Welcome

Demystifying Corporate America: The Unwritten Rules of the Game

In this keynote, Joy Chen, a former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles and an executive recruiter for Fortune 500 CEOs and Board members, delves into the nuanced and often unspoken norms that dictate success in the corporate world, where strategy, intuition, and understanding of the cultural undercurrents are as crucial as hard work, illuminating the challenges Asian Americans face in being seen as leaders and rising into leadership roles.

Joy Chen 陈愉

Panel: Finding the People Who Uplift You

An executive coach (and Head of Strategic Partnerships for Android at Google), a research scientist (and co-founder and CEO of a mental wellness startup), and a data leader with over 15 years of experience walk into a room… This panel draws from a diverse group of experts to discuss being your authentic self at work, building connection with others, and navigating professional relationships and building a community of allies.

Denise Ang

Xuan Zhao, PhD

Alan Wei

Lunch Break

Workshop: Turning Self-Criticism Into Self-Compassion

Radiance Leadership’s Founders, Yon Na and Leonna Luc, will lead this 90-minute interactive workshop specifically designed for AAPI women. Through guided individual reflection and small group dialogue, attendees will have the opportunity to better understand the mental models they hold about self-compassion and self-criticism, and unlock the keys to self-compassion for a healthier, more productive well-being in life and at work.

Yon Na, PhD

Leonna Luc

Fireside Chat: Leveraging Self-Compassion to Sustain and Elevate Your Leadership

In this fireside chat, Jin Zhang, who serves as Director of Engineering at Meta - responsible for Meta’s millions of cloud servers - and a Women of Influence per the Silicon Valley Business Journal, shares her learnings and insights into what it means to sustain leadership from within oneself and turn self-compassion into purpose and impact across team and organization.

Jin Zhang

Closing