The founding Board of Directors of the Asian Division Friends Society 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
- Dr. Linda An
- Mr. Frank Celada, Jr.
- Dr. Jeffrey C. Chen
- Ms. Rama Deva
- Ms. Reme A. Grefalda
- Dr. Young-Key Kim-Renaud
- Professor David H. Li
- Ms. Emily Liu
- Dr. Charles C. Nguyen
- Dr. Frank Odo
- Mr. Takashi Ohde
- Dr. Victor E. Okim
- Dr. Kenneth Robbins
- Ms. Kathleen Rys
- Mr. Frank Joseph Shulman
- Mr. Michael R. Smith
- Rev. John Witek, S.J., Ph.D.
- Dr. Jeremy Wu
- Dr. Charles Y. Yang