Joseph E. Aoun, a leader in higher education policy and a renowned scholar in linguistics, is the seventh President of Northeastern University.
President Aoun has strategically aligned the University’s research enterprise with three global imperatives—health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern’s faculty focus on interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurship, and transforming academic research into commercial solutions for the world’s most pressing problems. During President Aoun’s tenure, the University has realized a 189 percent growth in external research funding, along with approximately 1,500 patent applications filed by faculty and students.
Amidst the celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, it’s important to take pause, and acknowledge the alarming and dramatic rise in anti-Asian sentiment over the last two years and the growing reality of bystander apathy. Now take pause and ask yourself, are you an upstander or a bystander? Join this free virtual event featuring antibias and antiracist educator Liz Kleinrock to answer this very question and tackle these vital issues head on. From awareness to action, you will gain an understanding of the mental health, career and life impacts of Anti-Asian acts and obtain actionable strategies to effectively intervene. Learn how to move from bystander to upstander and truly support your AAPI colleagues in the workplace and beyond.
LIZ KLEINROCK (she/her) is a Korean-American, queer, Jewish, antibias, and antiracist educator of both children and adults, and creates curriculum for K-12 students, specializing in designing inquiry based units of study. In addition to her work as a classroom teacher, Kleinrock also works with schools and companies to facilitate learning for adults that supports antibias and antiracist practices. In 2018, she received the Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2019 delivered her TED Talk, How to Teach Kids to Talk About Taboo Topics." In the spring of 2021, Kleinrock released her first book, Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community with Heinemann Publishing, and is excited to announce the publication of four upcoming children's books with HarperCollins. She currently teaches and resides in Washington DC with her partner and two bunnies.
JINY KIM is vice president, policy and programs at Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, a national nonprofit founded in 1991 to advance the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. For 30 years, AAJC has served as the leading Asian American voice on civil rights issues in our nation’s capital, fighting for civil rights through policy advocacy, education, and litigation. Kim is responsible for developing and implementing AAJC’s strategic vision for its policy advocacy agenda, litigation, community engagement, and research initiatives. She was previously a litigator at a global law firm, where she represented corporate clients in complex cases before state and federal courts and in foreign jurisdictions. As part of her pro bono work, she represented asylum applicants from Guatemala and El Salvador. Kim previously served as Policy Director of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) where she coordinated policy advocacy and developed programs for the association and its affiliates nationwide at the local, state, and federal levels. Kim received her B.A. in Political Science and her M.A. in education policy analysis and evaluation from Stanford University. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Asian American Law Journal (AALJ) and a member of the California Law Review.
MANJUSHA P. KULKARNI (Manju) is executive director of AAPI Equity Alliance, a coalition of over 40 community-based organizations which serve and represent the 1.5 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles County. In March 2020, Kulkarni co-founded Stop AAPI Hate, the nation’s leading aggregator of COVID-19-related hate incidents against AAPIs. Recently, Kulkarni was one of five individuals awarded the Racial Equity Award by Bank of America for her service breaking down systemic racial barriers and creating economic opportunities for Black, Latino, Asian American and Native American individuals nationwide. In 2021, she was recognized by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential individuals and by Bloomberg/Business Week as one of 50 individuals “with the ability to move markets or shape ideas and policies” with the co-founders of Stop AAPI Hate, Cynthia Choi and Russell Jeung. Choi, Jeung, and Kulkarni were also awarded the 2021 Webby Social Movement of the Year. Kulkarni holds a BA from Duke University and a juris doctor degree from Boston University School of Law.
ALBA KIIHL is the global head of the compliance risk monitoring team (CRMT) at State Street. In this role, Kiihl leads a global team responsible for the design and execution of an independent monitoring and testing program covering compliance risks across the firm. She is also a member of the firm’s core compliance and ethics committee (CCEC) and incentive compensation committee (ICC). Kiihl has implemented industry leading practices relative to compliance monitoring and testing and established a centralized group intended to bring efficiency and effectiveness to the existing program. Through framework re-design, definition of roles and responsibilities, establishment of a global operating model, and organizational realignments, the centralized function was successfully implemented and remains in operation to this day. Kiihl graduated in Brazil and holds a BA in psychology. She subsequently received a master’s in management from Harvard Extension School. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and holds CAMS Advanced Certification in Audit. @statestreet
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