Tina Matsuoka
Executive Director
ed@napaba.org

Emily Chatterjee
Policy Director
echatterjee@napaba.org

André Harrison
Administrator
aharrison@napaba.org

Brett Beasley
Staff Assistant
bbeasley@napaba.org

NAPABA
1612 K Street NW, Suite 1400
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 775-9555
Fax: (202) 775-9333

Joseph Juco Centeno, President Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel One Penn Center 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19103 Phone: (215) 665-3107 Fax: (215) 665-3165 Email: joseph.centeno@obermayer.com Joseph J. Centeno is an equity partner with Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, a century-old law firm based in Philadelphia. Mr. Centeno founded the firm’s Diversity Committee and serves as the firm’s Diversity Partner. Mr. Centeno is a trial lawyer with a broad range of experience handling employment and labor matters, as well as complex high-exposure commercial litigation. In 2006, Diversity & the Bar Magazine named Mr. Centeno one of “The Best of the Best” labor and employment lawyers in the country. He has also been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and honored as one of NAPABA’s “Best Lawyers Under 40.” Mr. Centeno has served as Vice President of Finance and Development for NAPABA, President-Elect for NAPABA, President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania, a Senior Hearing Officer to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Board and Commissioner to the Philadelphia Human Relations Commission. Mr. Centeno also served as a board member to the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group, the NAPABA Law Foundation, the National Employment Lawyer’s Council and the Homeless Advocacy Project. Paul O. Hirose, President-Elect Perkins Coie LLP c/o Isuzu North America Corporation Legal Department, Suite 100 1400 S. Douglass Road Anaheim, CA 92806 Phone: (714) 935-9359 Fax: (714) 935-5203 Email: phirose@perkinscoie.com Paul O. Hirose is Of Counsel with Perkins Coie LLP where his practice focuses on commercial litigation and business advice. Mr. Hirose also serves as Marketing Counsel for Isuzu North America Corporation and as Corporate Counsel for Kia Motors America, Inc. At Isuzu, he is responsible for advising the Isuzu companies with respect to a variety of commercial matters, including motor vehicle franchise laws, marketing & advertising issues, employment matters and intellectual property. At Kia, he advises the company on motor vehicle franchise laws. Before law school, Mr. Hirose was a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California and worked at Deloitte Haskins & Sells as a Senior Tax Consultant. Mr. Hirose served as past Treasurer of NAPABA and is a member of NAPABA’s Leadership Advisory Council and NAPABA’s Finance Committee. Alice L. Wong, VP Communications Nordstrom, Inc. 1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1000 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: (206) 303-4025 Fax: (206) 303-4419 Email: alice.wong@nordstrom.com Alice L. Wong is the co-founder and a past President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Washington. She served as a past President with the Asian Bar Association of Washington and is a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Sections of the Washington State Bar Association. Ms. Wong was born and raised in Seattle, where she attended Seattle University with a philosophy and political science degree, and attended University of Washington School of Law. She has been on the NAPABA board since 2007 and likes to work on expanding her shoe collection. Emily T. Kuo, VP Programs & Operations M. D. Anderson Services Corporation 7505 South Main, Suite 500 Houston, TX 77030 Phone: (713) 745-9692 Fax: (713) 794-5025 Email: emilykuo@post.harvard.edu Emily T. Kuo is Associate General Counsel of M. D. Anderson Services Corporation, a nonprofit supporting organization to The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, where her practice focuses on health and corporate law. Ms. Kuo served for two previous terms as Vice President for Membership. She also serves on the Council of the State Bar of Texas Asian Pacific Interest Section (APIS) and was the 2007 President of the Asian American Bar Association (AABA) of Houston. In 2007, Ms. Kuo was named one of NAPABA's “Best Lawyers Under 40” and from 2007-2009, she was named a Texas Super Lawyer – Rising Star by Texas Monthly magazine. Ms. Kuo also serves on the boards of directors for the Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) and Houston Early Music. Bryce K. Kunimoto, VP Membership Holland & Hart LLP 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, 10th Floor Las Vegas, NV 89169 Phone: (702) 222-2500 Fax: (702) 365-6940 Email: bkunimoto@hollandhart.com Bryce Kunimoto receieved his undergraduate degree from the University of California at San Diego and his law degree from the University of California at Davis. Bryce has also studied abroad in Japan and Zimbabwe. He is the co-founder and past co-president of the Asian Bar Association of Las Vegas ("ABALV"), legal counsel to the Las Vegas Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League ("JACL") and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Clark County Bar Association. Bryce practices commercial litigation in Las Vegas. Linda Lu, VP Finance & Development Allstate Insurance Co. 2775 Sanders Road, Suite A8 Northbrook, IL 60062 Phone: (847) 402-2219 Fax: (847) 326-6440 Email: linda.lu@allstate.com Linda Lu is a Senior Attorney with the Corporate Litigation Division of the Law & Regulations Department of Allstate Insurance Company. Ms. Lu manages nationwide and statewide class action litigation challenging Allstate’s policies, practices, and procedures. She is also a member of the Allstate Law Department Diversity Committee. Ms. Lu served as NAPABA’s Vice President of Finance & Development and was named one of NAPABA’s “Best Lawyers Under 40”. She is a past President of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area and served on the Steering Committee of the Alliance of Bar Associations. Ms. Lu was also Vice President of the Board of Governors of The University of Chicago Alumni Association and is a board member of the University’s Chicago Society. Annie T. Kao, Secretary Hogan & Hartson LLP One Tabor Center 1200 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1500 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: (303) 454-2446 Fax: (303) 899-7333 Email: atkao@hhlaw.com Annie T. Kao is a trial attorney in the Denver office of Hogan & Hartson, LLP. She has handled complex litigation for commercial clients in a wide range of industries, including the ski industry, and has successfully tried jury and bench trials in both state and federal court. Ms. Kao is a past President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado and she served as the NAPABA Southwest Regional Governor from 2007-2009. She is also currently serving a three-year term on the Denver Bar Association Board of Trustees. Ms. Kao graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College and received her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, where she was on the Law Review. Following law school, she returned to her home state of Colorado and clerked for the Honorable Mary J. Mullarkey, Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Camilla M. Eng, Treasurer JM Eagle Global Headquarters 5200 West Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (310) 686-4162 Email: camillameng@yahoo.com Camilla M. Eng is a Deputy City Attorney to the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, where she represents and advises on a range of energy business projects relating to renewable energy generation, purchase and transmission. In addition to geothermal, wind and biofuel projects, Camilla is currently advising on the Los Angeles Solar Plan, the largest solar plan undertaken by any single city in the world. Camilla serves as the 34 th President of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers' Association and as Co-Chair of NAPABA's Public Sector Committee. She is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Judicial Appointments Committee, an executive committee member of the California State Bar's Public Law Section, and councilmember of the American Bar Association's Government and Public Sector Lawyers' Division. Andrew T. Hahn, Sr., Immediate Past President Seyfarth Shaw LLP 620 Eighth Avenue, 32nd Floor New York, NY 10018 Phone: (212) 218-5554 Email: ahahn@seyfarth.com Andrew T. Hahn, Sr. is a partner in the Litigation and Employment Law Practice Groups in the New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. His practice focuses on commercial litigation cases involving contract disputes (including software licensing, franchising, and insurance matters), antitrust, securities, bankruptcy, product liability, banking, toxic torts, as well as matters involving employment and trade secrets/restrictive covenant related issues. Mr. Hahn has also been involved in numerous internal corporate investigations, including deceptive sales practices and unsafe banking practices. Mr. Hahn served on active duty from 1986 to 1990 as a Captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He is also a member of the firm’s Diversity Action Team. He is the past President of the Asian American Bar Association of New York, and is the Chairman of the Board of the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York.

Sidney Kanazawa, General Counsel
McGuire Woods
1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Phone: (310) 315-8238
Fax: (310) 315-8210
Email: skanazawa@mcguirewoods.com

Sidney Kanazawa is a partner at McGuire Woods LLP in Los Angeles. He has extensive experience maximizing the opportunities and minimizing the dangers of products liability, environmental, intellectual property (including patents), regulatory, white collar crime, construction, commercial, class actions, employment, banking, and other disputes. Prior to joining McGuire Woods, Mr. Kanazawa was a partner at Van Etten Suzumoto & Becket LLP, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP and Lillick McHose LLP. In 2007, Mr. Kanazawa was selected by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine as one of Southern

California's “Super Lawyers.” He is an also an active member of the American Law Institute and Japanese American Bar Association. Mr. Kanazawa received his Juris Doctor from the University of South California Gould School of Law and his Bachelor of Education from the University of Hawaii. He is admitted into both the California and Hawaii bars.

Tina R. Matsuoka, Executive Director
NAPABA
1612 K Street NW, Suite 1400
Washington, DC 20006

Phone: (202) 775-9555
Fax: (202) 775-9333
Email: tmatsuoka@napaba.org

Tina Matsuoka is based in NAPABA’s Washington D.C. office. As Executive Director, she is responsible for management of the organization, including administration of NAPABA’s core initiatives and events, the provision of membership services, and promotion of relationships with affiliates, sponsors and other organizations. She supervises NAPABA staff and volunteers and works closely with the NAPABA Board in developing and implementing policy.

Before joining NAPABA, Ms. Matsuoka practiced law as assistant counsel to the Massachusetts Senate, as an associate at Murtha Cullina LLP, and as an attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. Ms. Matsuoka also served as an adjunct faculty member at the New England School of Law, where she taught disability law and legal research and writing.

Ms. Matsuoka received her undergraduate degree from American University and her law degree from the Fordham University School of Law, where she was a Stein Scholar in Public Interest Law and Ethics.