Ms. Dearing is a Certified Clinical Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing with a multi-ethnic private practice and consultation services agency in Fairfax, Virgiinia. She was a consultant to the Southeast Asian Health Education Project, conducted by the George Washington University Center for Health Services Research and Policy, which seeks to learn more about health risks in the Cambodian, Lao and Vietnamese communities in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area.

Ms. Dearing has a B.S. in Nursing from Concordia College in Manila and her M.S. in Nursing from the University of Maryland.

Dr. Gock is the Associate Director for the Asian Pacific Family Center, an organization that serves the Asian American and Pacific Islander population in the San Gabriel Valley through programs in mental health, substance abuse prevention, child abuse prevention, gang and violence prevention, mentoring and family enhancement. Dr. Gock is also an organizational consultant and a program proposal reviewer in a private practice for various non-profit and government organizations, as well as a clinical and forensic psychologist in a private practice.

He has a B.A. in Psychology from California State University Chico and a Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology from Washington University.

Mr. Mori has been the Executive Director of the Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. (AARS) since 1998. The agency has grown from 60 to 150 employees under his leadership and now serves Asian American and Pacific Islanders in three counties: San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara. Before joining AARS, Mr. Mori was appointed by Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr. as Director to the Mayor's Office of Children, Youth and Their Families for the city and County of San Francisco.

Mr. Mori received an M.A.Ed. from the University of San Francisco.

Mr. Shinn is the Executive Director of the Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii in Honolulu, HI. Prior to this, he was the Executive Director of the Asian Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS) in Oakland, CA. Mr. Shinn has extensive experience developing exemplary prevention and treatment programs for API populations and was a former member of the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Program's API Constituent Committee.

He received his B.A. and M.S.W. from the University of Hawaii.