The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors provide the oversight and institutional vision of the organization. Many of our Board Members are young professionals who have been involved with CYI in the past.
Betty Chen, Chair
Betty currently works at Goldman Sachs. She graduated from Babson College with Bachelor's of Science in business management. Betty was a CYI participant, a facilitator for the summer program and first joined the board in 2004.
Elisa Rae Espiritu
Elisa has worked in the past with organizations such as The Posse Foundation, The International YMCA, and The Chinatown Working Group. Elisa has been a member of the Board of Directors for CYI for two years. She has an M.A. in Educational Leadership, Politics, and Advocacy from NYU's Steinhardt School of Education.
Helen He, Treasurer
Helen is an Associate at Metalmark Capital, a private equity firm in New York. Before joining Metalmark in 2008, she was an Analyst in the Global Power Group at Lehman Brothers. Helen joined CYI's Board of Directors in 2009.
Sixiang Wang, Director of On-line Communications
Sixiang taught for Chinatown Literacy Project for four years and taught at the Horace Mann School He is currently pursuing a doctorate in East Asian History at Columbia University.
Alice Wong, Secretary
Alice was a former facilitator of SLI 2003, and has been working with the CYI Board of Directors since 2004.
Chee H. Yap
Chee graduated from Amherst College in 2006 with a BA in Asian History. He is presently pursuing his interest in immigration law as a paralegal at a major international firm. A proud product of Malaysia, Poly Prep and Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Chee is a big believer in the power of diversity in action.
Ricky Yu
Ricky graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a BSE in Systems Science Engineering as well from Fordham Graduate School of Business. He was a facilitator and program planner during CYI's foundation. Ricky currently works with the New York Stock Exchange's Strategy and Analytics group.
