For immediate release

Contact:
John Manzon-Santos, executive director
A&PI Wellness Center
415.292.3420 x339
johnny@apiwellness.org

Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center Elects Michael Rabanal to Board of Directors

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Wednesday, November 30, 2005 – Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center (A&PI Wellness Center) today announced that Michael Rabanal has joined its Board of Directors.

Rabanal, who is Filipino and a native of Stockton, Calif., brings 12 years of management consulting experience, the last nine with Deloitte Consulting as one of the West Region’s Human Capital Leaders focusing on the public sector industry. Prior to his tenure with Deloitte, he consulted with local government and nonprofit organizations in the Bay Area. He has master degrees in public health and social work from U.C. Berkeley.

“A&PI Wellness Center has truly become a leader in delivering cutting-edge health-related services to the community,” said Rabanal. “The organization’s focused approach on health education, research, and sustainability – while always keeping a pulse on the communities it serves – is what has drawn me most to volunteer. I’ve been truly impressed by the diversity of board members’ backgrounds, their enthusiasm, and a willingness to grow from the experience of leading and participating.”

“We are delighted to add Mike’s passion and expertise to the board,” said Jan Masaoka, board chair of A&PI Wellness Center and executive director of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services. “As we launch our 20th year, we are grateful that A&PI leaders of this caliber are willing to step up to the challenges of meeting our communities’ ever-expanding needs.”

A&PI Wellness Center educates, supports, empowers, and advocates for A&PI communities, particularly A&PIs living with or at-risk for HIV/AIDS. Founded in 1987 as a grassroots response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in communities of color, it is the oldest nonprofit organization in North America focusing on A&PI communities around sexual health and HIV/AIDS. Based in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood with satellite offices in downtown Oakland and Daly City, A&PI Wellness Center’s staff speak 20 languages and deliver programming regionally, statewide and nationally.



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