Corporate Honoree
HAN KIM
Managing Director of Altos Ventures

Han is a member of the Altos investment team. Before co-founding Altos in 1996, Han worked at Booz Allen & Hamilton solving strategic and operational issues for global media, retail, and distribution companies. Previous to that, he was at Procter & Gamble.

Han also served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Han served two years in Korea commanding both U.S. and Korean soldiers. Han received an MBA from Stanford University and a B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Trailblazer Honoree
Lucy Koh
Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

President Biden appointed Judge Lucy Haeran Koh to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in December 2021. President Obama appointed Judge Koh to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in June 2010. Governor Schwarzenegger appointed her to the California Superior Court for the County of Santa Clara in January 2008.

She was formerly a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Silicon Valley; an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles; and in Washington, D.C., a Special Assistant to U.S. Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick and a Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow on U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy’s Senate Judiciary Committee staff. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard.

Judge Koh is the first Korean American female federal appellate judge in the United States, the first Korean American federal district judge in the United States, the first Asian American district judge in the Northern District of California, the first Korean American female judge in the Bay Area, and the first Korean American judge in Santa Clara County.

Emcee
HELEN HONG
Comedian & Actor

A fan favorite on the hit NPR podcast Wait Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, Helen Hong has appeared as a recurring character on Silicon Valley, The Unicorn, Huge in France on Netflix, and Blunt Talk on Starz. She’s performed standup comedy on The Arsenio Hall Show, Last Call with Carson Daly, and the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. Helen was featured in the Coen Brothers’ film Inside Llewyn Davis, and has guest-starred on Jane the Virgin, Parks and Recreation, and Pretty Little Liars.

Helen’s sharp wit on current events have gotten her on CNN, The Young Turks and The Stephanie Miller Show. Her opinion videos on NowThis have surpassed 12 million views. She hosts the celebrity trivia podcast Go Fact Yourself on the Maximum Fun Network. Helen has performed for the troops in the Middle East and for international audiences in Asia, Europe and Latin America. She always wants to pet your dog and have a bite of your donut.

Auctioneer
FRANCO FINN
Auctioneer

Best Known as the “Warriors’ Hype Man” for the Golden States Warriors, Franco has energized and entertained up to 20,000 each night for 15 seasons. He is the TV personality and host for Warriors TV and Warriors Weekly. He also works with CBS as their entertainment and lifestyle correspondent interviewing celebrities. His show, The Hype TV, provides content, red carpet coverage, and exclusive celebrity interviews on CBS.

Franco also manages his own professional interactive DJ/ MC/ Entertainment Production Company, Franco Finn Entertainment, where he conducts various corporate events and weddings. Franco is also a professionally trained auctioneer and has worked with some of the most recognized nonprofit organizations, including American Red Cross, March of Dimes, The Ronald McDonald House, the Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCA, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and corporations, including Walt Disney Company, Coca-Cola, and Verizon.