2026 Board of Directors of AALAM

Executive Board 

Co-President: Tiffany Ko

Tiffany is Counsel at MFS Investment Management, one of the oldest asset management companies in the world, which has been credited with pioneering the mutual fund 101 years ago.  She regularly works with the MFS Board of Trustees and advises on regulatory, transactional and compliance matters.  Before joining MFS, Tiffany spent about six years as an asset management associate at Ropes & Gray LLP and began her legal career at State Street Bank & Trust Company as an Associate Attorney and Assistant Vice President.  She holds a B.A. from The George Washington University and a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.  Tiffany has been a member of AALAM since her first year at Northeastern and joined the AALAM Board in 2018.  She actively contributes to the community through pro bono projects focused on citizenship, immigration, asylum, and domestic violence.  Additionally, she also volunteered at the aquarium during COVID, caring for over 80 Rockhopper and African penguins.

Co-President: Diana Li Chikwamba

Diana is a senior associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in the Investment Management - Private Funds group where she represents and counsels investment advisers, unregistered investment companies, and domestic and offshore private investment entities. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Diana worked in law firms in Vienna, Austria and Shanghai, China. Diana received her B.S. in Psychology from Boston College in 2016 and J.D. from Boston College Law School in 2019. A fun fact about Diana is that she was born and raised in Vienna, Austria and is native German speaker and speaks conversational Mandarin. She has danced competitively most of her life and is passionate about lifting up the Asian community by planning events and mentoring law students.

Vice Presidentand NAPABA Regional Governor:  Alan Wong

Alan is Associate Counsel at KabaFusion, where he practices as an in-house generalist.  Prior to going in-house, he was a civil litigator in private practice. Alan has long been active in AAPI advocacy, from leading undergraduate AAPI student groups, to co-chairing his law school's APALSA chapter, to being a founding co-chair of his former firm's Asian employee resource group.  A lifelong resident of the Boston area, Alan believes strongly in supporting the local AAPI community, and works with organizations like the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence in a pro bono capacity. He is currently serving on the Board of Governors of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, as a Regional Governor of the Northeast Region. Alan received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, majoring in economics, political science, and Asian American studies.  He received his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, and has been a member of AALAM since graduating from law school in 2013.

Secretary:  Diana Chiang

Diana is Vice President & Litigation Counsel at State Street where her role focuses on managing litigation and pre-litigation matters, inquiries, and investigations.  Prior to her current position, Diana served as regulatory counsel for a multinational electricity and gas utility company, clerked for a federal magistrate judge, and worked at a Boston-based law firm.  Diana received a J.D./MBA from Northeastern University and her B.A. from Brandeis University.  She currently serves on the Board of Directors of English for New Bostonians, oversees State Street’s legal summer internship program, and mentors law students and young attorneys within her places of employment and through AALAM.  In her free time, you’ll usually find Diana baking, volunteering at Ricesticks & Tea Asian Food Pantry and the Women’s Lunch Place, indoor cycling, and traveling.

Treasurer:  Chantal Choi

Chantal is a Corporate Counsel at Catalant Technologies, Inc., a Boston-based platform that helps companies access a vast network of independent consultants.  Prior to attending law school, Chantal was a Chinese advocate at the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK) and assisted in building the legal program at ATASK.  In law school, she served as the President of APALSA and was a member of the Suffolk University Law Review.  Chantal was also a recipient of the AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship.  Chantal received her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and her B.A. from Boston College.

Assistant Treasurer:  Phebe Hong

Phebe Hong is a litigation associate at Latham & Watkins.  Her practice focuses on complex commercial disputes and civil litigation. She previously clerked for the Honorable Patti B. Saris of the District Court of Massachusetts.  She received her B.A. from Harvard College in developmental biology and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.  While in law school, she served as Co-President of the Harvard Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. In her free time, she likes to teach dance cardio classes and give historical walking tours of Boston.

Board of Directors 

Ruoya Burns (Wang)

Ruoya is an attorney at the Massachusetts Securities Division, where she is responsible for securities regulation and compliance oversight of broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives. She reviews regulatory filings, leads examinations of state-registered investment advisers, and investigates unregistered activity and supervisory violations. She began her legal career at major law firms, representing commercial banks, asset managers, private equity funds, and public companies in a broad range of corporate and financing transactions.

Ruoya earned her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, where she served as an Associate Editor and DEI Committee member of the Northeastern University Law Review and as Chair of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. She also holds an LL.M. in Banking and Financial Law from Boston University School of Law.

An active AALAM member since her 1L year, Ruoya is committed to supporting the AAPI legal community and advancing diversity within the legal profession. She maintains a strong commitment to pro bono work, having supported underserved communities on matters including unemployment benefits, immigration assistance, and end-of-life planning for low-income seniors. 

Alda Chan 

Alda is an Assistant Attorney General at the Consumer Protection Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office where she investigates and sues actors that engage in unfair and deceptive practices in order to stop such harm moving forward and to provide restitution to Massachusetts consumers.  Prior to joining the AGO, Alda was a litigation associate at the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian representing mainly adults who were survivors of child sexual abuse by the hands of institutional and authoritative figures.  Alda also had the honor and amazing opportunity to serve as the clerk of the Honorable Dalila A. Wendlandt while she was on the Massachusetts Appeals Court.  Ever since graduating from Boston University School of Law in 2019, Alda has endeavored to make the world just a little bit brighter by bringing compassion into her work and finding the intersectionality across any two people.

Flora Chang

Fu Chieh (Flora) Chang serves as an Assistant Attorney General in the Children’s Justice Unit within the Civil Rights Division in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO). In this role, she  works to promote positive outcomes for Massachusetts children and youth through legal and policy advocacy and programming, including in education, healthcare, juvenile justice, child welfare, and other systems that impact children. She also led enforcement actions and investigations against major banks and private lenders in order to hold them accountable for their role in the 2008 foreclosure and resulting housing crisis, as well as the subsequent blight caused by abandoned properties and challenging liens. Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, she was a public defender for about five years where she represented children, youth, and families in the Juvenile Court. Before becoming a public defender, she served as a legal aid attorney providing legal support to Asian immigrants and survivors of domestic violence. Flora received her B.A. with Honors from Baylor University and received her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law. Flora also currently serves as Co-Chair for the AGO’s Asian American Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group.

Celene Chen

Celene Chen is a litigation associate at Cooley LLP.  She received her B.S. in Economics from Northeastern University and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law.  A lifelong Massachusetts resident, Celene maintains an active pro bono practice, counseling clients on a wide array of issues, including housing, immigration, and LGBTQ+ rights.  She also represents clients in a variety of matters, including government and internal investigations, complex contractual disputes, copyright disputes, and false advertising claims involving user-generated content.  In her free time, you can find her giving impromptu poetry readings at open mics, attending local concerts, or attending the next Championship Duck Boat Parade.

Lesley Chuang

Lesley Chuang is a senior litigation associate at DLA Piper.  As a scientist-turned-litigator, Lesley’s practice focuses on the defense of pharmaceutical products and medical devices, including multidistrict litigation, class action, and complex commercial litigation.  In addition, Lesley counsels clients on regulatory issues involving emerging contaminants, in particular the state of the law and science of PFAS across the U.S. Furthermore, Lesley has an active pro bono practice and represents Special Immigrant Juveniles and clients seeking asylum.  Lesley is a long-time AALAM member, and she mentors and supports law students through AALAM’s Law Student Committee.  She also co-chairs the Mass Torts & Class Actions Committee at the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Lesley additionally serves as a Trustee of the Boston Bar Foundation and an Editor of the Boston Bar Journal. Lesley is a graduate of Union College, Princeton University, and the University of Connecticut School of Law.

M. Katherine ("Kat") Delos Reyes

Kat Delos Reyes is an associate at Barclay Damon LLP.  She works closely with innovators seeking to acquire, maintain advertise and commercialize their domestic and global trademark and copyright assets, prevent infringement, and enforce their rights. She also helps clients navigate data security and privacy issues related to health-related data, breaches, transactions, and compliance issues in light of evolving technologies, including AI.  Prior to her legal career, Kat taught 3rd and 4th grade math and science in Teach for America and worked in development at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital.  Kat graduated from Northeastern University School of Law and holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Riverside. In AALAM, she loves meeting community members and is also a Co-Chair of AALAM’s Law Firm Committee.  She also serves Fenway Health as the Clerk for the Board of Directors and is passionate about health equity.

Tiffany Jang

Tiffany is a Senior Associate at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, where she is a member of the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation group. Tiffany is experienced in all phases of litigation, from pre-suit investigations through trial. Her litigation practice spans a wide range of industries and subject matters: she has represented life sciences, pharmaceutical, technology, and real estate clients in commercial, antitrust, intellectual property, and employment matters across state and federal courts. She also maintains an active pro bono impact litigation practice. Tiffany received her J.D. from Duke and her bachelor’s degree from Emory. Before college, she spent most of her elementary through high school years in Taiwan. Outside of work, Tiffany enjoys reading, road tripping, and exploring different parks and cities around the state with her family. She also tries to stay active in her professional community and currently serves as Boston City Lead for Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

Jason Jose

Jason Jose is a litigation associate at DLA Piper LLP, where he focuses his practice in white-collar criminal defense, internal and government investigations, and complex commercial litigation. Jason represents companies and individuals in investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal and state government agencies. Additionally, he advises clients in matters implicating the securities laws. Jason also maintains an active and varied pro bono practice, serving as a legal mentor with Discovering Justice and assisting with the representation of indigent criminal defendants in federal cases under the Criminal Justice Act. In law school, he served as executive managing editor of the Boston College Law Review, president of the Disability Law Student Association, and vice president of APALSA; he also served as a research assistant for Professor Mark S. Brodin and as a teaching assistant for the first-year Critical Perspectives in Law course. While in law school, Jason interned at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and served as a student attorney with the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General. Jason received his J.D. from Boston College Law School and his B.A. in Political Science from California State University, Long Beach.

Yi Ke

Yi is an estate planning and probate attorney at the Law Office of Yi Ke, where she specializes in Estate Planning and Probate, among the small number of Massachusetts attorneys who can serve clients in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. Prior to forming her practice, Yi practiced law at law firms in Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts, where she advised clients on estate planning, elder law, and corporate matters. Yi obtained her LL.B from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, and her LL.M of Taxation from Boston University School of Law. Yi is a Council Member for the Probate Law Council Committee at Massachusetts Bar Association. When Yi is not working, she volunteers for the “Dial A Lawyer” volunteer service and the Legal Clinic at Norfolk County Bar Association. Yi is an avid volleyball player and a dog lover.

Iris Kim (Law Student Observer)

Iris Kim is a student at Boston University School of Law. Before attending law school, she worked as a legal practice assistant at a BigLaw firm in San Francisco and helped organize community events for AAPI artists in the Bay Area. She currently serves as a 1L Section Representative for BU Law's Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA). Iris earned her B.A. in English from UC Berkeley. In her free time, she enjoys writing and hand-binding poetry anthologies, volunteering at independent theaters, and caring for her pet orchid. 

Jan Ryu Koo

Jan Ryu Koo is Counsel and Vice President at Natixis Investment Managers. In her role, she provides legal advice on regulatory, transactional and compliance matters relating to the Natixis fund family. She also prepares fund board materials, and serves as an Assistant Secretary for the Natixis funds.  Prior to Natixis, Jan was a Senior Counsel and Vice President at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), which is the investment management division of State Street Corporation. Jan joined SSGA from Fidelity Investments, and her prior experience includes practicing in both private practice and in-house (global investment bank) in Sydney, Australia for over 7 years. Jan received her dual LL.B/B.Sc. degree from University of Sydney and a LL.M. in Banking and Financial Law from Boston University School of Law. She is a licensed attorney in New York, Massachusetts and New South Wales (Australia). Jan has always been passionate about and involved with diversity and inclusion efforts and she is excited to continue her contributions through the AALAM Board.

Ellen C. Miller

Ellen Miller is an associate at Klein Hornig LLP. As a member of the firm’s community development practice, she specializes in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) and historic tax credits (HTC) transactions. Previously, Ellen worked at a large Boston-based law firm, where she advised clients on a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including joint ventures, real estate financing, acquisitions and dispositions. Ellen is a strong advocate for affordable housing and serves on several nonprofit boards and committees, including Mainstay Supportive Housing & Home Care and the Asian Community Development Corporation; she is also a regular volunteer at Ricesticks & Tea Asian Food Pantry and an active member of the Massachusetts LGBTQ+ Bar Association. Ellen received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law and her B.F.A. in Visual Arts from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. She currently lives in West Cambridge, where she enjoys running on the Charles River Esplanade, organizing potlucks with friends, and tending to her menagerie of small pets.

Andrew Ming-Lum

Andrew Ming-Lum is an associate at Choate, Hall and Stewart LLP, where he assists life science companies in building and protecting their patent portfolios.  He handles an array of intellectual property matters, including: patent drafting and prosecution; due diligence; freedom-to-operate, infringement, and validity analyses; and portfolio strategy and management.  Andrew received his J.D. from the Peter A. Allard School of Law, and Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine/Immunology from the University of British Columbia.  He is admitted to the Massachusetts bar and the Law Society of British Columbia, Canada.  In his spare time, Andrew enjoys trad/sport rock climbing, backcountry camping, photography, and attempting to frugally replicate his favorite Michelin meals.Lindy is a litigation associate at Nelson Mullins whose experience includes a wide range of litigation and regulatory matters.  Her practice includes government investigations and federal enforcement and compliance actions, labor and employment matters, complex commercial disputes and civil litigation, and gaming law licensing and compliance.  She helps clients navigate compliance issues to minimize legal risk.  While a student at Northeastern Law, she was Elder Council in APALSA, competed in moot court, and chaired the International Law Society.   For the last few years, she’s helped organize her office’s Lawyer’s Have Heart 5K team.  While she doesn’t run as often as she probably should, she likes to support the organization’s mission to raise money and awareness for the life-saving research, education, and community programs of the American Heart Association.

Mary H. Nguyen

Mary is an Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Insurance & Unemployment Fraud Division (“IUFD”) in the Criminal Bureau of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (“AGO”) where she leads a team of attorneys, financial investigators, an administrative assistant, and a paralegal, who investigate and prosecute people and businesses who commit fraud against private insurance carriers, the Commonwealth’s unemployment trust fund and the Commonwealth’s workers’ compensation system.  IUFD’s efforts help to protect the people of Massachusetts from higher premiums and higher taxes as well as to ensure those in need are able to receive appropriate assistance.  Prior to joining the AGO, Mary served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office (“DA’s Office”) for over 15 years.  During Mary’s time at the DA’s Office, she served as the supervising attorney in the Brockton Juvenile Court, the supervising attorney in the Wareham District Court, became a member of the Superior Court trial team in the Child Abuse Unit for a number of years, and then joined the Appeals Unit in 2018 where she handled a broad range of post-conviction cases and argued multiple cases before the Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.  Mary graduated from Syracuse University in 2004, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. In 2007, she graduated from New England Law. 

Malinda "Lindy" Reed

Lindy is a litigation associate at Nelson Mullins whose experience includes a wide range of litigation and regulatory matters.  Her practice includes government investigations and federal enforcement and compliance actions, labor and employment matters, complex commercial disputes and civil litigation, and gaming law licensing and compliance.  She helps clients navigate compliance issues to minimize legal risk.  While a student at Northeastern Law, she was Elder Council in APALSA, competed in moot court, and chaired the International Law Society.   For the last few years, she’s helped organize her office’s Lawyer’s Have Heart 5K team.  While she doesn’t run as often as she probably should, she likes to support the organization’s mission to raise money and awareness for the life-saving research, education, and community programs of the American Heart Association.

Andrew Truong

Andrew Truong is an associate at Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, where he represents clients in various commercial transactions including debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate matters.  During law school, Andrew served as President of APALSA and as a student attorney in the Human Trafficking Clinic.  Prior to law school, he served as co-chair of his college’s Asian American and Pacific Islander student organization and interned at Community Legal Aid assisting with the Asian Outreach and Advocacy Project.  Andrew received his J.D. from Boston University School of Law and his B.A. in Spanish and Political Science from the College of the Holy Cross.

Mian Wang

Mian is a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. She focuses her litigation practice on corporate malfeasance and cross-border disputes. She represents public and private companies, financial institutions, directors, officers, and individuals at all stages and forums, including state and federal courts, arbitrations, and mediations. A native speaker of Mandarin Chinese, Mian also uses her language and bicultural skills to represent companies and individuals in cross-border litigation and arbitration. Mian also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Alvin W. Thompson in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. She is on the Board of Trustees for MCLE and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She was selected as a Top Women of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, an Emerging Women Leaders in the Law by the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, and “40 Under 40” by the Boston Business Journal.

Phil Yao

Phil Yao is a litigation associate at Ropes & Gray LLP.  His practice focuses on complex civil litigation, appellate litigation, commercial litigation, antitrust law, and education law.  His clients include foreign defendants sued in U.S. courts, universities, banks, private equity firms, pharmaceutical companies, and closely held corporations.  Phil also maintains an active pro bono practice and successfully challenged Florida’s Stop WOKE Act in federal court, obtaining a statewide permanent injunction against the State of Florida.  Under Ropes' longstanding partnership with the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Phil served as a special assistant district attorney for Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington, during which he first-chaired 15 jury and bench trials to verdict as well as argued 30 motions.  Phil also serves on the Steering Committee of the Business and Commercial Litigation Section of the Boston Bar Association (BBA).  Prior to re-joining Ropes in 2021, Phil clerked for then-Chief Judge Jeffrey R. Howard of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. During law school, Phil served as the editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Law and Technology and as treasurer of APALSA; he also served for several years as a research assistant to California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu, working on the Portrait Project (A Portrait of Asian Americans in the Law).  Additionally, Phil interned in the Civil Rights Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. Prior to law school, Phil received graduate degrees in education and business from the University of Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He received his undergraduate degree in physics, summa cum laude, from Harvard College.  Phil currently lives with his wife, two kids, and dog in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sarah Yun

Sarah Yun is an associate at Sugarman & Sugarman, a plaintiff's personal injury firm. She works in all areas of the firm's practice, from medical malpractice to defective products and beyond. Previously, she was a litigation associate at WilmerHale, where she represented clients in IP and commercial cases as well as pro bono matters, including a prisoner’s civil rights case and an asylum application. She then went on to clerk for Judge Myong Joun at the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. During law school, she also served as a judicial intern for Judge Patti Saris at the District of Massachusetts. Sarah received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law, where she served as Co-Vice President of APALSA, and her B.A. in English and Psychology from Brandeis University.