80-20 Initiative, Inc. has just held its biennial election of officers and annual election of board members. The results are as follow:
2007-2008 Officers:-
President: Kathleen To - New MexicoVice-President: Amy Wong Mok - TexasSecretary: Rajen Anand - Southern CaliforniaTreasurer: Jing-Li Yu - New YorkNomination Committee Chair: Linden Nishinaga - Southern California
2007-2008 Board Members:-
David Chai - Northern CaliforniaKelvin Chen - Southern CaliforniaHong-Yee Chiu - MarylandLaura Hsu - TexasKim Song - MissouriJoel Wong - Northern CaliforniaDavid Yang - Pennsylvania
80-20 always promotes diversity and makes an effort to ensure a diverse board of directors. When the new year rolls around, 80-20 will have a board of directors that includes Indian, Filipino, Japanese, Korean and Chinese Americans.
80-20 Initiative is an eight year old national, non-partisan, Pan-Asian American organization whose aim is to empower Asian & Pacific Islander Americans (APIAs) politically. It is one of the most successful internet based political action committee registered with the Federal Election Commission and has over 700,000 on its list of members and supporters.
Kathleen To, president elect, stated, "80-20 PAC's mission is to seek and support political parties and politicians that are committed to address the rightful concerns of us Asian & Pacific Islander Americans and help us gain full equality in our country."
Kathleen To also expressed her appreciation of what the founder and the first elected president S B Woo has done for the APIA community, "S B shared his political expertise to benefit our community. He has worked tirelessly for many years in order to organize and educate our community. Our responsibility from here on is to make S B's vision ours and continue the work he started until all Asian & Pacific Islander Americans have gained their rightful equality under our Constitution."
For further information about 80-20 Initiative please visit www.80-20initiative.net
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