Speakers

LUNCHEON

Keynote Speaker: Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp

Rep. BJay Pak

House District 108 (R)
Committee Assignments:

Judiciary Non-Civil (Vice Chair)
Ways & Means
Health & Human Services
1st elected Korean American Rep. in the Georgia General Assembly

Council Member Alex Wan

Atlanta City Council, District 6
Committee Assignments:

Community Development
Human Resources
Finance Executive
1st elected AAPI & openly gay Atlanta City Council Member

Rep. Pedro Marin

House District 96 (D)
GA Dem. Caucus (Vice Chair)
Committee Assignments:

Banks & Banking
Econ. Development & Tourism
Industry & Labor
Representing AAPI Communities in Norcross, Duluth & Gwinnett County Corridor

ADVOCACY TRAINING

Hon. Alvin T. Wong

Judge, State Court of DeKalb County

Elected Judge of the State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia’s third largest county, in 1998.
The first AAPI to run for public office in metro Atlanta
The first AAPI elected judge in the Southeast United States.
The first of only two elected AAPI Judges in Georgia.

Glenn Magpantay

Director, Democracy Program,
Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund (AALDEF)

Oversees AALDEF's Asian American Election Protection Project
In 2012, he coordinated the nation’s largest multilingual exit poll of Asian Americans surveying over 9,000 voters in 14 states and 37 cities
A recognized authority on the federal Voting Rights Act and Asian American political participation

Mike Vaquer

Principal, The Vaquer Firm & Lobbying Expert

Former Regional Public Affairs Manager for International Paper and former Special Assistant to the Mayor of Savannah
Over thirty years of experience in state and local governmental relations

Farooq Mughal

Principal & Managing Partner, MS Global Partners, LLC

Governmental & Public Affairs Advisory expert, implementing comprehensive political and legislative strategies
First elected Chairman of the AAPI Caucus of the Georgia Democratic Party and is the highest ranking AAPI and Muslim American in Georgia Politics

Bonnie Youn

MODERATOR
Principal, The Youn Law Group

Has practiced complex immigration law since 1997
Past President & Current Board Member of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Associatiom

AALAC LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST

The Second Annual AALAC Legislative Breakfast is designed to be a relationship-building opportunity among AAPI leaders, Georgia elected officials and other policy makers. Speakers include: