contact us.

Erin Chiou

Co-Director
a.k.a. Pants Wearer Leg #1
echiou2@uiuc.edu

Michelle Kiang

Co-Director
a.k.a. Pants Wearer Leg #2
mkiang@uiuc.edu

Jon Lee

Programs Director
a.k.a. Expert at Writing Bios for People Who Don’t Turn Theirs in on Time
Jrlee1@uiuc.edu

Lily Dou

Finance Chair
a.k.a. Purse String Specialist
lilydou@uiuc.edu

Jessica Fu

Hospitality Chair
a.k.a. Banquet Planner
Jbfu2@uiuc.edu

Jeffery Cheng

Social Chair
a.k.a. Barn Raising Specialist
Jcheng4@uiuc.edu

Calvin Chen

Committee Advisor
a.k.a. Knows Lots of People
Cdchen@uiuc.edu

William Tang

Webmaster and Design
a.k.a. Professional Mouse-Clicker
wtang@uiuc.edu

Tina Wei

Publicity Chair
a.k.a. Jack of All Trades
ytwei@uiuc.edu

Wayne Jenq

Publicity
a.k.a. Freshman #1
wjenq2@uiuc.edu

Serena Wang

Publicity
a.k.a. Sophomore #1
spwang2@uiuc.edu

meet the board.

Calvin Chen is a senior majoring in Music (or something). When not working on this ITASA conference, Calvin likes to have his hands in other cookie jars, such as Covenant Fellowship Church, the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, TASC, ITASA National, and the Chuck Norris Fan Club. In fact, Mr. Norris granted Calvin one of his greatest powers. Yes, Calvin Chen is now the one who makes the Ouija board move.

Erin Chiou is a sophomore in Psychology and Philosophy. Aside from ITASA, Erin is also an officer is TASC and a member of the Illini Dancesport team. She strongly believes that duct-tape can fix any broken situation, especially broken hearts. Erin will hug you if your shirt says "hug me," because she feels good about hugs, not drugs, and getting high…on life. She loves anything that has to do with genuine self expression, but if you ask her to sing for you she'll back slap punch you in the face.

Jeff Cheng is a senior in Finance. He is a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. When walking to class, Jeff listens to Coolio’s “Gangstas Paradise” on his iPod Nano, but replaces the word “gangsta” with Jeff Cheng. In his spare time, Jeff enjoys fast cars and freshman bars. That’s what it’s like to be living in a Jeff Cheng’s Paradise.

Lily Dou is a senior in Accountancy, and she’s kind of a big deal. Lily was selected to be conference treasurer based on her skill with numbers. Her hobbies include calculus sprints and Scrabble…using only differential equations. She also was the original creator of Sudoku. You can’t spell Sudoku without Dou. To further cement Lily as ruler of all number crunching, in 8th grade, Lily counted to infinity, and beyond. Twice.

Jessica Fu is a sophomore in Political Science. She is active in the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, TASC, and watching Naruto. Sorry guys, her heart is taken by Kakashi. Jessica also enjoys going to the gym to socialize and read magazines. Her favorite football team is the Kansas City Chiefs and her favorite summer camp is TAF. Another little known fact about Ms. Fu is that she wrote the pilot episode to The Weather Channel…while eating a sixty-four ounce steak…in four minutes.

Wayne Jenq is the freshman of the ITASA planning committee. He is working his thing as part the publicity team. He enjoys playing tennis and poker, and can often be seen playing basketball at the gym at night. Like Tina and Will, Wayne is also from the state of New Jersey, where only the strong survive. And boy oh boy, is Wayne strong. He can crush a Nalgene bottle with his bare hands. And you know this might be random, but Wayne also knows what color Smurfs turn into when they hold their breath. Yup he’s special. He puts his pants on two legs at a time.

Michelle Kiang is a junior in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Nutrition. She is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and the Asian Pacific American Coalition. While most girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice, Michelle is actually made out of the radioactive chemical element Boron. Nine people have said something demeaning about the television show Pop-Up Video around her. All nine have simultaneously combusted. In happier news, Michelle leads the ITASA delegation with three-hundred and sixty six friends on The Facebook.

Jon Lee is a senior in Media Studies, and has no idea on what his post-college plans are. In this last undergraduate semester of his, he brilliantly managed to only have class on Mondays and Wednesdays, while still taking twelve credit hours to keep his student health insurance active. He takes part in a camp called TAF in the summer, adores Europe, has loved the Chicago Cubs since he was six years old, and his favorite song is The Best of What's Around by the Dave Matthews Band.

Will Tang is a senior in Industrial Design. In his spare time, he does aesthetically pleasing chores like web design and t-shirt making. In fact, Will is the web-designer for this very page! For those who know Will, they know that his signature color is orange, and it follows him wherever he goes. During high school, Will did not choose to come to the University of Illinois because of the orange and blue school colors. The University of Illinois chose the colors orange and blue to get Will to come here.

Serena Wang is a sophomore in Molecular and Cellular Biology and also a TASC intern. A native of the “Naperthrill”, she is a “NaperVillain.” She likes a lot of things, you know, good movies (Gattaca), good music (Jars of Clay), and good books (Harry Potter). When people see Serena’s smiling face, anger wanes. But sometimes if she is in a bad mood, angers anew! One time, she met a guy named Sean Wagner at a park, and then a bird, a green swan, swam by. Serena Wang also makes for good anagrams. Seranagrams.

Tina Wei is a junior in English and Political Science. This Jersey girl is very active on campus here at UIUC, where she is a member of the Illinois Student Senate, SORF Board, and the Asian Pacific American Coalition amongst many other clubs. And in a double check, Tina actually ousts Michelle with four hundred and seven Facebook friends. She’s a general advisor and part of because one part she knows what she’s doing, another part she knows a lot of people, and last and most important part, she will intimidate you like none other (election slogan, “Vote Tina Wei…or DIE”). One time, this guy popped her collar, and she didn’t like that. In retaliation, she popped his collar…bone. Now you know why Walker, Texas Ranger is off the air. And she just threatened me into adding “I want a good looking, good hearted law student, who is a potential politician. Is it you?” No seriously. Please, someone get her away from me before she makes me type more.