Asian American Career Ceilings: The 20 Million Project

The twenty-sixth Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative webinar titled, “Asian American Career Ceilings: The 20 Million Project,” will be held on June 14, 2023, from 4:30 pm EST to 5 pm EST. The webinar will feature a discussion followed by a four-minute video created by one of the 2022 Committee of 100 Next Generation Project Teams, explaining the key elements of the Asian American Career Ceiling challenge.

The 20 Million Project was a community service project created by one of the teams in the Committee of 100’s Next Generation Leaders program Class of 2022, led by Dustin Ling, Allen Chen, and Marrian Zhou. Other project members include Douglas Yoon, Ben Wei, Lei Wang, John Lian. Committee of 100 member Peter Young was the team’s mentor. The video is produced in collaboration with EST Media and hosted by Stephanie Tangkilisan. The project aims to address the issue of the Asian glass ceiling, using community efforts and networks to raise awareness and inspire the AAPIs to unite and actively find solutions.

This 30-minute webinar will begin with a brief interview of the three primary project leaders to discuss how the project was initiated and executed by the team. We will then show the 4 minute video and end with Q&A and discussion from the audience.

The webinar will be held on June 14, 2023 from 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm Eastern Time / 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm Central Time / 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm Pacific Time. Virtual networking will follow for 30 minutes after the chat and video. There is no fee for the webinar.

▦  Panel Bios:

Dustin Ling

Director and Senior Banker, Citibank

Dustin is a senior banker within Citi’s Banking Capital Markets & Advisory division and is responsible for managing global public sector clients specializing in supranational and development finance institutions.

Allen Chen

Managing Director & Partner, BCG

Allen joined Boston Consulting Group in 2018 and currently serves as the Chief Technical Officer of BCG X. He focuses on large-scale digital and AI transformation, in particular, for the healthcare industry.

Marrian Zhou

Journalist, Nikkei Asia

Marrian is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She is a journalist covering U.S.-China relations and Asian America. She graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

▦  Moderator and Chair of the C100 Asian American Career Ceiling Initiative: 

Peter Young

CEO and President, Young & Partners 

Committee of 100 Member

Peter Young is CEO and President of Young & Partners, a boutique investment banking firm focused on the life science and chemical industries.  He was previously head of industry groups at Salomon Brothers, Schroders and Lehman Brothers, a senior private equity executive with J.H. Whitney & Co. and a senior member of Bain & Co., the corporate strategy firm.

Mr. Young received a BA in Economics from Yale, an MS in Accounting from NYU, and MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. He is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He serves on a number of boards of directors.