Please view the ACAPAA Top 5 Issues and Initiatives letter that invites you to give your opinions and comments on the most pressing issues facing the Asian Pacific American community in Michigan. Your comments will become an important part of a policy recommendation document that will be delivered to Governor Granholm in May, 2006. Please complete the ACAPAA Top 5 Issues Comment Response Form and return it to Frank Borja -fbborja@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Announcement, Advisory Council on Asian Pacific American Affairs, “Town Hall” Meetings are scheduled. Please click here for detailed information about meetings scheduled in your area.

Council Members

1) Francisco B. Borja, Jr. of Saginaw, president of Phil-Am Consulting & Tax Services, Inc.

2) Felix H. Chow, Ed.D. of Dearborn, Superintendent of Hamtramck Public Schools

3) Ying N. Gee of West Bloomfield, international representative for Michigan UAW International, Detroit

4) Maggie Chen-Hernandez of Okemos, interim director of Michigan State University's Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs

5) Willie Dechavez, Regional Director, MI NaFFAA, Sterling Heights, MI

6) Hoon-Yung Hopgood, State legislator for District 22, Taylor, MI

7) Roland Hwang of Northville, Assistant Attorney General

8) Susan Im of Grand Rapids, attorney and coordinator of West Michigan Asian American Council

9) Natividad (Nati) Jenks of Huntington Woods, Asian community activist

10) Jayashree Kommareddi of Grand Blanc, past president of the Genesee County Medical Society Alliance, program committee member of Mott Children's Health Center and board member of the Genesee County Free Medical Clinic

11) Radha Krishnan of West Bloomfield, president-elect of the National Federation of Indian American Associations

12) Remiblanca B. Kuklewski of Grand Rapids, president of the West Michigan Filipino-American Association.

13) Narendra R. Kumar, M.D. of Freeland, president of Narendra R. Kumar, M.D., PC.

14) Guozhen Lu of Canton, tenured professor with the Wayne State University Mathematics Department.

15) Khanh-Van T. Nguyen of East Lansing, outreach coordinator for the Michigan State University Asian Studies Center.

16) Dominic J. Pangborn of Grosse Pointe Shores, president of Pangborn Design, Ltd.

17) Ananda S. Prasad, M.D., Ph.D. of Orchard Lake, professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine

18) Ganesh V. Reddy of Okemos, director of business development for HTC Global Services, Inc. Mr. Reddy is designated as vice-chairperson of the council for a term expiring at the pleasure of the Governor.

19) Ernestina DeLos Santos-Mac, M.D. of Troy, semi-retired pediatrician with Pediatric Consultants of Troy

20) Marilyn Y. Schlief of Okemos, program director for the International Society for Technology in Education Professional Development Institute; Samir Singh of East Lansing, president and CEO of Michigan Non-Profit Organization

21) Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman of Ann Arbor, associate professor of American Culture, and director of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at the University of Michigan

22) Ramesh C. Verma of Novi, retired director of Design, Construction and Utilities Office, University of Michigan Hospitals, and member of the Commission on Services to the Aging

23) Marie-Ange Weng, Ph.D., R.N. of Rochester Hills, the President of the Association of Chinese Americans, Inc. and a member on the National Board of the Organization of Chinese Americans

24) Leslie E. Wong of Marquette, president of Northern Michigan University.

25) Peter K. Wong of Grosse Point Farms, president and CEO of Roy Smith Company and president of the Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce

26) Meredith Woo-Cumings of Ann Arbor, professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan

27) Herbert Yamanishi of Lansing, president of the Mid-Michigan Asian Pacific American Association

28) H. Sook Wilkinson, Ph.D. of Bloomfield Hills, licensed psychologist, president of Sunrise Ventures and immediate past chair of the Council of Asian Pacific Americans of Michigan was designated Chair of the Council