Tuesday, June 8 • 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. ET / 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. PT
Join Troutman Pepper's Asian Pacific American Attorney Network and Diversity & Inclusion Committee in a conversation with Kelly Mi Li from Netflix’s hit show Bling Empire, which debuted earlier this year as one of the first American reality television series focused on the lives of East Asian and East Asian-American socialites based in Los Angeles. Kelly will be joined by Tram-Anh Nguyen, Hyung Steele, and Sheila Chen in a discussion exploring topics related to breaking boundaries in the entertainment industry, Asian-American presence in the media, and maintaining authenticity while championing diversity in professional contexts.
Kelly Mi Li is a Chinese American serial entrepreneur, film producer, and investor. She is notably known as the executive producer and star of Bling Empire on Netflix and executive producer of Cypher, an FBI decoding series available exclusively on Roku, as well as Michael Shannon's crime drama, Echo Boomers. Currently, Kelly has five more projects in the pipeline to be shot in 2021 under her new production company, Wet Paws Media. Kelly is a devoted philanthropist and has sat on the board of many nonprofit organizations, such as Prince Harry's Well Child and UNICEF CCI.