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The AAJA National Officers are elected by the membership -- full members who are professional journalists.

The Advisory Board is composed of the five national officers and at least one representative from each AAJA chapter. Advisory Board members represent chapters' interests in the organization, the organization's interests in the chapters, and the interests of both in the community.

The Governing Board is composed of the five national officers and six board members elected from the Advisory Board every two years. The Governing Board ensures that the organization fulfills its mission, meets the needs of its constituencies, and operates legally, effectively, and efficiently.

National Officers

NATIONAL PRESIDENT

Sharon Pian Chan*
Staff Reporter, Seattle Times

NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR BROADCAST

George Kiriyama*
News Reporter, NBC Bay Area News

NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR PRINT

Janet H. Cho*
Business Reporter, The Plain Dealer

NATIONAL SECRETARY

Doris Truong*
Copy Editor, Style, The Washington Post

NATIONAL TREASURER

Candace Heckman*
Freelance Journalist

Advisory Board Members

ARIZONA
Abe Kwok*
Director - News Now Center, azcentral/The Arizona Republic

ASIA
Tomoko A. Hosaka
Reporter, The Associated Press

ATLANTA
Kim Bui
Executive Producer, CNN

CHICAGO
Lorene Yue
Reporter, Crain's Chicago Business

FLORIDA
Paul Cheung*
Deputy Multimedia Presentation Editor, The Miami Herald

HAWAI'I
Stanley Lee
High School Sports Reporter, The Honolulu Advertiser

LOS ANGELES
Caroline Paras
News Design Editor, Los Angeles Times
Leezel Tanglao
Online News Producer, CBS 2/KCAL 9

MICHIGAN
Frank Witsil*
Staff Writer, Detroit Free Press

MINNESOTA
Nancy Ngo
Features Reporter, St. Paul Pioneer Press

NEW ENGLAND
Tara Arden-Smith
Principal, AspicioMedia

NEW YORK
Bob Der
Managing Editor, Sports Illustrated Kids
Cheryl Tan*
Freelance Journalist

NORTH CAROLINA
Ellen Sung
Freelance Editor

PHILADELPHIA
Steve Bien-Aime
Staff Editor, FOXSports.com

PORTLAND
Jason Lim
Community Outreach Coordinator, The Asian Reporter Newspaper

SACRAMENTO
Bobby Caina Calvan
Staff Writer, The Sacramento Bee

SAN DIEGO
Don Chareunsy*
Editor, VegasDeLuxe.com

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Matt Dunn*
Freelance Television Director
Ellen Lee
Technology Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle

SEATTLE
Chris Nishiwaki
Freelance Journalist
Athima Chansanchai
Freelance Writer and Consultant

TEXAS
Tom Huang
Sunday & Enterprise Editor, The Dallas Morning News

WASHINGTON D.C.
Sherri Ly
Reporter, WTTG/FOX 5

REPRESENTING AT-LARGE MEMBERS
Lu'isa Mataele
Freelance Media Professional

* Governing Board