Dongwoo Joseph 'Joe' Pak Joins National Council on Disability as New Board Member

WASHINGTON, July 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dongwoo Joseph "Joe" Pak of Garden Grove, California, was nominated by President Barack Obama on December 17, 2009, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and duly appointed as a Member of the National Council on Disability (NCD).

Joe Pak is Vice President and Loan Officer of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach, CA. Mr. Pak also worked as the Director of External Affairs for SBC/Pacific Bell, representing the company to city officials and state legislators as well as to community and business leaders. He is currently an associate board member of Acacia Adult Day Health Care Services and is a planning commissioner of the City of Garden Grove. Mr. Pak has served on the Special Needs Advisory Board for the Orange County Transit Authority and on the California State Rehabilitation Council, where he focused on increasing the low rate of employment among people with disabilities. He is also a former Board Member and Program Chair for the Korean Health Education, Information, and Research Center. Mr. Pak earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. At three years of age, Mr. Pak's left arm was paralyzed by polio.

NCD is an independent federal agency charged with advising the President, Congress, and other federal officials and entities on all policies, programs, practices and procedures affecting people with disabilities. NCD's mission is to further the goals enshrined in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living and economic self-sufficiency for all people with disabilities.

For more information, please contact NCD's Director of Communications, Mark Quigley, at [email protected] or by telephone at 202-272-2004.

SOURCE National Council on Disability

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