Press Releases

The 2018 Ascend National Convention to Take Place at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, CA on August 20th to 22nd, 2018
Highly successful entrepreneurial brothers, Justin Kan, Founder of Justin.tv, Twitch.tv and Partner at Y Combinator; and Daniel Kan, Co-Founder and COO of Cruise Automation, to appear as featured speakers



Largest Asian Corporate Directors Summit Scheduled in San Francisco, CA
Ascend Pinnacle, with its Founding Partner, Deloitte, is pleased to announce the largest gathering of Asian Corporate Directors at the Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco on April 6-8th, 2018

Race Trumps Gender in Silicon Valley's Double-Paned Glass Ceiling
New Ascend Foundation study on intersection of race/gender in technology leadership shows scant progress for minorities; Asian women least likely to ascend to top ranks

2017 Ascend National Convention, the Largest Pan-Asian Business Event of the Year, Celebrated at the Marriott Marquis in Houston
Attendees powered up at the energy capital of the world

The 2017 Ascend National Convention to Take Place at the Marriott Marquis Houston, TX, on August 19-21, 2017
Shariq Yosufzai, Vice President, Global Diversity at Chevron Corporation, to receive the Inspiring Across Generations (IAG) Inspirational Leader Award and appear as a keynote speaker at the Ascend Awards Dinner


Inaugural Ascend Pinnacle Asian Corporate Directors Summit Sets the Stage for the Asian Pacific Heritage Month Celebration
Raj L. Gupta and U.S. Bank recognized with the Ascend Pinnacle/Deloitte Excellence in Leadership Individual and Board Awards, the first national corporate board and individual recognition for diversity and leadership

Ascend Reinforces Its Lifecycle Mission Through Groundbreaking Initiatives in the Board and Executive Space: Ascend Pinnacle and Corporate Executive Initiative
With founding sponsor, Deloitte, Ascend is hosting the largest, first-of-its-kind gathering of Asian American Corporate Directors in the world

The 7th Annual AscendNAAMBA Conference & Career Exposition to Take Place at New York Hilton Midtown, September 9-10, 2016
Arturo Nunez, Head of Marketing, Latin America at Apple to be Featured as the Mentoring Breakfast Keynote Speaker

2016 Ascend National Convention, the Largest Pan-Asian Business Event of the Year, Celebrated at Disneyland
Cross industry leaders join Ascend at the Most Magical Place on Earth




Study: Female Executives at the Center of Change and Innovation in Corporate America
Groundbreaking research examines the influence of women's leadership in today's global economy
Record Attendance at the 8th Annual Ascend National Convention in New York, the Largest Pan-Asian Business Event of the Year
Over 3,000 Registered Participants celebrate Ascend’s 10-Year Anniversary

The 8th Annual Ascend National Convention, the Largest Pan-Asian Business Event of the Year, to Take Place in New York on August 29th to 31st, 2015
Deloitte Chairman of the Board Mike Fucci to appear as a keynote speaker at the Ascend Benefit & Awards Dinner as Ascend celebrates its 10th Anniversary


Glass Ceiling for Asian Americans Is 3.7x Times Harder to Crack
Ascend Foundation publishes new research on Silicon Valley leadership diversity; Offers Executive Parity Index tool to measure the effect of race and gender