Digital Media Equity

In 2019, Asian Hall of Fame and its founder Robert Chinn Foundation became a Founding Supporter of the Academy Museum, sponsored the Sundance Institute Film Composers Program, and funded the Asia Society Distinguished Speakers Series. Asian Hall of Fame then supported the development of a mobile game, two charity albums, and audiobook. The Dragon Zoom game was developed with Microsoft Hackathon Xbox engineers to elevate female leads and Asian landscapes. In 2022, the Guild was launched to advance microgrants for female founders in the technology, entertainment and arts industries. The Northeastern University fellows cohort is finalizing the rubrik and awards process for the first female founders to be awarded in 2024.

Founder/Chair
Inductee Sonita Lontoh
Global Council Founder Sue Taylor

Advisors
Inductee Duy Loan-Le
Global Council Founder Mary Knell

Founders
Apple
Aubrey Leonard
Caltech
Camilla Leonard
Chanel Japan
Disney
Illumination
John Nicholas
Julia Gouw
Karen Wong
Kelly Gray
Leah Long
Letitia Fong
Lily Liu
Maki Hsieh
Manna Kadar
Mary Knell
Microsoft
Monster
Noel Lee
Pinnacle Worldwide
Sonita Lontoh
Sue Taylor
Taylor Shimizu
Vanessa Yang

DRAGON ZOOM revenue invests in BIPOC women-led projects and team member scholarships.

Currently, mobile games are dominated by male-centric, medieval narratives. DRAGON ZOOM is the first mobile game to feature a female main character jumping through Asian landscapes to help her brother find their way home.

DRAGON ZOOM was conceived by Robert Chinn Foundation Board Fellow Wilson Huynh and funded by the Seattle-based philanthropy to advance women and girls in STEAM. Microsoft Hackathon volunteers provided technical upgrades and marketing plans for the game.

Digital Media Equity

Iconic collaborations.

To accelerate iconic collaborations in technology, media and entertainment, Asian Hall of Fame is strategically located at the Los Angeles studio of The Door’s guitarist Robby Krieger.

It is a Founding Supporter of the Academy Museum along with its partner Robert Chinn Foundation.

Its Digital Equity Initiative produces and promotes high-impact Asian content and will launch an audiobook, charity album and mobile game this year. The Women In Tech & Entertainment Guild will help inform a venture fund for women-led projects.

Music.

Seasonal Songbook was a charity album released on October 2020. The album and concerts shipped 25,800 PPE to 71 organizations. In 2021, it raised funds to support hate crime survivors.

  • 13-language soprano Maki Mae

  • Robby Krieger of The Doors

  • Ringo Starr’s engineer Bruce Sugar

  • Ed Roth (Annie Lenox, Joe Walsh)

  • 7-time GRAMMY Award-winning bassist Kevin Brandon

  • Guitars Jimmy Kimmel Live’s Toshi Yanagi. Dan Pearson (Macy Gray), Joe Calderon (Dianne Reeves)

  • Drums: Leo Costa (Herb Alpert, Sergio Mendes), Rock Deadrick (Ziggy Marley)

  • Asian Hall of Fame Choir