Greg Chew

In the world of marketing and advertising, Commissioner Greg Chew’s track record spans over thirty years of innovation and success. With his start in mainstream advertising agencies, he is the founding creative director of the award-winning San Francisco based Dae Advertisng. Chew specializes in reaching out to the burgeoning, extensive and diverse Asian and Asian American consumer markets.

Dae Advertising and Dae Interactive was established in 1990, and in 2001, it was acquired by CDC Corp. Hong Kong, a publicly traded company (CHINA) on Nasdaq.

In addition to working with Fortune 500 companies, Chew is an active contributor and is deeply rooted to the Asian American community, serving on boards such as the Asian Business League, the Chinese Culture Foundation and Asian CineVision, New York. He is co founder of The Asian American Advertising Association.

Chew’s expertise has been tapped by the Academy of Art University, UC Berkeley Extension and San Jose State University, where he teaches numerous courses on design, marketing and advertising.

As principal in the first Asian marketing firm to win the American Marketing Association’s Gold EFFIE, Chew now serves as a selection panel judge.

This mixture of business success and civic awareness endows Chew with a unique perspective, appointed in 2004 as San Francisco Film Commissioner, and in 2008 to the Immigrant Rights Commission, chairing the Commission’s Outreach Committee. He is a member of numerous San Francisco Sister City Committees.

On September 1, 2009, Chew was appointed to the San Francisco Arts Commission for a four-year term.

He is the guest host of the Annual Asian Comedy Showcase at the legendary Purple Onion and is a partner in the wildly successful Betelnut Restaurant, which serves distinctive Asian street food in Cow Hollow, as well other restaurants and ventures in Shanghai, China.