Y. Ping Sun graduated from Princeton University and Columbia Law School. Ping is of counsel with the law firm of Yetter Coleman LLP. Ping is also Rice University Representative. She serves as a member of the advisory board of Rice’s Shepherd School of Music and the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, and is an honorary co-chair of Rice’s Baker Institute Roundtable
Ping is board member of Texas Children’s Hospital, Asia Society Texas Center, Teach For America, United Way, the Center for Houston’s Future, BARC, Hermann Park Conservancy and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Ping’s community service has been recognized by several organizations. She received the 2011 Asian American Leadership Award from Asia Society Texas Center. Ping was also named a Woman on the Move by Texas Executive Women, one of the 50 Most Influential Women by Houston Women Magazine, a 2012 ABC Channel 13 Woman of Distinction, the 2013 Ambassador of the Year by Asian Chamber of Commerce, the 2014 Friendship Ambassador Award along with former President George H.W. Bush, Sr. from the U.S. China People’s Friendship Association, Houston Chapter and was named one of the 2015 Most Powerful and Influential Women of Texas by National Diversity Council. Girl Scouts of San Jacinto honored Ping at their fifth annual Success to Significance luncheon on April 23, 2015 and Mayor Parker officially designated April 23, 2015 as “Y. Ping Sun Day” in Houston.
