Asian American Student Union

0208K Stamp Student Union
College Park, MD 20742
 (301)314-7121 
aasu-board@umd.edu

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Meet the Board!

Executive Board 2009-2010

President

Name: George Yeh
Major/Minor: Physiology & Neurobiology 
Pet Peeves: Bad grammar 
Favorite Superhero/Why? Batman, because he cares about his community and does it with style. 
Secret Obsession: “Where the Wild Things Are” teaser trailer 
Biggest Fear: Snakes 
Favorite Spot on Campus: AASU Office 
Favorite Lyric:  “Time is a valuable thing. Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings.” 
Your own personal vision for AASU: Getting students to be active members of the community.

Contact George at gyeh(at)umd.edu

Vice President of Administrative Affairs

Name: Aaron Wong
Major/Minor: Marketing, Operations Management/ Asian American Studies
Pet Peeves: The creepers at red lights. You know, those people that start inching forward in their cars till the light turns green. People who blow their horn at you the nano second the light changes green. Those who drive really, really slow in the fast lane. And people who take up 2 parking spaces…pretty much just driving in general.
Favorite Superhero/Why? Underdog. Cause despite the odds, he always came out on top.
Secret Obsession: Two words. The Hills.
Biggest Fear: Not being good enough/living up to my parents expectations
Favorite Spot on Campus: The little Dairy at the Turner Hall Visitor Center that’s got delicious ice cream.
Favorite Lyric: "Hakuna Matata"
Your own personal vision for AASU: I guess you could say we’re all Joe Biden’s while George is Barack Obama cause we bout to bring about CHANGE.

Contact Aaron at wongway18(at)gmail.com

Vice President of Finance

Name: David Toledo
Major/Minor: Finance, International Business, Kinesiological Sciences
Pet Peeves: people who dont refill the ice tray with water, slow drivers
Favorite Superhero/Why? Batman and GreenLanturn because batman doesnt need powers and the other one is green
Secret Obsession: (not so secret) tennis
Biggest Fear: everything
Favorite Spot on Campus: ERC
Favorite Lyric: NA
Your own personal vision for AASU: Bring more people together

Contact David at dtoledo(at)umd.edu

Vice President of Internal Affairs

Name: Francis Bustos
Major/Minor: Neurobiology/Physiology
Pet Peeves: body odor
Favorite Superhero/Why? Captain Planet because he is a balance of the elements
Secret Obsession: socks
Biggest Fear: fear itself
Favorite Spot on Campus: Stamp Student Union
Favorite Lyric: ‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night//Girl, I can
thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Your own personal vision for AASU: let’s change the world

Contact Francis at fbustos(at)umd.edu

Vice President of External Affairs

Name: Tiffany Yee
 

Contact Tiffany at tfyee(at)umd.edu

Vice President of Programming

Name: Camden Lee
Major: Asian American Studies Independent Major
Pet Peeves: people who walk really slow and block the sidewalks
Secret Obsession: cupcakes
Favorite Spot on Campus: Stamp
Your own personal vision for AASU: To promote AASU and the greater APA community

Contact camden.d.lee (at) gmail.com

Vice President of Advocacy

Name: Hyo Bin Sung
Major/Minor: Government and Politics & Economics
Pet Peeves:
Favorite Superhero/Why?
Secret Obsession: Mint Choco Chip Ice Cream (Turkey) 
Biggest Fear:
Favorite Spot on Campus: McKeldin Mall on a sunny day  
Favorite Lyric:
Your own personal vision for AASU:

Contact Hyo at

Vice President of Communications

Name: Yuhuan "Mike" Xie
Major/Minor: Business Undecided, Computer Science, English
Pet Peeves: Hypocrites, people not willing to admit they’re wrong especially those in power, people with no sense of humor
Favorite Superhero/Why? Tie between Captain Obvious and Myself
Secret Obsession: singing songs by Michael Jackson/women
Biggest Fear: horseshoe crabs
Favorite Spot on Campus: Adele’s & couches in Business School
Favorite Lyric: Mozaiku kakera hitotsu hitotsu tsunagiawasete egaite
Your own personal vision for AASU: We arrive back to where we once began and in doing so find ourselves

Contact Mike at yuhuanx(at)umd.edu

PublicAsian Liaison

Name: Lillian Tran
Major/Minor: Japanese and Communications, East Asian Studies
Pet Peeves: Disorganization
Favorite Superhero/Why? Phoenix b/c she is a force to be reckoned with!
Secret Obsession: Grey’s Anatomy
Biggest Fear: Being Unproductive
Favorite Spot on Campus: On the Mall by the fountain
Favorite Lyric: Don’t have one…
Your own personal vision for AASU: A harmonized APA community on campus!

Contact Lillian at ltran.328(at)gmail.com

Working for an Asian American Studies Program (WAASP) Chair 

Name: Phil Mok
Major/Minor: Government and Politics/Korean
Pet Peeves: when people chew with their mouths open, fake people
Favorite Superhero/Why? Rockman/Megaman!/he’s a robot, but he’s a philosopher and always concerns himself with doing the right thing
Secret Obsession: it’s a secret
Biggest Fear: sharks, alligators, crocodiles, pretty much anything with jaws of big, sharp, jagged teeth
Favorite Spot on Campus: my room @ Commons 5 (come see me for my mean ramen or spaghetti!)
Favorite Lyric: I’m the kinda G the little homies wanna be like on my knees in the night, sayin prayers in the street-light~
Your own personal vision for AASU: getting more students involved and learning about Asian American issues and heritage

Contact Phil at pmok88(at)gmail.com

Yuri Kochiyama High School Leadership Awards Program Chair

Name: Elaine K. Wang
Major/Minor: Computer Engineering
Pet Peeves: students who raise their hands in class, and after getting called on, say, "I have a question." 
Favorite Superhero/Why? Yuri Kochiyama because she’s freaking awesome
Secret Obsession: you ;D but seriously, if I told you, it wouldn’t be a secret
Biggest Fear: failure
Favorite Spot on Campus: my dorm room
Favorite Animal: bunnies!
Your own personal vision for AASU: rainbows & butterflies.

Contact Elaine at ekwang13@umd.edu