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Prior to his current role, he worked in development at Equality California and conducted Title XI sexual assault policy research for UCLA’s Center for the Study for Women. Originally hailing from the swamplands of Central Florida, moving from coast to coast has afforded Marcus a wide exposure to a variety of social impact opportunities with a particular focus on Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities. Currently, he serves as the Steering Committee Chair for Asian Pacific Islander Equality-Los Angeles (API Equality-LA) and as Board Secretary to Viet Rainbow Orange County (VROC). Marcus holds a B.A. in English from the University of Florida and an M.A. in Asian American Studies from UCLA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8fc1ec2ab5f61c6a61e972/50912fc7-4755-491f-be8d-6eeca1d9fcce/photo.jpeg About Us - duc luu co-chair Duc Luu [bio here] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8fc1ec2ab5f61c6a61e972/1573337856426-M7D4MWWT4KHFBP8YR5SD/Chris+Chou.png About Us - chris chou Christopher Chou is a graduate of Stanford Law School and completed a Ph.D. in Economics at Stanford University. He is the Senior Regulatory and Product Counsel at curbFlow. Previously, he was associate at the San Francisco Office of Perkins Coie LLP, working in the office's Environmental, Energy & Resources practice and focusing on environmental and land use counseling and litigation for development projects. In law school, Christopher was active in the public interest community, clerking at Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus, Public Advocates, and the San Francisco City Attorney. He also worked on several land use cases in the Stanford Environmental Law Clinic and served as the treasurer for the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation. Christopher was born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Northwestern University where he graduated with a B.A., majoring in Political Science and Mathematics. Chris is a founding member of Lacuna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8fc1ec2ab5f61c6a61e972/1596605743964-G19O47ZJJ30C20VBMHA7/JC.png About Us - Jonathan jae-an crisman Jonathan Jae-an Crisman is an artist and urban scholar whose work considers the intersections between culture, politics, and place. He is the author of Urban Humanities: New Practices for Reimagining the City, with Dana Cuff, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Todd Presner, and Maite Zubiaurre, and work from his collaborative art practice has been shown at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, the West Bund Biennial of Arts and Architecture, and the Reykjavík Arts Festival. He holds degrees in urban planning, architecture, and geography from USC, MIT, and UCLA and is currently Assistant Professor of Public & Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona, where he directs the Studio for Shared Futures and holds courtesy appointments in the School of Geography and Development and the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning. He also co-founded QNA, a Los Angeles-based collective which gives a platform to queer API artists and creators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8fc1ec2ab5f61c6a61e972/1573337773022-11PD0WSZ6S1NICWS8NXB/Carlo.png About Us - carlo de la cruz Carlo De La Cruz is a program officer at Sequoia Climate Fund, where he supports grantmaking to decarbonize the global economy and build broad support for the climate movement. Before joining Sequoia, Carlo helped lead Sierra Club’s clean energy and clean transportation work in California as deputy regional director, working with frontline and impacted communities. He has also worked statewide on sustainable economic development policy and transit-oriented housing at the Milken Institute’s California Center and for the Association of Bay Area Governments. A double graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Carlo received his Master in City Planning and B.A. in Asian American studies and history of art. 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He's served for over a decade in social impact spaces, including as the executive director for the Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco, working directly with AANHPI communities and 15+ partners, including the Asian Women’s Shelter, Korean American Family Services, the Asian Pacific Fund, and the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance. Within this broad community, he delivered a grantmaking strategy refresh, a new program focused on AANHPI social-impact leadership development, and revitalized community and peer partnerships. He also served as the Director of Programs for an international, education-focused, direct services nonprofit that stewarded a community of 400,000 service recipients, 900 volunteers, and 1,500 school, library, and community partners in more than 30 countries, including China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines. Additionally, he's served as the co-chair of the Berkeley Cultural Trust, stewarding a partnership strategy for a coalition of 20+ arts and culture organizations; and on the council for the Plymouth Church of Jazz and Justice, as it refreshed its church charter to focus on re-utilizing church properties for community-based organizations and service delivery. He currently serves as a consultant for AANHPI-serving nonprofits and organizations to help develop the strategies, partnerships, and people to help them thrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8fc1ec2ab5f61c6a61e972/db4a6242-3d9e-4f2b-82f3-57736dde4054/Irving+Ling.png About Us - IRVING LING Irving Ling is an internal medicine physician by training, currently working in healthcare policy and primary care. He is a graduate of the UCSF School of Medicine and completed his residency with the UCSF Internal Medicine- San Francisco Primary Care track (SFPC). 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