A-List Honorees

Shantanu Agrawal, MD, MPhil is Chief Health Officer at Elevance Health, where he oversees the enterprise whole health strategy, including medical policy, clinical quality, and delegation oversight, as well as our industry-leading work to address health-related social needs and health equity. Passionate about improving health outcomes and reducing disparities, Agrawal draws on his clinical and business expertise to push for a more equitable health space for the people Elevance Health serves. Accordingly, he also leads Elevance Health’s community health strategy and the Elevance Health Foundation. Outside of Elevance Health, Agrawal serves on numerous boards and committees that deepen his commitment to advancing health.

Muneera has more than 20 years of public accounting and financial services industry experience and currently serves as chief accounting officer and controller for Wells Fargo & Company. She manages accounting and reporting, corporate tax, and controllership activities such as financial controls, as well as oversight policies and processes for the company’s business groups and enterprise functions. After emigrating from India, she experienced first-hand the challenges that are common for women entering the workplace. She started out working in minimum wage jobs in fast food and at a local dry cleaner. Her past experiences fuel her passion to find ways to make a difference, and through hard work and determination, she has progressed in her career. Within the field of accounting, she has experience as auditor with a Big 4 accounting firm, a fellowship at the Securities and Exchange Commission and industry experience with several large banks.

As the Executive Vice President, Global Operations & IT, and Chief Sustainability Officer for AstraZeneca, Pam oversees AstraZeneca’s manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, IT and sustainability functions. Pam joined AstraZeneca in 2015 after spending 18 years with Merck/MSD in Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain and Commercial roles. As Head of Global Supply Chain Management & Logistics, she led the transformation of Merck’s Global supply chains, and as President of MSD China, Pam was responsible for MSD’s entire China operation. Prior to Merck, Pam held various engineering and project management positions. Pam holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA in marketing from Pace University. Pam serves as a Non-Executive Director for Smiths Group plc Board, a Trustee Member of the Board for Stevens Institute of Technology and as an Advisor to the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering Board of Directors.

Paul Choi is the global co-leader of Sidley’s mergers and acquisitions practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate governance matters. In the mergers and acquisitions area, he focuses on public and private mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spinoffs and joint ventures. His practice also includes counseling clients on takeover defense and proxy contests. Paul is included in the Corporate/M&A section of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business - The Client’s Guide and Chambers USA: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business - The Client’s Guide in Illinois. He has been recognized in The International Who’s Who Legal: Mergers & Acquisitions. Paul serves as President of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University, one of the University’s two governing boards. He is the former President of Harvard’s alumni association.

Jae Evans is Oracle’s global chief information officer and senior vice president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Platform Services. She’s responsible for accelerating Oracle IT’s cloud transformation, and her team provides IT services to Oracle’s 170,000 employees and developers worldwide. Jae also leads OCI’s platform services, including billing, subscription management, cost management, the OCI console, and Oracle Cloud Marketplace. In addition, her organization is responsible for ensuring the highest availability and SLAs for OCI customers, including customer engagement and support. She has more than 20 years of experience building and leading global teams across various industries, including ecommerce, enterprise cloud, online gaming, retail, and telecommunications. Jae is passionate about bringing diversity and inclusion (D&I) into the workplace. She’s the executive sponsor of D&I for OCI, a member of Oracle’s Executive D&I Council, and an active participant in and champion of various Oracle Professional Asian Leadership and Women in Tech events.

Umar Farooq is the Global Head of Financial Institution Payments and CEO of Onyx by J.P. Morgan. Onyx is a J.P. Morgan business unit that leverages cutting-edge technologies like Blockchain to develop innovative products, platforms and marketplaces. Prior to this Umar was the Global Head of Digital Wholesale Payments and Head of Blockchain for the Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB). Previously he was the CFO responsible for financial oversight and business management across CIB Technology, Operations, and Controls. Umar has also held leadership positions in Chase Bank in the past including Head of Small Business Segment and National Sales Manager for Chase Business Banking. Umar holds a B.S. in Computer Science, B.S. in Economics and M.Engg. in Computer Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Umar received his JD from Yale Law School.

Tiffany Hong is Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Jenny Johnson, President and CEO at Franklin Templeton. Prior to this, she held numerous roles within the company during her 28 years tenure including CAO of Technology and Operations, SVP of Strategy and Planning for Franklin Templeton Services. Tiffany is a founding member and co-executive sponsor of Franklin Templeton's Asian Pacific Islander Business Resource Group. As a long-time resident of the San Mateo County in California, Tiffany is an active community leader and serves on the Board of LifeMoves, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless families and individuals regain permanent housing and self-sufficiency. Tiffany began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Francisco. She is a graduate of the Haas Business School at University of California, Berkeley. Tiffany was refugee from Vietnam and came to U.S at age of 15.

Angela Hwang is a member of Pfizer’s Executive Team and Chief Commercial Officer, President of Global Biopharmaceuticals Business, Pfizer’s commercial organization. With 26,000 colleagues across 125 countries, she is responsible for bringing over 600 innovative medicines and vaccines to patients. In 2022, 1.3 billion people benefited from Pfizer’s medicines or vaccines to improve their health. Pfizer Biopharma generated approximately $100 billion in 2022 revenues. Pfizer Biopharma encompasses transformational medicines that address major global health priorities including cancer, COVID, infectious diseases, inflammation & immunology, preventative care with vaccines, primary care, and rare disease. She is responsible for innovative access partnerships with payers and governments globally. Angela ranked on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women List for a third year at 13 in 2022. She received her BS in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of Cape Town and her MBA from Cornell University.

Joyce is a strategic member of the Janssen Pharmaceuticals Group Operating Committee (GOC) and J&J Technology Leadership Team. She is responsible for Technology strategy and drive data and digital business transformation using innovative technology capabilities to serve patients needs. Joyce has business management and P&L experience as Managing Director, J&J Consumer. Joyce brings a breadth of experiences across different industries like Chemical, Oil and gas, Agriculture and Retail. Joyce is an active champion of Diversity and Inclusion and frequently speaks at J&J Women Leadership Initiatives. She is the Executive Sponsor for our JJT SAPNA ERG North America Chapter and member of the J&J iQvia Enterprise Advisory Group. Outside J&J, Joyce is a member of the North America Pharmaceutical Information Systems Association (PISA) and an active member of Gartner Research Board. In June 2022, Joyce was appointed as Executive Council Board member for Innovation and Enterprise at National University of Singapore.

Megan Myungwon Lee is chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Panasonic Corporation of North America. In her role, Megan leads the company’s growth strategy and is responsible for guiding its ongoing business evolution. With over thirty years of experience, Megan has served in a variety of leadership roles and has been instrumental in spearheading new business initiatives, strategic planning, digitization of human resources management, as well as the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategy.

A catalyst of innovation, a pioneer of programmatic, a collaborative business partner, and fierce believer in diversity and inclusion, Helen Lin is responsible for driving integrated digital solutions across Publicis Groupe, while leading the holding company’s broader digital strategy, partnerships, investment and negotiations – including representing the organization in industry-leading initiatives to continually improve the standards and brand safety on the world’s largest consumer platforms. Prior to her current role, she served as Chief Digital Officer for Publicis Media where she oversaw all digital and programmatic strategy, partnerships, investment and negotiations on behalf of the network globally. She has been recognized as a 2022 UJA-Federation of New York “Industry Visionary,” 2019 ADCOLOR Legend, Campaign US Female Frontier winner, MediaPost Digital All-Star, Adweek Media All-Star, Cynopsis Top Women in Digital honoree, and was recently appointed Vice Chair for the American Advertising Federation (AAF).

Sarena Lin has been a member of the BoM of Bayer AG since February 1, 2021. As Chief Transformation and Talent Officer, she is responsible for Human Resources, Strategy and Business Consulting. Lin studied Computer Science at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated with a bachelor's degree. She then earned an MBA in Strategy and a Master's degree in International Relations from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. From 1998 to 2011, Lin worked at McKinsey. From 2011 to 2017 she acted as the Corporate VP of Strategy and Business Development and subsequently as President of the Feed and Nutrition business at Cargill in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2018, Lin joined Elanco, where she served as President of Elanco USA as well as Executive VP of Corporate Strategy and Global Marketing. Most recently, she was a member of the Executive Committee with responsibility for Transformation and Technology.

Sangeeta Moorjani is an executive leader at Fidelity Investments and has held several senior leadership positions since joining Fidelity over 25 years ago. Currently, she is the Head of Fidelity’s Tax-Exempt business and Retirement Solutions, serving over 500 mission-driven institutions and delivering workplace benefits to their 7.5 million employees. Sangeeta believes the impact of strong leadership in financial services is through helping people make decisions about their financial futures. She is an advocate for advancing women’s leadership and promotes Asian cultural awareness and inclusion at Fidelity and beyond. She serves on the board of two non-profit organizations; TiE Boston focused on entrepreneurship and Pratham USA focused on literacy and learning for children in India. Sangeeta has a passion for helping people uncover their full potential and takes pride in coaching and developing high performing teams and practices servant leadership mindset.

Maran Nalluswami is the EVP and CEO of the Diversified & Value and Lifestyle platforms at Synchrony, a premier consumer financial services company. Maran leads teams that deliver customized financing programs, multi-channel shopping experiences and loyalty solutions for a variety of industries. Maran also leads business development for the company's commercial organizations. Prior to Synchrony’s separation from GE in 2015, Maran served as head of the Central Region for GE Capital, overseeing the leveraged finance and equipment finance business. As an active member of Synchrony's Asian Professional Engagement Network+ (APEN+), Maran focuses on driving SVP engagement in the network to offer mentorship to APEN+ talent. Maran was also the recipient of 2014 Asian MBAs Global Emerging Leaders Award. Maran works to drive awareness of Parkinson's with Cure PSP and the creation of a Foundation in his mother's name, which funds research and assistance to families of those with the disease.

Todd Park is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Devoted Health, a company focused on dramatically improving the health and well-being of older Americans by caring for everyone like they are family. Prior to Devoted, Todd served as U.S. Chief Technology Officer, White House technology advisor based in Silicon Valley, and CTO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President Barack Obama. In these roles, he introduced new ways for technology to advance the public interest across diverse government domains. Prior to his work in government, Todd co-founded pioneering health information technology companies Athenahealth and Castlight Health. He has been recognized as one of Fast Company’s most creative people in business and by Rock Health as “Disruptive Founder of the Year.” Todd currently serves on Harvard University’s Board of Overseers and the board of New America and is a 2017 Henry Crown Fellow with the Aspen Institute.

Neddy has more than 28 years of experience in Human Resource and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion globally across various industries. She has served as an advisor on various initiatives impacting the Asian community in the U.S. to increase the understanding of Asian Business Professionals and their advancement in the corporate space. Neddy is an advocate of removing corporate cultural barriers impacting under-represented communities. Her work in STEM has been recognized by the UN, her work on women has been recognized by Congress and the Manufacturing Institute. In 2022 she was inducted into the Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame. Neddy has been recognized over the years for various aspects of driving diversity change through various media outlets. She is a servant leader that has served on various boards from the Society of Human Resources Management Foundation, National American Red Cross Diversity Council, past chair DiversityMBA Board, etc.

As Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (CDEIO) for Deloitte US, Kavitha Prabhakar leads Deloitte’s strategy and commitment to drive more equitable outcomes across the organization’s talent practices, client-facing and operational activities, and impact on society. Kavitha spearheaded the release of Deloitte’s DEI Transparency Report, first issued in 2020, which set a new standard for diversity data transparency and accountability. As a woman in STEM herself, Kavitha co-leads the Executive Women in Technology initiative for Deloitte’s Chief Information Officer Program, and is personally committed to increasing representation of girls in STEM by engaging in K-12 education in local communities. She has led various Women’s Initiative programs for financial services including 100 Wise Women and Women on Wall Street. As CDEIO, Kavitha has championed $26 million in pro bono and donations to organizations for improving social justice, employment, wealth, and equal educational opportunities, with additional funding for organizations addressing anti-Asian discrimination.

Nancy Quan is Senior Vice President and Chief Technical and Innovation Officer for The Coca-Cola Company. In her leadership position, she oversees a networked team that creates innovation pipelines to enable short-and long-term growth; delivers safe, quality and environmentally sustainable consumer solutions across global markets; and drives transformational and scalable supply chain solutions to maximize customer and consumer value. She is passionate about mentorship and is an active member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board. She has received various recognitions including Top 40 Women in Innovation, 50 Outstanding Asian Americans in Business, Outstanding Alumni Award, Purdue Pioneer Women Award, and was inducted both into the Hall of Fame Nutrition Department at Purdue University and into the YWCA Academy of Women Achievers. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Liberty Mutual Group and the Industry Affiliates Advisory Board for the University of California Davis MBA Program.

Faiza J. Saeed is Cravath’s Presiding Partner.  She advises public companies, boards of directors and special committees in connection with M&A, corporate governance and crisis management, including takeover defense and proxy contests. Faiza serves as a Trustee of The Paley Center, New York‑Presbyterian and the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, and on the Boards of Directors of the Partnership for New York City and The Paley Foundation.  She is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and The Economic Club of New York. In 2019, Faiza was named one of the Asia Society’s Game Changers.  She is a recipient of the Judge Learned Hand Award and the Judge Simon Rifkind Award.  Faiza has been designated a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (Davos) and named one of “Wall Street’s 100 Masters of the New Universe” by The New York Times. 

As Chief Executive Officer of Personal Banking & Wealth Management, Anand Selvakesari is responsible for Citi's U.S. Personal Banking business, which includes the market leading Branded Cards and Retail Services cards business, and Retail Banking; and Global Wealth Management business serving clients across the wealth continuum in North America, Latin America, Asia and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Anand is a member of the Citi Executive Management Team. Anand has over 30 years of experience in Consumer Banking, Wealth Management and Commercial Banking, all of it at Citi across multiple markets globally. A Citi veteran, Anand began his career with Citi India in 1991, followed by country and regional leadership roles in Consumer Bank across several markets in Asia and has lived and worked in India, Singapore, Taiwan, China, and the United States. Anand earned a Bachelor of Mechanical engineering and an M.B.A. in finance and marketing in India.

Ms. Helen Shan is EVP, Chief Revenue Officer at FactSet, responsible for driving revenue growth by managing global sales, client solutions, marketing and corporate communications. She transitioned from the position of CFO, where she managed financial performance through global financial reporting, operations, treasury, corporate development and investor relations. Previously, she was at Mercer as its CFO and Marsh McLennan as its Treasurer. She also has held senior executive positions at Pitney Bowes and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. Ms. Shan earned an MBA from the Johnson School at Cornell University and undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and School of Applied Science and Engineering. She is a member of the Board of Directors of EPAM Systems, Inc., and an emeritus member of the Cornell University Johnson School Advisory Council.

Raj Sharma serves as the EY Americas Vice Chair for Consulting. He is a global business executive and transformative technology leader with more than 25 years of experience. Today, Raj leads ~27,000 people across the Americas region in fulfilling the EY Consulting ambition of becoming the leading transformation consultancy, trusted to help the largest and most complex clients generate long-term value. Prior, Raj served as the Consulting Managing Partner for the EY Americas Financial Services Organization (FSO), where he led a multi-billion-dollar business with double digit growth and spanning 10,000 professionals across the US, Canada, Latin America and India. Raj is dedicated to building and cultivating a diverse workforce that is business-led and tech-enabled, adapting quickly to evolving customer needs and preferences, elevating enterprise efficiency and resiliency, driving differential business performance, redefining the sustainable workplace and organization of the future, and effectively managing risk.

Domee Shi began as a story intern at Pixar Animation Studios in 2011, and was soon hired as a story artist on the Academy Award®-winning feature film “Inside Out.” Since then, she has worked on the feature films “The Good Dinosaur,” “Incredibles 2” and the Academy Award®-winning “Toy Story 4.” In 2015 Shi wrote and directed the Pixar short film “Bao” which won the Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film. In her role as a VP of Creative, Shi consults on films in both development and production. Shi most recently directed and co-wrote the Academy Award®-nominated feature film “Turning Red”. Shi graduated from the animation program at Sheridan College. Her creative influences include anime, Disney, and Asian cinema. Shi currently lives in Oakland, California and notes that her love of animation is only rivaled by her love of cats.

Dr. Prahlad Singh is President and Chief Executive Officer of PerkinElmer Inc., a global corporation delivering unique solutions that serve the Life Sciences and Diagnostics markets. Prior to this appointment in December 2019, Dr. Singh served as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer. He joined PerkinElmer in 2014 as the President of the Diagnostics business. Previously, Dr. Singh was General Manager of GE Healthcare’s Women’s Health business, responsible for its mammography and bone densitometry segments. He has also held senior executive level roles in strategy, business development and mergers & acquisitions at both GE Healthcare and Philips Healthcare. Dr. Singh’s research work has resulted in several issued patents and publications in peer reviewed journals. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Analytical, Life Science & Diagnostics Association (ALDA) and Amphenol Corporation. Additionally, he is a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital President's Council.

Inhi Cho Suh is the President of Product, Technology and Operations for DocuSign. Before joining the executive team, Inhi served on the DocuSign board of directors from 2018 to 2022. Prior to joining DocuSign, Inhi served as the General Manager of Global Strategic Partnerships at IBM. She previously held other roles at IBM including General Manager of Watson Customer Engagement from 2018 to 2020, General Manager for IBM Collaboration Solutions from 2016 to 2018, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development from 2014 to 2016, and General Manager, Big Data from 2013 to 2014. From 2010 to 2013, Inhi served as Vice President, Product Management and Strategy, Information Management Software at IBM and as Vice President, Marketing for Information Management Software from 2007 to 2010. Inhi received a B.S. in Biology, History and Women’s Studies from Duke University and a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law.

Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh is Head of Global Customer Experience at Asana. She leads all post-sales functions including support, customer success, and professional services. Her team is focused on creating exceptional customer experiences by accelerating engagement, value, and growth for customers of all sizes. Prior to her current role, Neeracha was EVP, Customer Success at Salesforce, managing a global team of 4,000. Over her thirteen year career at Salesforce, she has held go-to-market leadership roles focused on Industries, Partners, and Sales Strategy. Neeracha was born in Bangkok, Thailand, grew up primarily in Asia, and holds BA & MBA degrees from Stanford. She serves as a board member for the Girl Scouts of Northern California, and Safe & Sound, a San Francisco nonprofit focused on child abuse prevention. She actively mentors and supports women & Asian-focused initiatives in her community and workplace, and is a proud mother of two daughters.

Brenda Tsai is executive vice president and chief marketing officer for State Street and is responsible for the firm’s global brand and marketing strategy and execution, including content, digital marketing, events, product campaigns and media relations. Brenda has led teams across every facet of marketing and communications and has continually looked to create and amplify purpose-driven brands by leveraging the power of analytics. She has modernized marketing and communications for some of the world’s leading financial services, technology and manufacturing firms. Previously, Brenda served as the chief marketing officer of BNY Mellon, where she led a global rebrand and website relaunch for the firm and a managing director at General Electric driving GE’s “Imagination Breakthroughs” and a P&L leader at Procter & Gamble. Brenda earned a dual master’s degree in business administration and international studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree with honors from Stanford University.

Tiger is one of the industry leaders who pioneered a new global business model and transformed a division of General Electric (GE Capital International Services) into Genpact, a global professional services firm delivering digital transformation solutions for clients. Genpact has more than 100,000 employees and annual revenues of $4.0 billion USD as of December 31, 2021. In his current role, Tiger counsels and collaborates with C-suite executives of large global corporations, helping them drive change in their companies to improve their competitiveness. He frequently writes and speaks on such topics as digital disruption, global talent issues, continuous skill development, and the importance of building a strong corporate culture. Tiger is also on the Board of Kantar, a leading data, insights, and consulting company where he brings his expertise in contributing to their business innovation and transformation agenda.

Kenji Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and the Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. A graduate of Harvard (AB summa cum laude), Oxford (MSc as a Rhodes Scholar) and Yale (JD), he specializes in constitutional law, antidiscrimination law, and law and literature. Yoshino is the author of four books. Most recently, "Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice", which was co-authored with David Glasgow and published by Simon and Schuster in February 2023. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship, including the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, the Peck medal in jurisprudence, and the University’s Distinguished Teaching Award. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, two children, and a Great Dane.

Farhad Zaman is a Deals Partner at PwC and serves on PwC’s US Leadership Team as the Chief Network Officer. Farhad’s role is to lead and execute on PwC’s global strategy across the PwC Network and to ensure that clients have a consistent, tech-enabled, quality experience. Farhad collaborates and consults with senior territory and alliance partners, global clients and other key stakeholders on a range of business and geopolitical matters. He is also responsible for prioritizing investments to drive innovation and growth at scale across the PwC network. Farhad is also actively involved in PwC’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. He serves on the Foundation Board for the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Born in Bangladesh, Farhad has lived on five continents and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia as well as executive diplomas from Columbia University and INSEAD.