Sharon
G. Bailey-Sharon is Director of Training at the Center for Nonprofit
Management in Dallas. She has held positions directing programs in
membership, education, and marketing/public relations with the Dallas
Parks Foundation and the
National Tree Trust.
Ken
Benson-Ken is founder and president of Ken Benson & Associates, a
public affairs company based in Dallas, Texas. He has worked extensively
politics in Texas since 1972. In 1984, Ken started his political
consulting and public
affairs
firm whose initial clients included Congressman Bob Krueger in his race
for the US Senate, Judge Ron Chapman and State Rep/State Senator David
Cain. During the past 10 years he has been very active in the Democratic
Leadership Council.
Justice
David L. Bridges was elected to the Court of Appeals, Fifth District
of Texas at Dallas, for a term of office beginning January 1,
1997.
Among his other accomplishments include the position of senior trial
attorney for the State Bar of Texas in Austin and he served as Regional
Counsel for the State Bar, was named First Assistant and Chief of
Litigation for the State Bar in charge of all attorney discipline cases.
Sister
Pearl Ceasar-As the Lead Organizer of Dallas Area Interfaith (DAI), Sister
Pearl has been a community organizer in Texas for over 22 years. DAI is a
multi-ethnic, multi-issue group of religious congregations in the Dallas
metropolitan area that aims to give ordinary citizens a structure through
which they can negotiate effectively with the government and private
institutions that affect our lives.
Robert
Gee is Principal of the Gee Strategies Group in Arlington,
Virginia. Twice nominated by President Bill Clinton and twice confirmed by
the United States Senate, Robert W. Gee served from 1997 to 2000 as
Assistant
Secretary
for Fossil Energy and as Assistant Secretary for Policy and International
Affairs of the U.S. Department of Energy.
J.D.
Hokoyama-President and CEO of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics
(LEAP), Inc. LEAP is a national organization founded in 1982 with a
mission to achieve full participation and equality for Asian Pacific
Americans through
leadership,
empowerment, and policy. With original programs in leadership training,
public policy research, and community education, LEAP raises the impact
and visibility of Asian Pacific Americans in all sectors.
Judge
Karen Johnson-Karen is Judge of the 95th Civil District Court of Dallas
County, Texas. Prior to her election as judge in 2000, she was a
litigation
partner in a national law firm, practicing primarily in the area of civil
litigation for over 18 years. Judge Johnson was born in
Tokyo,
Japan, and she is the first Asian American elected
judge in Dallas County.
Glenn
Kawafuchi-Glenn is Vice President of
Leadership
Programs and Services for Leadership
Education
for Asian Pacifics (LEAP), Inc., a
community-based,
non-profit leadership training
and
development organization. He was previously
the
Director of Organization and Leadership
Development for The Aerospace Corporation
where
he managed the improvement of leadership,
organizational
development, management and
professional
development.
Julia
Lam - Julia is Director of the Rising Star
Program, Dallas County Community College
District.
Ms. Lam has been chair of the Asian
American
Task Force of the Dallas Independent
School
District and is a member of the Board of
Directors
of the Asian American Forum. She has a
Masters
Degree in Sociology from the University
of
Texas at Arlington.
Arlene
Lawson-Arlene is Executive Director of
the
Exxon Mobil Foundation. She was previously
Executive
Director U.S. of the Mobil Foundation
where
she had management responsibilities for all
U.S.
contribution as well as continued oversight of
global
community relations. She is a graduate of
the
University of Texas-Austin.
Lou
Ann Monroe-Lou Ann is Manager of
Community
Affairs-Price Waterhouse Coopers.
She
is responsible for evaluations and
recommendations
for the Partner group regarding
sponsorship
involvement, building and
maintaining
a base of relationships with relevant
Civic/Community
groups. She holds leadership
positions
with Dallas Business Committee for the
Arts,
Dallas 40, Dallas Friday Group, Leadership
Dallas
Alumni Association and Young Audiences of
Greater
Dallas.
Michelle
Monse is Associate Director
of
The Dallas Foundation, the oldest community
foundation
in Texas. Prior to joining the Dallas
Foundation
she administered the Belo
Corporation's
$27 million philanthropic
foundation.
Prior to entering the nonprofit sector,
she
taught and practiced law and is a graduate of
the
University of Texas School of Law.
John
Y. Tateishi is Executive Director of
the
National Japanese American Citizens League
(JACL). He has been involved with Asian American
communities
for over 25 years. He served as
National
Redress Director for the National
Redress
Committee of the JACL. He is the author
of
And Justice for All (Random House), an oral
history
of the WWII internment.
Melissa
D. Tierce, Development Director for The
Prestonwood Foundation, is the former
Director of Development and Marketing for the
Dallas
Women's Foundation. She has extensive
experience
in every aspect of special event
fundraising.
She is a graduate of Leadership
Plano.