LEADERSHIP

2023 – Present 

Member, 48th State Assembly District Central Committee, Republican Party of California 

Kiwanis Club of West Covina

Lions Club of West Covina

2018 – Present 

Disability Belongs (formerly “RespectAbility”) 

Member, Board of Directors (2023 – Present) 

Chairman, Board of Directors (2021-2023) 

2018-2020

Volunteer, Hoffman Boston Elementary School, Arlington, VA 

2004-2020

Attorney Mentor, President’s Commission on Disability Rights (formerly the “President’s Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law”), American Bar Association

2017-2019

Member, Board of Directors, Virginia Organization of Parents of Blind Children

2018-2019

Member, President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (Presidential Appointee but having waived Political employee status due to already being a Career civil servant continuously since 2004) 

Chairman, Board of Advisors, Scholarships for Eagles

2004-2012

Member, Academic Advisory Board, Envision (formerly “Lead America”)

2010

District Legal Officer (with the rank equivalent of Lieutenant Commander), 5th District, Southern Region (covering North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC), United States Coast Guard Auxiliary 

Member, Board of Directors, Community Lodgings

2008-2010

Member (and Vice Chairman, 2008-2009), President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities 

2007-2009

Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 1780, National Capitol Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

2001-2008

Big Brother, Catholic Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Los Angeles

2005-2007

Vice Chairman, Committee for Scouts with Disabilities, National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

2004-2007

Member, Federal Asian Pacific American Council

2004-2006

Member, President’s Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law, American Bar Association 

2004-2005

Member, Board of Directors, ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia

1995-2005

Member, Board of Directors, Blind Children’s Center, Los Angeles

2004

Member, National Advisory Committee for the Improvement of Teacher Quality, Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education

2003-2004

Member, National Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee on Personal Assistance Services, Info Use

2000-2004

Member, Board of Directors, Disability Community Resource Center (formerly the “Westside Center for Independent Living”)

2001-2002

Volunteer Adoption Attorney, Alliance for Children’s Rights, Los Angeles

2000-2002

Member, Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, State Bar of California

Member, Board of Directors, Loyola Marymount University National Alumni Association

1999-2002

Member, Board of Governors, Loyola Law School Alumni Association

Member, Philippine American Bar Association, Los Angeles

1990-1998

Member, Board of Directors, National Federation of the Blind of California