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11th Annual Gala

11th Annual Gala
October 20, 2007
Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco

Asian Pacific Fund Board of Directors
(back row, from left) Jerry Yang, Robert Lee, Raymond L. Ocampo Jr., Andrew Cuyugan McCullough
(front row, from left) Catherine Buan Peterson, Thuy Vu, Emerald Yeh, Gail M. Kong (executive director)
Not pictured: John H. Chung, Thao Dang, Mohan Gyani, Mona Lisa Yuchengco

Honoree Chieu Le and his wife Yen Le of Lee's Sandwiches.

Faruq Ahmad of Palo Alto Capital Advisors and Umang Gupta of Keynote Systems. Umang was honored by the Asian Pacific Fund in 2000.

Entrepreneur and engineer Dado Banatao of Tallwood Venture Capital with recipients of the Banatao Filipino American College Scholarship. Dado and his wife Maria pledged $4 million to the Asian Pacific Fund to endow this scholarship program.

(back row, from left) Jenny Ming, George Koo of Deloitte & Touche, Jennifer Beckett, William P. Fuller of ChinaVest, Celeste A. Ellett Woo and Darryl M. Woo.
(front row, from left) May Koo, Carolyn Lee, Board member Robert Lee, and UC Regent Leslie Tang Schilling.

(back row, from left) Betty Shon, Yalan King, Lily Yang, Board member Jerry Yang of Yahoo, Board member and journalist Emerald Yeh, Robert Tjian of UC Berkeley, and Claudia Belcher.
(front row, from left) Sue Lee of the Chinese Historical Society, Betty Louie, Robbie and Benzi Blatman, and Ron Blatman.

Program co-emcees Mike Inouye and Lisa Kim of NBC11 with Board member and journalist Thuy Vu, and Board member Jerry Yang of Yahoo.

Lillian Lincoln Howell of Lincoln Broadcasting and KTSF-TV Channel 26 (far right) with advisor William Abbey (far left), and Edward and Nancy Lim.

Honoree Chieu Le and his wife Yen Le of Lee's Sandwiches with their sons Jimmy and Jeffrey Le, and their guests.

Board member Jerry Yang of Yahoo with featured scholarship students Alex Tan and Jarrett Bato. Both Alex and Jarret are recipients of the Banatao Filipino American College Scholarship, administered by the Asian Pacific Fund.

Umang Gupta of Keynote Systems with featured scholarship student Amrit Kaur of Fairfield. Amrit is an inaugural recipient of the Helen and L.S. Wong Memorial Scholarship, a program of the Asian Pacific Fund.

(back row, from left) Dado Banatao of Tallwood Venture Capital and Board Chairman Raymond L. Ocampo Jr.
(front row, from left) Featured Banatao Scholars Jarrett Bato and Alex Tan with Alex's mother Glenna Tan, Hans Cabrera, Regine Labog, Joseph Peter Bondoc and Michelle Lapus.

(back row, from left) Jennifer Sherer, David Chun of Equilar Inc., Lillian Chun, and Jocelyn Choi of Lehman Brothers.
(front row, from left) Paul Sherer of PodTech Networks, Pete Peterson of Braven Capital Management, Board member Catherine Buan Peterson, and Faruq Ahmad of Palo Alto Capital Advisors.

Martin and Lana King of Kaiser Permanente with Jason Chin of Principal Financial.

Frank Staggers Jr. of the Sinkler Miller Medical Association and Parn Kokotaylo, with Sandie Ocampo, Board Chairman Raymond L. Ocampo Jr., Ruth Gupta and Umang Gupta of Keynote Systems.

George Koo of Deloitte & Touche with Carolyn Lee, Jenny Ming, Board member Robert Lee, UC Regent Leslie Tang Schilling, and May Koo.

Board member and CBS 5 journalist Thuy Vu with her husband and guests, including Mimi Duong and Khai Duong of Ana Mandara Restaurant, Denisse Ortiz, Rob Hunt of HSBC, Chris Do of Merrill Lynch and Quynh Tran.

Board member Jerry Yang of Yahoo reflects on the scholarships that he received to pay for college and emphasizes the importance of the financial aid that the Asian Pacific Fund provides.

(back row, from left) Jeanne Huey Lowe, founding Board Chairman Larry Choy Lowe of Apple Inc., and Karen Swing of the Asian Law Caucus.
(front row, from left) Marnie Lowe, Brennan Lowe, Myron Huey, Betty Huey, Kathy Lowe and Dr. Rolland Lowe, 2006 Asian Pacific Fund honoree.

Bryan Lubwama, Stella McCarthy, Vivian Tsai and Angela Cheung of Barclays Global Investors with their guests, including Harriet Nambooze, Tim McCarthy and Steve Cheung.

Honoree Chieu Le of Lee's Sandwiches with 2003 Asian Pacific Fund Honoree Hua Ngo of H&N Foods International.

H&N Foods International and its guests:
(back row, from left) Bobby Ngo of H&N Foods International with Yen Le and Chieu Le of Lee's Sandwiches, and Bennett Gutmann of Flextronics.
(front row, from left) Christine Ngo and Hua Ngo of H&N Foods International, Jack Chu and Jeannette Chu of Chu and Waters, LLP, and JoAnna Le-Gutmann of Comerica Bank.

AAA of Northern California and its guests:
(back row, from left) Larry Panek, Tannie Soohoo, Wendy Chang, Claire Gerndt, Christina Hsieh, and Jerry Locsin.
Gilman Louie of Alsop Louie Partners with Ron Blatman.

Edward Ang of PMI with a guests, including Mel Durana of PMI and Jerry Locsin of AAA.

Morgan Stanley's guests, including Dr. Anna Leone of Oxonon Bioanalysis, Victor Saberi of The Zigen Fund, Xiangyan Liu of CPB, and Edward and Nancy Lim.

Madan Arora and Chandra Arora were among the guests of Chevron.

11th Annual Gala October 20, 2007 Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco
Asian Pacific Fund Board of Directors (back row, from left) Jerry Yang, Robert Lee, Raymond L. Ocampo Jr., Andrew Cuyugan McCullough (front row, from left) Catherine Buan Peterson, Thuy Vu, Emerald Yeh, Gail M. Kong (executive director) Not pictured: John H. Chung, Thao Dang, Mohan Gyani, Mona Lisa Yuchengco	Honoree Chieu Le and his wife Yen Le of Lee's Sandwiches.
Faruq Ahmad of Palo Alto Capital Advisors and Umang Gupta of Keynote Systems. Umang was honored by the Asian Pacific Fund in 2000.	Entrepreneur and engineer Dado Banatao of Tallwood Venture Capital with recipients of the Banatao Filipino American College Scholarship. Dado and his wife Maria pledged $4 million to the Asian Pacific Fund to endow this scholarship program.
(back row, from left) Jenny Ming, George Koo of Deloitte & Touche, Jennifer Beckett, William P. Fuller of ChinaVest, Celeste A. Ellett Woo and Darryl M. Woo. (front row, from left) May Koo, Carolyn Lee, Board member Robert Lee, and UC Regent Leslie Tang Schilling.	(back row, from left) Betty Shon, Yalan King, Lily Yang, Board member Jerry Yang of Yahoo, Board member and journalist Emerald Yeh, Robert Tjian of UC Berkeley, and Claudia Belcher. (front row, from left) Sue Lee of the Chinese Historical Society, Betty Louie, Robbie and Benzi Blatman, and Ron Blatman.
Program co-emcees Mike Inouye and Lisa Kim of NBC11 with Board member and journalist Thuy Vu, and Board member Jerry Yang of Yahoo.	Lillian Lincoln Howell of Lincoln Broadcasting and KTSF-TV Channel 26 (far right) with advisor William Abbey (far left), and Edward and Nancy Lim.
Honoree Chieu Le and his wife Yen Le of Lee's Sandwiches with their sons Jimmy and Jeffrey Le, and their guests.	Board member Jerry Yang of Yahoo with featured scholarship students Alex Tan and Jarrett Bato. Both Alex and Jarret are recipients of the Banatao Filipino American College Scholarship, administered by the Asian Pacific Fund.
Umang Gupta of Keynote Systems with featured scholarship student Amrit Kaur of Fairfield. Amrit is an inaugural recipient of the Helen and L.S. Wong Memorial Scholarship, a program of the Asian Pacific Fund.	(back row, from left) Dado Banatao of Tallwood Venture Capital and Board Chairman Raymond L. Ocampo Jr. (front row, from left) Featured Banatao Scholars Jarrett Bato and Alex Tan with Alex's mother Glenna Tan, Hans Cabrera, Regine Labog, Joseph Peter Bondoc and Michelle Lapus.
(back row, from left) Jennifer Sherer, David Chun of Equilar Inc., Lillian Chun, and Jocelyn Choi of Lehman Brothers. (front row, from left) Paul Sherer of PodTech Networks, Pete Peterson of Braven Capital Management, Board member Catherine Buan Peterson, and Faruq Ahmad of Palo Alto Capital Advisors.	Martin and Lana King of Kaiser Permanente with Jason Chin of Principal Financial.
Frank Staggers Jr. of the Sinkler Miller Medical Association and Parn Kokotaylo, with Sandie Ocampo, Board Chairman Raymond L. Ocampo Jr., Ruth Gupta and Umang Gupta of Keynote Systems.	George Koo of Deloitte & Touche with Carolyn Lee, Jenny Ming, Board member Robert Lee, UC Regent Leslie Tang Schilling, and May Koo.
Board member and CBS 5 journalist Thuy Vu with her husband and guests, including Mimi Duong and Khai Duong of Ana Mandara Restaurant, Denisse Ortiz, Rob Hunt of HSBC, Chris Do of Merrill Lynch and Quynh Tran.	Board member Jerry Yang of Yahoo reflects on the scholarships that he received to pay for college and emphasizes the importance of the financial aid that the Asian Pacific Fund provides.
(back row, from left) Jeanne Huey Lowe, founding Board Chairman Larry Choy Lowe of Apple Inc., and Karen Swing of the Asian Law Caucus. (front row, from left) Marnie Lowe, Brennan Lowe, Myron Huey, Betty Huey, Kathy Lowe and Dr. Rolland Lowe, 2006 Asian Pacific Fund honoree.	Bryan Lubwama, Stella McCarthy, Vivian Tsai and Angela Cheung of Barclays Global Investors with their guests, including Harriet Nambooze, Tim McCarthy and Steve Cheung.
Honoree Chieu Le of Lee's Sandwiches with 2003 Asian Pacific Fund Honoree Hua Ngo of H&N Foods International.	H&N Foods International and its guests: (back row, from left) Bobby Ngo of H&N Foods International with Yen Le and Chieu Le of Lee's Sandwiches, and Bennett Gutmann of Flextronics. (front row, from left) Christine Ngo and Hua Ngo of H&N Foods International, Jack Chu and Jeannette Chu of Chu and Waters, LLP, and JoAnna Le-Gutmann of Comerica Bank.
AAA of Northern California and its guests: (back row, from left) Larry Panek, Tannie Soohoo, Wendy Chang, Claire Gerndt, Christina Hsieh, and Jerry Locsin.	Gilman Louie of Alsop Louie Partners with Ron Blatman.
Edward Ang of PMI with a guests, including Mel Durana of PMI and Jerry Locsin of AAA.	Morgan Stanley's guests, including Dr. Anna Leone of Oxonon Bioanalysis, Victor Saberi of The Zigen Fund, Xiangyan Liu of CPB, and Edward and Nancy Lim.
Madan Arora and Chandra Arora were among the guests of Chevron.