Thank you for being part of the USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association’s 2026 Scholarship and Awards Gala! Your enthusiasm and support created a joyful evening that brought the Trojan Family together, honored our community’s strength and helped build a brighter future for USC students. Thanks to your generosity, our community raised nearly $63,000 for APAA scholarships – and counting!
Please make a gift of any size to support scholarships for deserving students. Every gift makes a positive difference in the lives of future leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs and artists.
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2026 Honorees
2026 Leadership Award
Peter Ho ’87, MBA ’92
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Hawaii
2026 Leadership Award
Michael Okabayashi MBT ’91
Senior Partner (Retired), Ernst & Young
President, Kochi Ventures
Senior Partner (Retired), Ernst & Young President, Kochi Ventures
2026 Service Award
Jeff Okita ’08
Vice President of Product and General Manager, Ontra Portland Trojan Network Co-Chair
2026 Young Alumni Award
Michelle Hanabusa ’13
Founder & Designer, UPRISERS
2026 Sponsors
Thank you to the sponsors for supporting the annual APAA Scholarship and Awards Gala. As the main fundraiser of the year, this support makes it possible to provide scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students at USC and to develop programming that engages alumni lifelong and worldwide.
Platinum Sponsor
Peter & Michelle Ho Family Fund
Gold Sponsors
Jamison Services Inc
Rod and Elsie Nakamoto
Michael and Kimberly Okabayashi
Cardinal Sponsors
Ross and Darlene Larson
Schism Design Architecture & Interiors
Drs. Patrick and Stefani Takahashi
US Bank
USC Alumni Association
Trojan Sponsors
Amy Chau and Toni Shibayama
East West Bank
The Furuike Family
Troy Fukumoto and Leland Nakaoka
The Suzanne Nora Johnson and David G. Johnson Foundation
Aigerim Shorman and Eric Tang
Southland Economic Development Corporation
Robert and Morgan Suzuki
USC Marshall School of Business
Tim and Terri Wong
Tony Zhang and Shirley She
Student Table Sponsors
Kuuipo Cashman and Sharon Wang
Ken Tsumura
USC Trojan Marching Band Sponsors
Robert and Kathleen Campos
Traveler Sponsors
Jerry Fukui, Gary Kawaguchi and Ken Kawaguchi
Lion Dance Performance
Patricia Tom Mar and Harry Mar
Past Honorees
APAA President’s Award
- Steven B. Sample
- Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Jr. ’83
APAA Leadership Award
- Husodo Angkosubroto ’77
- Frank Buckley ’87
- Junita Ciputra MBA ’88
- Tim Dang ’80
- Fung Der ’78, MBA ’79
- Wenda Fong ’75
- Michael Garrett ’67
- Sheree Roxas-Chua Gotuaco ’90
- Harun Hajadi MBA ’88
- Irene Hirano-Inouye ’70, MPA ’73
- Yosuke Honjo MBA ’98
- John Iino JD ’87
- Curtis C. Jung ’83
- Grant Imahara ’93
- Sabrina Kay MBA ’05
- Sidney Kanazawa JD ’78
- Young Kim ’94
- Andy Lee ’93
- Jaime L. Lee ’06, JD ’09
- Scott Lee ’81
- Kenneth Liang ’83
- Amy Liu MBA ’04
- Mitchell Maki ’82, MSW ’84, PHD ’93
- Baldwin W. Marchack DDC ’71
- Bryan B. Min ’86
- Glenn Osaki MA ’87
- Taryn Rose MD ’92
- Haruki Rocky Seto ’99, MPA ’01
- Jon SooHoo ’84
- Debbie Shon ’74
- Nita Song ’97
- Garrick (Rick) Wang ’88
- William Wang ’86
- Karen Wong ’83, JD ’86
- Oliver Wong ’76, MBA ’77
- Gay Yuen PhD ’95
APAA Legacy Award
- Sammy Lee MD ’47
- Albert Lum LLB ’65
- Yoshio C. Nakamura ’52, MFA ’53
APAA Distinguished Alumni Award
- Justice Joyce Kennard ’71, MPA/JD ’74
- Kenneth K. Miura ’54
APAA Service Award
- Julie Benniardi ’91
- Rebecca Branham MBA ’13
- Tony Choi ’81
- Bob Chong ’77, MBA ’79
- Darren Chu ’84, DDS ’85 & Sandy Chu ’85
- Frances Hashimoto ’66
- Wandy and Larry Jung PharmDs ’77
- Ysa Le PharmD ’94
- Christine C. Lee JD ’79
- Jennifer Lum ’82
- Chuck Miwa ’88, MBA ’00
- Melody Nishida ’78
- Ernie Ocampo ’00
- Tae-Hyun Oh ME ’83, EdD ’91
- Pranav Shah ’05
- Bong-rak Sohn MBA ’86
- The Hon. Michelle Park Steel EMBA ’10
- Ben Wong ’73, PhD ’78
- Debbie Wong ’75
- Francis Yamazaki MD ’81
APAA Young Alumni Award
- Justin Chon ’03
- Jon M. Chu ’03
- Brian Tetsuro Ivie ’13
- Sean Miura ’10
- Ken Ochiai ’06
- Justin Tandingan MPP ’14
APAA Corporate Leadership Award
- Union Bank of California
- Verizon
APASG* Award
- Jae Min Chang
- Edgardo de la Vega DDS ’71
- Yoshi Honkawa ’55
- David Hyun
- Mary C. Takagaki
- Carl Tamaki
- Kenjohn Wang
- The Honorable Delbert E. Wong
- Wilbur Woo
- Joselyn Geaga Yap
- Do Ngoc Yen
APASG* Founders Recognition Award
- Irene Hirano-Inouye ’70, MPA ’73
- Kenneth Kasamatsu ’68
- Alan Kumamoto
- Dennis Kunisaki
- Mary Kurushima
- Frank Kwan ’71
- Michael Matsuda ’82
- Sarah Miyahira
- Karen Wong ’83, JD ’86
APASG* Media Award
- The Chinese Daily News
- FM Seoul
- The Korea Central Daily
- The Korea Times
- Korean Television Enterprises
- KTAN
- Nguoi Viet
- The Philippine News
- Radio Korea
- The Rafu Shimpo
* Asian Pacific American Support Group (former name of the APAA)
Past Award Photos
