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Anan Ameri Director, Arab American National Museum
Joe Ando Colonel, United States Air Force (Retired)
Adele Arakawa Anchor, 9News
Gil Asakawa Writer, editor, online consultant
Kenneth Babamoto Pfizer Health Solutions
Polly Baca President and CEO, Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA)
Jennifer Baker Junior High School Educator, Davis School District
Nancy Bartlit Author, Historian, and Lecturer, Los Alamos Historical Society
Eric Bittner Certified Archivist, National Archives - Rocky Mountain Region
Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Troop 555, Centennial, Colorado; Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Troop 21, Arvada, Colorado Honorary Color Guard Escorts
Jeffery Burton National Park Service
Jennie Chin Hansen President-Elect, AARP
Amy Cole Sr. Program Officer & Regional Attorney, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Mountains/Plains Office
Tracey Doi Group Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Ernie Doizaki Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Japanese American National Museum
Karen Ebel President, German American Internee Coalition
Kenny Endo Taiko Artist, Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble
John Esaki Director of Programs, Japanese American National Museum
Louis Fiset Affiliate Associate Professor, University of Washington
Nobusuke Fukuda Retired Child Welfare Administrator
Erika Gee Program Director, International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
Donna Graves Project Director, Preserving California's Japantowns
Salvador Gutierrez Elementary School Educator, San Antonio Independent School District
Sybil Jordan Hampton President Emeritus, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Arthur Hansen Professor Emeritus of History and Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton
David Hays Archivist, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries
John W. Hickenlooper Mayor, City/County of Denver
James Hirabayashi Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University
Naomi Hirahara Writer
Irene Hirano Executive Advisor, Japanese American National Museum
Edward Ichiyama 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Tom Ikeda Executive Director, Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
Satsuki Ina Professor Emeritus, filmmaker & psychotherapist, California State University, Sacramento
Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Senator, State of Hawai'i
Lloyd Inui Professor Emeritus, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, California State University, Long Beach
Gwenn Jensen Consulting Anthropologist & Oral Historian
Tetsuden Kashima Professor, American Ethnic Studies Department, University of Washington
Mary Grace Ketner Consultant, UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures
Akemi Kikumura Yano President & CEO, Japanese American National Museum
Sojin Kim Curator of History, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Uma Krishnaswami Author
Yosh Kuromiya Heart Mountain Resister
Judy Kurtz High School Educator, Legacy High School, Adams 12 School District
Karen Leong Director, Asian Pacific American Studies, Arizona State University
Patricia Limerick Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West, University of Colorado Boulder
Ella-Kari Loftfield Middle School Educator, Eagle Ridge Middle School, Rio Rancho Public Schools
Carol Robertson López Director of Development, The Tishman Group
Toni Loroña-Allen Middle School Educator, Sacaton Middle School, Sacaton School District
Cherstin Lyon Public/Oral History Coordinator, Assistant Professor of History, California State University, San Bernardino
Daryl Maeda Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder
Mitchell Maki Dean, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Diane Matsuda Executive Officer, California Historical & Preservation Endowment
Tsukasa Matsueda Author
Gina Medina-Gay Elementary School Educator, Albuquerque Public Schools
Dale Minami Partner, Minami & Tamaki
Norman Mineta Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Kara Miyagishima Historian - Intermountain Region, National Park Service
Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura Medal of Honor Recipient
Eric Muller Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law
Vicky Murakami-Tsuda Web Manager, Japanese American National Museum
Mustang Cadet Squadron, Colorado Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, Centennial, Colorado Presentation of Colors
Nancy Nakae Director/Curator, Syracuse Museum & Cultural Center
Martha Nakagawa Journalist
Allyson Nakamoto Teacher Programs Manager, Japanese American National Museum
National Anthem Elaine and Emily Kazutomi
Alan Nishio Associate Faculty Member, California State University, Long Beach
Florence Ochi Development Officer, Japanese American National Museum
Norman Okihiro Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Mount St. Vincent University
Bobby Okinaka Web Editor, Japanese American National Museum
Federico Peña Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Greg Robinson Associate Professor of History, Université du Québec À Montréal
Andy Russell History Instructor, Central New Mexico Community College
George Sakato Medal of Honor Recipient
Noel Saleh Immediate Past President, ACCESS
Rebecca Sánchez Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico
Lisa Sasaki Director of Program Development, Japanese American National Museum
Christine Sato-Yamazaki President & CEO, Go for Broke National Education Center
Adam Schrager Reporter and Author, 9News
Dave Seiter High School Educator, Northridge High School, Davis School District
Marsha Semmel Director for Strategic Partnerships, Institute of Museum and Library Services
Cynthia Stout Executive Director, National Council for History Education
George Takei Actor
Kazumitsu Tanaka Yamagata Representative and Assistant Director of Japan Local Government Center, Assistant Director
Nancy Taniguchi Professor of History, California State University, Stanislaus
Michelle Tamotsu Trevino University Counselor, University of Colorado at Boulder
Raymond Uno Judge (Retired)
Thomas Walls Chief of Staff, Oklahoma State Senate
Kaoru Watanabe Fue Artist
Donald Sigurdson Willis Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado
Gerald Yamada Partner, O'Connor & Hannan. LLP
Morgan Yamanaka Emeritus Professor of Social Work, San Francisco State University
Hideo Yonenaka Emeritus Professor of Biology, San Francisco State University