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Board Chair
James K. Scott
President (ret.)
Punahou School
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Board Vice Chairs
Peter S. Ho
Chairman, President and CEO
Bank of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
TBA
TBA
Appointed by the Governor of Hawaiʻi
Lynn K. Miyahira
Vice President
iQ 360 - An Integrated Communications Agency
Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi, United States
John Waihee
Former Governor
State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Elisia Flores
CEO, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Appointed by the Secretary of State
Ryan Hass
Director of the John L. Thornton China Center and the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies,
Brookings Institute
Washington, DC, United States
Carolyn Wu
Head of International and Diplomatic Affairs,
Apple, Inc.
Washington, DC, United States
Ambassador Teddy B. Taylor
Retired Sr. Foreign Service Officer
Former United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Maryland, United States
Melissa J. Ma
Co-Founder/ Managing Partner,
Asia Alternatives
Central Hong Kong / California, United States
Mona Pasquil Rogers
Director of California Government Engagement
Meta, Inc.
California, United States
Elected Members
Chris Kanter
Founder,
Sigma Sembada Group
Jakarta, Indonesia
Dr. Samir Saran
President,
Observer Research Foundation.
New Delhi, India
Dr. Yanghee Lee
Professor Emeritus,
Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Child Psychology and Education
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Ex-Officio Members
Josh Green (Designee: Jaime Kanani Green)
Governor, State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi , United States
Lee Satterfield
Assistant Secretary of State
Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs
US Department of State
Washington, DC, United States
David Lassner, PhD
President
University of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
By Invitation
Raoul Magaña, East-West Center Foundation
Chair, East-West Center Foundation Board
Senior Vice President and Division Manager, Consumer Products Division
First Hawaiian Bank
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, United States
H.E. Wesley Simina, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
Chair, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
President
Federated States of Micronesia
Karen Knudsen, East-West Center Association
President, East-West Center Association, Executive Board
East-West Center Director of External Affairs (retired)
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, United States
East-West Center Officers
President
Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum
Vice President
Satu Limaye
Treasurer/Chief Operating Officer
Tracey Omori
Assistant Treasurer/Controller
Lesley Murashige
Corporate Secretary
Raquel Kealalōkahi Aki
Board Chair
James K. Scott
President (ret.)
Punahou School
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Board Vice Chairs
Peter S. Ho
Chairman, President and CEO
Bank of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
TBA
TBA
Appointed by the Governor of Hawaiʻi
Lynn K. Miyahira
Vice President
iQ 360 - An Integrated Communications Agency
Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi, United States
John Waihee
Former Governor
State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Elisia Flores
CEO, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Appointed by the Secretary of State
Ryan Hass
Director of the John L. Thornton China Center and the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies,
Brookings Institute
Washington, DC, United States
Carolyn Wu
Head of International and Diplomatic Affairs,
Apple, Inc.
Washington, DC, United States
Ambassador Teddy B. Taylor
Retired Sr. Foreign Service Officer
Former United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Maryland, United States
Melissa J. Ma
Co-Founder/ Managing Partner,
Asia Alternatives
Central Hong Kong / California, United States
Mona Pasquil Rogers
Director of California Government Engagement
Meta, Inc.
California, United States
Elected Members
Chris Kanter
Founder,
Sigma Sembada Group
Jakarta, Indonesia
Dr. Samir Saran
President,
Observer Research Foundation.
New Delhi, India
Dr. Yanghee Lee
Professor Emeritus,
Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Child Psychology and Education
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Ex-Officio Members
Josh Green (Designee: Jaime Kanani Green)
Governor, State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi , United States
Lee Satterfield
Assistant Secretary of State
Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs
US Department of State
Washington, DC, United States
David Lassner, PhD
President
University of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
By Invitation
Raoul Magaña, East-West Center Foundation
Chair, East-West Center Foundation Board
Senior Vice President and Division Manager, Consumer Products Division
First Hawaiian Bank
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, United States
H.E. Wesley Simina, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
Chair, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
President
Federated States of Micronesia
Karen Knudsen, East-West Center Association
President, East-West Center Association, Executive Board
East-West Center Director of External Affairs (retired)
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, United States
East-West Center Officers
President
Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum
Vice President
Satu Limaye
Treasurer/Chief Operating Officer
Tracey Omori
Assistant Treasurer/Controller
Lesley Murashige
Corporate Secretary
Raquel Kealalōkahi Aki