Governor Jim Pillen, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
LINCOLN — Governor Jim Pillen announced 13 appointments to the newly created Commission on Asian-American Affairs.
The commission was created through passage of LB1300, which included legislation introduced by Senator Rita Sanders. Members serve four-year terms.
The Commission will coordinate programs related to Nebraska’s Asian-American community for housing, education, welfare, employment, and other issues and will be overseen by a chairperson and four other executive board members. A list of the members follows. One final appointment is still to be made to the Commission, which has a total of 14 members.
Current members include:
- Maureen Brase, Raymond
- Weysan Dun, Omaha
- Deepak M. Gangahar, MD, Elkhorn
- Maorong Jiang, PhD, Omaha
- Tram Kieu, Lincoln
- Joanne Li, PhD, Omaha
- Yunwoo Nam, PhD, Lincoln
- Arunkumar Pondicherry, Lincoln
- Rebecca (Jueyezi) Reinhardt, Lincoln
- Vickie Sakurada Schaepler, Kearney
- Ryo Suzuki, Kearney
- Hiep Vu, PhD, Lincoln
- Carol Wang, Omaha
