Leadership
Staff
Amos Lim, Community Organizer
Amos Lim immigrated to the United States from Singapore eight years ago to be with his American partner, Mickey. Since then, Amos has been actively involved in raising awareness about the immigration struggles facing same-sex, bi-national couples. He co-founded Out4Immigration, a non-profit that works actively in the United States to educate the public about the issues of immigration inequality. In addition, Amos volunteered his time to work with the City and County of San Francisco in managing the 2007 Immigrant Rights Summit where LGBT immigration issues were raised for the first time at the city-sponsored event. He has also volunteered his time working at Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Citizenship Workshop.
Beyond his efforts to advance immigration equality, Amos has an extensive professional background in the corporate sector, having worked in business development and human resources at Meditab Software, Elmhurst Pharmacy, and Deutsche Bank AG. He is a Lieutenant in the Singapore Army and fluent in several Chinese dialects, including Mandarin, Hokkien, Teochew, and Cantonese.
Amos and his partner are looking forward to adopting a kid into their family this year.
Andy Wong, Director
Andy Wong is the Founder and Director of API Equality. Through his efforts, Andy has helped to build a broad-based coalition of over 75 local, state, and national API organizations in support of marriage equality, garner extensive media coverage of the issue in the API and English language press, and equip numerous API individuals and organizations with the tools to be effective advocates for LGBT people. In addition, Andy regularly confers with national and statewide leaders in the LGBT movement. He currently serves on the Board of Equality for All, a campaign to defeat any proposed ballot measures to ban partnerships rights for same-sex couples in California's constitution, and the Executive Committee of Let California Ring, the largest campaign in history to open hearts and minds about the freedom to marry in the Golden State.
Along with his dedication to advancing LGBT equality, Andy is committed to promoting the health, safety, and welfare of women and children. He presently sits on the Children and Youth Cabinet of the United Way of the Bay Area, was a former Susan Schechter Leadership Development Fellow at the Family Violence Prevention Fund, and previously served on the board of ACCESS/Women's Health Rights Coalition. Andy is also passionate about philanthropy and currently serves on the board of the AIDS Relief Fund for China, a foundation that supports grassroots NGOs in China working to prevent and end HIV/AIDS. Prior to becoming the Director of API Equality, Andy was the Director of Development at Community United Against Violence and a Jane Addams-Andrew Carnegie Fellow at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy.
Andy received his BA in Political Science and Women's Studies from Swarthmore College in 2002.