APIO National Council

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

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

Lihue Field Office, Kauai, Hawaii, in 2005

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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Feb. 28, 2008 October 24, 2008

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