Dear APAPA members and friends,

December 4, 2011 was a historical day for us. On this day, APAPA successfully launched the seventh and southernmost chapter in California.   

After countless meetings and planning sessions, we were able to first form a strong San Diego board. And on December 4th, the San Diego Chapter had a great launch at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. The grand opening event was attended by 200 guests and many dignitaries, including Senator Mark Wyland, Assemblymember Mike Eng, Assemblymember Jim Nielsen, Supervisor Ron Roberts, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, former CA Appointments Secretary John Cruz, former CA Veterans Affairs Secretary Rocky Chavez, AT&T executive Ignacio De La Torre, APIA leaders, diverse community leaders, business and government leaders.   

Among the many representatives from APAPA chapters statewide were: APAPA Founder CC Yin, Sacramento VP Vicki Beaton, Bay Area Executive Director Don Sun, Southern California Region Chair Nelson Huang, Honorary Chair Dr. Anyork Lee, VP Elizabeth Huang, board members James Lee & Phillip Lee, Youth Leadership Council Chau Nguyen & Teresa Tran, and many members from out of town in support of the new Chapter.  

APAPA-SDC board members with elected officials and statewide leaders

The new APAPA-San Diego Chapter was facilitated by APAPA Southern California leaders Nelson and Elizabeth Huang, led by Dr. Lilly Cheng (Chair), Tom Hom (Honorary Chair), Ron Cho (President), board members Loretta Hom, Edward Park, Len Novarro, Rosalynn Carmen, Dr. William Tseng, Dr. Sam Ho, Steven Lei, Khoa Nguyen and Midori Wong.

Congratulations on a job well done. Let's work together to serve the community in the coming years.    

CC Yin, Founder & Chair

Amy Tong, Statewide Vice Chair

Lucy Oback, Statewide President

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