June 4, 2008
CONTACT: Chiho Mori
Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce
Multi-Ethnic Education and Economic Development Center
972-241-8250
Fax: 972-241-8270
chihom@gdaacc.com
Bank Commissioner Honors Asian American Graduates
Dallas, Texas – The Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce (GDAACC), in partnership with the Multi-Ethnic Education and Economic Development Center, holds its 16th annual Excellence in Education Banquet on Thursday, June 26, 2008 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Intercontinental Dallas Hotel in Addison. United Central Bank is the Signature Sponsor for the fourth consecutive year. Mr. Randall S. James, Commissioner of Texas Department of Banking, will deliver a keynote address at this event.
Excellence in Education Banquet
For the past 16 years, the GDAACC has recognized Asian American high school seniors in the metroplex for their outstanding academic achievements and community services. There are also special scholarship awards presented to two of the recipients: the Jerry Junkins Memorial Award and the James Yoo Award. The former, established in honor of the late Jerry Junkins, Past Chairman of Texas Instruments, Inc., recognizes the recipient’s contribution to the community. The latter, created in honor of James Yoo, the current Chairman of the Board of United Central Bank, honors the outstanding overall performance of the recipient. Dr. Wright Lassiter, Chancellor of Dallas County Community College District, will present scholarships to the students starting their college education at Dallas County Community College. Also at the event, 25 Asian American professionals will graduate from our leadership development program called Leadership Tomorrow.
The following are this year’s Excellence in Education Award recipients: Joshua M. Adair, Wajiha Khan, Ashley J. Kim, Jaclyn H. Le, John J. Lee, Michael J. Lee, Tyler C. Liu, Jonash A. Loh, Stephanie O. Nguyen, Thu K. Nguyen, Joohyun Oh, Reena A. Patel, Angelo G. Ramirez, Waziha Samin, Najam A. Siddiqui, Sally Tam, Christopher T. Trinh, Aivy H. Truong, Khiem T. Vu, and Anthony L. Xie.
The following are the graduates of the Leadership Tomorrow program: Anna-Lisa Leefers (ACS), Noorjehan Javed (American Airlines), Lifang Niu-Brown (American Airlines), Gayathri Thaikkendiyil (American Airlines), Xia Vang(American Airlines), Atul Choudhary (Citi), Evren Dincsoy (Citi), George He (Citi), Tarek El-Yafi (Citi), Melody Cadungog (DART), Prema Sachdeva (Deloitte & Touche LLP), Ajay Bhaskar (Frito-Lay, Inc.), Vamsi Kotla (Frito-Lay, Inc.), Honghai Nguyen (Frito-Lay, Inc.), Akshay Wani (Frito-Lay, Inc.), Justin Hung (JCPenney), Jittada Kittiyamonkol (Oncor Electric Delivery), Baskaran Audiksavan (PepsiCo), Robert Biedinger (PepsiCo), Kulsum Hussian (PepsiCo), Chynika Hampton (State Farm Insurance), Wennie Allen (Texas Instruments Inc.), David Chen (TXU Energy), Seung Song (United Central Bank), and April Ho-Nishimura (Verizon Communications, Inc.).
Individual community/member tickets are available for $50 per seat, and community table for $500. For Sponsorship information and more details about the event, please call 972-241-8250 or visit www.gdaacc.com.
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