1996

Donna Ikema Chancellor, President
Donna Chancellor Communications
New York, NY

Donna Fujimoto Cole, President/CEO
Cole Chemical & Distributing, Inc.
Houston, TX

Josephine Escalante, Esq. O'Donnel, Schwartz & Anderson
Washington, DC

Bernadette Estoesta Gerhardt, Diversity Program Manager
State of Washington
Vancouver, WA

Milagros Garcia Glodava, Director
Stewardship & Communications
St. Thomas More Center
Englewood, CO

Angela Im, Senior Manager
Global Portfolio Management Commercial, Government, Industrial Solutions Group
Motorola, Inc.
Schaumburg, IL

Eileen A. Kato, Judge
King County District Court
Seattle, WA

Yvonne Yin-Hung Lee, Asian Community Affairs Consultant
San Francisco, CA

Sharon K. Legenza, Project Director
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
Chicago, IL

Kimberly A. Miyazawa, Senior Managing Consultant
The Gallup Organization
San Francisco, CA

Janice T. Shimokubo
Denver, CO

Melinda Yee Franklin, Managing Director
The Siena Group Oakland, CA

1997

Jacqueline R. Agtuca
Los Angeles, CA

Anni Yuet-Kuen Chung, Executive Director
Self-Help for the Elderly
San Francisco, CA

Tessie Marie Guillermo, CEO
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
San Francisco, CA

Ange Hwang, Executive Director
Asian Media Access
Minneapolis, MN

Na'unanikina'u Antoinette Kamali'i Native Hawaiian Health Care Services Officer
Papa Ola Lokahi
Honolulu, HI

Marie Falefitu Ma'o, Director
Human and Social Services
American Samoa Government
Pago Pago, American Samoa

Meleanna Aluli Meyer, Filmmaker/Artist Kailua, HI

Phyllis D. Murakawa, Regional Sales Manager Forest Lawn Memorial Parks
Cypress, CA

Margaret Chow Yung, Vice President
Washington Mutual Bank
Seattle, WA

1998

Patricia W. Chang, President/CEO
The Women's Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Soo-Young Chin, Development Director
KHEIR Center
Los Angeles, CA

Deborah Fu-Yien Ching
Los Angeles, CA

Penny Fukui, Principal
Woodburn Company
Everett, WA

Mamta Suhrid Gupta, Senior Manager, Global Customer Loyalty
NORTEL Networks
Raleigh, NC

Dona L. Hanaike, President
Ringler Associates
Honolulu, HI

Ding-Wen Hsu, President
Pacific Western Technologies, Ltd.
Lakewood, CO

Linda Tomiye Jofuku, Executive Director
Yu Ai Kai - Japanese American Community Senior Service
San Jose, CA

Eugenie Daisy Chung Liu, Manager, S.E. Asia Affairs
Conoco, Inc.
Houston, TX

Pacyinz Thiong Lyfoung, Fair Housing Policy Analyst
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
St. Paul, MN

Shruthi Gilela Reddy Attorney/Independent Consultant
South Barrington, IL

Villarosa, Lorelei Minard, Program Officer
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Flint, MI

1999

Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney
City of Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Haunani Apoliona, Trustee
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Honolulu, HI

Gelly Borromeo, Publisher
Asian Enterprise Magazine
Walnut, CA

Cindy Chung-Mi Choi
Los Angeles, CA

Krishanti Judy Dharmaraj, Executive Director
Women's Institute for Leadership Development For Human Rights
San Francisco, CA

Sonya Elaine Gong, Division Manager-East Health Zone
State Farm Insurance Companies
New Albany, OH

Win Win Kyi, Associate Professor
Bergen Community College
Paramus, NJ

Felicia Jane Lowe San Francisco, CA

Sudha Shetty, Director
Access to Justice Institute Seattle University School of Law
Seattle, WA

Patty Wada, Northern California Regional Director
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
San Francisco, CA

Deborah Wei, Curriculum Specialist
School District of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Kitryn Williams, Partner
Catalyst Resources, Inc.
Morrison, CO

2000

Juliet Arboleda Beezley, Principal
Training and Development Resources
La Mesa, CA

Vida Benavides
Public Affairs Strategist
San Leandro, CA

Mervina Cash-Kaeo, Deputy Director
Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i
Honolulu, HI

Esther Paik Goodhart, Comedienne
Demarest, NJ

D.J. Ida, Executive Director
NAAPIMHA
Denver, CO

Daphne Kwok, Executive Director
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies
Washington, DC

Debra Nakatomi, President/CEO
Nakatomi & Associates
Santa Monica, CA

Anna Rhee
Burtonsville, MD

Yasuko Sakamoto-Kowalchuk, Director
Social Service Department
Little Tokyo Service Center
Los Angeles, CA

Diane Yen-Mei Wong, Writer/Editor Writing and Editing Services
San Francisco, CA

Yamauchi, Linda, Consumer Affairs Manager
Southern California Edison Company
Rosemead, CA

2001-2002

Rosemary Oboza Abriam, Corporate Software Manager New Focus
San Jose, CA

Rose Wan-Mui Chu, Middle Grades Math Mentor, Minneapolis Public Schools, Teacher & Instructional Services Minneapolis, MN

Laura Efurd, Former White House Liaison for AAPI Affairs
Mililani, HI

Sue Ann Hong, Claim Section Manager State Farm Insurance Companies
Kalamazoo, MI

Cheryl Ka'uhane, President/CEO
YWCA of O'ahu
Honolulu, HI

Gena Lew, Program Director-Violence Prevention Initiative
Community Partners
Los Angeles, CA

Jill Nishi, Deputy Director
Washington State Office of Trade & Economic Development
Olympia, WA

Courtni Sunjoo Pugh, Campaign Consultant
Chicago, IL

Giselle Rushford, General Partner AppSoft Consulting
Westminster, CO

Michele Celeste Russo, Claim Section Manager
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Rohnert Park,CA

Jean Sun Shaw, Managing Principal
life's journey
New York, NY

Diane Tasaka, Director, Corporate Communications
Farmers Insurance Group
Los Angeles, CA

Mandy F. Yick, Esq.
Law Offices of Mandy Yick, Prof. LLC
Denver, CO