Workshop Speakers
Amy Duong Kim
Amy Duong Kim is an alumna of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science. After three years of actuarial consulting, she left the corporate world to pursue a career in real estate. Amy Duong Kim and her team have closed over $60 million and 250 transactions. The Duong Kim group has received accolades from the Chicago Association of Realtors, Jameson Sotheby's, and 5 star reviews on Yelp, LinkedIn, and Angie's List. She has recently been ranked #27 in her office of 300 agents with a sales volume of $12 million in 2013 and $20 million in 2014.
Kat (Dumlao) Lee
Kathleen (Kat) Dumlao Lee is an aKDPhi alumna from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is the 2013-2015 NAB Vice-President. Kat has over 7 years of Human Resources experience in varying industries and roles. Starting off as an agency recruiter, Kat started her career recruiting accounting and finance professionals for companies throughout the Chicagoland area. She then moved to internal Human Resource functions in the manufacturing, medical and technology industries. Kat also holds her Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certificate. Her areas of expertise include resume critique, interview preparation and benefits consultation and strategy.
Kat has a passion for Human Resources but even more so aKDPhi. She truly enjoys sharing knowledge that will help actives, new alums and experienced alums reach their career goals. On a personal level, Kat is the President of the Lee family household and mother to a rambunctious 2 year old, Xavier
Natalie Mak
Natalie Mak crossed in Spring 2008 as a Charter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated in 2010. Currently as the NAB Midwest Regional Coordinator, Natalie is responsible for organizing networking and social events throughout the Midwest. Professionally, she has held numerous positions in Marketing and most recently as a Marketing Events Manager. With over 5 years of event planning experience, Natalie is a great resource for actives and alumnae that are looking to plan small or large scale events!
Jessica Pan
Jessica Pan crossed in Spring 2008 as a Charter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated in 2011. Currently as the Director of Relations of the NAB, she is responsible for the national mentorship program and oversees the alumnae panels which occur at regional sisterhoods and conferences. Professionally, she has worked in Human Resources since graduation and interfaces with employees and candidates on a daily basis. Join her as she shares advice and tips that you can implement right away in your professional life!
Nicole Ponseca
A former advertising and production executive for Saatchi & Saatchi and for Euro RSCG, Nicole realized in 1998 that there lacked a major imprint of Filipino culture in the culinary arts. Dining at some of the best restaurants in the world, she realized Filipinos had no seat at the culinary table. Determined to change that, Nicole moonlighted for 12 years: Advertising exec-by-day and dishwasher-hostess-waiter-manager by night. Despite restaurants’ statistics of 90% failure rate and low expectations of Filipino Food, Nicole has beat the odds by introducing America to Filipino cuisine + culture with critically and commercially successful restaurants: Maharlika Filipino Moderno and Jeepney Filipino Gastropub, the former winning best restaurant and Michelin recommended and the latter obtaining a coveted 2 stars by the New York Times.
Her professional and civic duties have found her the recipient of many awards including the Bayani Award by FAHNS (Filipino American Historical National Society) and the Distinguished Woman of 2015 Award by the Philippine Consulate. California Native, Nicole Ponseca is a graduate of the University of San Francisco
Donna (Wang) Su
After years of corporate success, Donna switched over to higher education administration. In 2005, Donna took several graduate level coursework in higher education at Depaul University, which lead to her becoming certified as a CFP (Certified Financial Planner) through Northwestern University. In 2007-2008, Donna began her MBA at Kellogg at Northwestern University and finished with a Certificate in Business Administration in 2008. Recently, in May 2014, Donna completed her master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration, specializing in Non-profit Management at Northwestern University. For the past decade, Donna has worked full-time in admissions, financial aid, accounting, and currently at Northwestern University, Donna runs the graduate division of the music school handling admissions, financial aid, fellowships, grants, registration, student life, and career services.
Winnie Tong
Winnie Tong, a prison and drug policy reform advocate, is a Movement Building Intern at the Drug Policy Alliance, the nation’s leading organization fighting for drug policy reform. She previously interned at the King’s County District Attorney’s Office, where she worked with assistant district attorneys and social workers on domestic violence cases. Over the past year, she has volunteered on the other side as a Teaching Assistant through the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP), helping 15 inmates develop their writing skills to complete their Associate’s Degrees. Her experience with CPEP spurred her passion to address our country’s mass incarceration epidemic and its failed war on drugs.
She joined alpha Kappa Delta Phi in the spring of 2011 at Cornell University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and minors in Law & Society and Inequality Studies. She remains engaged in the Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander community, serving as the current Northeastern Governor, and continues to support groups like the East Coast Asian American Student Union, Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund.