John X. Wang: from Park Ridge, New Jersey. Dr. John X. Wang founded the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS) in 2015 and served as the American Youth Leadership Foundation (AYLF) board president from 2015 to 2025. During his ten years of service on the AYLF Board of Directors and as board chairman, Dr. Wang led AYLUS from 0 to 1 branch, and expanded AYLUS from 1 to 179 branches across the United States. He led AYLUS by making all major regulations and policies that have guided AYLF/AYLUS to great success. Dr. Wang’s contributions to AYLF/AYLUS and the local community are outstanding. He will be remembered as a legend of AYLF and AYLUS.
Lin Hu: from Park Ridge, New Jersey. Lin Hu co-founded the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS) in 2015 and served on the American Youth Leadership Foundation (AYLF) board from 2015 to the present. During her ten years of service on the AYLF Board of Directors, Lin led and helped AYLUS to expand from 0 to 179 branches across the United States. Lin worked with Dr. Wang and the AYLF board closely by making all major regulations and policies that have guided AYLF/AYLUS to great success. Lin’s contributions to AYLF/AYLUS and the local community are outstanding. She will be remembered as a legend of AYLF and AYLUS.
Thomas Young: from San Diego, California. Dr. Thomas Young served as on the board of American Youth Leadership Foundation (AYLF) Board of Directors, the AYLF treasurer, and the Chair of Advisors of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS) for five years (2017-2022). Dr. Young was also the founding advisor of the San Diego branch, which has been one of the leading branches of AYLUS for several years. During his five years of service on the AYLF Board of Directors and as the Chair at AYLUS headquarters, Dr. Young led AYLUS to expand from about 30 branches to nearly 110 branches across the United States. He helped to make many regulations and policies that have guided AYLF/AYLUS to success. Dr. Young’s contributions to AYLF/AYLUS and his local community are outstanding. He will be remembered as a legend of AYLF and AYLUS.
Zhiyin Yu: from Pearland, Texas. Zhiyin Yu served as the American Youth Leadership Foundation (AYLF) Director for three years (2017-2020). Zhiyin was also the founding advisor of the Pearland branch, one of the earliest AYLUS branches. After she stepped down from the Board of Directors of AYLF and as the advisor of the Pearland branch, she continued supporting the Pearland branch in organizing community activities and kept the Pearland branch as one of the leading AYLUS branches. Zhiyin’s contributions to the success of the AYLUS Pearland branch and her local community are outstanding. She serves as a role model of a great AYLUS branch advisor.
In order to thank and remember the directors and branch advisors who have made outstanding contributions to AYLF and AYLUS, AYLF/AYLUS set up the AYLF/AYLUS HALL OF FAME in 2022.
The AYLF/AYLUS HALL OF FAME consists of former directors and branch advisors who have made outstanding contributions to AYLF and AYLUS. The selected members will be awarded a trophy by AYLF/AYLUS, and their deeds will be published on the HALL OF FAME pages of the official websites of AYLF and AYLUS, which will become part of the permanent history of AYLF and AYLUS.
Current directors of AYLF, AYLUS branch advisors, and Hall of Fame members can nominate candidates for new members and provide descriptions of the candidates’ deeds.
The AYLF Board of Directors will meet in July every year to discuss the nominated candidates and vote on the candidates one by one. The list of new members will be announced at the end of July.
Additional note: A suggestive definition of “outstanding contribution” for a branch advisor is that he/she has led branch activities for multiple years and the branch has frequently been honored as the Branch of the Month. Furthermore, after stepping down, he/she continued to assist the new branch advisor to keep the honor branch status for more than one year.
Nomination Form (PDF format)