Mr. Yu is the founder of Lunar New Year Celebration™ (LunarNYC) and has dedicated his life to helping and uniting all Asians and those who love the culture under one Global Brand. From a dream, his mission aims to provide a global platform to help empower the Youth, while also promoting Diversity, Love, Unity, Peace and Prosperity through sports, educational activities and community events. Mr. Yu’s unconventional and unlikely journey from humble beginnings as a “sweatshop baby,” to eventually becoming a successful entrepreneur brings strong work ethics and appreciation to “Pay it Forward.”

He is a self taught and private self investor, his relentless passion for international business has helped him develop key, strategic and valuable relationships throughout the world. Previously, Mr. Yu worked as an analyst part of the Corporate & Investment Banking Division at a Premier Wall St. Investment Bank in New York.

Mr. Yu continued his studies at Columbia University & New York University. He holds a BA in Psychology from City College of New York and has taken specialty courses in various New York City Colleges. He is a member of Nu Alpha Phi, where he is the largest donor and often hires as well as helps mentor college students and new graduates. His belief that “the more you help others, the more blessings you will receive,” whether through friendships or business ventures. He is responsible for all of LunarNYC’s executive decisions, executive level talks and the growth into a Global Brand for Asians across the world.

Steven is an experienced entrepreneur that runs a multi-million dollar E-Commerce business that he helped found during his undergraduate years. After receiving a Bachelors degree in Finance and Investments from the City University of New York-Baruch College, he was able to explore other opportunities. His knowledge of international business, primarily in Asia, adds great value to LunarNYC. He is skilled in identifying customer needs and how they can be addressed in a profitable way for both the client and the company.

He is also experienced in marketing, specifically social media marketing, online marketing, advertising, marketing strategies, and digital marketing. He has many other qualifications including social and digital media, web analytics, new business development, management, and search engine optimization.

Steven is proficient as a native speaker of English and has a rudimentary understanding of Chinese. When he is not working, he enjoys many interests, which include: gadgets, digital photography, traveling, weight lifting, and music. He also enjoys investing and keeping an eye on those investments.

Born in Punjab, India, Shawn Nagpal came to New York at a young age. Currently a successful entrepreneur in the Hospitality & Philanthropy Industries, Shawn has been honored to have been featured in the likes of Forbes Magazine (Under 30 Summit), Entrepreneur.com (GrowthCon), & The New York Times.

A Graduate of Iona College, Hagan School of Business, his International Business & Finance background adds a valuable arm to LunarNYC- especially in South Asia. Out of college, Shawn worked as the Finance Manager for BMW North America, overseeing locations in Westchester, NY & Greenwich, CT. His passion for philanthropy started when he noticed a severely under served South Asian community which needed the guidance and support of other successful, young individuals. Using his background as a restaurateur, he has been able to bring together conferences of the next crop of game-changers over the comfort of Food & Wine. As Shawn puts it, “motivating others to achieve their dreams, is the reason I exist- and being there to see them accomplish their goals, is my ultimate achievement.”

Aside from his passion for business, Shawn is immersed in the South Asian culture away from the office. A native speaker of Hindi, Punjabi, & English, he is also fluent in French. When he is not working, he enjoys time with his family, dining out at the latest restaurants, and enjoying all of the unique culture NYC has to offer.

Kenny comes from a real estate finance background and has been practicing in the industry for over 16 years. He is also an investor in distressed properties. Prior to forming Blue Ocean Property Group, he has built and mastered experience in all three of the major mortgage origination platforms. These platforms include mortgage broker, mortgage banker and retail banking institutions (JP Morgan Chase, Capital One & Citibank) for residential and commercial financing. He has a proven track record of success in self originations and building high producing origination teams. In his career, he has generated in excess of 500 Million Dollars in loan volume. He also dedicates his own time and resources back to the
local community by serving on the Board of Directors of two major real estate trade organizations in the New York City area. These organizations include: 

• (CAREA) Chinese American Real Estate Association
• (AREAA) Asian Real Estate Association of America

He also serves on the Board of Directors Planning Committee for Pinktie.org, which is a non-profit, 100% pass-through organization that supports breast cancer awareness in Long Island, NY. The organization builds networking events with real estate professionals to raise funds for breast cancer awareness and research. The organization currently has over 2,500 real estate professional attendees for its annual event.

Bill Chan, whose sports background included 5 years as the proprietor of Pro Bound Publications, a NFL draft scouting analysis magazine, as well as being founder and president of U.S. Asian Basketball since 2001.

Under the guidance of Bill Chan, over 140 of the U.S. Asian Basketball members made their high school teams.  Additionally, 25 of those players have played collegiate basketball.  Bill Chan has actively spent the last thirteen years conducting research for the betterment of Asian basketball in America and particularly New York City. Mr.  Chan previously owned a sports memorabilia company for 27 years.

His passion and love for helping youth in the urban community through sports has had a huge impact in the Asian community. He is a loyal fan to the New York professional teams, especially the Giants and Islanders. He currently resides in the suburbs of New York City, where we have been for the last 21 years with his lovely wife and three children. He is a true New Yorker in every sense.

2001 to current: Jackie Pang has been working for Hong Kong Phoenix Satellite TV New York Bureau as Senior Financial News correspondent, Producer and Host for the weekly special: A Passage to Wall Street and Global Financial News Live. Ms Pang was the first Chinese reporter who reported Sept. 11 tragedy on the site of World Trade Center. Her reports have helped Phoenix TV become the most trusted news source for Chinese audience in China during early 2001. She was also awarded one of the 10 most influence journalist in the same year by Beijing Youth Daily.

Ms. Pang has extensive experiences in interviews with senior financial experts and chief economists with major Wall Street Financial Institutions during financial crisis. Her reports and documentary films have helped Chinese audiences understand on a timely manner the turbulence and dramatic changes of the US financial history during that time period.

In Early 2000, Jackie also co-founded: Wall Street Multimedia, Inc.(WSM). Until today, WSM remains a very professional financial news multimedia financial news content provider. It is currently providing stock market information, hot topic weekly shows, and documentary program to for Chinese speaking communities worldwide via internet, radio, and television broadcasting. It also providing English program to both Chinese viewers, and US investment communities. In early 2012, she co-founded CounterPoint Media, a multimedia platform for citizen diplomacy between US and China. She created and produced “Channel C” TV program to help facilitate communications and understandings between US and China.