RepresentAsian: Bowdoin's Asian Alumni Association
Upcoming Events
Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander (API) Month 2025
AI in the Humanities: Conversation with President Zaki and Tom Leung '96
Thursday, May 15, 8:00 - 9:00 PM ET
RepresentAsian invites you to a special virtual event in celebration of Asian Pacific Islander (API) Month 2025. Join us for an engaging fireside chat on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and the Humanities. This conversation will feature President Safa Zaki and Tom Leung ’96, a distinguished AI and Product Strategy expert. Together, they’ll explore how AI is shaping our understanding of the humanities, offering both academic and industry perspectives. The event will include a moderated Q&A session, giving attendees the chance to join the dialogue. Please note, the session will not be recorded.
Tom Leung ’96 is an AI and product strategy consultant, angel investor, and former Director at Google, where he led some of the company’s most complex applied AI product initiatives. Over his career, he has founded two startups and held senior product leadership roles at YouTube, Google Analytics, and Microsoft. Tom currently advises startups and serves as an industry mentor at Stanford and UC Berkeley.
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Recent events
- Lunar New Year Celebrations 2025. Please find a recap here.
- RepresentAsian Community Meeting in June 2024
- AAPI Month events in May 2024 (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, & Washington, DC
- Homecoming 2023 Dinner with Students
- AAPI Month events in May 2023
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- Boston
- San Francisco
- Reunion 2023
- Virtual
- NYC
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RepresentAsian: Bowdoin's Asian Alumni Association
2023 – 2025 Leadership
Matt Yantakosol ’10
Leadership Position: President
Location: Cape Elizabeth, ME
Profession: Automotive Content Creator
Contact: myantakosol@bowdoin.edu
Sara Edel ’02
Leadership Position: Vice President
Location: Honolulu, HI
Profession: Principal, Consumer Market Research
Contact: sedel@bowdoin.edu
Melissa Martin ’98
Leadership Position: Secretary
Location: Washington, DC
Profession: Deputy Director at Kindred
Hae-Min Gil ’08
Leadership Position: Membership Chair
Location: Little Ferry, NJ
Profession: Administrator
Chareeda Rustanavibul ’18
Leadership Position: Alumni Connections Chair
Location: Boston, MA
Profession: Startup Banker and Nonprofit Executive
Contact: crustanavibul@bowdoin.edu
Tim Choi ’02
Leadership Position: Alumni Connections
Location: Sacramento, CA
Profession: Program Planner at Sacramento County Public Health (Health and Racial Equity Unit)
Mark Lucci ’04
Leadership Position: Campus Support Chair
Location: Napa, CA
Profession: Winemaker
Jared Liu '99
Position: At-Large
Location: Wallingford, CT
Profession: Yale School of Management – Office of Admissions
Andrew Park '15
Position: At-Large
Location: Washington, DC
Profession: Judicial Law Clerk
Abe Sharma ’08
Position: At-Large
Location: San Francisco, CA
Profession: Multi-Family Real Estate Investment & Development
Benjamin Wu ’18/ ’20
Leadership Position: At-Large
Location: San Diego, CA
Profession: Insurance/HR Technology
Contact: benjammin2008@gmail.com
David Wu ’17
Position: At-Large
Location: San Francisco, CA
Profession: Financial Services