APEX's Board of Directors is a dedicated group of professionals whose strategic decision-making and guidance help direct the organization. The commitment of APEX board members is not only evident in the time they contribute as volunteers, but also by the generous financial support each individual provides the organization.

Melissa Chang Gunn

Ms. Gunn is a Senior Corporate Counsel in the Business Transactions Group at Pfizer Inc. She specializes in mergers, acquisitions and licensing transactions. Prior to joining Pfizer, she was a corporate associate at the law firms of Covington & Burling and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Ms. Gunn is currently a member of the Schools Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University. She received a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Brittany Levinson

Ms. Levinson is an illustrator and art director, currently represented by Bernstein & Andriulli in New York City. Her work can be seen in Lucky magazine, Vibe magazine, Self magazine, Loreal, CosmoGirl! magazine, iVillage online, Wagwear, Penguin Putnam Publishing, Harper Collins, and other media and retail outlets. She has illustrated for advertising campaigns such as Cotton Incorporated, Johnson & Johnson, and Top Button. Prior to becoming an illustrator, Ms. Levinson was the Creative Project Director of The Knot, Inc. a lifestyle media company. A graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Ms. Levinson has a B.S. in Textile Science and Fashion design, and an Associates Degree in fashion from The Fashion Institute of Technology.

Julian Liau — CHAIR

Mr. Liau is currently an Executive Director at JPMorgan Securities Inc., where he serves as the COO/product manager for the Global Emerging Markets Research division and Emerging Markets Americas investor client business. Prior to joining JPMorgan, he was a Vice President and head of the New York office for The Johnsson Group, a financial consulting firm. Before that, he was the Director of Business Development for M2card Financial Solutions and a manager in the Interactive Strategy Division for American Express. Mr. Liau started his career at Salomon Brothers, where he was a Vice President in the Corporate Bond Research Department, with a focus on analyzing emerging market sovereign issuers. Mr. Liau holds a B.A. in Economics from Columbia College and an MBA in marketing and finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Alastair Onglingswan

Mr. Onglingswan is a serial entrepreneur, having successfully created, financed and launched two online technology companies, bCorner.com, PinoyDolyar.com, and a real estate company, Ong8, LLC. bCorner.com creates marketplaces for other websites including BusinessWeekOnline.com and GoldsGym.com. PinoyDolyar.com is a Filipino-based technology venture that assists overseas Filipinos sending money back to the Philippines. Before starting these ventures, Mr. Onglingswan was an attorney specializing in structured finance at Brown & Wood, LLP and a litigation associate at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman and Dicker. Mr. Onglingswan holds a J.D. degree from Fordham University, School of Law and a B.A. degree from Trinity College at the University of Toronto.

Helen L. Shan — TREASURER

Ms. Shan is Vice President and Treasurer of Pitney Bowes Inc. She is a corporate officer and has responsibility for treasury operations, including capital markets, risk management and pension fund management. Prior to joining Pitney Bowes, Ms. Shan was a Managing Director at JPMorgan Securities where she was the investment banking client executive responsible for a portfolio of Fortune 500 industrial and business service companies. Ms. Shan graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with dual degrees from the Wharton School and the School of Applied Science and Engineering. She also received her MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

Suyin So — SECRETARY

Ms. So is an attorney in the litigation department of Pryor Cashman LLP. Prior to entering the legal profession, Ms. So was a news producer at NBC News and also contributed freelance articles to the print and online versions of A. Magazine. She received a B.A. from Brown University, a J.D. from Georgetown University, and grew up in Marion, Indiana.

Preeti Sriratana

Mr. Sriratana is a Senior Designer at the architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP, where he oversees the designs for the Metropolitan Transit Authority at Ground Zero. Prior to joining SOM, he was the Director and Founder of the architectural design firm AU Studios. His firm was published over a dozen times, nationally and internationally, and had works featured in galleries such as the I Space in Chicago, the Van Alen Institute in Manhattan and Gund Hall at Harvard University. He started his career working in Paris for Pritzker Prize winning architect Jean Nouvel. Currently, Mr. Sriratana sits on the Board of Directors for the urban arts initiative, The Sound of Art. He holds a B.S. in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois, at UC, and an M. Arch from Columbia University.

Saukok Chu Tiampo — VICE CHAIR

Ms. Tiampo is a Managing Director of Business Development at Highland Capital. Until recently, she was a Principal at Bank of America’s high yield investment banking group and, prior to that, was a member of the Leveraged Finance team at Merrill Lynch. Before joining Merrill Lynch, Ms. Tiampo served as Managing Editor of the Harvard International Review magazine, and as Co-Chair of the 8th Annual Harvard Asian American Intercollegiate Conference. Ms. Tiampo is currently a member of the Schools Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University. She holds a B.A. degree from Harvard University.

John Wong

Mr. Wong is currently responsible for securities lateral recruiting for Goldman Sachs Asia. Prior to Goldman, he was responsible for fixed income lateral recruiting at Merrill Lynch. Before moving to Merrill Lynch, he spent twelve years with JP Morgan, where he held various roles in investment banking as well as five years in the area of talent management. Mr. Wong worked in Hong Kong for three years as a member of the Asia Debt Capital Market group, during which he completed a three-month assignment in Sydney. Before relocating to Hong Kong in 1997, he was part of Firm’s Global Chemicals and Financial Institutions Group in New York. Mr. Wong holds a B.A. degree from Providence College.

Joyce M. Wu

Ms. Wu is a Vice President at Merrill Lynch in the Global Markets Division. She specializes in Global Currency Institutional Sales. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, she was a part of JPMorgan’s Global Currency and Commodity Group team for five years. Ms. Wu is also a knitwear designer, and has published two pattern books with Leisure Arts, Trendy Knit Tops (2004) and A Passion for Cables (2007). She leads a knitting class at the Women’s Shelter at Park Avenue Armory. Ms. Wu received a B.A. in Government and Asian Studies from Dartmouth College.