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 APIO National Council - 2009

 

Officer

Contact Information

Career History

 


President
 

 

Name: Kent Matsutani
Phone: 970-295-5477
Birthplace:
Title: Project Manager
Office/State:
USDA-NRCS ITC
2150 Centre Ave. Bldg A, Suite 227
Fort Collins, CO 80526

 

Oh, the wonderful places you'll go . . .

  • McCook, Nebraska - Trainee 1977
  • Lincoln, Nebraska - Trainee
  • Hastings, Nebraska - Soil Con
  • Stanton, Nebraska - Soil Con
  • Sidney, Nebraska - DC
  • Washington, DC - Detail
  • Edmonton, Alberta Canada - SWCS
  • Wurzburg, Germany - Volkmarch
  • Innsbruck, Austria - Visit
  • Osaka, Japan - Visit
  • Pago Pago, American Samoa - ASTC-Programs
  • Saipan, CNMI - ASTC-Programs
  • Mongmong, Guam - ASTC-Programs
  • Hawaiian Islands - ASTC-Programs
  • Fort Collins, Colorado - Project Manager

I have driven through, stopped and physically touched soil in 30 States.
 

 
Executive Vice-President
 

 

Name: Peter P. Bautista, P.E.
Phone: 509-323-2941
Fax: 509-323-2979
Birthplace: Guam, Mariana Islands
Title: ASTC-Operations
Office: USDA-NRCS
    Northwest Multi State Design Team
    316 W. Boone Ave. Suite 450
    Spokane, Washington 99201-2348

Washington State
  • ASTC-Operations, May 2008 to present

Pacific Basin - Micronesian Islands

  • Civil Engineer, Pacific Basin SCS Area Office, Guam 1992 – 1998
  • District Conservationist, Guam NRCS Field Office, Pacific Basin, Marianas, 2003-2005

Southwest: Arizona

  • Engineer Specialist, Arizona NRCS State Office, Phoenix, 1998 – 2001
  • State Design Engineer, Arizona NRCS State Office, Phoenix 2006 – 2007

Northwest: Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Alaska

  • Engineer Specialist, Oregon NRCS State Office, Portland, 2001 - 2003
  • Design Engineer , Multi State (PNW) Design Team, Spokane, WA, 2007 – 2008
  • ASTC-Operations, Spokane Washington-Current

Private Sector

  • 1983-86; Farmer, Guam Pineapple Co.
  • 1991-1992; Guam Environmental Protection Agency

 
Vice-President
 

Name: Somphone "Sam" Ly
Phone: 607-865-7090
Fax: 607-865-5535
Birthplace: Vientiane, Laos
Title: Program Engineer
Office: NYC Watershed Office

New York

  • Program/Basin Engineer; 2001-present

Rhode Island

  • Assistant State Engineer; 1998 - 2001
New York
  • Civil Engineer; 1994-1998

Secretary
 

Name: Hue Dang
Phone:
Title: District Conservationist
Office: CA
 


Treasurer
 

Name: Nick S. Vira
Phone: 541-465-6443 ext125
Title: Soil Conservationist
Office: Eugene, OR

Oregon

  • Soil Conservationist - Eugene Service Center

Arizona

  • Soil Conservation Trainee - Chandler Field Office
  • Soil Conservationist - Chandler Field Office
  • Soil Conservationist - Avondale Service Center/Phoenix Field Office

Minnesota

  • Student Intern - Jordan Field Office

Details

  • Hurricane Katrina Recovery Effort - New Orleans, LA

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National Council Advisor

Representative

Contact Information

Career History

 


Angela Biggs
 

 

Name: Angela L. Biggs
Phone: 802-524-6505 x 118
Fax: 802-524-4575
Birthplace: Iowa City, Iowa
Title: District Conservationist, National AA/PI Emphasis Program Manager
Office/State: Northwest Zone, St. Albans Field Office, VT

 

 
Vermont
  • Northwest Zone District Conservationist, St. Albans Field Office, 2008 - Present
  • National Asian American/Pacific Islander Emphasis Program Manager, 2007 - Present
Iowa
  • Environmental Specialist, Whitebreast Creek Watershed Project Coordinator with Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship - Division of Soil Conservation, 2001 - 2002
  • Soil Conservationist, Indianola Field Office, 2002 - 2005
  • Soil Conservationist, Independence Field Office, 2005 - 2006
  • District Conservationist, Harlan Field Office, 2006 - 2008
  • Asian American/Pacific Islander Emphasis Program Manager, 2002 - 2007
  • National Asian American/Pacific Islander Emphasis Program Manager, 2007 - Present
Details
  • Lihue Field Office, Kauai, Hawaii, in 2005

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APIO Regional Representatives
 
 

Representative

Contact Information

Career History

 


East / NHQ
 

 

Name: Oliver Miranda
Phone: 301-574-5162 ext 102
Fax Number: 301-574-5156
Birthplace: Quezon City, Philippines
Title: District Conservationist
Office: Upper Marlboro Field Office, Maryland

Biography

 

 New York

  • Soil Conservationist — Montgomery County, GS-5, 1992
  • Soil Conservationist — Rensselaer County, GS-7 to 9, 1993
  • District Conservationist — Delaware County, GS-11, 1997

Massachusetts

  • District Conservationist — Hampshire and Hampden Counties, GS-12, 2000

Maryland

  • District Conservationist — Prince George's County, GS-12, 2003 to present


Midwest

Name: Winnie Chen
Phone: 763-566-2941
Title: Wetland Biologist
Office: Brooklyn Center, MN

Arizona

  • Intern —  Game and Fish Department
  • Intern — US Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Intern — Tucson Field Office
  • Soil Conservationist — Tucson Field Office
  • Biologist — Tucson Area Office

Minnesota

  • Wetland Specialist — Brooklyn Center Area Office


Northern Plains
 

Name: Gary Parks
Phone:
785-823-4500
Birthplace:  Boulder, Colorado
Title: Soil Scientist
Office:
Salina MLRA Soil Survey Office
 760 S. Broadway
Salina, KS 67401-4604

Biography

 

USMC

  • Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Okinawa Japan 1976-1978,
  • TDY details - Pohang Korea, Minduro Island and Manila Philippines.
  • Marine Air Traffic Control Squadron (MATCS-38) Tustin CA 1978-1980.

Private Sector

  • Farming in Rawlings Co. Kansas 1980-1984.

Kansas

  • SCS Student trainee summers 1989 & 1990.
  • SCS Soil Scientist on Reno Co. Update’ 1990-1994.
  • NRCS Soil Survey Detail to Morton Co. KS, 1992.
  • NRCS Area Wetland Team Leader, 1994-2004.
  • NRCS Soil Survey Detail - Common Wealth Northern Marina Islands (CNMI) 1999, Mapped soil on the remote Islands of
  • Anatahan

  • Pagan

  • Sarigan

  • Alamagan

  • Agrihan.

  • NRCS Soil Survey Detail to Davis, CA (part of the CNMI  survey) 1999.
  • NRCS KS AA/PI SEPM, 2001-2005.

  • ·NRCS Soil Survey Project Leader MLRA 79, 2004-2008.

  • Current position – NRCS Soil Survey Project Member MLRA’s  74, 76, & 79.
     


Pacific Islands Area — East
 

Name: Shirley Nakamura
Phone: 808-541-2600 ext 112
Fax: 808-541-1335
Title: Assistant Director for Operations
Office:
   
USDA-NRCS Pacific Islands Area
    300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 4-118
    P.O. Box 50004
    Honolulu, HI 96850 
 


Pacific Islands Area — West
 

Name: Jocelyn Bamba
Phone: 671-735-4108
Title:  District Conservationist
Office:: Hagatna, Guam

Biography

Pacific Basin
  • District Conservationist, Guam Field Office, 2006 – present
  • RC&D Coordinator, Marianas RC&D Area, Saipan Service Center , 2002–2006

New Jersey

  • District Conservationist, Morris Plains, 2001-2002

Pacific Basin

  • Soil Conservationist, Guam FO, 1995 – 2001

Washington State

  • Student Trainee, Soil Cons., 1993–1994

Details 

  • American Samoa, Acting DC;
  • Oregon, Pendleton Service Center, Soil Conservationist


South

Name: Rattana Kittitornsup-Nantz
Phone: 405-742-1226
Title: Contract Specialist
Office: State Office, Stillwater, OK

Louisiana

  • detail work for EWP contracting after Hurricanes Katrina & Rita

Details

  • detail work to assist Contracting Officer at the NV State Office


West
 

Name:: David Fischer
Phone:  (505 761-4449
Fax:  (505) 761-4462
Title:  Engineer
Office:  State Office, Albuquerque, NM

 

Experience and Accomplishments

  • Have been involved with conservation, on-farm and professionally, over 50 years!

  • Grew up on farms in New Mexico, Texas, and Iowa

  • BS, Agricultural Engineering from New Mexico State University – 1971

  • United States Army Test Engineer – 2 Years

  • ME, Irrigation Engineering from Utah State University – 1976

  • Registered Professional Engineer in Hawaii and New Mexico

  • Irrigation/Field Engineer – Olokele Sugar / Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut companies in Hawaii – 7 years

  • Five separate engineering positions with SCS/NRCS in Hawaii and New Mexico – 27 years

  • Married to Arlene Kunioka for over 30 years with five children and four grandchildren.

  • I am a Charter and Lifetime member of APIO and have served in various positions over the years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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National Council

Teleconference Minutes

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