A list of 40 Influential Asian Americans in Washington D.
C.
was recently compiled and released by Jennie Ilustre of Asian Fortune News.
Although there are numerous other influential Americans of Asian background currently serving in the Nation's Capital who could easily have been listed as they are most deserving, the list does include some of those who are very active in promoting the concerns of Asian Americans.
These people are generally working for the benefit of all Americans.
It is not a list necessarily of the MOST influential, and there is always likely to be some criticism when compiling such a list.
Secretary Norman Y.
Mineta, who has done much to benefit all Americans over his lifetime involvement in public life, of course, is on the list.
Secretary Mineta was the Mayor of San Jose, California, where he was born and raised (except for his time during the Second World War when he was a child and his family was forcibly removed from their home to be incarcerated in an American concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming).
He served twenty years as a member of the United States House of Representatives and was Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton and Secretary of Transportation under President George W.
Bush at the time of the disastrous events of 9-11.
He has also been involved in private business.
He has dedicated much of his life to helping others, with emphasis on the Asian American community.
All the Asian American members of Congress are listed, including: Senator Mazie Hirono and Representatives Tulsi Gabbard and Mark Takai of Hawaii, and California Representatives Ami Bera, Judy Chu, Mike Honda, Ted Lieu, Doris Matsui, and Mark Takano.
Representatives Tammy Duckworth from Illinois, Grace Meng from New York, and Bobby C.
Scott from Virginia are on the list as are Delegrates Amata Radewagen from American Samoa and Gregorio Sablan from the Northern Mariani Islands.
Other leaders representing both Democrats and Republicans are listed, including people working in the Obama Administration and cabinet, in Government agencies and offices, and for political parties.
Two former staff members of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the nation's oldest and largest Asian American civil and human rights organization, are on the list, Karen Narasaki, formerly Washington, DC Rep, and Floyd Mori, formerly National Executive Director and Director of Public Policy.
Two past executive directors of OCA (formerly the Organization of Chinese Americans) are also included, Daphne Kwok and Christine Chen.
The complete list of 40 Influential Asian American in Washington may be found at: http://www.
asianfortunenews.
com/2015/05/40-influential-asian-americans-in-washington/
C.
was recently compiled and released by Jennie Ilustre of Asian Fortune News.
Although there are numerous other influential Americans of Asian background currently serving in the Nation's Capital who could easily have been listed as they are most deserving, the list does include some of those who are very active in promoting the concerns of Asian Americans.
These people are generally working for the benefit of all Americans.
It is not a list necessarily of the MOST influential, and there is always likely to be some criticism when compiling such a list.
Secretary Norman Y.
Mineta, who has done much to benefit all Americans over his lifetime involvement in public life, of course, is on the list.
Secretary Mineta was the Mayor of San Jose, California, where he was born and raised (except for his time during the Second World War when he was a child and his family was forcibly removed from their home to be incarcerated in an American concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming).
He served twenty years as a member of the United States House of Representatives and was Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton and Secretary of Transportation under President George W.
Bush at the time of the disastrous events of 9-11.
He has also been involved in private business.
He has dedicated much of his life to helping others, with emphasis on the Asian American community.
All the Asian American members of Congress are listed, including: Senator Mazie Hirono and Representatives Tulsi Gabbard and Mark Takai of Hawaii, and California Representatives Ami Bera, Judy Chu, Mike Honda, Ted Lieu, Doris Matsui, and Mark Takano.
Representatives Tammy Duckworth from Illinois, Grace Meng from New York, and Bobby C.
Scott from Virginia are on the list as are Delegrates Amata Radewagen from American Samoa and Gregorio Sablan from the Northern Mariani Islands.
Other leaders representing both Democrats and Republicans are listed, including people working in the Obama Administration and cabinet, in Government agencies and offices, and for political parties.
Two former staff members of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the nation's oldest and largest Asian American civil and human rights organization, are on the list, Karen Narasaki, formerly Washington, DC Rep, and Floyd Mori, formerly National Executive Director and Director of Public Policy.
Two past executive directors of OCA (formerly the Organization of Chinese Americans) are also included, Daphne Kwok and Christine Chen.
The complete list of 40 Influential Asian American in Washington may be found at: http://www.
asianfortunenews.
com/2015/05/40-influential-asian-americans-in-washington/
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