Development Corporation, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence and Boston Center for Community and Justice.
Paul Shaw, Norwell, appointed by Secretary of State Galvin
Mr. Shaw currently serves as the Vice President of Outpatient Services at South Shore Mental Health in Quincy. He is a graduate of Tufts University and the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Quincy Asian Resources, Inc.; the Board of Directors of the American Mental Health Alliance; a member of the Massachusetts Academy of Clinical Social Workers; and a member of the Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Foundation.
Karen C. Tseng, Cambridge, appointed by Attorney General Coakley
Ms. Tseng is an Assistant Attorney General in the Health Care Division of the Office of Attorney General Martha Coakley, where she focuses on civil investigations and enforcement actions involving health care payers and providers and serves as the Attorney General's designee on the state's Health Care Administrative Simplification Working Group. In 2009, Ms. Tseng was a lead attorney for the Office in its year long investigation of health care cost drivers, which resulted in the Attorney General's groundbreaking 2010 report on health care market functioning. Ms. Tseng began her legal career as a Skadden Fellow at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, where she represented low income homeowners victimized by predatory lending abuses and co taught Harvard's Predatory Lending Clinical Workshop. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard College, and has studied at Fudan University in Shanghai and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In her personal time, Ms. Tseng volunteers as a mentor to Asian American youth on careers in the law and public service.
Howard J. Wayne, Brookline, appointed by Auditor DeNucci
Mr. Wayne is an attorney and managing partner of Wayne, Richard & Hurwitz LLP, a law firm he founded in Boston in 1990. Mr. Wayne became involved with the Asian-American Community through his practice, which has represented numerous Asian and Asian-American clients, and employs Asian-American attorneys. In 2006, Mr. Wayne delivered a speech at the Beijing-International Student Conference representing Salem State College, where he currently Chairs the Board of Trustees, and has served on the Board since 1999. Mr. Wayne was a principle attendee at the Conference, speaking on the subject of public education in the United States and how it relates to public education in China. He has been a member of the Department of Education Advisory Council For Gifted and Talented Students, and a past Chairperson of the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council. Mr. Wayne also serves on the Council of Board Chairs for the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities (AGB).
Geoffrey Why, Watertown, appointed by Attorney General Reilly
Mr. Why has been an assistant attorney general in the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division since 2001, where he specializes in enforcement actions against telecommunication companies and is a co-chair of the Diversity Committee. In 2006, Mr. Why was presented the Edward J. McCormack Jr. Award for Excellence by the Attorney General. In 2005, he led a multistate effort that obtained a $24 million dollar settlement, which was listed as the 7th largest settlement in Massachusetts by Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly, against three national finance companies who allegedly financed fraudulently telecommunications equipment and services. He has been a member of the board of directors of the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts since 2003 and the board of the Massachusetts Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights since 2006. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Why was an assistant district attorney at the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, Appellate Division where he filed over 24 appellate briefs. From 2002 to 2005, he was a first-year legal writing instructor at Boston University School of Law. Mr. Why graduated from Boston College in 1988 and Boston College Law School in 1998.
Joseph Wong, Boston, appointed by Governor Romney
Originally from Hong Kong, Joseph and his family moved to Boston in March 1967 to join the American branch of the Wong family living in Boston's Chinatown. He grew up in Boston Chinatown, attended and graduated from Boston Technical High School in 1979 and Boston College in 1984. Still active in the community, he currently serves on the board of the Chung Hua Chinese Academy (a neighborhood Chinese school) and is a long time active member of the New England Wong Family Benevolent Association and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England. Joseph worked as the Coordinator for the Massachusetts Mutual Assistance Association Coalition (MAA) working with a coalition of diverse community service providers representing the latest refugee communities from Vietnam, Haiti, Liberia, Somalia, Sudan, Bosnia, Russia, Ethiopia and Eritrea. In August 2005, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Massachusetts Executive Office for Refugees and Immigrants (MORI).
Tony Yee, Brookline, appointed by Speaker DiMasi
Mr. Yee was born in Hong Kong and moved to Boston Chinatown at the age of three. A real estate developer, he is currently president of Chinatown Main Street. He is a member of Boston Asian Jade Society, Lions Club International, Somerville King Solomon Free Masons, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Yee Fung Toy Association.