J.D. Hokoyama
J.D. Hokoyama currently serves as President and CEO and was a founding board member of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP). LEAP is a national, non-profit, non-partisan, educational, community-based organization founded in Los Angeles in 1982 to achieve full participation and equality for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) through leadership, empowerment and policy. As LEAP's chief executive officer, he is responsible for the overall direction and management of the organization. LEAP is guided by its philosophy that AAPIs can retain their culture, identity and values while developing the necessary skills to make them effective leaders within their own organizations, their communities, the broader society and throughout the world. A former Peace Corps volunteer serving in Ethiopia, Mr. Hokoyama taught English at Daniel Murphy High School and at Loyola High School, where he also chaired the English department. He was the principal of Maryknoll School K-8, after which he returned to teaching English at Immaculate Heart High School. Mr. Hokoyama left teaching to become the associate national director of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). After two years, he assumed the position of acting national director. Subsequent to leaving the JACL, Mr. Hokoyama served as the first director of the Office of Asian Pacific American Student Services (APASS) at the University of Southern California and then as executive vice president for fund development and public affairs at Keiro Services. In January 1988, he assumed his current position with LEAP. He holds a BA in English, a secondary teaching credential and an M.Ed. in Educational Administration from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Mr. Hokoyama is a nationally known speaker and trainer who presents to community, educational, public and private sector organizations on topics such as becoming a 21st century leader, understanding cultural values, risk taking and breaking the glass ceiling. Mr. Hokoyama's current volunteer involvement includes: board member, Independent Sector; board member, Alliance for Board Diversity; board member, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans; advisory board member, Academy for Educational Development "New Voices" fellowship program; advisory board member, Alliance for Nonprofit Management; advisory board member, National Association of Asian American Professionals; advisory board member, Asian Pacific Exchange; advisory board member, at&t Asians for Corporate and Community Action; advisory board member, Executive Development Institute; advisory board member, Institute for Civic Education in Vietnam. |
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