August Happy Hour HAAANg-Out

Dear UIAAAN Member,

This summer, join us at our third Chicago Happy Hour HAAANg-Out, where you can mingle and network with featured UI alumni and other notable Asian Americans.

This month's Happy Hour HAAANg-Out is on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2006, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at FULTON LOUNGE , 955 W Fulton Market, Chicago, Il [Directions].

Special guests will include:

• Hon. Israel Abaya Desierto. Hon. Desierto is an associate judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Prior to becoming a judge, he worked for the Cook County State's Attorney's Office as a civil litigator practicing in the area of medical malpractice defense and as a criminal prosecutor trying primarily gang-related murder cases. He has tried over 70 juries to verdict and hundreds of bench trials. Hon. Desierto is currently active with the American Bar Association, Filipino American Bar Association, the Supreme Court Committee on Professionalism and the Committee for Character and Fitness, the Illinois Judges Association and the Illinois Judicial Counsel, and is an adjunct professor at IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law.


• Vida Gosrisirikul. Ms. Gosrisirikul is a shareholder of D'Souza & Gosrisirikul, Ltd., a Chicago Asian American law firm. She concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate,
  real estate and immigration law. Prior to joining the firm, she served on the staff of Hon. Donald P. O'Connell, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and served as an associate trust administrator at Harris Trust and Savings Bank. Ms. Gosrisirikul
  has served as President of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area, and as the Regional Governor for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. She is also active in the Asian American Institute, the Thai American Association of Illinois, and the Asian American Real Estate Association of Illinois.

Event co-sponsored by Circle of Chicago, the National Association of Asian American Professionals, Chicago (NAAAP-Chicago), and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

Exclusive financial sponsorship provided by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Special thanks to the Katten Diversity Committee.

If you are not in Chicago, but would like to organize a satellite Happy Hour HAAANg-Out or an AAAN Chapter in your city, please contact the AAAN, and we will help you get started.

Recent Activities

We hope everyone had a great time at our first two Happy Hour HAAANg-Outs!
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Please, help us create the broadest network possible and forward this letter to other interested alumni. We look forward to helping you stay connected to and involved with your alma mater, fellow graduates and larger community, and making the AAAN a world-class, international organization.

Sincerely,

The Asian American Alumni Network Board

President, Paula Kim (UIUC, '01 LAS)

Director of Recruitment, Patricia Chou Lin (UIUC, '91 LAS)

Director of Communications, Pauline Chow (UIUC, '04 LAS)

Director of Programming, Jeffrey Sichaleune (UIUC, MS '04 LIS, '02 COM)

Director of Treasury, Annie Yoo (UIUC, '04 ACES)

Marketing and Recruitment Committee Chair, Lisa Patel (UIUC, '04 LAS)

Technology Committee Chair, Ben Teo (UIUC, '03 BUS)