2016 Leadership Awards Celebration Recap
On Thursday, July 21, 2016, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics celebrated 34 years of “Growing Leaders” and to honor the leadership and accomplishments of individuals and organizations that exemplify LEAP’s mission to achieve full participation and equality for Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) through leadership, empowerment, and policy.
Over 325 guests attended the event, enjoying an evening that included a silent auction, dinner, and networking opportunities. The gala program began with welcoming speeches from LEAP Board Chair, Kenneth Chung, and LEAP President and CEO, Linda Akutagawa. This year's gala fundraised an amazing amount of over $45,000 during the Bid For Empowerment, an auction to raise money for LEAP's community programs.
The 2016 Honorees included:
Individual Leadership Awards
Phyllis J. Campbell
Chairman, Pacific Northwest
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Willie C. Chiang
Executive VP & COO - U.S.
Plains All American
A. Gabriel Esteban
President
Seton Hall University
David R. Barclay Alumni Leadership Award
KC Choi
Senior Vice President of Global Systems Engineering
Dell/EMC
Community Leadership Award
Asian American Arts Alliance
New York, NY
From left to right: Willie C. Chiang, Phyllis J. Cambell, Kenneth Chung (LEAP Board Chair), Linda Akutagawa (LEAP President & CEO), KC Choi, Andrea Louie and Anjali Goyal (on behalf of the Asian American Arts Alliance), and A. Gabriel Esteban
LEAP would also like to thank the following for their support:
2016 Gala Sponsors
VIP Reception Sponsor
Toyota Financial Services
Special Activities Sponsor
Target
Executive Sponsor
Comcast NBCUniversal
Kailiwai Family
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Seton Hall University
LEAP Annual Contributors
Carnival Corporation & plc
DiversityInc
United Parcel Service (UPS)
General Motors Corporation
Hewlett-Packard Company
Macy's
Phillips66
Southwest Airlines
Corporate Sponsor
Chubb
The Coca-Cola Company
Comcast NBCUniversal
General Motors Corporation
Ken and Ashley Lee Foundation
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, LLC
Willie C. Chiang
LEAP Friend
Aratani Foundation
Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE)
Bradley Cooper and Hui O Hana Pono
California Resources Corporation
Chung Family
Deborah Buhles and Susan Jin Davis
George Wu
MACRO Consultants
Michael Yap and Susan Moon, Robert Yap and Jennifer Lin
MUFG Union Bank Foundation
Na-Ri Oh, MD
Pauline Barclay
Rizwan Kassim and Giancarlo Pacheco
Robert Half
Southern California Edison
SWL Associates
We look forward to seeing you at our 35th Anniversary gala on July 20, 2017!