{"id":36191,"date":"2015-06-29T13:16:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T23:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=36191"},"modified":"2021-08-13T09:23:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T19:23:01","slug":"sylvia-yuen-appointed-rcuh-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/06\/29\/sylvia-yuen-appointed-rcuh-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvia Yuen appointed RCUH<\/abbr> executive director"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Sylvia Yuen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The board of directors of the Research Corporation of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> has announced the appointment of Sylvia Yuen<\/strong> as the new executive director, effective July 1, 2015.<\/p>\n

Yuen has had a long and distinguished career at UH<\/abbr> that spans decades in both academics and administration. She has dedicated her professional and personal life to serving Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s families and communities.<\/p>\n

For almost 20 years, Yuen focused her efforts on building and leading UH<\/abbr>’s Center on the Family<\/a>, which grew under her leadership from an idea to a vibrant unit of UH<\/abbr> Mānoa. Yuen also served as the interim dean of UH<\/abbr> Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a>. She was the first woman to direct the college since it was founded in 1907. She also served on former UH<\/abbr> President MRC<\/abbr> Greenwood’s leadership team to focus on food security and safety.<\/p>\n

Yuen has served on the boards of directors for numerous nonprofit organizations and on various advisory committees including the Institute for Human Services<\/a>, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community Foundation<\/a>, Aloha United Way<\/a>, Honolulu Community Action Program<\/a>, and the Federal Judicial Selection Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sylvia Yuen appointed executive director of the Research Corporation of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,28],"tags":[691,872,947],"class_list":["post-36191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-governance","tag-administration","tag-research-corporation-of-the-university-of-hawaii","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t