Board of Directors and Officers 2007
2007 Organization of Chinese Americans Orange County Chapter Officers
President: Betty Chu-Fujita, Esq.
An Associate in the Business Immigration Law Department of Wilner & O’Reilly, Betty provides guidance and direction to senior management and foreign nationals concerning their employment-based petitions. She is admitted to the U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Betty is a member of the following respected organizations: The Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association. She also previously served on the American Bar Associations Negotiations Competition Committee.
Betty received her law degree from Loyola Law School and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from UCLA. While in law school, she was elected as Social Chair, Vice President of Entertainment & Sports Law Society and the American Bar Association Student Representative. A recipient of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association Fellowship, Betty previously clerked at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC).
Prior to pursuing her legal career, Betty worked in major advertising agencies as a Media Planner and Buyer where she handled print, broadcast, and online media negotiations. She regularly interfaced with key managerial executives to discuss media placements and marketing opportunities. She was one of only a few selected to represent her agency at the prestigious American Advertising Association of America (AAAA) competition. She was also a speaker on Media Planning and Buying.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Betty speaks Mandarin Chinese fluently and looks forward to new challenges in 2007 as President of the Orange County Chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans.
Secretary: Alex Quong
Alex Quong is a software engineer for Boeing. He works on projects which defend the country. In his spare time, he is also the former OCA-OC Vice President. This involves defending Asian American civil rights. Alex, a.k.a. “the Defender.” He was born and raised in California and therefore, is ideally suited to serve on OCA, which stands for Organization of Chinese AMERICANS (emphasis added). Growing up in Palos Verdes, he decided to travel far from home and acquired his B.S. in Computer Science from Santa Clara University (Go Steve Nash!). From there it was on to UC Irvine for a M.S. in Applied Mathematical Statistics.
After graduation, it was time to pay back those student loans (see first paragraph). Since work is not that fulfilling (is it ever?), he has joined OCA-OC to meet friends! Seriously though, with his extensive knowledge of the Asian American community in Southern California and his first-hand knowledge of being a banana, he feels OCA-OC is the ideal outlet to improve the lives of Chinese and Asian Americans in Southern California and Orange County specifically. Not only did he serve as former Vice President for OCA, he also served with Young Generation Asian Professionals (YGAP) in many capacities.
Public Relations Director: Amy Wang
Amy Wang was born in Tainan, Taiwan. She came over at the age of five and grew up in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin (go Longhorns!) with a double-major in Sociology and Asian American Studies and a minor in Business. She currently works as a Product Marketing Coordinator for Norman International Company, where she manages new and existing product lines. She previously served as Treasurer for OCA-OC and now looks forward to serving as the Public Relations Director.
Community Service Director: Eileen Tao
Eileen Tao works as a senior system engineer for Motorola where she leads the develop project team to design Motorola digital justice system for clients all over the world. Eileen received her Master’s in Computer Science from Bradley University, and also a Master’s in IT Project Management from The George Washington University. Prior to joining Motorola, Eileen worked as an IT specialist in Honeywell Inc.. She is an active member of Project Management Institute (PMI) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
In addition to being an officer of OCA-OC, Eileen currently serves as the president and board of director for the Association of Chinese Scientists and Engineers (ACSE) Los Angeles Chapter. Born and raised in Shanghai China, Eileen came to US to pursue her advanced education, in her spare times, she enjoys dancing, swimming and reading good books.
IT Director: Albert T. Wong
Albert T. Wong is proud to serve as an officer in Organization of Chinese Americans - Orange County Chapter. He currently works for IBM as an IT Architect designing, building and deploying innovative solutions for clients around the world and was a past president of the UC Irvine Alumni Association Information and Computer Science Chapter. He enjoys traveling all over the world, eating at local mom and pop restaurants, shopping at unique stores, learning about anything and everything, donating time to worthy causes and helping his family’s business.
Board Member: Derek Lai
Derek Lai is a Systems Engineer for NeoPath Networks. He is a board member of UCLA Anderson School Orange County Alumni. He enjoys hiking, volleyball and tennis.
Board Member: Ellen Lu
Ellen is the community relations coordinator for the University of California, Irvine, Community and Government Relations. She supports the university in building relationships, upholding the university’s image and generating support for UC Irvine’s mission of education, research and public service. Ellen develops and implements UC Irvine policies concerning community interaction, with emphasis toward the region’s ethnic communities and regional clusters. In addition, she identifies activities and programs at UC Irvine and in the community that provide opportunities for interaction and partnership.
Ellen graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a major in biology and a minor in Chinese literature. She is a proud alumna of Kappa Zeta Phi Sorority at UC San Diego. Her passions are helping others through community service and building relationships with colleagues. She enjoys cooking, baking, tennis, bowling and traveling. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Ellen moved to Los Angeles in 1997. She currently lives in Newport Beach.
Board Advisor: Jhemon Lee, M.D.
Dr. Jhemon Lee is Vice Chair of the Department of Radiology of Los Alamitos Medical Center in Los Alamitos, California. He is also a radiologist at the MemRAD Medical Group based in Long Beach, California. Jhemon grew up in Maryland, received his bachelor’s degree in Engineering Sciences at Harvard University, and obtained his medical degree from the University of Maryland. He completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Chicago, where he was chief resident, and a fellowship in abdominal imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston.
In addition to being former president of OCA-Orange County, Jhemon is President of the Advisory Board for the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA). He has been involved in the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) for over ten years; past roles include serving as its National President, the President of its Chicago chapter, and on the board of its Boston chapter. He has been a board member, Director of Professional Development and founder of the Healthcare Special Interest Group for Asian Professional Exchange (APEX) in Los Angeles. He was on the Steering Committees for the 1997 OCA National Convention and the 2000 APEX/NAAAP National Conference. Honors include being named to “Who’s Who in America” and “America’s Top Physicians,” and a NAAAP National Lifetime Achievement Award.