Steering Committee

Steering Committee Co-Chairs
Wong, DoreenaDoreena Wong

Doreena Wong has been organizing in the Asian, feminist, and LGBT communities for over 35 years and has formed numerous API LBT groups across the country. Her day job is working as the Director of the Health Access Project at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), whose mission is to advocate for civil rights,More…

Wong, MarshallMarshall Wong

Marshall Wong is a native of Los Angeles and has worked for the L.A. County Human Relations Commission since 1999. He authors an annual report on hate crime and frequently provides training on this topic. Previously, he held positions with the Smithsonian Institution and in the Office of the Mayor of Washington, D.C. Marshall wasMore…

Faith Committee Co-Chairs
Evangelista, EzraEzra Evangelista

Ezra Evangelista was born in Illinois, though raised in Southern California. He graduated from University of California: San Diego in 2009 with a degree in Mathematics and Economics. His work in the LGBT community started in San Diego with his involvement in community organizations: In the Mix, a group promoting healthy lifestyles and HIV preventionMore…

Fukui, Alex H.Alex H. Fukui

Alex H. Fukui is the co-chair of the Faith Committee at API Equality – LA. He holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA School of Law.

Fundraising Committee Co-Chairs
Teruya, YvonneYvonne Teruya

Yvonne Teruya is a Business Consultant with background in Multilevel Network Marketing, with more than 12 years of experience in sales and team building. She successfully built a downline with health/nutrition products that provided an impressive passive income. Her previous career was in Human Services/Social Services—specifically in the field of helping people with disabilities—in bothMore…

Truong, StevenSteven Truong

Steven Truong was born and raised in Monterey Park, California. After receiving his degree in Sociology and Asian American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he moved to Shenzhen, China to teach English, as well as to travel in Southeast Asia. Steven returned to the United States in 2007 and currently worksMore…

Media & Website Committee Co-Chairs
Alumit, NoelNoel Alumit

Noel Alumit has worked in the AIDS field for over 20 years, most of them with the Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team. He is a founding member of the HIV Prevention Planning Committee, a body that prioritizes HIV prevention dollars in Los Angeles. He has done Communication work for APAIT, the UCLA Art | GlobalMore…

Chan, Alan K.Alan K. Chan

Alan K. Chan is the co-chair of the Media & Website Committee. As a volunteer with API Equality-LA, he continues to volunteer with the same groups he worked with before the No on Prop 8 campaign as well as newly redirected groups like the LA Gay and Lesbian Center’s Vote for Equality research project thatMore…

Outreach & Recruitment Committee Co-Chairs
<!--:en-->Herbas, Ericson<!--:-->Ericson Herbas

Ericson Herbas is the co-chair of the Outreach & Recruiting Committee at API Equality-LA. He works at Latham & Watkins, a global law firm, as an in-house graphic designer producing marketing collateral, branding and business development. He’s a techno-geek from the Silicon Valley dot-com bust, from HP to Sun Microsystems. Ericson was a transplant fromMore…

Saidane, MimiMimi Saidane

Mimi Saidane is the co-chair of the Outreach and Recruitment Committee of API Equality-LA. Besides her work with marriage equality she is also an animal lover and advocate.

Public Education Committee Co-Chairs
Lopez, LoriLori Lopez

Lori Lopez is originally from Portland, Oregon but moved to Southern California during her undergraduate years at Pomona College. She earned her M.A. in Mass Communication at Indiana University and then headed back to California in 2008 to begin her doctoral work at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of SouthernMore…

Member At Large
Wang, KarinKarin Wang

Karin Wang is Vice President of Programs & Communications at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice. Prior to her current position, Ms. Wang launched and managed the Los Angeles civil rights office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and served asMore…