Trump announced Friday (Jan. 17) his intent to appoint the 12 following individuals to be members of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
The office of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders works with the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs and Interagency Working Group on AAPI issues including data disaggregation, language access, workforce diversity, and capacity building.
- Michelle Park Steel of California, and upon appointment to be designated co-chair
- Paul Hsu of Florida, and upon appointment to be designated co-chair
- Jennifer Carnahan of Minnesota
- David B. Cohen of California
- Grace Y. Lee of Michigan
- George Leing of Colorado
- Jan-Ie Low of Nevada
- Herman Martir of Texas
- Prem Parameswaran of New York
- Amata Coleman Radewagen of American Samoa
- Sean D. Reyes of Utah
- Chiling Tong of Maryland
The majority of the President Obama-appointed members resigned en masse almost two years ago in protest to Trump's policies and rhetoric that they interpreted as anti-immigrant.
The new commissioners will join the five members who did not resign. They are
Trump also announced his intent to designateTransportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao to be Co-Chair of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The other co-chair is Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
The office of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders works with the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs and Interagency Working Group on AAPI issues including data disaggregation, language access, workforce diversity, and capacity building.
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