Our Team

Co-Founder & Executive Director

She has taught courses on Spirituality, Sustainability, and Diversity at Azusa Pacific University, United Theological Seminary, and Fuller Theological Seminary since 1992 to present. She holds three MA’s in Counseling Psychology, Theology, Anthropology, and PhD in Intercultural Studies.

Communications and Marketing Director

Joana is the podcast producer for When Women Preach… and manages all of ISAAC’s communications and marketing platforms.  Joana is also a teaching pastor at NUMA church and is currently pursuing a Masters in Justice & Advocacy at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Chair

Reverend Florence Li, National Coordinator of Asian Ministries, is the Chair of ISAAC’s board.  Born in Hong Kong, relocated to the U.S in 1976 and ordained in 1987, Li works to strengthen Asian church ministries by providing resources to pastors of Asian churches and gathering them together through local, regional and denominational events and conferences. She graduated from Hunter College with an MSW in Administration, an M. Div., from American Baptist Seminary of the West, and a BA degree in Social Work from Ottawa University.

Treasurer

Angelica Michail is President of Sunbelt of Pasadena Team and works as an actuary and brokers business sales. She has degrees from Claremont Graduate University, University of the Philippines, and State University of New Jersey.

Director

Rev. Joanne Rodríguez, is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, and the Executive Director of the Hispanic Theological Initiative and the Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium at Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) since 2002. During her tenure, HTI established the consortium in 2008, fundraised over $8.3 million, and helped graduate over 120 PhD students in an average time to degree of 5.5 years, holding a graduation rate over 97%. She holds an MDiv. 1999, and a ThM. 2002, in homiletics from Princeton Theological Seminary. She writes, and speaks throughout the nation regarding the educational development of Hispanic students in PhD studies. Also listen to the HTI Open Plaza podcast.

Director

Wing is the co-founder & Executive Director of Christian Leadership Exchange as well as a consultant in urban design and planning. In the past, he has served at numerous institutions including the Chinese Studies Program at Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, New York. Wing completed a BA at UC Berkeley, a Masters in Urban Design City Planning from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Urban Planning at UCLA.

Director

“I was born and raised in Detroit as a third generation Chinese and Korean American. I was pastor of the First Chinese Baptist in Sacramento. Then I taught Christian education and Bible at Drew University in NJ and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. I discovered my passion for wine while working at Trader Joe’s. I was a wine host at grocery stores, a winery and wine bars. Besides wine, I am avidly interested in biblical studies, archeology and World War II. I have been married for 45 years and have two young adult sons.”

Advisor

Maggie Harmon is the Ministry Relations Officer for the Southwest Region in the Presbyterian Foundation, where she works with congregations and individuals to sustain the culture of generosity. She is also a ruling elder at Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland, California. Her experience includes 20 years of legal practice, management consulting, and leadership coaching. She is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and has extensive training in social science-based organizational development. She holds a B.A. from the University of California, Davis and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law. She has certification in leadership, organizational growth, and social science from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and is an interfaith chaplain.

Advisor

Andrew is a founding member of the firm, Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey, and he advises international business enterprises in corporate and financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, international and cross-border transactions, products liability, real estate, tax and other general business matters. He has extensive experience representing corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and joint ventures of major Korean multinational companies in various commercial transactions.

Advisor

Rebecca is the Frank R. Seaver Chair of Social Science. She is Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Ethnic Studies program at Pepperdine University. She specializes in immigration, race, and religion and has published widely on such topics, particularly related to Asian Americans and Korean Christianity. She is the author of God’s New Whiz Kids? Korean American Evangelicals on Campus (New York Press 2006) and The Spirit Moves West: Korean Missionaries in America (Oxford University Press 2015).

Advisor

Shana is active with many community and professional organizations including the International Association of Financial Planners, Women’s Leadership Council, and is a member of the Million Dollar Roundtable. She is the Investment Committee Chair for the International Institute of Los Angeles and also served on the board of Los Angeles City College District Bond Oversight Committee which is responsible for over $1 Billion in projects.