Stan retired in 2003 after a successful career as a civil engineer and manager of the airports grants program with the Federal Aviation Administration. Immediately after retirement, he taught English at a university in Jiangxi Province in China for two and a half years. He came to the realization that he owed much of his success and good life to his parents who migrated from Canton to Mississippi in the 1930s. He had always considered himself to be intelligent, but it took a long time to understand the hardships, prejudices, unfair treatment, and sacrifices that his parents and other Chinese immigrants suffered in order that he and other second generation Chinese Americans could enjoy good lives. He wants to make up for this late awakening by being able to pass on this unique history of our ancestors to Americans, Chinese and non-Chinese. He also wants to work to highlight and prevent injustices against Chinese and other minority races mainly because we are not "WASPs." He feels that OCA has these goals on its agenda, and it is his hope that we can all work together to realize these and other worthwhile goals.

Annette Cheng 

Annette is currently a representative of the County's Limited English Proficiency (LEP) committee and serves on its advisory board to develop a County-wide policies and regulations. She has also served as the Treasurer for the Montgomery County Asian Pacific American Employees Association (APAEA) for the past 4 years.

In August 2006, Annette was invited by the OCA-DC to participate in the annual convention in Philadelphia and was extremely fascinated with the contributions that OCA has made on behalf of Asian communities. Impressed by the success of this organization and its involvement in community and educational programs, Annette joined OCA-DC in October of this year.