Michael K. Hyun was named Vice President for Procurement and Deputy General Counsel in February 2022. He oversees the corporate and commercial counsel group and is responsible for corporate, commercial, securities, disclosure, mergers and acquisitions and ESG matters in the law department. He also serves as the Chief Procurement Officer for the enterprise and is responsible for the development and execution of the procurement strategy, securing PSEG’s nearly $5 billion annual spend. Hyun joined the company in January 2015 as Associate General Commercial Counsel and was later named Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel. Prior to joining PSEG, Hyun was a Corporate Associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
Baldwin Chiu is the co-founder of Giant Flashlight Media and producer of the multi- award-winning PBS documentary, Far East Deep South, which chronicles his Chinese American family’s history in the Mississippi Delta. Chiu is also a professionally licensed engineer and a rapper/beatboxer known by his MC name, Only Won, who has gained recognition for many videos such as “Asian Americans Make History,” “12 Days of Dim Sum” and “I Wanna Be an Engineer.” He was a spokesperson for the Obama White House “Stay With It” campaign promoting careers in engineering using music and media while currently hosting the Love, Discovery and Dim Sum podcast with his wife, Larissa Lam. He is also an actor who has appeared in films such as The Pursuit of Happyness and The Hulk. Chiu is a speaker on panels addressing race, American history, immigration and minority representation in the media.
Jack (John Kuo Wei) Tchen is the inaugural Clement A. Price Chair of Public History and the Humanities at Rutgers University–Newark and Director of the Clement Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience. He served as the senior historian for a New-York Historical Society exhibition on the impact of Chinese Exclusion Laws on the formation of the U.S. and also senior advisor for the PBS American Experience documentary on the Chinese Exclusion Act. His most recent book, Yellow Peril: An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear (2014) is an archival study of images, excerpts and essays on the history and contemporary impact of paranoia and xenophobia. In 1996, he founded the A/P/A (Asian/Pacific/American) Studies Program and Institute, and research collections, at New York University where he worked closely with Jack G. Shaheen and brought in his research collection on anti-Arab representations in television and Hollywood. In 1980, he co-founded the Museum of Chinese in America.
Jennifer Rasing is a passionate scientist and leader who has spent a career of more than 20 years dedicated to the biopharmaceutical industry. She currently leads the Pan Asian Network (PAN) People & Business Resource Group for Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS). As Global PAN Lead, Rasing is committed to championing an inclusive workplace that welcomes, values and elevates diverse voices. Beginning her journey at BMS in 2004 as a research scientist, Rasing’s extensive experience in cell-based and immunological assays was key to the approval of multiple marketed products. She has spoken on behalf of BMS on topics such as inclusion, diversity, health equity and social justice in the AANHPI community, and led initiatives to elevate and advance Asian talent across BMS. In addition, Rasing has mentored aspiring future Asian leaders in the company.
Linda McDonald Carter served as an Associate Professor of Paralegal Studies, Political Studies and Criminal Justice and Director of the Paralegal Studies Program at Essex County College. Her humble beginnings started over decades ago during the tumultuous 1950’s, during Republican U.S. Senator, Joseph McCarthy’s “Red Scare Period” and the Freedom Movement era that evolved into the Black Power Movement. Linda blossomed early as a sacred active citizen, protesting the Vietnam War at the tender age of 12. She vividly recalls seeing the world through the eyes of the media and TV show about attorney Perry Mason versus the realities she witnessed daily growing up in the Scudder Housing Project, located in Newark’s Central Ward, before, during and after the 1967 Newark Rebellion and/or Civil Disturbance (Anything but a” riot”). She vowed then to become an attorney, not necessarily to practice law, nor make money; but, to help make a difference in her community assisting with interpreting the language of law and providing direction on how to navigate and negotiate the U.S. Legal System.