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Gail Kong helped to establish the Asian Pacific Fund in 1993. Gail brings a wide range of public policy and nonprofit experience to the organization. She served as the head of New York City's foster care and child abuse agency and as executive director of the New York City national youth service demonstration program. While in New York City, she served as the first Asian Commissioner of the Voter Assistance Commission and as a board member of the Chinatown Planning Council, the Organization for Chinese Americans New York City Chapter and the Chinatown Voter Educational Alliance. Gail served on several national, state and local grants committees and as a board member of the Asian American Justice Center (formerly known as National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium) from October 2003 through July 2006. She has been a presenter for Compass Point, Northern California Planning Giving Council, and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. Gail received her bachelor's degree from Stanford University and attended the Hunter College School of Social Work in New York City and the John F. Kennedy Graduate School of Government Summer Institute at Harvard University. Gail is third-generation Chinese and was born and raised in Gilroy, Calif. Benita Tsao, Project Coordinator
Benita Tsao helps run the Growing Up Asian in America program and oversees the Fund's communications, publications and media relations. She also assists with events and research projects. Before joining the Asian Pacific Fund staff, Benita taught English at Shanghai International Studies University. She has led guided hikes at Crater Lake, Oregon, as an interpretive park ranger for the National Park Service. Benita has also worked at Stanford University's student health and public service centers. Raised in Palo Alto, California, Benita earned her bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley where she cultivated an abiding interest in sociological theory, and race and ethnic relations. She also served as a peer advisor in the sociology department. While in school, she interned with the Commonwealth Club of California, a public affairs forum. Benita participated in the National AIDS Marathon program in 2003 and raised over $3,000 on behalf of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Benita likes bicycles, books, sustainability and good journalism. Jo Anne D.P. Villarosa, Project Coordinator
Jo Anne Villarosa has primary responsibility for the Asian Pacific Fund scholarship programs including the Banatao Filipino American Education Fund. She also assists with grants administration, events and research. Jo Anne was born and raised in Metro Manila, Philippines. She moved to Hong Kong at 16 to attend Li Po Chun United World College where she studied with students representing over 70 countries. This experience sparked her interest in different cultures, and led her to re-examine her understanding of her Filipino heritage. After earning her International Baccalaureate Diploma, Jo Anne studied for her bachelor's degree in rhetoric at Bates College. She wrote her thesis on U.S.-Philippine Relations and Colonial Discourse in Film. Jo Anne participated in the 2005 Young Global Leaders Summit and organized a video conference for college students to speak with United Nations delegates about global development issues. She has also interned with the Ayala Foundation USA that supports Philippine-based groups that provide important social services. Jo Anne enjoys printmaking and photography. When not learning more about social entrepreneurship, she is investigating post- and neo-colonialism’s dynamics in Philippine society. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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