Attn: We Are Oceania (WAO), 720 North King St., Honolulu HI 96817ajojoscholars@gmail.com (808) 430-2017
Team JOJO
Team Jojo
Team JOJO (aka Founders Council) comprises of the original founders of the Dr. Joakim Peter Memorial Scholarship. We are a group of friends and colleagues of the late Dr. Joakim “Jojo” Peter who continue to volunteer in different capacities to sustain the scholarship serving as Scholarship Board members, Local Contacts, Donors, Application Readers, etc.
ARKANSAS
Lynda Riklon Community Leader, Marshallese Community
Dr. Sheldon Riklon, M.D Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
RHODE ISLAND
Joe Enlet, M.A Former Consul General, FSM Consulate General Portland Ph.D Student, University of Rhode Island
ARIZONA
Dr. Asinech Hellan-Pangelinan, OP Optometrist
Mike Pangelinan, M.B.A President, COFA Community Advocacy Network – Arizona (CANN-A)
CALIFORNIA
Dr. Vidalino Raatior, Ed.D Coordinator of Study Abroad, San Jose State University
BIG ISLAND
Tulpe Day Immigration Information Specialist, County of Hawaii
Masao David Ueda President, Micronesians United – Big Island (MU-BI)
SAIPAN, CNMI
Yvonne Pangelinan Community Leader, Chuuk Community
POHNPEI, FSM
TBD coming soon
CHUUK, FSM
Dr. LJ Rayphand, Ph.D Dean, Caroline College & Pastoral Institute (CCPI)
OAHU
Dr. Mary Therese Hattori, Ed.D Director, Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP), East-West Center
Josie Howard, MSW CEO, We Are Oceania (WAO)
Dr. Michael Levin, Ph.D Founder, Pacific Web
Deja Marie Ostrowski, J.D Staff Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii (MLPCH)
Paul Hadik CEO, Pacific Resources for Education & Learning (PREL)
Dr. Natalie Nimmer, Ed.D Consultant, Pacific Relevance Consulting
Dina Shek, J.D. Director, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii
Innocenta Sound-Kikku Community Navigator, Pacific Voices, Kokua Kalihi Valley (KKV)
Wayne Tanaka, J.D Attorney
Dr. James Viernes, Ph.D Regional Engagement & Development Officer, Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP), East West Center
Paulina Perman COFA Community Organizer & Leader Pacific Voices
Team JOJO
Team Jojo
Team JOJO (aka Founders Council) comprises of the original founders of the Dr. Joakim Peter Memorial Scholarship. We are a group of friends and colleagues of the late Dr. Joakim “Jojo” Peter who continue to volunteer in different capacities to sustain the scholarship serving as Scholarship Board members, Local Contacts, Donors, Application Readers, etc.
ARKANSAS
Lynda Riklon
Community Leader, Marshallese Community
Dr. Sheldon Riklon, M.D
Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
RHODE ISLAND
Joe Enlet, M.A
Former Consul General, FSM Consulate General Portland
Ph.D Student, University of Rhode Island
ARIZONA
Dr. Asinech Hellan-Pangelinan, OP
Optometrist
Mike Pangelinan, M.B.A
President, COFA Community Advocacy Network – Arizona (CANN-A)
CALIFORNIA
Dr. Vidalino Raatior, Ed.D
Coordinator of Study Abroad, San Jose State University
BIG ISLAND
Tulpe Day
Immigration Information Specialist, County of Hawaii
Masao David Ueda
President, Micronesians United – Big Island (MU-BI)
SAIPAN, CNMI
Yvonne Pangelinan
Community Leader, Chuuk Community
POHNPEI, FSM
TBD
coming soon
CHUUK, FSM
Dr. LJ Rayphand, Ph.D
Dean, Caroline College & Pastoral Institute (CCPI)
OAHU
Dr. Mary Therese Hattori, Ed.D
Director, Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP), East-West Center
Josie Howard, MSW
CEO, We Are Oceania (WAO)
Dr. Michael Levin, Ph.D
Founder, Pacific Web
Deja Marie Ostrowski, J.D
Staff Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii (MLPCH)
Paul Hadik
CEO, Pacific Resources for Education & Learning (PREL)
Dr. Natalie Nimmer, Ed.D
Consultant, Pacific Relevance Consulting
Dina Shek, J.D.
Director, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii
Innocenta Sound-Kikku
Community Navigator, Pacific Voices, Kokua Kalihi Valley (KKV)
Wayne Tanaka, J.D
Attorney
Dr. James Viernes, Ph.D
Regional Engagement & Development Officer, Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP), East West Center
Paulina Perman
COFA Community Organizer & Leader
Pacific Voices
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