Bob Chen is the actuarial
manager for Chevron Corporation. He is a devoted volunteer for community
organizations for over 20 years. Currently, he serves as a Board
Trustee member for the Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA). Bob
is also a founding member of CAPA and believes that CAPA is very
much needed in our community with hopes of getting more people involved.
John
Chen has been a CAPA board member since 2004. He is a registered
architect, structural and civil engineer, general building and engineering
contractor, general security principal, security office and finance
principal, and real estate broker. In addition to his consulting
and investment business, he also serves as a volunteer in various
leadership roles in several non-profit organizations, including:
current Principal and former Board Chairman of Contra Costa Chinese
School, Secretary and Director of Diablo Valley Chinese Culture
Association, Joint Alumni Association of Chinese Universities and
Colleges in Northern California, and Board Member of Chinese American
Political Association, etc. He earned his Ph.D. in Earthquake Engineering
from U.C. Berkeley in 1978. His hobbies include photography and
traveling. He and his wife Judy have two daughters, Jennifer and
Jessica, and one son, Jeffrey.
Cedric
Cheng has been a part of CAPA since becoming a member in
1999 and serving on the board of both CAPA (2002-2004, 2007) and
CAPA CEF (2002-pres) becoming chair in 2006. Mr. Cheng brings to
the organization a varied range of experience including serving
as chair of the board or president of the Diablo Valley Chinese
Cultural Association and the East Bay Asian Voter Education Consortium.
In addition to his community work, Mr. Cheng is a graphic artist
and entrepreneur who is involved in many business ventures in addition
to his full time freelancing. Mr. Cheng grew up in the East Bay
in Concord after moving here in 1978 from Kansas City, his birthplace.
A graduate from Clayton Valley High School in Concord and a graduate
from San Francisco State University with a degree in Economics and
a minor in Asian American Studies, community service has always
been a part of his commitment of giving back and being an active
participant in the community that he calls home. Past honors included
serving two years as a student government official including Associated
Students Vice President, named to the Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges and other honors. Mr. Cheng continues
to stay involved with SF State through his sponsorship of the College
of Business' Annual International Business and Economy Conference
(since inception in 2000) as well as serving as Alumni Financial
Advisor to his fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi. More recently Mr. Cheng
was the winner of the 2007 First Night Martinez logo design competition
as well as the artist chosen to create the logo for the Shop Orinda
campaign in addition to being part of many electoral campaigns for
area candidates.
Ken
Chew graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison
with a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1986, and
he is a Registered Civil Engineer (P.E.) and a Certified Project
Management Professional (PMP). Ken and his family have lived in
Moraga since 2001. In Moraga, Ken was appointed to the Moraga Planning
Commission in February 2003, then reappointed to serve two more
terms in February 2004 and February 2006 until he was elected to
the Moraga Town Council in November 2006. Ken currently manages
the Project Management and Control Unit at the California Department
of Transportation in Oakland.
Dr.
Wen L. Hsu is a Past President of CAPA and Past Chair of
the CAPA Community Education Fund (CEF). He has served on the boards
of CAPA and CAPA CEF since 2000. He has been instrumental in organizing
the Bay Area Leadership Forum in 2002 that brought together all
the Asian American community leaders to identify common goals and
interests. Wen very much enjoys working with youths and supporting
the Summer Youth Internship program. In the past two years, he has
been actively working on starting a leadership program for both
youths and mid-career professionals. Wen received his Bachelor of
Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in 1976 and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Astrophysical
Sciences in 1978 and 1981, respectively from Princeton University.
He was recently recognized by the Chinese Institute of Engineers
– USA as one of the recipients of the 2007 Asian American
Engineer of the Year Award. He is a manager in research and development
at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore CA. Wen is married to
Susan and has two children, Lawrence and Julia.
Yuet Lee has been a resident
in Danville since 1990 and is a life CAPA member. Long interested
in promoting the Chinese Americans and the young generation to participate
in community and public affairs, he is returning to serve on the
CAPA board after a two-year hiatus. Professionally, he is a veteran
in the communications industry. He currently directs technology
and business development activities for Nortel Networks, a communications
equipment and solutions company. He hopes to apply his business
discipline to help CAPA shape future directions and implement projects.
Hugh Wang, M.D., a retired
Concord physician, established the paramedic system for Contra Costa
County. He has served as president for CAPA and wrote a medical
column for the Contra Costa Times 27 years ago. He believes that
if the Chinese-American community does not have a strong organization
as its advocate, others will make the rules by which we live without
our influence.
