David Nishimura,Leadership Discovery, Class of 2013, has been promoted to Sales Manager for Boeing Flight Services.
"EDI has provided me the opportunities to expand my network of business professionals through classmates and through the introductions made by participating in outside programs and events. In addition, I've been given the confidence to take on professional and personal challenges with the family-like support network that EDI offers."
Jared Perez (left) and Justin Yee (right), Leadership Discovery - Portland, Class of 2013 are working to start 'API Forward Foundation'. It is a leadership foundation geared towards young adults. Jared Perez will take on the position of President of the Foundation, while Justin Yee will take on the role of Treasurer.
If you have received a promotion/award or know of an Alumni who did, please email Rebecca Dmello at[email protected].
AL'S COLUMN
EDI alumni are everywhere and they continue to help us in many different ways. For example, one of the reasons we were selected to provide the special one day leadership training for Highline Community College API students was because of EDI alumni Siew Lai Lilley. Siew is from the class of 2006 and she is the one who recommended us! Siew is now the Director of the Transfer Center at Highline and a member of HCC's API Leadership group. Thank you Siew, it was a fun and rewarding project to work on. Twenty-four API students including five from South Seattle College and one from the UW came together on a beautiful Saturday one week before final exams to participate in this conference. You know they were ...Read More
EDI IN THE COMMUNITY
EDI joined forces with Highline Community College to help shape the next generation of leaders. There was an exciting training session on Saturday, May 31st at the first Asian American Pacific Islander Student Leadership Institute. Hoan Do, student success coach, author, and competitor in NBC's American Ninja Warrior was the Keynote Speaker. Students discovered more about personal branding from trainer Willon Lew and how to influence others through the power of public speaking from Vanna Novak!
Hoan Do (center) is surrounded by HCC students. Trainers for the event were Willion Lew (left) and Vanna Novak (right).
Join us for a night of Friends,
Food & Fun-Raising at EDI's
Date: Friday, September 5, 2014
Time: 5:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: The Foundry, 4130 1st Ave S,
Auctioneer: Graham Crow
Emcee: Sandra Madrid
Cost: $125 per person
Interested in volunteering or getting involved? Visit our events page!
COMMUNITY EVENTS
CAPAW Whole Person Leadership Seminar
Date: Friday, July 11th
Time: 8:00AM - 4:30PM
Location: World Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon, Portland, OR
If you have a position opening that you would like to promote - Please email Rebecca Dmello at [email protected]
EDI's WEBSITE ISSUES
The newsletter has been sent out later than usual as we have been experiencing some technical issues with our web-servers.
Our service provider is working on fixing it and should have the website running back to normal soon. Please call or email EDI if you receive an error message when visiting the site. Thank you for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience.
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR EDI'S 2015 PROGRAMS
David Nishimura,
Jared Perez (left) and Justin Yee (right), Leadership Discovery - Portland, Class of 2013 are working to start 'API Forward Foundation'. It is a leadership foundation geared towards young adults. Jared Perez will take on the position of President of the Foundation, while Justin Yee will take on the role of Treasurer. 
CAPAW Whole Person Leadership Seminar
