This is the second of a five-part series. Part one is here.
Krissie Fung
Krissie Fung is associate director and program manager for Zero Youth Corrections at the civic engagement and social justice organization Milwaukee Turners, and, since January, a member of the Milwaukee Police and Fire Commission. She has also served as a Chief Election Inspector, board member of the Japanese American Citizens League of Wisconsin, a community advisory board member for he Medical College of Wisconsin’s Comprehensive Injury Center, and a legal observer with the ACLU. Milwaukee Business Journal named her to its 2025 40 Under 40 class. Fung completed two internships in Hong Kong while a student at New York University, where she earned a degree in economics.
Kerry Yang
Kerry Yang is the Community Liaison and Special Events Coordinator for the City of Green Bay Mayor’s Office. In this role, she is deeply engaged with the community as a member of the Brown County Refugee Taskforce headed by Catholic Charities, a Community Champion from Brown County United Way, and a member of the Be Safe Taskforce from Golden House. She also coordinates Hmong and Latino advisory councils, which engage the Mayor’s Office on how the City can better serve those populations. She is a big sister in Big Brothers Big Sisters, a member of the Greater Green Bay Chamber, and presented on civic engagement at the 2025 Hmong National Development Conference in Minneapolis. Through her role in the City, she saw that there was a greater need for a local center for the Hmong people and co-founded and is the President of Hmong Autism Neurodiverse Disability Support (HANDS) with her sisters Betsy Rotzenberg and Linda Yang. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from UW Madison.
Ali Khan
Ali Khan is a multimedia producer and digital strategist at PBS Wisconsin, where he creates stories for Wisconsin Life and Why Race Matters. His work centers historically underrepresented voices, with a focus on storytelling that bridges culture, identity, and community. He is the founder of Of The Diaspora, a community-driven brand that raised funds for global relief initiatives through content-led product campaigns. Ali has also shaped social media strategy for Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and led paid social analytics for clients at Ovative Group. As a student at University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he earned degrees in political science and digital cinema production, he passed divestment legislation within student government, organized with the Multicultural Student Center, and launched Home is Where WI Aren’t, a viral video campaign uplifting students of color at UW-Madison that gained national attention.
Ryan Estrella
Ryan Estrella is a social worker with Joining Forces for Families and co-president of the board of directors at Just Dane. He was the chair of Fitchburg’s Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative from its founding in 2018 until 2022, and spent two more years as vice chair. He has participated on a number of City of Fitchburg hiring committees and outreach efforts. Mayor Julia Arata-Fratta honored him with the Resident Award in 2024. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Part 3 coming tomorrow!
