On behalf of the Asian Business Association, Orange County (ABAOC) as the Board Secretary, we congratulate all the Boardmembers (sworn in by City of Irvine Former Mayor Farrah N. Khan), Staff, Honorees, and Corporate Advisory Boardmembers for a memorable ABAOC 2024 Awards Gala on Nov. 15, 2024 at the Disneyland Resort's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa in the City of Anaheim. Thanks to Roger Lloyd of the Orange County/Inland Empire SBDC Network for being our excellent Master of Ceremonies & Asian Business Association Inland Empire President Chien J. Wang for being our trophy vendor, Toujours! ✅ Here are the outgoing and incoming incumbent and new 2024 ABAOC Boardmembers & Elected Officers [*indicates incumbent]: 📍Suzanna Tashiro Choi* (Incoming 2025 President of the Board) 📍Manish Bhardia* (Outgoing 2023-24 President & 2025 Treasurer/Board) 📍Alexander Kim, MBA* (2024 & 2025 Secretary of the Board) 📍Joy Kim, M.Ed (2025 New Boardmember) 📍Hima Nippuleti (2025 New Boardmember) 📍Tom Nguyen* (2025 Boardmember) 📍Pramod Kunju* (2025 Boardmember) 📍Roger Cheng* (2025 Boardmember) 📍Gloria Rull* (2025 Boardmember) 📍Daniel Lee* (Outgoing 2024 Boardmember) ✅ 2024 ABAOC Awards Gala Recipients: 🏆 Manish Bhardia (2024 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award) 🏆 Joy Kim, M.Ed (ABAOC Member of the Year) 🏆 Charter Communications (Communications Partner of the Year) 🏆 City of Hope Orange County (Pioneers in Healing) 🏆 City of Irvine (Trailblazer City of the Year) 🏆 California Department of General Services (Game-Changer of the Year) 🏆 CoWorq (Small Business of the Year) 🏆 Cox Communications (Technology Partner of the Year) 🏆 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Legacy Member of the Year) 🏆 Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) (Resource Partner of the Year) 🏆 Orange County Power Authority (Clean Energy Partner of the Year) 🏆 Orange County Transportation Authority (Navigator of the Year) 🏆 U.S. Small Business Administration (Federal Agency of the Year) 🏆 Southern California Edison (SCE) (Visionary Partner of the Year) 🏆 SoCalGas (Eco-Innovation Leadership) 🏆 Southwest Airlines (Wings of Excellence) 🏆 T-Mobile (Connector of the Year) 🏆 U.S. Bank (Champion of Business Growth) 🏆 Orange County/Inland Empire SBDC Network (2024 Future Builder) 🏆 USPAACC (2024 Eagle Excellence Catalyst Award) 🏆 The Walt Disney Company (2024 Magical Supplier) ✅ Please visit our ABAOC website to learn about the benefits of being a member as we will kick off our 2025 year with a Lunar New Year in January (Time & Location TBD). Visit www.abaoc.org #asian #asianamerican #pacificislander #business #contracts #government #leadership #legislativeadvocacy #smallbusiness #supplierdiversity
