NAAAP Boston News
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Introducing the Community Partners Committee
NAAAP strives to connect Asian American professionals with one another across various fields, professions and experience levels, creating a community of diverse but passionate leaders. As a result, NAAAP Boston has recently established the Community Partners Committee, made up of a group of individuals who focus on developing new strategic partnership with key organizations that support the overall mission of NAAAP Boston, and collaborate with organizations that share one similar goal: to build the face of Asian American leadership.
Key initiatives that the Community Partners Committee runs includes work to cultivate new relationships and strengthen existing partnerships with NAAAP Boston’s corporate sponsors, in-kind partners and other local community organizations.
Recognizing the importance of uniting the Asian American community and expanding the professional network that members can reach by joining NAAAP, our organization has collaborated with over 20 in-kind partners and local community groups. NAAAP partners with nonprofit organizations that focus on expanding professionalism within the Asian American community like GetKonnected, which offers networking opportunities to professionals with diverse cultures in the Boston area, and New England Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA), which focuses on connecting Chinese individuals specifically. Other partners have a focus on Asian American rights and empowerment, such as the Asian American Commission or the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence.
Collaborating with community partners not only allows NAAAP members to meet Asian American professionals with similar goals and beliefs about leadership, but also unites the Asian American community, as leaders can support one another in their professionals endeavors. The work of the Community Partners Committee helps spread the overall mission of NAAAP Boston—to build leaders—to more and more individuals each day, advancing the opportunities and connections that Asian American professionals need.
Please contact grace.yao@naaapboston.org for more information.
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Spotlight: Board of Directors Member Kin Kwan
Kin Kwan was born in Hong Kong and grew up in New York City, but moved to New England in 1998. He is an avid skier, a novice photographer, and also likes to travel (having been to over thirty countries for business and pleasure). While attending Bernard M. Baruch College of New York, he was able to complete his education for under $1,000 per year. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and has a license as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York.
Kwan is an international tax professional with over thirty years of experience specializing in cross border transactions, mergers, and acquisitions; he was in charge of the Hasbro tax department (made up of 17 professionals) prior to his retirement this year. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors at NAAAP. As part of the board, he is responsible for the strategic direction of NAAAP and provides support toward any operational issues on a needed basis. He also works with NAAAP’s CFO on the organization’s finances, which includes budgeting and reporting.
A colleague that was involved with the National Chapter suggested for Kwan to join NAAAP. He was introduced to the organization by meeting with several officers and members of the Board of Directors. After many discussions, it was made obvious to him that members of NAAAP were (and still are) passionate about the organization and that NAAAP has made significant contributions to the Asian American community in Boston. He has been with NAAAP since the beginning of the year, as it provides him with a chance to give back to the Asian American community and become involved with the new generation of leaders within that community. He believes that, especially in the current political climate, it is more important than ever to support our community.
Read more about Kin here.
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