Officers & Board of Directors
The Chinese American Heritage Foundation is proud to be helmed by an exceptional Board of Directors and Corporate Officers.
CORPORATE OFFICERS
Chair of the Board & President: Esther Zee Lee
Esther Zee Lee, daughter to Shanghainese parents, was born in Hong Kong. She attended the Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, then matriculated from the Dana Hall Preparatory School in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Esther went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree and then graduated with a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Boston University. She was employed at V Tech Communication for 4 years and served as a volunteer in the children's ministry at the Boston Chinese Evangelical Church, where she headed up the church's Children Sunday School Classes.
Married to Wilson Lee, the Lees have 3 boys: Kirklin (Boston), Macklin (San Diego), and Collin (Boston).
The Lees took an early retirement and devote their time, energy, and resources to celebrate the Chinese American experience and share their stories with the world. The Lees also want to encourage more young people to be more actively involved in civic engagement and political empowerment. Five years ago, the Lees founded and funded the World Lee Youth Leadership Summit to bring younger members to traditional Family Associations and older Civic Organizations in Chinatowns across the U.S.
Together, Esther and Wilson are putting in place the necessary infrastructure to train and support future generations of America leaders.
In addition to co-founding the Chinese American Heritage Foundation, she is also Co-Founder and Charter President of the "Re-Chartered" Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Boston Lodge.
Vice President: Ai Cheng Goh
Ai Cheng Goh was born in Singapore. She came to the United States and worked her way through college, graduating with high honors from Illinois Institute of Technology, with a Bachelor of Science in Design.
From 1992-2016, she was National Director of Fuller Brush Company, founded in Somerville, MA in 1906.
Since 1994, She has been on the Executive Leadership Council of Melaleuca, Inc., a consumer direct marketing company with over one billion dollars in sales.
A nationally Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) since 2003, Goh opened her own fitness studio, e-Fit Mind Your Body, in 2005 and is a volunteer educator in women's fitness.
She is the owner and principal of Z Realty, located in Boston Chinatown, which she founded in 2003.
She served as Vice President of the "Re-Chartered" Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Boston Lodge in 2017 and is an advocate and supporter for the Chinese American WWII Veterans Congressional Gold Medal Act, introduced in Congress as H.R. 2358 and S. 1050. She is also on the Board of Directors for the Chinese American Heritage Foundation.
Ai Cheng is a proud mother of 2 children and 4 grandchildren.
Board Member: Kin Yan Hui
Mr. Kin Yan Hui is a retired Civil Servant engineer who served 35 years with the United States Department of the Air Force. Prior to his retirement in 2017, Mr. Hui was the Chief Engineer for four Air Force Cyber Systems.
Mr. Hui is an active community volunteer. He is the Past President of the Asian American Alliance of San Antonio. Mr. Hui is the District 6 Commissioner on the City of San Antonio Zoning Commission. He is the National Vice President of Membership for the Chinese American Citizens Alliance; the oldest Chinese American civil rights organization. Mr. Hui is the Treasurer of the San Antonio Chinese Community Council. Mr. Hui served with San Antonio Census Stakeholders in the 2020 Census. Mr. Hui is a member of the Metro Health COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Advisory Committee. He serves on the San Antonio Police Department Chief’s Advisory Committee.
Mr. Hui received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Houston. He was an Executive Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University. Mr. Hui earned a Master of Art in Management from Webster University.
Treasurer: Lianne Louie
Secretary: David Li
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ai Cheng Goh
Kin Yan Hui
SENIOR ADVISOR: David Lei
David is an accomplished entrepreneur with a deep-seated commitment to community development. After graduating with a degree in Business Administration from UC Berkeley, he started his own consumer goods exporting company in 1981 – but not before spending time in the social sector, working with at-risk Asian and African-American youth through Chinatown’s YMCA and Richmond’s Model Cities program.
Giving back to the community and learning how to create new economic opportunities were both foundational aspects of David’s upbringing. In college, David served on his first board as a member of Chinatown North Beach Family Planning. Since then, he has been on the leadership team of multiple organizations, including the Chinese Performing Arts Foundation (which he co-founded); the Chinatown Community Development Center (then known as the Chinatown Resource Center); the Center for Asian American Media; the San Francisco Lunar New Year & Parade Festival Committee; the City of San Francisco’s Asian Arts Commission; the Academy of Chinese Performing Arts; World Arts West’s San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival; the Asian Chefs Association; and UC Berkeley’s Berkeley China Initiative.
David is an active force in the community, working to introduce sustainable funding models to community-based organizations.
SENIOR ADVISOR: Major General William Chen, US Army Retired
SENIOR ADVISOR: Major General Robert G. Lee, US Army Retired
ADVISOR: Margaret Yee
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER: Kin Yan Hui
GRAPHICS DESIGNERS: Jaina Wong and Christina Lui
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER: Ken Fong
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: Thomas Ng
CREATIVE ADVISOR: Jennifer Kwan
ARTIST AT LARGE: Brandon Lau