Awards, Volunteer & Board Associations

Awards

  • 2003, TsaiComms was named on the Portland Business Journal’s Top 25 Minority Businesses after its first year of operations.
  • April 2006 - Lillian was the featured “VIP of the Month” in the April issue of Oregon Business Magazine and the first Asian-American woman to be featured in this profile.
  • October 2006 – Sweat Equity Award, NW Minority and Women’s Business Excellence Conference.
  • January 2007 - Lillian was the only Asian-American recipient of the 2007 World Arts Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service
  • April 2007 - Lillian was named “Outstanding Women in Business of 2007” by the Portland Business Journal’s (The Orchid awards), their highest honor for achievement for women in business.
  • October 2007 - Portland Business Journal’s Small Business Philanthropist Award for 2007
  • October 2006 – Sweat Equity Award, NW Minority and Women’s Business Excellence Conference.
  • November 2008 – Executive Development Institute (EDI) – 2008 Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Support as a volunteer mentor and executive coach.

Volunteer & Board Associations:

  • New Leadership Oregon (NLO), Advisory Board Member (2004-present) www.newleadershiporegon.org
  • Chair, TriMet’s Citizen’s Advisory Committee on the Budget (2005-2007) www.trimet.org
  • NW China Council, Board Chair (2005-2008) www.nwchina.org
  • Asian American Business Alliance President (2006-2008)
  • American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Cascadia Chapter, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, (2008-present) www.astdcascadia.org
  • Board member and Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Portland Human Resource Management Association (PHRMA) (2010 – present) www.portlandhrma.org
  • Member, Ladies Professional Golf Association’s Cross-cultural Task Force (2009 - present) www.lpga.com
  • Facilitator and volunteer for the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (2009) www.apano.org
  • Facilitator, Asian American Youth Leadership Conference (2009 & 2010)
  • Advisor, Cambodian American Community of Oregon (CACO) (2007-present) www.caco.org

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