Organization

An 18-member international board governs the East-West Center. Dr. Charles E. Morrison is President of the East-West Center.

The East-West Center carries out its mission through the following programs of cooperative study, training and research:

• The East-West Center Research Program conducts multidisciplinary research on issues of contemporary significance to Asia, the Pacific and the United States. Dr. Nancy D. Lewis is the Director of the Research Program.
  
  
• The East-West Center Education Program provides a wide range of opportunities to help prepare the United States and the Asia Pacific Region for a new era of increased interdependence. Dr. Terance Bigalke is Director of the Education Program.
  
  
• The East-West Center Seminars Program provide short-term educational experiences for policy-makers, professionals and scholars from Asia, the Pacific and the United States. Raymond Burghardt is Director of the Seminars Program.
  
  
• The East-West Center Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) conducts a broad range of activities to enhance the quality of life in the Pacific islands. The founding mission of PIDP, established in 1980, is to assist Pacific islands Leaders in advancing their collective efforts to achieve and sustain equitable social and economic development consistent with the goals of the Pacific islands region's people.
  
  
• The East-West Center in Washington (EWC Washington) conducts collaborative research, training, seminars, and outreach around the theme of conflict reduction in Asia. Dr. Satu Limaye is director of EWC Washington.
  
  
• The East-West Center Office of External Affairs conveys information about the Center to the public. Karen Knudsen is Director of External Affairs. Outreach activities include media relations, briefings, special events, and the Alumni Office and the Arts Program.
  
  
• In addition, The Friends of the East-West Center (FEWC), a nonprofit support organization, promotes and stimulates public interest in the Center and its activities by sponsoring public seminars, providing community activities for interested EWC students, and administering the Mary Morgan Hewett Journalism Endowment fund and awards.
  
  
• The United States Asia Pacific Council (USAPC) is hosted by and administered through the East-West Center. Based in East-West Center Washington, the Council draws upon the Center’s extensive in-house expertise at its Honolulu headquarters as well as that of other U.S. institutions devoted to the promotion of U.S. relations with the Asia-Pacific region. Dr. Mark Borthwick is director of USAPC.
  
  
• The Office of Administration provides support services to the East-West Center including administrative, financial, human resources, facilities management, housing, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, mail services and information technology and support services. Ricky Kubota is the Director of Administration.