Breaking Barriers

It's back! The annual Asians in Advertising Breaking Barriers event will be held virtually on May 4, 2023, from 9 am - 3 pm PST/12 pm to 6 pm EST. By attending the virtual event, you'll have the chance to chat and network with fellow AAPI across Advertising, Comms, and Media across the country.

As Asian Americans, we face unique challenges in our home and workplace environments stemming from growing up with implicit bias, imposter syndrome, third culture, and more. By sharing our commonalities as we try to advance in the country we call home, we set ourselves and the next generation up for success.

Whether you want to break in, breakthrough, or break out, taking control of your career requires breaking critical barriers in the process, which we, Asian Americans, struggle with. But we're here to tell you it's time to take charge. Let's do this together.

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KEYNOTE:

Eric Toda is the Global Head of Social Marketing at Meta and the Head of Meta Prosper, a new program from Meta to support the Asian and Pacific Islander community of small businesses, creators, and nonprofits. He has held other marketing executive positions at other companies like Gap Inc, Stitch Fix, Airbnb, Snapchat, and Nike. Eric's work has been recognized by Cannes Lions, Webbys, Clios, and many others for creativity, diversity, and innovative business accelerating campaigns

SPEAKERS:

Lily Zheng: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion speaker, strategist, and consultant at Zheng Consulting

Mimi Munoz: Global Culture + Operations Manager W+K

Denny Tu: CMO @ IMAX

Chris Lin: Group Marketing Manager @ Google

JJ Augustavo: Director @ M SS NG P ECES

Bonnie Wan: Partner, Head of Brand Strategy Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Syma Mian: US Agency Lead @ TikTok

Xavier Teo: Group Executive Creative Director at R/GA

Gordon Ho: President Xpertainment, Former CMO Princess Cruises & EVP Disney Studios

Brian Pang: Product Director @ Electronic Arts

Ariba Jahan: VP, Experience Strategy & Innovation @ Ad Council

Charles Hsu: Co-founder @ Anti Agency Group

Kerou Chang: Director, Groupe Media Solutions, Publicis Groupe

Joy Zhu: Data & Tech Partnerships @ Google

Komal Kapoor: CEO, SpeakerPost

Mars Nevada: Art Director, Arnold New York

Genie Lara: Associate Director of Project Management at MullenLowe

Elizabeth Kim: Sr Art Director @ M Booth

Senna Bayasgalan: Director Digital Marketing @ Cordia Resources

Sean Choi: Senior Strategist @ Martin Agency

Jessalin Lam: Co-Founder of Asians in Advertising and VP of DEI at Digitas Health

Bernice Chao: Co-Founder Asians in Advertising, Head of Integrated Creative at School by Zambezi

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