Welcome to Our New Board Members
/We are excited to announce Ada Chu, Bartholomew Jae, Sarah Kim, and Ellen Wang have joined the BCNC Board of Directors.
Ada Chu, State Street Corporation
Bartholomew Jae, National Fire Protection Association
Sarah Kim, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Ellen Wang, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Ada Chu
Ada Chu is a Managing Director at State Street. In her current role in Finance, she is responsible for setting the risk management strategy for key areas of risk within the department and driving the direction and the execution of risk priorities with key stakeholders across the firm.
Prior to her current role, Ada served as the Business Risk Executive leading, managing and implementing first line risk management and compliance efforts across State Street’s Alternative Investment Services business.
Before joining State Street, she worked at Wellington Management for more than 8 years, where she served in various capacities. She established the firm’s external audit process; managed the firm’s Investment Advisor’s Compliance Program; developed and conducted global risk assessment reviews globally; and led risk management and compliance functions within the Global Trading Department.
Ada Chu is a graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor of Art in Mathematics and holds a Master of Business Administration.
Why are you excited to join the BCNC Board of Directors?
“I am very excited to join the board of BCNC as it gives me an opportunity to give back to the Asian community and to support BCNC’s mission to empower Asians in the Greater Boston area.”
What is your favorite part of Boston Chinatown or Quincy?
“The people and the food! Growing up in New York, we made a weekly trip to NYC’s Chinatown for dim sum with grandparents, aunts and uncles. When I am in Boston Chinatown, it brings a sense of familiarity that reminds me of home and more importantly, where I came from. ”
Bartholomew Jae
Bartholomew Jae is the Director of Education and Development at the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). He leads NFPA’s professional development line of business that helps skilled workers to improve performance and contribute to the Fire and Life Safety Ecosystem.
Bartholomew has over 25 years of experience helping global Fortune 500 companies develop their leaders, talent, and organization as a Learning & Development Leader, a Human Capital Strategy and Management Consultant, and a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion champion.
He volunteers his time as a Past President and Board of Advisor member of the New England Chapter of Ascend, a Co-lead for BCNC Quincy Leadership Council, and a lector at the Sacred Heart Parish in Quincy.
Bartholomew has his Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science degrees from Bentley University.
Why are you excited to join the BCNC Board of Directors?
“I am honored for the opportunity to give back and pay forward in support of the Asian immigrant communities of the greater Boston area. My family has a history of being leaders within the Boston area Chinese community. It is in my blood.”
What is your favorite part of Boston Chinatown or Quincy?
“My favorite part of Boston Chinatown is St. James the Greater Church. It was the first community that welcomed us when we first immigrated to America. I met my wife there when we were children in the same religious education classes. My favorite part of Quincy is the Wollaston Beach. I love the ocean. I spent a lot of time hanging out at the beach during my teenage summers, and now I enjoy taking my wife and kids there to eat fried seafood, run on the rocks, and have ice cream.”
Sarah Kim
Sarah G. Kim is a Deputy Treasurer and General Counsel for the Office of the Massachusetts State Treasurer & Receiver General. As a Deputy Treasurer, Ms. Kim has general oversight of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. As General Counsel, Ms. Kim manages the team that provides support to the Treasury and its affiliated agencies on various legal issues, including the open meetings, ethics, public records, and campaign finance laws. Ms. Kim also advises senior staff on strategic policy, procurement, employment, and litigation issues.
Before joining the Treasury, Ms. Kim was an Assistant Attorney General in the Fraud and Financial Crimes Division under Attorney General Martha Coakley. In the role, Ms. Kim investigated and prosecuted alleged theft of money and services from businesses and individuals. Prior to that, for ten years, Ms. Kim was an attorney in the litigation practice group of Bingham McCutchen LLP (now Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP). At Bingham, Ms. Kim represented institutional and individual clients responding to federal, state, and self-regulatory organization investigations of potential violations of securities laws. She also assisted in defending against class action lawsuits alleging violations of federal and state securities laws.
Ms. Kim has been a long-time supporter of a number of Boston-area community organization, including the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, the Boston Bar Association, and the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts.
Ms. Kim is a graduate of the Villanova University School of Law and Dartmouth College.
Why are you excited to join the BCNC Board of Directors?
“I’m looking forward to being a part of an organization that serves the families living in Boston’s Chinatown and Quincy, ensuring a safe space for them to thrive.”
What is your favorite part of Boston Chinatown or Quincy?
“My favorite parts of Boston Chinatown are the flowers, especially the peonies, planted in the Greenway, by the Chinatown arch.”
Ellen Wang
Ellen Wang is a senior program officer at the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. At Nellie Mae, Ellen leads several initiatives, including the Supporting Organizations Led by People of Color Grant Fund and the internal racial equity learning agenda for Foundation staff.
Born in Taiwan, and raised in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, Ellen came to the US at the age of eighteen as a third-culture kid. She has a background in youth development and education, and is deeply committed to racial justice, the disaggregation of data on AAPIs, the allocation of resources to historically excluded, communities of color, and building cross-racial solidarity.
Prior to joining the philanthropic sector, Ellen worked at BCNC Youth Center for five years and had the privilege and joy of supporting and learning from brilliant Asian American and Asian immigrant youth through leadership development and college access programming.
She received a BA in English from the University of Michigan, a MA in Humanities from the University of Chicago, and a certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from the School of Management at Boston University.
Ellen lives her with husband and son in Cambridge.
Why are you excited to join the BCNC Board of Directors?
“It is an honor and privilege to serve on the board of an organization that is so deeply rooted and anchored in the community. The work that BCNC does to serve Asian immigrant and Asian American constituents is more crucial than ever, and I am excited to support BCNC as it continues to strengthen the holistic and culturally responsive services it provides for our communities in Boston and the Greater Boston area.”
What is your favorite part of Boston Chinatown or Quincy?
“My favorite part of Boston Chinatown is the people that make up the community. Chinatown is more than a place for tourists to visit, or place to go to for cheap eats. It is a community in which generations of Chinese immigrants and Chinese American activists have fought to stabilize a community that has continued to persist and thrive in the face of environmental racism and gentrification.”
