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SILVAR Congratulates AREAA SV 2015 Leadership Team
SILVAR member Atsuko Yube was installed as the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) Silicon Valley's 2015 president at a gala dinner held last Friday at Levi's Stadium. Yube and the new board of directors and advisors were installed by AREAA founding chair and Director Emeritus Allen Okamoto. Approximately 200 members and representatives of other AREAA chapters and REALTOR® and other real estate professional associations, and local officials attended the event.
The 2015 officers and board directors of the AREAA SV chapter are Mike Bui (Equity One Real Estate), vice president; Katy Care (The Loan Story), secretary; and Brian Chong, CPA, treasurer. Board directors are Evan Huynh (Akimax Realty & Investment), past president; Lana Nguyen (Farmers Insurance), Raj Patel (Bank of America Home Loans), Clarice H'ng (Morgan Stanley Wealth Management), Andy Chung (Alain Pinel Realtors), Trisha La (Golden Point Finance), directors; and Michelle Lin (Red Wave Insurance Services), Nick Pam (PN Real Estate Group), Kurtis King (Wells Fargo Private Mortgage Banking) and Andy Ma (Wells Fargo Private Mortgage Banking), advisors.
The Asian Real Estate Association of America is a nonprofit professional trade organization founded in 2003 and dedicated to promoting sustainable homeownership opportunities in Asian American communities and advocating for policy positions at the national level that will reduce homeownership barriers facing Asian Americans. AREAA's membership represents real estate, mortgage and housing-related professionals that serve the diverse Asian American market.
AREAA's Silicon Valley chapter was founded in 2010. Yube is a founding member of the AREAA Silicon Valley chapter. She is a mortgage planner with Capital Lending Network, a division of The Loan Story, and a real estate broker owner and global real estate specialist.
Yube related how she first came to the U.S. as a teenager, straight from the city of Tokyo to rural Pennsylvania to learn English. Life in America opened doors she never expected, said Yube, and eventually led her to a career in real estate and AREAA.
"As president of the AREAA Silicon Valley, I will cherish the opportunity to lead this great organization and to carry out its mission and purpose by working together with the board of directors, advisors and our members to continue to make a difference in the Asian American community," said Yube.
Representing SILVAR at the event were President Chris Isaacson and Past President David Tonna. Global Business Council Chair Mark Wong and many SILVAR members also attended the event.
Isaacson conveyed SILVAR's congratulations to Yube on behalf of SILVAR. "SILVAR is proud to support AREAA and we wish you much success and look forward to working with you this year," said Isaacson.
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