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." [1]

• Ko-Yung Tung "serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the East-West Center." [2]

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

• His Excellency Kessai H. Note - President, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Majuro, Marshall Islands

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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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