Host and Platinum Sponsor
Time-Warner

Gold Sponsor
Credit-Suisse

MasterCard Worldwide

Silver Sponsors
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Goldman-Sachs

Corning

Wells-Fargo

Bronze Sponsors
BNY-Mellon

Colgate-Palmolive

General Electric

KPMG

Mcdonalds

Merck

National-Grid

New-York-Life

Pfizer

Green Print Sponsor
Marsh & McLennan Companies

Award Finalists Announced!
Asia Society Congratulates the 2012 Best in Class Finalists
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Cisco
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Corning Incorporated
Eli Lilly and Company
Freddie Mac
GE
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
IBM
KPMG LLP
Merck
New York Life Insurance Company
Pfizer
PG&E Corporation
Sodexo, Inc.
Results based on Asia Society’s report, available June 11. The report recognizes employers who best develop and promote Asian Pacific Americans to corporate leadership.
Agenda updated
We have updated our agenda here.
Look for us on the WSJ!
Look for Asia Society’s 2012 Diversity Leadership Forum Corporate Acknowledgement Ad today the Wall Street Journal (Update: 9 May paper)! The 2012 Best in Class Finalists, based on Asia Society’s Asian Pacific Americans Corporate Survey are also highlighted. You can find the Ad on the back cover of the Marketplace section, B12. It is running in the Greater NY, Washington DC/Baltimore and Northern California editions.

In case you missed it, you can find the WSJ Ad here
Also, download thel “Save the Date” post card here
Moving beyond the ‘model minority’
Ending Benign Neglect: Addressing the Needs of Asian-Pacific American Employees

Originally published in The Huffington Post on March 1, 2012
It is almost a truism that the model minority paradigm is harmful to Asian-Pacific Americans (APAs).
The generic trappings of “success,” from educational attainment and household income to purchasing power and market growth, hide not only real genuine disparities between different APA groups but are also often cited as reasons to overlook APAs in diversity discussions — a benign neglect of sorts. Research indicates that even in today’s political arena, where a few hundred votes can tip an election, APAs are frequently overlooked.
Nowhere is this situation more evident than in the workplace. Generally, APAs are able to obtain employment and progress through the junior and mid-level ranks. Yet, there has been no appreciable increase in their presence at the most senior levels, including the C-suite or corporate boards. If APAs have actually solved the riddle of success in corporate America, how can this be true?
2012 Diversity Leadership Forum: Sponsorship benefits
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Click here to learn more about different levels of sponsorship and their benefits.
For more information, please contact Jonathan Saw at JSaw@asiasociety.org or 212-327-9269.





