John W. Chin

john-chinExecutive Director
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation

Mr. Chin is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC), a non-profit organization, whose mission is to preserve, protect, and promote Chinatown as a viable, ethnic, residential and business community. He oversees all programming in the areas of neighborhood planning and advocacy, affordable housing and related services, economic development (including Main Street), neighborhood beautification and real estate development, and Chinatown family support services.

Prior to joining the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, Mr. Chin was Assistant Vice President and Director of International Equities Trading for Roll and Ross Asset Management.

Mr. Chin serves on the board of numerous organizations including Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, and Friend Select School.  He serves on the steering committee of the Asian American Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, and is President of the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations.

Mr. Chin also serves on the Mayor’s Commission on Asian American Affairs and the Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Construction Industry Diversity. In 2010 he served on the Philadelphia School District’s Diversity Taskforce and was a national delegate for the National Coalition of Asian Pacific American Community Development Corporations’ roundtable meeting with HUD and DOT.

Mr. Chin is a native of Chinatown, and is a graduate of Drexel University, where he received a degree in Business Administration and Management Information Systems.