Washington Business and Technology Institute

Bud Cranor Honors Executive Director of Pan Pacific and Asian American Forum with Cultural Award
By Tiffany Chang
Dr. John Wang, Spokesman of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) announced on January 25, 2002:
"Bud Cranor, Director of Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn's Office in Las Vegas, was honored as Executive Director of Pan Pacific and Asian American Forum (PPAAF) on December 27, 2001 by WBTI. He has been presented with an Award of bronzed Beauty Statute from Thai Cultural Arts Association of Las Vegas (TCAALV) by Dr. Tony Lei on January 18, 2002 at the Gee Joon Chinese Restaurant of Horseshoe Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas.
Dr. Cora Mulliro, Owner of Desert Accident and Injury Center, came to congratulate Bud with a respectful hug in the dinner party treated by WBTI for the celebration. Famous Professor of UNLV and Director of Public Administration Institution of WBTI Dr. William Thompson and his wife will also come to dine on January 28, 2002 with Dr. and Mrs. Lei in Gee Joon for the celebration. PPAAF was established by WBTI web (http:// communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti) which is brought to you by Las Vegas Review-Joural and Lasvegas.com to pay a special tribute to U. S. Secretary Honorable Elaine Chao on September 28, 2001. Governor of Nevada Honorable Kenny Guinn has been honored as the Chairman. Besides Judge Jessie Walsh and Dr. Cora Murillo, two more outstanding ladies hve been carefully elected by WBTI to enhance Bud's work performance under his leadership. District Judge Cheryl Moss and Dr. An-pyng Sun were appointed as Associate Executive Director and Assistant Executive Director of the Forum by WBTI on January 22, 2002. The Forum also will hold its 'First Pan Pacific and Asian American International Concert' at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Event Center in Las Vegas next Spring. The international Event and Cultural Concert will be presented by State of Nevada, WBTI, and 1NetBroadcast Inc. U. S. Senator John Ensign, U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, and Governor of the State of Nevada Kenny Guinn are Chairpersons of the Event. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Republic of Philippines and professional leaders of several field of expertise from many countries will attend the event. We expect about 5,000 people who will participate in the concert. The whole program will be produced for a TV show that is expected to reach 100 million famillies all around the world.
Assemblywoman Merle Berman and Assemblywoman Candidate Francis Allen invited Dr. Lei to Carson Coffee Shop of Golden Nugget Casino and Hotel on December 19, 2001. They consulted him on his knowledge of business innovation and enterpreneurship. The faculty of WBTI joined Dr. and Mrs. Lei to appreciate with pleasure that both ladies followed sincerely many high ranking officials of Nevada in signing the recommendation to honor U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao as Chairperson of Washington Business and Technology Institute."
As the Director of Nevada Manufacturing Research Center of UNLV, Dr. Wang is also the Advisor of the Student and Scholar Association of UNLV. He has received great encouragement by the Ambassador and General Counselor Offices of
China to the United States for their participation of the Event.
Elaine Chao has been recommended by U. S. Senator John Ensign, U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, Vice-Chair and Commissioner of Clark County Myrna Williams, UNLV Professor of Public Administration Dr. William Thompson, Director of Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn's Las Vegas Office Bud Cranor, District Judge Mark Denton, Chairman of Republican Party, Clark County, Steve Wark, Director of U. S. Senator John Ensign Sonia Joya, Clark County Assemblywomen Barbara Cegavske and Merle Berman, Attorney General Candidate and Former Chairman of Nevada Gaming Commission Brian Sandoval, District Judges of the Family Court Anthony Del Vecchio, Lisa Brown, and Cheryl Moss, Deputy Chief and Candidate of Sherrif of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Bill Young, Clark County Commissioner Candidates Rory Reid, Esq. and Francis Allen, Las Vegas Municipal Court Judges Jessie Walsh and Besty Kolkoski, Board of Education Elected Member Theresa Malone, Clark County Board of School Trustees Member Denise Brodsky, President of WBTI Dr. Tony Lei, among others to the Nevadan friends as the Chairperson of WBTI. It has been joined by the community leaders of Pan Pacific and Asian American Community and selected official and multimedia leaders of Nevada: Nevada Gaming Board Commisioner and Fomer FBI Special Agent in Charge Bobby Siller, Professor Emeriti Dr. Roy Adamson, Assistant District Attorney and Candidate for District Attorney Michael Davidson, District Attorney Candidate David Roger, U. S. Senators Harry Reid's and John Ensign's Regional Representatives Kathie Ambrosio and Nancy Diaz, Fomer Nevada Senator Mike Malone, Paster Paul & Denise Goulet of International Church of Las Vegas, Commissionner of the City of Las Vegas Arts Commission Ben Torres, Chairman of New World Times Dr. Toni Ni, Former President of Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Editor-in-Chief of U. S. Asian Chronicle Dolly DeLeon, Vice President and Chairman of Political Action Committee of CAN-DO Ram Singh, President of 1NetBoadcast Inc. Dallas Tanner, Publisher of Southern Hispanic Monthly Miguel Isassi, CEO and Editor of Seniors United Lillian Wallace, President of Sequoia Inc. (in New Zealand) Carolie Swindle, Executive Vice President of Bellagio Casino and Hotel Linda Chen, Trust Deed Investor (in Hawaii) Sir Edward Swindle, Chair/President of Thai Cultural Association of Las Vegas Supatra Chemprachum, Publisher of Avista magazine Karen Foster, Publisher of Las Vegas Chinese Yellow Pages Albert Chang, Esq., Co-owner of Albert J. C. Chang and Eric K. Chen Law Offices Eric Chen, Esq., Vice President of Wells Fargo Insurance and Vice President of Asian Chamber of Commerce Raja Mourey, Assistant General Manager of Impact Services Companies Valerie Weber, Owner of Desert Accident and Injury Center and Director of Asian Chamber of Commerce Dr. Cora Murillo, President of Thai Association of Las Vegas and Director of Asian Chamber of Commerce Ann Melton, President of Philippine Chamber of Commerce Kate Recto, President of Las Vegas Chinese American Association Judi Rock, President of Perpetual Chiropractic Physicians Inc. Dr. Sonny Ho, President of Chinese Student and Scholar Association of UNLV Bin Chen, President & Publisher and General Manager of Nevada Examiner Oscar Jornacion and Nadia Contreras, Editor-in-Chief of Las Vegas Star Magazine Bob Jose, Vice President of 1NetBroadcast Inc. Margie Dikit, Executive Producer of Int. Entertainment Network, Inc. Pia Topio-Galapon, President of United States News Agency Renato Avenido, Chief Reporter of Chinese American Daily News Carry Yue, Reporter of The Epoch Times Jessica Huang, Editor of Las Vegas Magazine Anthony Greno, Representative of Indian Community Dr. Mike Vaswani, Representative of Pakistani Community Saeed Gazi, among others.
Welcome to join our international event and cultural concert. For more information, please call Ms. Judy Lei at (702) 255-9058 or E-mail to: tojulei@yahoo.com at regular office hours.