Staff Members

President & Executive Director

Audrey provides vision, leadership, and strategic oversight for the fundraising, grantmaking and programmatic efforts of the Asian Pacific Fund.

Audrey has been committed to the non-profit sector since early in her career. Prior to joining the Asian Pacific Fund, she served as the Executive Director of the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco, where she led the organization through a strategic rebranding initiative that yielded unprecedented growth.… Read More

Development & Administrative Coordinator

Alex provides support to the team to ensure that the Asian Pacific Fund meets its operational & development goals. He is also responsible for database management and technical support.

Prior to joining the Asian Pacific Fund, Alex worked as the Office Manager at Asia Society Northern California. He is a member of the 2019 cohort of the Roots: Him Mark Lai Family History Project, and volunteers with the Chinese Historical Society of America.… Read More

Senior Manager, Scholarships & Donor Relations

Sue enjoys making sure things run smoothly at the Asian Pacific Fund, and believes in its mission to help strengthen the Bay Area’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities.

Prior to the Fund, she was the Administrative, Volunteer and HR Coordinator at Children’s Creativity Museum. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two active teens.

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Director of Development

Gurpreet provides thoughtful leadership to create a strategic development plan that mobilizes resources to support the Bay Area’s most vulnerable Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

She does this by growing and nurturing the Asian Pacific Fund’s base of individual, corporate and foundation donors and works closely with the Fund’s executive director, board of directors, advisory council, and other key stakeholders.

Gurpreet brings over 12 years of experience in non-profit fundraising and is passionate about working to create meaningful change.… Read More

Corporate & Community Liaison

Joan manages the Asian Pacific Fund’s relations with affiliate organizations and grantees, and facilitates the grant application process as well as the Fund’s other funding initiatives.

Joan has spent over 25 years in media advertising sales, most recently at Comcast and AT&T. She was responsible for increasing advertising revenues from national companies such as United Airlines, American Express and McDonald’s, and raising over $500,000-1,000,000 in new business annually through corporate sponsorships, traditional and nontraditional revenue streams.… Read More

Senior Manager, Communications & Events

Pei-Un is responsible for the Fund’s communications strategy and efforts to advance the organization’s mission, vision and values. She also manages the planning and execution of events including the API Summit, the national Give In May campaign, the Chang-Lin Tien Leadership in Education Award and the Annual Gala.

Pei-Un brings experience from the nonprofit sector, working to preserve the cultural heritage of underrepresented communities while advocating in protection of their rights and for equal access to resources.… Read More