  {"id":140393,"date":"2021-04-29T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=140393"},"modified":"2021-04-29T15:55:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:55:30","slug":"ewc-vuylsteke-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/29\/ewc-vuylsteke-to-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"East-West Center president to step down at end of year"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/system-ewc-think-tank-1.jpg\" alt=\"East-West Center building\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-90468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/system-ewc-think-tank-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/system-ewc-think-tank-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richard R. Vuylsteke, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastwestcenter.org\/\">East-West Center<\/a> (<abbr>EWC<\/abbr>) president since January 2017, will step down at the end of his five-year contract. The <abbr>EWC<\/abbr> board has accepted Vuylsteke\u2019s decision and engaged the firm of Isaacson Miller to assist in the search for his successor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140391\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ewc-vuylsteke-r-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Vuylsteke headshot\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-140391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ewc-vuylsteke-r-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ewc-vuylsteke-r-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ewc-vuylsteke-r.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Vuylsteke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;On behalf of the board, I want to express my deep gratitude to Richard for his dedicated leadership,&rdquo; said Jim Scott, chairman of the <abbr>EWC<\/abbr> Board of Governors. &ldquo;Under his direction, the center has increased its funding, strengthened and modernized operations, and has ensured strong programming even through the pandemic. We are indebted to Richard for his important role in positioning the center for its next era of success and impact.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to thank the Board of Governors for the opportunity to lead this terrific organization,&rdquo; said Vuylsteke. &ldquo;It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with the <abbr>EWC<\/abbr>\u2019s outstanding staff, students, alumni and vast array of partners who make this institution such a strong force for positive interactions and constructive results across the <abbr title=\"United States\">U.S.<\/abbr>, Asia and the Pacific.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vuylsteke plans to remain active in international relations and public service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Vuylsteke, East-West Center president since January 2017, will step down at the end of his five-year contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-140393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-east-west-center","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140393"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140403,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140393\/revisions\/140403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}