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MEET THE TEAM

8by8 is a volunteer-run organization, with support from business, community, and tech leaders, as well as our passionate volunteer team. 

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Greg Lin Tanaka - Founder

City Councilmember at the City of Palo Alto, CEO of Percolata

After attending over a dozen Stop Asian Hate rallies, Greg Tanaka founded 8by8 to provide a concrete solution to the voter registration and turnout gap in our Asian-American communities. He was also the chief organizer for our 5/2 rally in downtown Palo Alto. 

Co-founders

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Bing Wei

CEO and Founder of The Word International, Inc.

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Tyler Ratcliffe

Volunteer Coordinator for the 5/2 Rally

Board Members

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Greg Lin Tanaka (President)

Palo Alto City Councilmember, Founder of 8by8

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Bing Wei (Secretary)

CEO of The Word International, Inc.

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Nancy Shepherd (Treasurer)

President of the League of Women Voters of Palo Alto

Advisory Board

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Kenneth Lo

Senior Product Manager, Horsley Bridge

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Margaret Szeto

Product Designer, Netflix

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Fengming Wang

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google

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Eric J. Chang

Deputy Attorney General for the State of California

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Gene Chuang

CTO Slackers, Board Member of Innovate Pasadena

LEad Volunteers

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Kris Wong

Executive Director

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Zayna Shamsan

Human Resources Lead

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Hannah Cho

Outreach/Partnerships Lead​

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Sophia Doan

Fundraising Lead

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Joseph Dvorak

Engineering Team Lead

Volunteers

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Alice Wang

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Julie Liu

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Madhumita Narayan

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Ricky Xu

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Arnab Ghosh

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Laura Fuentes

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Mazharul Islam

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Tyler Wong

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David Xu

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Luis escobar

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Nikki Lu

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Yudy Deng

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Devanshu Pandey

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Margaret szeto

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Pei-wen Tan

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zane zheng

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