AAGEN Speaker's Bureau
Purpose: To compile contact, current position, topics, and biographies of volunteering AAGEN member speakers to speak outside of AAGEN on speeches within the scope of AAGEN’s mission. |
To invite an AAGEN speaker to speak at your organization: Please contact our speakers directly through their email addresses listed below. To become an AAGEN speaker (for AAGEN members only) or to ask a question regarding the Speakers’ Bureau: Please email your profiles (contact info, current position, topics, and biographies) or address related question(s) directly to C.J. George Chang (gchang2012@yahoo.com; 240-793-8425). |
AAGEN Member Speakers
Jer Donald Get
Executive Director, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, US Transportation Commandgetjd@aol.comTopics:
- The business case for diversity
- Breaking the stereotype of Asian Americans – achieving excellence in a variety of professions
- Asian American’s Military Legacy
- Career transitions
Dr. Shue-Jane L. Thompson
Director, Performance Excellence Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions
Topics:
- Adaptive Asian American Leadership
- Diversity and Inclusion in the Private Sector
- Alignment of Mission and Technology Management
Carson K. Eoyang, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
Topics:
- Getting Ahead: Breaking the Glass Ceiling
- Executive Learning
- Organizational Cultures
- Confessions of an Asian American
Derek K. Hirohata
Colonel, USAF
Topics:
- AF
- Special Ops
- Missile Ops
- USSOCOM
Joseph Ayoub
Lead Economist, Department of Energy
Topics:
- Leadership in the Federal Government
- Managing Diversity
- The Presidential Management Fellows Program
- How to Manage Your Federal Career
Les Jin
Recently retired from the federal government. Currently on the board of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Law Foundation; member of NAPABA Civil Rights Committee and the Pro Bono and Community Services Committee.
Topics:
- Senior Management Leadership
- Not-for-profit Leadership
- Civil Rights
- Lawyers as Leaders and Managers
- Role of Senior Political Appointee Leaders and Relationship with Career SES and Other Career Staff
Paul White, DTM
Chief Ambassador for Washington DC's Toastmasters District 27; Retiree, Senior Foreign Service Minister Counselor in the U.S. Embassies, US Department of State
Topics:
- Communicate Effectively - Climb to the Top
- Public Speaking
- Add Storytelling to your speeches to capture audience interest and make your messages memorable
- How to use Mind-mapping in preparing and delivering captivating speeches with powerful messages
- Evaluation - how to give effective evaluations of others and how to use feedback to improve your public speaking
- Basic Course 101 - Public Speaking for the Public Service
- Public Diplomacy
- The U.S. - Japan Development Cooperation Partnership - a focus on Global Issues
- Lessons Learned On the Ground from the Vietnam War
- Zen as a Vehicle for Advancing in U.S. Government Public Service
- Bringing the Government, Non-Government Organizations and the for-profit Private Sector into Partnership - Lessons from Japan
- Social Issues
- Growing Up in America as a Minority
- Prejudice in America and Japan - a Comparison
- A Life Influenced by Koizumi Yakumo
- The East-West Center - A Learning and Cultural Bridge between America and Asia