Obama Campaign Announces General Election Executive and Steering Committees of AAPIs for Obama Leadership Council Chicago, IL -- The Obama campaign announced today new membership of the executive and steering committees of the Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) for Obama Leadership Council. The general election committees were expanded to include AAPI supporters of former presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards.“I am honored to be a member of the steering committee for AAPIs for Obama Leadership Council,” said Irene Natividad, former National Chair of AAPI Women for Hillary. “I look forward to working with Asian American and Pacific Islander community leaders across the country as we share with AAPI voters that Barack Obama's story is our story, and there is no better champion of the issues that are important to our community than Senator Obama.”“Barack Obama epitomizes all that is possible in this great country of ours,” said Jadine Nielsen, former Hawaii State Director for John Edwards. “He was born and raised in Hawaii, a majority AAPI state, and he spent time as a child in Indonesia. His family members include a sister who is half-Indonesian and a brother-in-law who’s Chinese-Canadian. He is a candidate who reflects our multi-cultural society at its best.”The members of the Executive and Steering Committees of AAPIs for Obama Leadership Council are Executive Committee: Jacinta Titialii Abbott, AS Gloria Caoile, VA Nancy Chen, IL Ann Lata Kalayil, IL Hrishi Karthikeyan, NY Dale Minami, CA Konrad Ng, HI Catherine Park, CA Stanley Toy, CA Lee Pao Xiong, CA Janet Yang, CA Steering Committee: Rajen Anand, CA Preeta Bansal, NY C.P. Chen, OH Curtis Chin, CA Rocky Chin, NY Martha Choe, WA Robert Gee, VA Lisa Hasegawa, MD Paul Igasaki, VA Keith Kamisugi, CA Bill Kaneko, HI Ramey Ko, TX David Lang, CA Rozita Lee, NV Asif Mahmood, CA Mona Mohib, DC Karen Nakandakare, CO Irene Natividad, VA Hung Nguyen, VA Jadine Nielsen, HI Prem Shunmugavelu, MN Bouapha Toommaly, DC Cuc Vu, DC Eddie Wong, CA ### For Immediate Release August 8, 2008 Obama Press Office
Chicago, IL -- The Obama campaign announced today new membership of the executive and steering committees of the Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) for Obama Leadership Council. The general election committees were expanded to include AAPI supporters of former presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards.
“I am honored to be a member of the steering committee for AAPIs for Obama Leadership Council,” said Irene Natividad, former National Chair of AAPI Women for Hillary. “I look forward to working with Asian American and Pacific Islander community leaders across the country as we share with AAPI voters that Barack Obama's story is our story, and there is no better champion of the issues that are important to our community than Senator Obama.”
“Barack Obama epitomizes all that is possible in this great country of ours,” said Jadine Nielsen, former Hawaii State Director for John Edwards. “He was born and raised in Hawaii, a majority AAPI state, and he spent time as a child in Indonesia. His family members include a sister who is half-Indonesian and a brother-in-law who’s Chinese-Canadian. He is a candidate who reflects our multi-cultural society at its best.”
The members of the Executive and Steering Committees of AAPIs for Obama Leadership Council are
Executive Committee:
Jacinta Titialii Abbott, AS
Gloria Caoile, VA
Nancy Chen, IL
Ann Lata Kalayil, IL
Hrishi Karthikeyan, NY
Dale Minami, CA
Konrad Ng, HI
Catherine Park, CA
Stanley Toy, CA
Lee Pao Xiong, CA
Janet Yang, CA
Steering Committee:
Rajen Anand, CA
Preeta Bansal, NY
C.P. Chen, OH
Curtis Chin, CA
Rocky Chin, NY
Martha Choe, WA
Robert Gee, VA
Lisa Hasegawa, MD
Paul Igasaki, VA
Keith Kamisugi, CA
Bill Kaneko, HI
Ramey Ko, TX
David Lang, CA
Rozita Lee, NV
Asif Mahmood, CA
Mona Mohib, DC
Karen Nakandakare, CO
Irene Natividad, VA
Hung Nguyen, VA
Jadine Nielsen, HI
Prem Shunmugavelu, MN
Bouapha Toommaly, DC
Cuc Vu, DC
Eddie Wong, CA
###
For Immediate Release
August 8, 2008
Obama Press Office
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