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