LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Gov. Jim Pillen on Monday selected the members of Nebraska’s first Asian-American Commission.

The new Commission on Asian-American Affairs is tasked with coordinating programs related to Nebraska’s Asian-American Community for housing, education, welfare, and employment.

The bill was originally introduced last year as LB2 by State Sen. Rita Sanders. The commission, whose 14 members will serve a four-year term, was created through the passage of LB1300 in April. All but one of the members have already been appointed:

• Maureen Brase of Raymond
• Weysan Dun of Omaha
• Deepak M. Gangahar, MD of Elkhorn
• Maorong Jiang, PhD of Omaha
• Tram Kieu of Lincoln
• Joanne Li, PhD of Omaha
• Yunwoo Nam, PhD of Lincoln
• Arunkumar Pondicherry of Lincoln
• Rebecca (Jueyezi) Reinhardt of Lincoln
• Vickie Sakurada Schaepler of Kearney
• Ryo Suzuki of Kearney
• Hiep Vu, PhD of Lincoln
• Carol Wang of Omaha

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