About Us
Our Mission
The Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce exists to foster Asian businesses and professionals within the state of Utah, particularly small businesses, with activities that result in a prosperous and economically healthy Asian community, and to promote international trade with Asian and other countries.
Our Purpose
The purpose of the Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce shall be to promote social, economic, and other business resources to enable its members to become successful entrepreneurs and professionals. This will be done by training, education, sharing of information, networking and other resources that will be made available through the Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce and Asian-owned businesses. The Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit, non-partisan and non-sectarian organization and abides by the rules set forth via IRS 501 (c) (6) classification.
Leadership 2026-2027
Emilio Manuel Camu
Chair
Utah Asian Festival, OCA APIA Utah, OCA APIA National, Pilipino American Association of Utah, University of Utah A3FSGSA
Janet Tran
Secretary
Morgan Stanley
Aileen Rizzuto
Treasurer
SoFi Inc, CAFA Utah, TamHanan
Kathleya Gracida
Past Chair
Guild Mortgage
Community Alliance of Filipino Americans Utah
Eunice Jones-Lane
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Windermere Real Estate, Asian Association of Utah, Utah Asian Charitable Foundation, CAFA Utah, CRWDA, AREAA Salt Lake
Anju Thapaliya
Director
Governor’s Office for Economic Opportunity
Deepika Shah KC
Director of Access Asia
University of Utah
Utah Asian Festival
Diana Hoang Nguyen
Director
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Ethan Hirabayashi
Director
University of Utah Health, Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, JACL Mt Olympus
Jenny Fu
Director
Adobe
Joseph Zhang
Director
Visage AI
Meili Myles
Director of Chopsticks and Forks & Utah Asian Business Summit
Business Advisors: Mergers & Acquisition
Myra Washington
Director
University of Utah
Namita Mahtta
Director
University of Utah
Trent Mano
Director
Convoi Ventures
Will Wang
Director of Membership
Zoe Giles
Director of Marketing
Columbia Bank
Alvin Wong
Ambassador
Morgan Stanley
Brandon Vongsawad
Ambassador
B Capital
Easton Kimura
Ambassador
US Bank
Vedika Duboliya's
Ambassador
University of Utah
Brian Johnson
Advisor
AlphaGraphics
Dr. Dinesh Patel
Advisor
Patel Family Investments
James Sorenson
Advisor
Ray Quinney & Nebeker
Kim Hinkle
Advisor
State Farm
Lavanya Mahate
Advisor
Saffron Group
Leslie Nuon
Advisor
U.S. Bank
Maria Recto
Advisor
Baird
Rick Lam
Advisor
State Farm
Robert Rendon
Advisor
Zions Bank
Shilpi Blanchat
Advisor
Boar’s Head
Asian Association of Utah
Conduit Consulting
Yvonne Tran-Estrada
Advisor
Bridge Financial
Ze Min Xiao
Advisor & Co-Founder
Center for Economic Opportunity & Belonging
Judge Raymond S Uno
Founder
Past Leadership
Thu Bui
Chair-elect
Peak Realty
Adam Channer
Director of Legal Affairs
Kirton McConkie
Shunta Nagano
Director of Membership
Goldman Sachs
Stephanie Sonoda
Director of Marketing
Intermountain Health
Sagar Pathare
Ambassador
Lucid Software
Kelly Dam
Intern
City Weekly
My Nguyen
Director
JPMorganChase