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Dr. Benjamin Camacho has more than 20 years of serving the Filipino community and the diverse communities in San Diego as a respected and valued cardiologist. He is a member of a medical mission team traveling annually to remote villages in the Philippines giving medical care to the underserved and impoverished communities. His commitment to caregiving and the well-being of the community is matched with his passion for the promotion and growth of Philippine arts and culture. Dr. Camacho has been a major contributor and patron of Philippine arts and culture in San Diego. He is the honorary co-chair of the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory, a scholarship grantor for the Mabuhay Scholarship in San Diego, a school building donor in Pangasinan, Philippines, and a sponsor and supporter of Philippine Heritage events in San Diego, the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra and independent Filipino film screenings in San Diego.
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Wendy is the managing partner of Pascual & Associates, LLP, an accounting firm based in San Francisco. She has more than 25 years of extensive experience in accounting, audit and tax, 20 years of which were from PwC. She focuses in financial auditing, assessment of internal controls, compliance audit, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, IFRS, accounting operations, design of internal control systems, business operations and acquisition review as well as management of jobs and special engagements of small to medium companies. Wendy sits on the board of non-profit organizations in San Francisco and San Diego and serves as a film producer at OneUp Studio Film Productions.
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Eunice Bragais is a Trust Officer at U.S Bank. Eunice provides personal trust and estate services to individuals and families at all stages of life. She helps manage the complexities of wealth preservation and distribution for her clients and their families. In addition, she supports accounts for corporations and non-profit organizations, and she is in charge of administration of trusts where U.S. Bank has been named trustee. Eunice began her career in the banking and financial services industry in 2005. Prior to joining U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management, Eunice held the position of Personal Trust Associate. Eunice is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Miramar College Foundation and a member of the Advisory Board of Directors for Pacific Arts Movement.
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Sonia T. Delen is a Senior Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. As a Transaction Manager, she is primarily responsible for the negotiation and execution of multi-million dollar financing transactions. Sonia is the highest ranking Filipina at Bank of America Leasing and a recipient of Bank of America Spirit of Excellence Award. Sonia serves in the Philanthropy Committee of Bank of America’s Leadership, Education, Advocacy and Development (L.E.A.D) for Women, member of Power of 10 and the Asian Network League.
Sonia sits on the boards of non-profit organizations, a published author, movie executive producer, and has been invited as a speaker in diversity, leadership, work-life balance, and entrepreneurship. In 2015, Sonia was appointed by California Governor Jerry Brown to the Board of Trustees of the Health Professions Education Foundation, providing scholarships and loan repayments to health professionals serving in medically underserved areas in California. Sonia was honored by Filipina Women’s Network (“FWN”) as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the United States in 2007. She is a member of Class 2011 of Leadership California, women’s leadership organization dedicated to advancing the leadership role women play in impacting business, social issues and public policy.
Sonia is chairperson of the Campaign For Filipino Children, an initiative of the Apl.de.ap Foundation International to combat blindness caused by Retinopathy of Prematurity in premature babies by providing training to ophthalmologists and equipment to select Philippine hospitals. Sonia is the executive vice president of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association of San Francisco; president of the Board of the Filipino Food Movement; a member of the Filipina Women’s Network and Philippine International Aid (“PIA”) a non-profit organization established in 1986 with the mission of providing educational assistance to disadvantaged youth in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the Philippines. She was a founding member (with the SF Philippine Consulate & Dept of Tourism) of the Kulinarya Showdown, a Filipino culinary amateur and professional chefs competition, aimed at elevating and promoting Filipino cuisine in mainstream US and Philippine tourism. As a parent of a blind and hearing-impaired son (David), she is a strong advocate for children and adults with special needs. She has served on Boards of Support for Families of Children with Disabilities and the Blind Babies Foundation.
Sonia is a founding partner of AcuGlobal Endeavors, LLC, a private San Francisco-based international trading, licensing, brand development and film production company. She is an Executive Producer of documentary films, including the critically-acclaimed full feature documentary film HARANA: the Search for the Lost Art of Serenade.
Sonia sits on the boards of non-profit organizations, a published author, movie executive producer, and has been invited as a speaker in diversity, leadership, work-life balance, and entrepreneurship. In 2015, Sonia was appointed by California Governor Jerry Brown to the Board of Trustees of the Health Professions Education Foundation, providing scholarships and loan repayments to health professionals serving in medically underserved areas in California. Sonia was honored by Filipina Women’s Network (“FWN”) as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the United States in 2007. She is a member of Class 2011 of Leadership California, women’s leadership organization dedicated to advancing the leadership role women play in impacting business, social issues and public policy.
Sonia is chairperson of the Campaign For Filipino Children, an initiative of the Apl.de.ap Foundation International to combat blindness caused by Retinopathy of Prematurity in premature babies by providing training to ophthalmologists and equipment to select Philippine hospitals. Sonia is the executive vice president of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association of San Francisco; president of the Board of the Filipino Food Movement; a member of the Filipina Women’s Network and Philippine International Aid (“PIA”) a non-profit organization established in 1986 with the mission of providing educational assistance to disadvantaged youth in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the Philippines. She was a founding member (with the SF Philippine Consulate & Dept of Tourism) of the Kulinarya Showdown, a Filipino culinary amateur and professional chefs competition, aimed at elevating and promoting Filipino cuisine in mainstream US and Philippine tourism. As a parent of a blind and hearing-impaired son (David), she is a strong advocate for children and adults with special needs. She has served on Boards of Support for Families of Children with Disabilities and the Blind Babies Foundation.
Sonia is a founding partner of AcuGlobal Endeavors, LLC, a private San Francisco-based international trading, licensing, brand development and film production company. She is an Executive Producer of documentary films, including the critically-acclaimed full feature documentary film HARANA: the Search for the Lost Art of Serenade.
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Conrad “Radi” D. Calalang is a management consultant and entrepreneur in the technology industry. He is currently the managing partner of TechCivilization, a San Francisco based technology consulting and investment company. Radi spent nearly two decades leading successful tech teams for Silicon Valley companies such as Electronic Arts (EA), Sony Interactive Entertainment, Hewlett-Packard, and eBay. Radi is also the chairman of KalayaanSF, a San Francisco Bay Area organization dedicated to empowering overseas Filipinos through various community and business advocacies. Radi is currently an Executive Producer on a number of film projects under OneUp Film Studios. Radi graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s and two master’s degrees covering history, business, and technology.
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Alicia DeLeon-Torres has 25+ years of local, national, and international experience in working with Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in developing creative, culturally competent, and accessible solutions to evolving issues. She developed the first culturally specific Filipino youth suicide prevention curriculum in the state of California. A large part of Alicia’s background consists of grants/fund development/management where she often grew, sometimes more than doubling, the budget of the programs and agencies she worked for. She has served on the Honorary Philippine Consul Advisory Board/San Diego, San Diego Union-Tribune’s Community Advisory Board, California State Attorney General’s Civil Rights Commission on Hate Crimes, State of California Problem Gambling Task Force/AANHPI Communities,City of San Diego Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention, and the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Art Committee. She was a recipient of the University of Southern California/California Endowment Journalism Fellowship, The California Wellness Foundation Violence Prevention Fellowship, and Woman of the Year for California 76 th Assembly District 1998. Alicia currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Alexander and Eva Nemeth Foundation. She also continues to expand her writing repertoire as a freelance journalist and creative writer.
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Ronnie del Carmen joined Pixar Animation Studios in the summer of 2000 during the production of “Finding Nemo” and became a story supervisor on the film. He did production design on the Academy Award®-nominated short film, “One Man Band” and story work on Oscar®-winning, “Ratatouille.” Del Carmen was Head of Story on Disney/Pixar’s Academy Award winning feature, “Up” and is the co-director of Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out.” Del Carmen also made his directorial debut with the short film “Dug’s Special Mission” released on the “Up” DVD and Blu-Ray. In addition to his work on feature and short films he contributed his artistic talents to the illustrating the children’s book, “My Name is Dug,” written by Kiki Thorpe. Del Carmen attended the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising. Ronnie moved to the United States in 1989 and served as a storyboard artist for Batman: The Animated Series and then worked for DreamWorks, as a story supervisor. – IMDb Mini Biography By: Pixar Animation Studios.