Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Faaluaina Pritchard

Representing the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs
Date Appointed: April 2009

Faaluaina (Lua) Pritchard is a Commissioner with the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs. Formerly, Ms. Pritchard served as the Executive Director of the Korean Women's Association, an organization which she was a part of since early 1990. She hailed from American Samoa where she worked as a Program Administrator and a Secondary English Teacher for the American Samoa Department of Education for twelve years. She was educated by Pepperdine University in California, University of Hawaii in Oahu, and the University of Minnesota. She has extensive training in various areas of social service and non-profit management. She has over 25 years of experience in grant writing and fundraising and has an exceptional record of positive results for funding. Faaluaina is also very involved in the Asian Pacific American community. Since 1996 she has chaired a 47-member and still growing - Pierce County Asian Pacific Island Coalition - formed statewide in 1996 since Welfare Reform. She is the Vice President of the Asia Pacific Cultural Center involving 58 Asia Pacific Island countries, and a Board Member of the National Commission for Asian Pacific American Community Development based out of Washington D.C. Faaluaina has extensive background in management, strategic planning, marketing, grant writing, multiple communities building, fundraising, nutrition education, teacher training, and secondary education instruction. She is one of the most dynamic Asian Pacific Community Leaders who can mobilize thousands of people at a given time. She is well recognized and respected in the Asian Pacific Island communities in not only the state of Washington but abroad.