Chew, a Seattle native, has a journalism background and a history of community activism. As a self-taught museum professional, he organized the Chinese Oral History Project of Seattle in 1990 and edited a companion volume, Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans, in 1994.  Chew was hired in 1991 as the Executive Director for the Wing Luke Asian Museum, and has since elevated it from a struggling artifact-based museum into an award-winning center based on collaborative projects with the region's diverse Asian/ Pacific Islander communities.  His work with the Museum and community led to an appointment by President Bill Clinton to the National Council on the Humanities in 2001.

Ron Chew’s broad museum and community experience will reflect the goal of CWAM’s 2008 Annual Meeting in Sheridan, Wyoming, which is focusing on “Museums as Centers of Community”, and the theme of “Making a Difference in Your Community”. For more information about Ron Chew, visit the links below:

http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/chew.htm

http://www.wingluke.org/

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2003837529_webchew.html

For more information on the 2008 CWAM Annual Meeting contact
Program Committee Chair, Jenny Hankinson,
at jhankinson@littletongov.org.