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Sharon Lee running for vacated seat on City Council

April 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Sharon Lee will be running for Sally Clark’s recently vacated seat on the City Council. Clark vacated her seat April 12. Lee will be the third API candidate to run for the seven-month position. Candidates will not be able to re-apply for re-election after the term. Lee has served as Executive Director of the Low […]

Filed Under: Profiles, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2015, API, City Council, Executive Director, John Okamoto, Low Income Housing Institute, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sally Clark, Sharon Lee, Sharon Maeda, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

Sharon Maeda to run for City Council

April 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Sharon Maeda submitted her application for the Council position vacated by Sally Clark (as of April 13). According to Maeda, “After 47 years of professional life, I have just retired. At the same time, there was never any question that I would continue to work for social justice. And, despite […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, API, BA, Central Area, City Council, Community Outreach Officer, HUD, Henry Cisneros, Higher Education Administration Curriculum Development, Jackson Place, John Okamoto, Lake City, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rainier Valley, Sally Clark, Sharon Maeda, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, West Seattle, White Center

EDITORIAL: Tough competition but good news for the Asian American community – Two API candidates running for Clark’s City Council seat

April 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Two qualified Asian Pacific Islander candidates will be running for Sally Clark’s recently vacated position on City Council. Clark’s last day was April 13 to serve in her new position as director of regional and community relations at the University of Washington. The candidate requirement in this type of special situation is that the position […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, API, Asian American, Asian Pacific Islander, City Council, Community Outreach Officer, Executive Director, Howard Wright, Jan Drago, John Okamoto, Libraries Committee, Peter Steinbrueck, Sharon Maeda, Space Needle, Sustainable Seattle, Transportation Committee, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, Washington Education Association

Okamoto to run for City Council

April 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly If the Seattle City Council wants to pick a candidate who can hit the ground running, and yet has no political ambition to fill in for councilmember Sally Clark who is resigning, John Okamoto, 61, said he’s the pick. An interim director of the City’s Human Resources Department, Okamoto […]

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News, Politics Tagged With: 2015, Assistant Secretary, Assunta Ng, City Council Chamber, Fire Department, Human Resources Department, Human Services, Japanese American, John Okamoto, Norm Rice, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwestern University, Port of Seattle, Sally Clark, Seattle City Council, Sharon Maeta, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17, WEA

Pham appointed to serve the Office for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

December 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

John Okamoto, Interim Director of Seattle’s Human Services Department (HSD) announced Lan Pham as the manager of the Office for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention. Pham previously worked as the senior planning and development specialist within HSD’s Domestic Violence Unit. Prior to this, she served as the executive director of the Asian and Pacific […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Domestic Violence Unit, HSD, International Community Health Services, John Okamoto, Lan Pham, Mayor Ed Murray, Seattle, Social Work, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19

John Okamoto announced as Human Services Department head

July 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Mayor Ed Murray announced John Okamoto as the new acting Human Services Department (HSD) head on July 23.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Catherine Lester, Executive Director, HSD, Human Services Department, John Okamoto, Mayor Ed Murray, Port of Seattle, Vol 33 No 31 | July 26 - August 1, Washington Education Association

Diversity at the Top honorees credited for community service

December 10, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“This dinner is not a town hall meeting,” joked Assunta Ng, founder of the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, the event’s organizer, referring to the celebration dinner held at the House of Hong on Dec. 4 honoring Dow Constantine, Martha Choe, Lloyd Hara, Mike McGinn, and John Okamoto. They were named the 2009 Top Contributors to the Asian Community by the Northwest Asian Weekly. This year’s theme was “Diversity at the Top.”

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2009, Ador Yano, Asian Community, Assunta Ng, Betty Patu, Diversity at the Top, Dow Constantine, Greater Seattle, John Okamoto, King County Assessor Lloyd Hara, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Lara Yamada, Last Friday, Lloyd Hara, Long Gao, Martha Choe, Mike McGinn, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Vol 28 No 51 | December 12 - December 18

Diversity at the Top

November 19, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Countless generations of parents stress the importance of education to their kids.John Okamoto wants these parents to know that the teachers in this state also care deeply about teaching kids.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2009, API, Alan Kurimura, Asian Community, CEO, Diversity at the Top, Emerald City, Harvard University, John Okamoto, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Port of Seattle, Ruth Woo, Singapore, Thailand, Vol 28 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, Washington Education Association, japan, top contributors

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