(test) As NAAAP’s Chief Programs Officer, Cyndy Yu-Robinson oversees national programs and initiatives that build leaders in NAAAP’s organization, chapters, and the general community. National programs include the NAAAP100 awards program, the National Leadership Academy, the National Convention and Recruitment Expo, the NAAAP Speakers Bureau, Women in NAAAP!, Successful Parents in NAAAP, Fitness in NAAAP Everyday (FINE), and partnerships and grants to support NAAAP’s mission.

Cyndy is a Public Involvement and Communication Specialist with URS, recently acquired by AECOM, a global and fully integrated infrastructure and support services firm. Her passions include environmental sustainability, community service and philanthropy, and sports and fitness. Cyndy worked as a Congressional liaison and public information officer for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 18 years and served as the Asian Special Emphasis Program Manager for 9 of those years. She moved into private sector as Lenovo’s Corporate Social Responsibility Manager for one year, and served on numerous non-profit boards including that of Sustainable North Carolina for 3 years.

Her service to the Asian community includes being a volunteer at the Asian Women’s Center in San Francisco, an officer of the Triangle Area Chinese American Society in North Carolina, President of the NC-Chinese Business Association, and project director for Census 2010 Outreach to Asians and Pacific Islanders in North Carolina.

Cyndy graduated from Stanford University in 1987 with a bachelor’s in human biology and from the University of California, San Diego, in 1991 with a master’s in international relations and Pacific Studies.

Cyndy and her husband Steve run a martial arts school in Raleigh and train athletes, including their daughter and son, for national and international competition. As a direct result of leadership and networking skills fostered in NAAAP, Cyndy’s martial arts school will host the AAU Karate national championships and 3000 competitors at the Raleigh Convention Center in 2015.