ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

On behalf of the 2015 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Organizing Committee, we would like to thank our Ambassadors, Consul Generals, Legislators, Town Supervisors and State/County Government officials plus all our
co-sponsors, collaborators, patrons, supporters and volunteers for their continued support on our 7th Annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration.

• Office of Senator Charles E. Schumer
• Office of the Governor Honorable Andrew Cuomo
• Office of Senator Kristen E. Gillibrand
• Office of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone
• Office of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano
• Office of Kathleen M. Rice, Member of Congress of the United States
• Office of Senator Phil Boyle, Member of the Senate
• Office of Assemblyman Chad A. Lupinacci, 10th District
• Office of Suffolk County Comptroller, John M. Kennedy, Jr.
• Office of Suffolk County Legislator William R. Spencer
• Office of Supervisor Scott A. Russell, Town of Southold
• Office of Supervisor Frank P. Petrone, Town of Huntington
• Office of Supervisor Patrick R. Vecchio, Town of Smithtown
• Office of Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United Nations
• Office of the Ambassador Paul Wen-Liang Chang, Ambassador and Director General Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
• Office of Ambassador Mario De Leon, Jr., Philippine Consulate
  General in New York
• Office of Ambassador Pornpong Kanittanon, Royal Thai Consulate General
• Office of Md. Shameem Ahsan, ndc. Consulate General of Bangladesh
• Suffolk County Office of Minority Affairs
• Wellbrook Foundation, Inc.
• Charles B. Wang Center
• Brookhaven National Laboratory
• InvaGen Pharmacueticals, Inc.
• Suffolk County Police Asian Jade Society
• Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel
• The Center for Chinese Learning at Stony Brook
• Habberstad BMW
• MISCH Instruments
• JEI Learning Center at Stony Brook
• Kerala Association of Suffolk County
• Long Island Korean United Methodist Chruch
• Commack Korean School
• Multicultural Council of New York
• New York Veterans Police Association
• Street/Wise Talk Show at WGBB 1240 Radio
• Truth Technologies, Inc.
• Newsday
• Rebecca Cooney, Newsday Features Photo Editor
• Mekong NYC Ensemble
• Soh Young Lee Segredo
• Vajira Temple Sunday School
• Ms. Lingyan Zhaou
• New York Hua Lian Tsu Hui Temple
• Asian United and Cultural Exchange Council, Inc.
• Long Island Veterans
• Girl Scouts of Suffolk County
• New York Police Department (NYPD)
• Peter Papiewski, Conductor, AAAB Orchestra

Congratulations to all
2015 AAPI Honoress and Writing Contest Winner!

We hope to see you all again next year on May 2016!