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Who We Are

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Ascend  reaches 60,000 people with 45+ student chapters and 20 professional chapters located in both the United States and Canada around major business hubs and educational institutions.

Ascend offers impactful career lifecycle and cross-industry leadership programs and networks that foster community and engagement for Pan-Asian business professionals and students, corporate partners, and the community at large.

 

Ascend serves members across various professions and industries and is designed to develop business leaders at all career stages.

  • Supporting Pan-Asian business professionals through all stages of the career lifecycle

  • Informing and educating the broader corporate community outside of Ascend

  • Providing tools for societal change through fact-based research

Our Vision

Enhance the presence and influence of current and future Pan-Asian business leaders and serve as a collective voice for Pan-Asian business communities.

Our Mission

Be the premier professional organization dedicated to enabling its members, corporate partners and the professional Pan-Asian community to leverage the leadership and global business potential of Pan-Asian professionals worldwide.

Objectives

Connect Pan-Asian leaders across industries through a network of seasoned professionals and emerging leaders. Enable young professionals and emerging leaders to pursue their dreams and achieve new professional heights. Assist our partners and sponsors to achieve their business growth through world-class diversity and inclusion practices

Membership

Membership is open to individuals of all ethnicities and business backgrounds. The majority of our members come from fields where there is a high concentration of Pan-Asians – accounting, financial services, technology, engineering, professional services, and others in business, government, and academia.

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