Suffolk County
Asian American Advisory Board
"One World, Many Cultures"
Suffolk County Asian American Advisory Board
Office of Minority Affairs, H. Lee Dennison Building
100 Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099
ph: 631-853-4738
alt: 631-975-2236
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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
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 84th 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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Suffolk County Asian American Advisory Board
Office of Minority Affairs, H. Lee Dennison Building
100 Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099
ph: 631-853-4738
alt: 631-975-2236
suffolka