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| Asia Houston Network
E-Newsletter |
November 30, 2009
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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD LUNCHEON
 Asia Houston Network will honor outstanding community leaders at the annual Community Leadership Awards Luncheon on December 2. The honorees are Donna Fujimoto Cole, President/CEO of Cole Chemical; and Elsie Huang, Chair of the Mayor's International Affairs and Development Council-Asia/Australia. Hon. Theresa Chang and Dr. Peter Chang are Honorary chairs; and Pattie Shieh, anchor and Emmy-nominated reporter of KRIV FOX 26, will serve as mistress of ceremonies.
Donna is a third generation Japanese-American. She founded Cole Chemical 30 years ago at the age of 27, divorced with a four-year daughter with $5,000 from savings. The company has grown consistently and its sales were in excess of $70 million in 2008. Read more. Elsie retired as the president of the Asian Chamber of Commerce this summer, after serving for six years. In 1996, she retired as principal in the Katy Independent School District with 26 years of educational experience. Read more.
Join us as we honor Donna and Elsie for their many years of service to the community. This is a great opportunity to network and make new contacts. For registration information, click here. |
MEET JOHNATHAN NGUYEN, VICE PRESIDENT, ASIA HOUSTON NETWORK
 Johnathan Nguyen is employed by Chevron Information Technology Company (CITC) in Houston, Texas as a GIL 3 Deployment Consultant. In this role, he helps plan and implement the newest computing platform which links Chevron's offices worldwide. He is tri-lingual - speaking and writing English, Spanish and Vietnamese, and is an active member of the Houston Spanish Speaking Club since 2005. In 2007, he spent two weeks immersed in the Spanish language and Mexican culture at Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. This year, he spent time in Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico advising and working with various GIL 3 deployment teams whose members come from diverse cultural backgrounds.
 Johnathan says, "I enjoy working for Chevron, a company which I believe is forward-looking and cares for its people. The environment here fosters diversity and inclusiveness of members with diverse backgrounds."
Chevron Corporation is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies with its global workforce of approximately 62,000 employees. Chevron conducts business in more than 100 countries and is active throughout the Asia Pacific region. |
| EARLY VOTING FOR RUNOFF BEGINS MONDAY
Monday, Nov. 30 - First Day of Early Voting
Friday, Dec. 4 - Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (Received, not postmarked)
Tuesday, Dec. 8 - Last Day of Early Voting
Saturday, Dec. 12 - Election Day
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2009 HOUSTON BUSINESS EXPO
 When: Thursday, Dec. 10, 8 am - 8 pmWhere: Hyatt Regency Downtown
Details: Free event. Business forums and networking. Click here to read more. |
JOB OPPORTUNITY
The Asian/Pacific American Heritage Association is hiring an executive director. For more information, click here. | |
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Asia Houston Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created in 2002, to help build cultural bridges between Asian-Americans and other groups in Houston by offering greater educational opportunities to students. For more information, visit our website, www.asiahouston.org.
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