Our regional hosts serve as representatives of the UF Association of Asian Alumni in local areas across the country, assisting in planning and hosting local gatherings. If you're interested in becoming a regional host for your area, email [email protected].

Stephanie Wong (POS '16)
Washington D.C. Regional Host

Stephanie is an alumna of the Asian Pacific American Institute of Congressional Studies who previously worked at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Stephanie currently serves as the Vice President of Internal Affairs for the Washington, D.C. chapter of Filipino Young Professionals and works at the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) - Asian Pacific American Advocates as their Chapter and Membership Associate.

Steve Berlin (LAW '04)
Tampa, FL Regional Host

Steve Berlin is a litigation associate who focuses on casualty litigation with an emphasis on deconstructing complex matters and issues involving technology. He joins Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell after retiring from twenty years of service as an Army Officer. Steve’s practice areas include the legal impacts of using technology. This includes concepts like data storage and transmission, cybersecurity compliance, cell phone use, social media, and insider threat mitigation. He helps clients develop their internal policy and defends them in litigation. He is also experienced in working with the defense contracting community. He interfaces with defense contracting clients on the wide variety of legal issues within the firm’s practice areas because he understands the client and their customer.

Kayla Tran (BSBA '14)
Jacksonville, FL Regional Host

Kayla is a current associate at J.P. Morgan Chase within the Home Lending finance organization. She analyzes production workflow and forecasts required capacity supporting the Correspondent Lending Department.  Prior to her current role, she has held a range of banking industry positions at Bank of America in Charlotte and Deutsche Bank in Jacksonville.   ​