{"id":2122,"date":"2026-07-14T16:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/?p=2122"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:59:21","slug":"big-news-aapaan-is-rebranding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/2026\/07\/14\/big-news-aapaan-is-rebranding\/","title":{"rendered":"Big News: AAPAAN is Rebranding!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello APAN Community!<\/p>\n<p><strong>AAPAAN is rebranding to the Asian Pacific Alumni Network (APAN)<\/strong>, acknowledging that some of our alumni community may not have been born or may not be geographically situated within the United States. APAN honors its original name by preserving its phonetics and continues to uphold the mission that AAPAAN was initially conceived to implement 28 years ago. Visit our website to <a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/about-apan\/\">learn more about our work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>APAN welcomes another exciting change: As Chair of the Asian Pacific Alumni Network, I&#8217;m thrilled to introduce you to the rest of our 2026-2027 Board of Directors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Randy Wong (<abbr title=\"School of Architecture\">Arch<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201982), Chair<\/li>\n<li>Curtis Lu (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201986), Vice Chair \/ Treasurer<\/li>\n<li>Suji Kang (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201996), Secretary<\/li>\n<li>Alex Chiou (<abbr title=\"McIntire School of Commerce\">Com<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201911, <abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201911), Member<\/li>\n<li>Sanjeev Kumar (<abbr title=\"McIntire School of Commerce\">Com<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201923, <abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201923), Impact Committee<\/li>\n<li>Adam Luo (<abbr title=\"Graduate School of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Grad<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201920), Professional Network Committee<\/li>\n<li>Joyce Li (<abbr title=\"School of Engineering and Applied Science\">Engr<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201903), Scholarship Committee<\/li>\n<li>Jason Tan (<abbr title=\"Darden School of Business\">Darden<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201925), Engagement Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you for your continued support! We can\u2019t wait to see what the future holds for APAN as we grow this incredible community together.<\/p>\n<p>Wahoowa!<br \/>\n<strong>Randy Wong (<abbr title=\"School of Architecture\">Arch<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201982)<\/strong>, APAN Chair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello APAN Community! AAPAAN is rebranding to the Asian Pacific Alumni Network (APAN), acknowledging that some of our alumni community may not have been born or may not be geographically situated within the United States. 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