Wai-Ling Eng, APIASF chairwoman, thanked APIASF sponsors and made welcoming remarks at the reception.
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Robert Underwood, former U.S. Congressman and immediate past chair of APIASF, spoke during the formal portion of the program.
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APIASF President and Executive Director Ted Y. Mashima thanked the guests for attending.
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Representatives from APIASF and the Gates Millennium Scholars Program (GMS) pause for a photo. Pictured left to right: Larry Griffith, Jr., Vice President, GMS; Ted Y. Mashima, APIASF: Wai-Ling Eng, APIASF, Mary Williams, Director, GMS; and Robert Underwood, APIASF.
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Left to right: APIASF Board members Carol Jackson from Macy's and Nita Song, IW Group, Inc.
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Left to right: Glenn Kikuchi, McDonald's owner operator; Javier C. Goizueta, Vice President, Coca-Cola and APIASF Board Member and Jim Norberg, McDonald's USA.
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Left to right: Kumburegera Katudeniya, father of 2007 APIASF recipient; Kalpana Katudeniya, 2007 APIAF recipient; Genny Hom-Franzen, APIASF development manager; and Jim McCallum.
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Left to right, APIASF President and Executive Director, Ted Y. Mashima; APIASF chairwoman Wai-Ling Eng, and former APIASF President and Executive Director, Max Niedwiecki.
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Several of the scholarship recipients paused for a group photo with their parents, Ted Y. Mashima, APIASF Executive Director; Wai-Ling Eng, APIASF Chair, and Robert Underwood, APIASF immediate past chair and Larry Griffith, from the Gates Millennium Scholars.
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Left to right: Ted Y. Mashima, APIASF President and Executive Director, Mina Nguyen and Wai-Ling Eng, APIASF Chairwoman.
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APIASF scholarship recipients and consultants and Cianna Ferrer (right), from the White House Initiative for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
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APIASF scholarship and Southwest Airlines "LUV Award" recipients Tina Li and Annie Kim proudly display their airplanes. Left to right: Tina Li; Shirley Manan, Southwest Airlines Marketing Manager, and Annie Kim.
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Left to right: Larry Griffith, Jr., Vice President, GMS; Ted Y. Mashima, APIASF President and Executive Director; Wai-Ling Eng, APIAF Chair and Mary Williams, Director, GMS
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Left to right: Neel Saxena from the Washington, DC Mayor's Office and APIASF Scholarship Associate, Bindi Patel.
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Left to right: APIASF Advisory Council Member Lois Hasegawa, Chair, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, and Mary Williams, Director, Gates Millennium Scholars.
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Left to right: APIASF scholarship recipient Connie Tran; APIASF Development Manager, Genny Hom-Franzen; and APIASF scholarship recipient Tina Li.
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Left to right: Sokhorn Nhep, mother of 2007 scholarship recipient Sokha Lee (right).
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Left to right: Ngan Tran, mother of 2007 scholarship recipient Connie Tran (right).
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Left to right: Virgina Li, mother of 2007 scholarship recipient Tina Li (right).
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Left to right: Byung Lee, father of 2007 scholarship recipient Erik Lee (right).
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Left to right: Joe Dung, APIASF Board Member, Jim McCallum; Javier C. Goizueta;APIASF Board Member; Virginia Li; Tina Li; Wai-Ling Eng, APIASF Chair; Glenn Kikuchi, McDonald's; and Nita Song, APIASF Board Member and President, IW Group, Inc.
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Left to right: Christina Wong, Program Manager of Leadership Programs, Gates Millennium Scholars Program/UNCF and Bindi Patel, APIASF Scholarship Associate
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Left to right: Bryce Mendez, Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Kara Fukumoto, GMS Program Assistant and Ted Y. Mashima, APIASF President and Executive Director.
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Left to right: Shirley Manan, Southwest Airlines Marketing Manager; Javier C. Goizueta, APIASF board member from Coca-Cola and Genny Hom-Franzen, APIASF Development Manager.
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2007 APIASF and GMS scholars pictured left to right: Sokha Lee, Connie Tran, Erik Lee, Annie Kim, Kalplana Katudeniya, Tina Li and Minh Phan.
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GMS scholar Minh Phan, right, with his mentor, Thanh Nguyen.
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Left to right: Ted Y. Mashima, APIASF President and Executive Director; Bouy Te, NEA; Max Niedzwiecki, former APIASF President and Executive Director, and Kumburegera Katudeniya, father of APIASF scholarship recipient Kalpana Katudeniya.
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Left to right: Erik Lee, 2007 APIASF scholarship recipient with Ted. Y. Mashima, APIASF President and Executive Director (right).
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Left to right: Scholarship recipients pause for a group photo. Pictured left to right: Erik Lee, Kalpana Katudeniya, Annie Kim, Ted Y. Mashima, APIASF President and Executive Director; Connie Tran, Tina Li and Sokha Lee.
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