Inspiring Across Generations (IAG) 2025

Cindy Huang is a first-generation Chinese American born. She attended the University of California San Diego where she began her career in live music as part of UCSD’s AS Concerts and Events. She helped coordinate UCSD’s Sun God Festival, an all day 20,000 people festival. In 2011, she started as an intern with Nederlander Concerts and was hired full-time. In 2016, she booked her first show, Darren Criss and booked her first-sold out show, Trevor Noah the following year. She has gone on to expand her booking footprint working to book notable artists across California. She remains at the forefront of researching industry trend, booking nontraditional events, and expanding Nederlander’s comedy bookings with artists such as Hasan Minhaj and Ramy Yousef . In 2020, Cindy was named a VenuesNow Generation Next honoree. In 2023, She served as part of API in Sports and Entertainment’s inaugural Board of Directors.

Michelle K. Sugihara is the Executive Director and CEO of CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), the world's longest-running non-profit organization creating career opportunities and commercial success for Asians and Pasifika people, stories, and culture in Hollywood. She is a fourth-generation Japanese American born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Prior to joining CAPE, she was an entertainment attorney, film producer, and adjunct professor for the Claremont Colleges’ Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies. Michelle’s community involvement includes past roles as a founding member of the Asian Pacific American Friends of the Theater, Co-Chair of the Multicultural Bar Alliance of Southern California, VP of OCA-Greater Los Angeles, President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County, member of Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles’s Executive Advisory Council, and board member of the Japanese American Bar Association and the Japanese American Bar Association Educational Foundation. She is a recipient of the City of Los Angeles R.I.S.E. (Recognizing Inspiring IndividualS Who Elevate and Empower) Award, KTLA 5 AAPI Visionaries Award, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Best Lawyers Under 40 award, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Real Property Section’s Outstanding Young Lawyer award. An avid public speaker, Michelle speaks around the world on various topics, including Representation in Media, Women in Entertainment, and Telling Inclusive Stories. She also teaches “Improv for Lawyers” and has performed improv internationally.

Vivian Wang is a first-generation Taiwanese-American born and raised in Northern California. She moved to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California, where she double-majored in Neuroscience and Music Industry and began her career in live music as an artist manager. She spent a decade at AEG, working across AXS Ticketing and AEG Presents, leading initiatives in concert booking strategy, marketing operations, and data-driven growth. During that time, she also taught in USC’s Music Industry Program and earned her MBA from UCLA Anderson. Now part of Apple’s Growth Marketing organization, Vivian leads operations for Apple Music and Apple TV, focusing on campaign performance and audience growth. She is also an Associate Producer on the 2023 Sundance award-winning film Dìdi and the creator and producer of the Belly Laughs Comedy and Food Festival. Her work has been recognized by Gold House, Google, and Billboard.