CAPSU (Cornell Asian Pacific-Islander Students Union)

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Naveen Dasa

Facilitator
nd63@cornell.edu

Naveen is a senior in the school of hotel administration at Cornell. He has had a broad range of experience in and out of the traditional hospitality field. Having worked in a restaurant, hotel, amusement park and NGO in Morocco, Naveen developed experiences that positioned him well to take on many challenges at Cornell University. At the hotel school, Naveen is president of its honors society, Ye Hosts. He has also been a teaching assistant for finance and managerial accounting. Outside the hotel school, he is the vice president of the Society for India. He is also the managing director of CHC Hospitality Consultants, a student-run hospitality consultancy (www.solutionsforhospitality.com).His passion on campus, however, lies with CAPSU. He is working to make the network among Asian students on campus stronger and more long-lived than it has ever been.

During his summer of 2007, Naveen completed work as a summer intern in the Investment Banking Global Technology Group at UBS. There, he aided management of a company develop its S-1 filing for an IPO. Naveen is from the sleepy town of Shavertown, Pennsylvania. He prides himself on being a resident of NEPA and thoroughly enjoys taking breaks from the rigor of school and New York City there.

Johnathan Tsui

Public Relations Officer

jht34@cornell.edu

Now in his fourth year at Cornell, Jon has had a wealth of experience in increasing Asian-American cultural awareness on campus. Before becoming the Public Relations Chair of CAPSU, he served in various leadership roles within his Asian-interest cultural fraternity, Pi Delta Psi Inc., namely as its President and Cultural Chair. After participating in CAPSU for the first time last year, Jon now hopes to play a much more active role in helping the organization become more involved in all aspects of the Asian-American community.

Outside of CAPSU and PDPsi, Jon is just your ordinary Cornell engineer, majoring in Materials Science & Engineering, and he hopes to move on to the Biomedical Engineering Masters of Engineering program at Cornell once he graduates. Jon spent the summer of 2007 at Cornell taking classes and doing some preliminary work on his senior thesis, which will be on tissue engineering. In his spare time, Jon enjoys playing games, reading, recreational shooting, and of course, sleeping. Hailing from Los Angeles, California, he is always eager to meet those from the SoCal area and to reminisce about In-N-Out burgers.

Tiffany Yu

Treasurer
tjy3@cornell.edu

Tiffany Yu is a third year Hotel School student who has a strong passion for the Cornell Asian American population. Since her freshman year, she has been involved in many student organizations, which include Chinese Bible Study (CBS), Chinese Students Association (CSA), Cornell Asian Pacific Student Union (CAPSU), Cornell Taiwanese American Society (CTAS), Hotel Ezra Cornell (HEC), and Promoting Enriching Experiences and Relationships (PEER).

During Tiffany's freshman year summer, she was an Operations Rotational Intern at the Hilton San Jose & Towers. She worked in many areas in the front desk and the restaurant, which gave her the exposure to the hospitality industry. This past summer, she returned to Hilton San Jose and interned in the Human Resources Department. Assisting the HR coordinator, she organized, updated, and processed 250-employee's personal folders during the hotel's change in ownership.

Being the current CAPSU Treasurer, Tiffany also serves as CSA's President. During her last year at Cornell, she intends to give in her best effort in serving the Asian American community.

Sheryl Soh

Secretary
sls253@cornell.edu

Sheryl Soh is a 2^nd year hotel school international student from Singapore, and has a burning desire to see the world. Her fervent passion for volunteering has brought her to Thailand and India on community service trips, and will be embarking on a 3^rd trip to Nicaragua in winter 07. The community service projects in Thailand and India have made her realize the importance of empowering children all over the world, and the immense potential these future leaders can have on our societies given the opportunity to do so.

During her internship in summer 06, Sheryl was attached to Research and Statistics in the Corporate Planning Division of Singapore Tourism Board. She was involved in analyzing competitive tourism statistics, research on hotel room rates and natural occupancy rate, global ecotourism trends as well as tourism forecasting methods. She is especially interested in exploring ecotourism as a tool for sustainable development.

Other than being the secretary in CAPSU, she holds the same position for the Singapore Students Association (SSA) and Hotelies Serving Society (HS2). Sheryl hopes to continue serving the Asian community here at Cornell through events, support and networking.

Peter Van Do
Faculty/Staff Advisor
ptv2@cornell.edu

Peter Van Do is an M.A. degree graduate student in Asian Studies and a staff member of the Dept. of Communication at Cornell University. Peter has earned an M.A. in American Studies from the University of Massachusetts and a B.A. in History (with a citation in Asian American Studies) from the University of Maryland, College Park. He has over seven years experience in roles with training, counseling, coordination, academic research, consultation, and instruction for institutions such as Harvard University, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Smithsonian Institute. Several of these experiences have been recognized with notable accolades in both academia and leadership/community service areas.

Outside being an advisor for CAPSU, Peter is the advisor for the East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) 2008 Conference Committee; this committee is in charge of organizing the national conference being held at Cornell University in February 2008. He is also the advisor for the Cornell Vietnamese Association (CVA). In respects with CAPSU, Peter is happy to be a part of this umbrella organization. He believes that CAPSU is a respected organization that has done so much already. Peter is working in supporting the leadership of CAPSU further and assisting the organization’s efforts in building a stronger network of Cornell University Asian American students, faculty, and staff.

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