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| Dr. Guirish Agni, MD a general medical internist practicing at the Dean Clinic at Stoughton, Wis., with postgrad qualifications from India, United Kingdom, and the U.S. |
| Dr. Gurdip Brar, Ph.D. Specialization: Genetics. He is president of G2DV Technologies, Middleton; and is former president of the Association of Indians in America. |
| Carmel Capati, lawyer Manages the Wis. Supreme Court's Interpreter Program; a partner at Community Legal Legtal Services, serving SE Asian families and other ethnic groups. She's from the Philippines. |
| Ronault "Polo" Catalani, lawyer, writer, and activist He is a law partner with Community Legal Services in Madison and specializes in immigration issues. |
| Regina Cowell She supervises a unit at the State of Wis. Dept. of Health and Family Services; teaches at the Yoga Cooperative of Madison. She hails from the Philippines. |
| Tanya Kam, Ph.D. An associate professor, she teaches at UW-Whitewater. Born in San Francisco, she identifies as Chinese-Japanese American. |
| Sharyl Kato Executive Director of Rainbow Project Inc., a child and family counseling resource center in Madison. She's a third- generation Japanese American. |
| John S. Pinto A longtime Madison resident and owner of Delta Vending Services and Delta Enterprises, whcih deals in real estate. |
| P. Emraida Kiram Past chair of Rizal MacArthur Memorial Foundation in Milwaukee. A Filipina Muslim, Emraida was educated in the Philippines, Spain, and England. |
| Paul Kusuda A Japanese American, Kusuda retired in 1987 as a social work administrator in the state Department of Health and Family Services. |
| Rev. Jungja Lee A Korean American, Jungja is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She works as a bilingual resource specialist with MMSD. |
| Jo Oyama Miller A business-development expert, Jo worked as such in the Community Action Coalition for many years. She now has time for her own business. |
| Mei-Feng Moe A Chinese American, Mei is a master tax advisor certified by H & R Block. She also teaches income-tax courses. |
| Renee Moe A Taiwanese-Norwegian American, Renee is vice president at United Way of Dane County for resource development and marketing. |
| Hemant Shah, Ph.D. A professor in the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications. He was the director of the Asian American Studies Program at UW-Madison in 2003-2004. |
| Lakshmi and Shree Sridharan Lakshmi is an engineer and scientist at Wis. Departmetn of Natural Resources. Currently, she co-chairs the Wis. Organization for Asian Americans. Shree Sridharan is a retired executive at Xerox Corp., and is active in the Association of Indians in America. |
| Jeff Vang, youth activist A Hmong American, Jeff was born in the U.S. He mentors youths at Freedom, Inc. |
| Shwaw Vang A Hmong American, Shwaw is a member of the MMSD Board of Education.. |
| Yer Vang, lawyer A Hmong American, Yer is an immigration attorney of the Immigrant Project of Wisconsin (IPW). |
| Mai Zong Vue, activist A Hmong American, Mai Zong is a refugee specialist at the state Department of Workforce Development. |




| Nancy Xiong A Hmong American, Nancy graduated from UW-Madison in 2004. She is a preschool instructor with the East Madison Even Start Literacy Program; and loves Bharatanatyam dancing. |