Foundation Board

Support the EWC

Foundation Board

East-West Center Foundation Board of Directors
East-West Center Foundation Board of Directors Committees

Chair

Raoul Magana
Senior Vice President and Card Services Division Manager
First Hawaiian Bank
Honolulu, Hawaii

Vice Chair

Charlene Lo Chan
Honolulu, HI

Elected
Avelino Jimeno (AJ) Halagao
President, HEI Foundation
Hawaiian Electric Industries
Honolulu, HI

Louise Ing
Partner, Dentons US LLP
Honolulu, HI

Karen Knudsen
Co-President, EWCA
Senior Adjunct Fellow, East-West Center
Honolulu, HI

Melanie Kosaka
Founder and President
First Daughter MediaWorks, Inc.
Honolulu, HI

Corianne W. Lau, Esq.
Partner
Dentons US LLP
Honolulu, HI

Jennifer Lau
Executive Vice President
Finance Factors
Honolulu, HI

Kathryn A. Nelson
Princeville, HI

Jean E. Rolles
Honolulu, HI

Richard Turbin
Founder and Senior Partner
Turbin, Chu, Heidt, Attorneys
Honolulu, HI

Dr. Sharon Weiner
Honolulu, HI

Appointed by the EWC Board of Governors

Lynn K. Miyahira
Member
East-West Center Board of Governors
Vice President of Public Affairs
iQ 360 - An Integrated Communications Agency
Honolulu, HI

James K. Scott
Chairman
East-West Center Board of Governors
Honolulu, HI

By Invitation

EWCA Representative
Edward (Ned) Shultz

East-West Center Foundation Officers

EWC President
Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum

Vice President
Jung Song

Assistant Treasurer
Ruth Lohr

Assistant Treasurer
Lesley Murashige

Secretary
Raquel K. Aki

East-West Center Foundation Board of Directors Committees

Arts 'Ohana
Jean Rolles (Chair)
Melanie Kosaka

Advisors
Mary Carroll
Richard S. Kennedy
Carol Mon Lee

Marketing & Development
Kathy Nelson (Chair)
Charlene Lo Chan (EWC Vice Chair)
Corianne Lau
Sharon Lucien
Raoul Magana (EWCA Chair)
Jean Rolles
Lynn Miyahira (BOG)

Advisors
Keethe Koyanagi

Finance & Audit Committee
Richard Turbin (Interim Chair)
Raoul Magana (EWCF Chair)

Nominating Committee
Corianne Lau (Chair)
Sharon Lucien
Dr. Jim Scott (BOG)

Governance Committee
TBD