East-West Center

The East-West Center was established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 and according to their website "contributes to a peaceful, prosperous, and just Asia Pacific community by serving as a vigorous hub for cooperative research, education, and dialogue on critical issues of common concern to the Asia Pacific region and the United States." 


 * Ko-Yung Tung "serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the East-West Center."

East-West Center Board of Governors

 * Roland Lagareta - Board Chair - Morgan Stanley, Honolulu, Hawaii
 * Miriam Hellreich - Board Vice-Chair - President, Speech & Pathology Associates, Kailua, Hawaii

Appointed by the Governor of Hawaii
 * Eddie Flores, Jr. - President, L&L Drive-Inn, Honolulu, Hawaii
 * Theodore Em-Po Liu (Governor's Designee) - Director, Dept. of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, State of Hawaii
 * Jean E. Rolles - Vice President/Community Relations, Assistant Corporate Secretary, Outrigger Enterprises, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
 * Puongpun Sananikone - President, PACMAR, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii

Appointed by the Secretary of State
 * Albert C. Chang - President, Eastern Sea, Inc., San Francisco, California
 * Tai-Young Lee - President, PTC International, Baltimore, Maryland
 * John E. Osborn - Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Cephalon, Inc., Frazer, Pennsylvania
 * The Honorable Patricia F. Saiki - Former Member U.S. House of Representatives, Honolulu, Hawaii

Elected Members
 * Tarun Das - Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi, India
 * Daniel R. Fung SBS,SC,QC,JP - Chairman, Des Voeux Chambers, Hong Kong
 * Il SaKong - Chairman and CEO, Institute for Global Economics, Seoul, Korea
 * Tadashi Yamamoto - President, Japan Center for International Exchange, Tokyo, Japan
 * The Honorable Tun Daim Zainuddin - Former Finance Minister Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ex-Officio Members
 * The Honorable Linda Lingle - Governor, State of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
 * The Honorable Dina Habib Powell - Assistant Secretary of State for Educational & Cultural Affairs and Deputy Under Secretary for Public, Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
 * David McClain - President, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

EWCA Representative
 * Lawrence C. Foster - President, East-West Center Association, Professor and Former Dean, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii

Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders Source
 * His Excellency Kessai H. Note - President, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Majuro, Marshall Islands

East-West Center Officers

 * Charles E. Morrison - President
 * Ricky Kubota - Treasurer
 * Clinton Nonaka - Assistant Treasurer
 * Carleen Gumapac - Corporate Secretary

Current Visiting Fellows

 * Frederic Bessat, Senior Lecturer, University of Sorbonne, Paris
 * Yayoi Fujita, Advisor, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, Nat'l University of Laos (NUOL)
 * Vanessa Golding, Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Dept. of State, Office for Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy.
 * Moon-Hee Lee, Visiting Fellow (EWC); Deputy Superintendent, Jeju Provincial Office of Education
 * Michael Yoder, U.S. Foreign Service Officer, State Department
 * Kosuke Yoshitsugu

Contact
East-West Center, 1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848 Web: http://www.eastwestcenter.org

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