National Conference on Establishing an Asian Pacific American Collection in the Library of Congress Planning Group

Honorary Advisers:

Honorable Elaine L. Chao, The Secretary of Labor (To be confirmed)

Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono, Representing Hawaii's Second Congressional District (To be confirmed)

Congressman Mike Honda, Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, Vice Chairman, Hill & Knowlton, Inc. (To be confirmed)

Congressman David Wu, Representing Oregon's First Congressional District (To be confirmed)

Co-organizers

Asian American/Asian Research Institute - Dr. Betty Lee Sung, Chair and Professor Emerita and former Chair of the Department of Asian Studies, City College of New York.

Smithsonian Institution - Dr. Franklin Odo, Director, Asian Pacific American Program.

University of California, Berkeley - Prof. L. Ling-chi Wang, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies, Department of Ethnic Studies, and Wei Chi Poon, Asian American Studies Collection.

University of California, Los Angeles - Prof. Don T. Nakanishi, Director and Professor, Asian American Studies Center, and Marjorie Lee, Library Coordinator/Information Specialist/Center Archivist.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Dr. Kent Ono, Professor, Asian American Studies Program, and Karen T. Wei, Head, Asian Library.

University of Maryland - Dr. Larry Hajime Shinagawa, Director of Asian American Studies Program, and Dr. Chuan Sheng Liu, Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland.

Committee of 100 - General John Fugh, Major General, U.S. Army (Retired) and Chairman, and Alice Mong, Executive Director, Committee of 100.

Organization of Chinese Americans - Ginny Gong, President, and Dr. Michael C. Lin, Executive Director, OCA National Office.

U.S.-Indonesia Society - Katy Goring, Executive Director.

Consultants

Frank Celada, Former Senior Program Analyst, Department of Energy, and a Filipino and APA community activist.

Dr. Jeffrey Chen, Nuclear physicist, writer, and a community activist.

Prof. Lucy M. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology, Catholic University of America.

Dr. Sonalde Desai, Associate Professor of Sociology, Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland.

Rama & Arun Deva, Indian American community leaders. Rama Deva was the publisher of the Indic Magazine for the Indian community in the U.S.

Reme Grefalda, Author of "Towards a Cultural Community: Education, Identity and Cultural Stewardship in Filipino American Performing Arts" A Ford Foundation Report.

Prof. Evelyn Hu-deHart, Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University.

Dr. Smita Tewari Jassal, Adjunct Professor, South Asia Studies, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, the Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Elaine H. Kim, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Prema Kurien, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Syracuse University.

Juanita Tamayo Lott, Human Resources Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

Dr. Krystyn R. Moon, Assistant Professor, History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington.

Dr. Charles C. Nguyen, Dean and Professor, School of Engineering, Catholic University of America.

Takashi Ohde, Senior Representative & General Manager, Hitachi Corporate Office, D.C. & L.A. and Board Director of the Asian Division Friends Society.

Dr. Kenneth X. Robbins, M.D., KTD, Psychiatry and Scholar on Asian Indians.

Frank Joseph Shulman, Editor and Consultant for Reference Publications in Asian Studies and President of the Asian Division Friends Society.

Henry Tom, Formerly of the National Institute for Standards and Technology and a Chinese American genealogical researcher.

Dr. Frank H. Wu, Dean and Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School.

Dr. Jeremy Wu, Program Manager, U.S. Census Bureau and former National Ombudsman of the Department of Energy.

Dr. Jin Wu, Kluge Scholar, Library of Congress.