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Board of Directors

The founding Board of Directors of the Friends Society of the Asian Division were:

Honorary Board of Directors

  • Senator Daniel Akaka
  • Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch
  • Madame Anna Chennault
  • Ambassador David Dean
  • Dr. Fred Harris
  • Representative Mike Honda
  • Dr. Cho-Yun Hsu
  • Dr. Michael Pillsbury
  • Senator John D. Rockefeller
  • Dr. Daniel K.C. Shao
  • Dr. Warren Tsuneishi

Board of Directors

  • Mr. Thanh Bui
  • Mr. Frank Celada
  • Dr. Jeffrey C. Chen
  • Dr. Kevin M. Doak
  • Dr. Khoa Xuan Le
  • Professor David H. Li
  • Ms. Emily Liu
  • Mr. Trinh M Nguyen
  • Dr. Victor E. Okim
  • Mr. Frank Joseph Shulman
  • Mr. Michael R. Smith
  • Dr. Mark Tilton
  • Rev. John Witek, S.J., Ph.D.
  • Dr. Jeremy Wu
  • Dr. Charles Y. Yang
  • Dr. David Y. Yao

Recently, we have added to the Board of Directors the following distinguished members:

  • Linda An, Ph.D. in Information Science
    Former Special Assistant to the President, Tecom Co. in Taiwan; Former Director of Communications System & Applications, AT&T Laboratories.
    She has broad experience in global strategy, business planning and technology development in telecommunications and information science.

  • Loc T. Le, M.D.
    Dr. Le is based in Shady Grove, MD.

  • Charles C. Nguyen, D. Sc.
    Dean, School of Engineering
    The Catholic University of America

  • Mr. Takashi Ohde
    Senior Representative & General Manager, Hitachi Corporate Office, DC & LA

  • Dr. Denis Simon
    Provost and V.P. for Academic Affairs, The Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce, The State University of New York