The Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce offices are CLOSED December 24th-January 5th in observance of the holidays. Responses to emails and other messages may take a bit longer than usual. The Chamber will reopen on Monday, January 5th.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

 
 
 
 
 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Pilar Castillo

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
 

Senior Vice President
First United Bank

Clifford Chiu

Board Member
 

Senior Advisor & External Corporate Director
Vista Equity Partners, Austin

Naoko Cole

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

Director, Business Operations
Tokyo Electron

Mojdeh Gharbi

N&G COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
 

Business Leader & Advocate

Helen Haman

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

Strategic Program & Operations Senior Manager
Accenture

Mick Hawton

BOARD MEMBER

Partner/Chief Strategy Officer
Headwater

Shanaz Hemmati

FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Executive Committee Member

Co-Founder & COO
ZenBusiness

Jessica Huynh

SECRETARY
N&G COMMITTEE CHAIR
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

Senior  Associate Attorney
Smith & Vinson Law Firm

Harrison Kim

FINANCE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR


Senior Vice President of Business Strategy
Austin FC

Wan Kim

ADVOCACY COMMITTEE CHAIR 


Senior Investment Strategist & Vice President
Dimensional Fund Advisors

Vidya Moorthy

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
 

President
Austin Business Woman

Kurian Panicker

BOARD MEMBER 


Director, Consulting Services
CGI

Khotan Shahbazi-Harmon

BOARD MEMBER


Acting Officer, Telecommunications & Regulatory Affairs
City of Austin

David Teo

CHAIR-ELECT
ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR

CEO
Centauri Capital Group

Minh Tran

CHAIR
Golf Committee Chair
 

Chairman/CEO
EmmyEvan

LUNAR NEW YEAR MemberSHIP DISCOUNT

Apply to join the Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce as a new member by midnight on February 17th, 2026 and save 20%!

Premier-Level = $1200 now $960!
Executive-Level = $800 now $640!
Professional-Level = $400 now $320!
Individual Membership / Community Partnership = $150 now $120!

Get a year’s worth of connections with your Central Texas business community, digital marketing exposure, resources to elevate your business, and much more.

New GAACC memberships at the Premier, Executive, and Professional levels, along with new Community Partners and Individual members, are eligible. This discount will be applied to your bill.

Emeritus Circle

Since 2012, the GAACC’s success has relied on the guidance and engagement of the talented local leaders who serve on our Board of Directors. Each of them has left an indelible, individual mark on the Chamber, how we operate, and how we support the Central Texas Asian business community.

Our deepest, ongoing appreciation goes out to these remarkable individuals for their service, generosity, and dedication.  

Sam Bakir

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Deepak Burman

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Jessica Chen

PAST CHAIR

Daniel Chi

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Min Choe

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Catherine Crago

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Katy Crist

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Rashed Islam

PAST CHAIR

Hussain Hashim

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Fayez Kazi

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Kannan Kaliyur

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Ali Khataw

Emeritus Circle Chair
board CHAIR emeritus

Paul Kim

PAST CHAIR

Anurag Kumar

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Robert Lee

PAST CHAIR

Sung Je Lee

PAST BOARD Member

Richard Jung

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Ying McGuire

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Sharad Mudhol

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Viviene Ngo

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Peter Shen

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Kuntal Sindha

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Derek Su

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Dan Warth

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Jim Yatsu

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Lynn Yuan

PAST BOARD MEMBER

Yuen Yung

PAST CHAIR