Frank Jao - Board of Advisors
CEO with extensive experience in diverse businesses, domestic and international, across all major business functions. Result–oriented, entrepreneurial leader with proven track record in full-service commercial and residential real estate development and management (specializing in ethnic markets and urban in-fill). Successful in negotiation and structuring acquisition, financing, asset management, investment maximization, and equity raising.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chairman & CEO Bridgecreek Group, Inc., Westminster, CA 1978 – Present
Founding principal of an over-a-quarter billion dollar full-service real estate company providing services in property acquisition, land development, redevelopment, management, leasing, asset management and management consulting. Portfolio includes shopping centers, office buildings, and apartments. In addition to has Syndicated and currently managing over two dozen partnerships, LLC’s, and LTD’s in the US and Asia.
Commercial Trading/Project Development in Asia since 1968.
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 1978 – PRESENT
Member, Board of Directors, Vietnam Education Foundation, Appointed by President George W. Bush
Host, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao’s Orange County/“Little Saigon” Visit, August 22, 2001
Participant, Asian Heritage Month Celebration, May 17, 2002, The White House
Participant, Asian Heritage Month Celebration, May 15, 2001, The White House
Campaign Co-Chair, Governor George W. Bush, Presidential Campaign Rally – “Asian Garden Mall” Orange County, California – September 13, 2000
Presidential Campaign of Senator Robert Dole ‘96
Campaign Co-Chair, Bush/Quayle ‘92
Host, Vice President Dan Quayle’s Orange County/“Little Saigon” Visit, March 1992
Host, First Lady Barbara Bush’s Orange County/“Little Saigon” Visit, May 1988
Host, Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Simon/California Republican Party Luncheon, May 3, 2002
Host Committee, “An Evening with President George W. Bush and Bill Simon,”
Los Angeles, California, April 29, 2002
Host, Gubernatorial Candidate Richard Riordan, February 11, 2002
Campaign Co-Chair, Pete Wilson’s U.S. Senate and Gubernatorial Campaigns
Governor George Deukmejian ‘86 Campaign
State Assembly and Senate Campaigns
Congressional and U.S. Senate Campaigns (Deputy Secretary Matt Fong, Congressman Michael Huffington, Congressman Ed Zschau)
Chairman, Lincoln Club of Orange County, Asian American Outreach Committee
Co-Chair, Asian American Coalition for 2004
Member, Republican Eagles
Member, Republican National Committee, National Finance Committee
Republican Party of Orange County
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & CIVIC INVOLVEMENT (PAST & PRESENT)
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS), Board Member, 2002
Urban Land Institute, Member, 1987 – present
East West Center, Alumni, 1989 – present
Vietnamese-Chinese Association (of Los Angeles), Advisory Board Member, 1989 – present
Orange County Human Relations Commission, Commissioner, 1990 – present
International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Member, 1994 – present
Orange County Chinese American Society, Vice President/Co-Founder, 1994 - present
U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC) West Coast Chapter, President, 2001 - present
Orange County Chinese-American Chamber of Commerce, 2001 – present
International City Bank of Long Beach, Board of Directors, 1998
World Affairs Council of Orange County, Member, 1998
Pan-Pacific Asian American for New Los Angeles, Member, 1993, Asia Society, Advisory Board Member, 1992
National Conference for Community and Justice, Advisory Board Member, 1992
Immigrants Foundation of Westminster, Director, 1991
California Economic Development Commission, State of California, Advisor, 1988
Chinese-American Lions Club of Orange County, Founder/Member, 1987
Bower Museum, Advisory Board Member, 1986
Vietnamese Lions Club of Orange County, Founder/Member, 1984
Westminster Boys & Girls Club, Century Club, 1983
Kiwanis International of Westminster, Member, 1983
Planning & Redevelopment Advisory Council, City of Westminster, Advisory Board Member, 1982
Traffic Commission, City of Westminster, Commissioner, 1981
PRESENTER / SPEAKER / PANELIST
U.S. Department of Air Force, Space & Missile Systems Center, 13th Annual Asian Pacific American Awards Luncheon – “Cultural Awareness & Diversity in the Workforce,” 2001
Orange County Forum, Executive Leadership Series – “Leaders on the Rise,” 2001
International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) – “Ethnic Market Trends,” 1997
American Planners Association (APA) – “Ethnic Development,” 1994
California State University, Long Beach – “Little Saigon,” 1992
University of California, Irvine – “Community Development of Little Saigon,” 1991
AWARDS
“Vision in America Award” – The International Channel, September 2002
“Patriotic Service Award” – U.S. Department of the Treasury, September 2002
“Community Leadership Award” – Orange County Chinese-American Chamber of Commerce (OCCACC), 2001
“OC Entrepreneur of the Year Award” – Asian Business Association of Orange County (ABAOC), 2001
“Business Achievement Award” – International Leadership Foundation, 2001
“Citizen of the Year”– City of Westminster, 1996
“Humanitarian Award”– National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ), 1995
“Man of the Year” – Golden West College, 1994
Asian American Achievement Award, 1986
EDUCATION
B.S. Degree in Business, Vietnam
Harvard University – Management Training in Design, Construction, Management, and Real Estate Finance
Real Estate Broker’s License
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English, Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Cantonese.