2022 Suffolk County Asian American & Pacific Islander
Heritage Month Distinguished Honorees

An Organization that has contributed significantly
to the Asian American Community

American Malayalee Law Enforcement United

Asian American Individual who contributed significantly
to the Asian American Community

Dr. Chuyu Liu
Former co-principal of the Stony Brook Chinese School (from 2019 to 2021)
and Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Diana Zeldin
Community Leader and Advocate

Highly Accomplished Asian American Professional

Lucie M. Kwon
Financial Crimes Bureau Chief of the Honorable Raymond Tierney
Suffolk County District Attorney

Randy K. Young, MS.Ed.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Facilitator
Center for Community Inclusion at Long Island University

Dr. Mary Waring
Asian Pacific American Council of Educators Long Island

Fengshuo Lan, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center
Board Certified Hematologist, Medical Oncologist & Research Immunologist

Dr. Haiyan Gao
Associate Laboratory Director Nuclear and Particle Physics
Brookhaven National Laboratory



2021 Suffolk County Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration Honorees 

Highly Accomplished Asian American Professional

 Cory Kim
Suffolk County Police Officer

Shang Loh, M.D.
Stony Brook University Associate Professor of Surgery
Program Director - Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship
Associate Director – Stony Brook Aortic Center
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Stony Brook University Medical Center 

Arnold Reyes
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major

Yanping Yu, M.D.
Director, Fresenius Dialysis Center and St. Charles Hospital   


Outstanding Individuals Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community 

Xiaojun Guo, M.D.
Attending Physician Department of Anesthesiology
Stony Brook University Hospital 

Sandeep Thomas
Firefighter, Islip Fire Department

Dr. Tina Wu
Secretary, Board of Directors
Long Island Little Dragons Chinese School

Juyoung Yeo
Editor-in-Chief, Korean Times of New York 

 CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL 2021 DISTINGUISHED HONOREES

  

2019 Asian American & Pacific Islander
Heritage Month Honorees

Distinguished Organization Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community

PSEG Long Island

 High Accomplished Asian American Professional

Phil Eng
President Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)

 Asha Patnaik, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Program in Renaissance, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University

 Raju Venugopalan, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Nuclear Theory Group
Brookhaven National Laboratory

 Dr. Isma Chaudhry
President of the Islamic Center of Long Island

Lincoln K. Pao, M.D., FACR
Radiation Oncologist Consultants, PC

Outstanding Individuals Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community

Police Officer Jeffrey Damo
Suffolk County Police Department, Second Precinct Patrol Division and
Founding Member of the Suffolk County Asian Jade Society

Rahat Hossain
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Long Island Muslim Society

 2019 AAPI FLYER 

2018 Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage
Month Honorees

High Accomplished Asian American Professional

Sammy Chu
Chief Innovation Officer
Edgewise Energy

Police Officer Jeffery Fong
President
Suffolk County Police Asian Jade Society

Dr. Hong Ma 
Department Chair, Physics
Brookhaven National Laboratory


Outstanding Individuals Who Contributed Significantly
 to the Asian American Community

Ms. Younja Choi
Director 
New York Pilgrim Missionary Dance

Dr. Jingxuan Jim Liu
Associate Professor in Pathology
Stony Brook University Hospital

Mr. Dhan Bir Maharjan
President/Business Owner
Ronkonkoma Mark Corporation

2017 Asian American & Pacific IslandHeritage Month Honorees 

Distinguished Organization Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community 

Multicultural Council of New York 

Highly Accomplished Asian AmericanProfessional 
Police Officer Thomas Joy
Suffolk County Police Asian Jade Society

Dr. Etsuko Fujita
Senior Chemist, Leader of the Artificial Photosynthesis Group
Brookhaven National Laboratory 

Dr. Qingping Yao, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Rheumatology Program Director
Stony Brook University
 
Outstanding Individuals Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community 

Ms. Eunja Ko
Long Island Korean School Principal
 
Ms. Bina Sabapathy
President Elect
Indian Association on Long Island 

Chie Ja Chun
Educator, Poet, Artist and Community Activitist 
 

     2016 Asian American & Pacific Island

Heritage Month Honorees 

Distinguished Organization Who Contributed Significantly 
to the Asian American Community

Tzu Chi Foundation
The Center for Chinese Learning at Stony Brook

Highly Accomplished Asian American Professional

Police Officer Edwin Hugh
Vice President, Suffolk County Police Asian Jade Society

Mr. Piyush JoshiSr. Research Engineer
Electrical Group Leader Super Conducting Magnet Division
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Dr. Swosty Tuladhar Rheumatology Fellow
Stony Brook University School of Medicine 
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology

Outstanding Individuals Who Contributed Significantly
 to the Asian American Community

Ms. Caroah Khan
Mr. Choon B. Lee
Dr. Emilio Quines
Mr. Syed H. Rahman
Mr. John Tsunis

 

2015 SUFFOLK COUNTY
ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER
HERITAGE MONTH
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES

1982-2014 

 Special Recognition In Memory of New York City Police Officer “Detective Weijain Liu” and his family

Police Officer Weijan Liu and Rafael Ramos were shot and killed from ambush while sitting in their patrol car at the intersection of Myrtle and Thompskin Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Both officers were participating in an anti-terrorism drill, when a subject walked up to their patrol car and opened fire with a handgun, striking them both in the head and upper body multiple times.  Other officers immediately pursued the subject into a nearby subway station where the man committed suicide.

The subject was a gang member from Baltimore, Maryland who had traveled to New York City specifically to ambush police officers. The man had published his intensions on social media to the shooting.

Officer Liu has served with the New York City Police Department for 7 ½ years and was assigned to the 84^th Precinct.  He was posthumously promoted to the rank of detective. He survived by his wife of two months, and his father.

Distinguished Organization Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community

Asian Pacific American Association
 Brookhaven National Laboratory

 
Highly Accomplished Asian American Professional

Detective Fred Hom
Suffolk County Police Department and Foundling Father of the
Suffolk County Police Asian Jade Society

Dr. Yimei Zhu
Senior Physicist, Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University and Stony Brook University

Mr. Arthur Liu
President & CEO, Multi-Cultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.

Mr. Seung Lee
Korean-American Contemporary Artist and Director of Fine Arts
and Graduate Studies at Long Island University

Outstanding Individual Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community



Mr. Satnam Singh Parhar
President of the India Association of Long Island (AILI) and
Founder of Sant Baba Nidhan Singh Ji Cultural Society

Mr. Peter Papiewski
AAAB Youth Orchestra Artistic Director/Conductor
and Owner of Long Island Piano

Ms. Akie Naito-Gearns
Emerita Board Member of the Suffolk County
Asian American Advisory Board

 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR 2015 HONOREES

2014 SUFFOLK COUNTY
ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER
HERITAGE MONTH
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES


 Distinguished Charitable Organization Who Contributed
Significantly to the Asian American Community

Dr. Chung Chi Chou
President & Founder of  Wellbrook Foundation, Inc.

 
High Accomplished Asian American Professional

Dr. Wu-Tsung Weng
Senior Physicist, Collider-Accelerator Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Juan Rustia
 International Ambassador for ABS-CBN Foundation International

Gemma De Leon Lopresti
Executive Vice President of the Retail, Wholesale & Department
Store Union (RWDSU) , Secretary-Treasurer, RWDSU Local 1102.

Outstanding Individual Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community

 
Tomoko Torii
President & Executive Director Harmony for Peace Foundation

Bright Dae-Jung Limm
President of Korean Americans for Political Advancement

Eun Sun (Victoria) Choi
President of Amlotus International Language School

Mandhara Payackapan
Managing Director of Vajiradhammapadip Temple and
Emeritus Board Member of Suffolk County Asian American Advisory Board

Suolan Gao
Emeritus Board Members of the Center For Chinese Learning
at Stony Brook and the Suffolk County Asian American Advisory Board

CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL OUR 2014 HONOREES





 
Tzu Chi Foundation
Distinguished Organization that has contributed significantly
to the Asian American Community

Qun Shen
MingHua Zhang
Highly Accomplished Asian American Professional

Suk Chan Lee
Dr. Soonho Song
Dr. Anand M. Saxena
Lou Telano

Outstanding Individual Who Contributed Significantly to the
Asian American Community



CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL OUR 2013 HONOREES

2012 SUFFOLK COUNTY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
CONGRATULATES OUR HONOREES

Congratulations to the
2012 Asian Pacific American Heritage
Month Honorees

Catholic Medical Mission Board
Distinguished Organization that has contributed significantly
to the Asian American Community

Dr. Triveni Rao
Highly accomplished Asian American professional

Dr. Frank Shih

Outstanding Individual Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community

Dr. Sunita Gupta
Outstanding Individual Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community

Mr. Mel Guadalupe

Outstanding Individual Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community

Dr. Dazhou Wang
Outstanding Individual Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community

Phramaha Pradit Jaemsuwan

Outstanding Individual Who Contributed Significantly
to the Asian American Community

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