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MURIELBOWSERMAYOR
May6,2026
TheHonorablePhilMendelson
Chairman
CounciloftheDistrictofColumbia
JohnA.WilsonBuilding
1350PennsylvaniaAvenue,NW, Suite504
Washington,DC 20004
DearChairmanMendelson:
Inaccordancewithsection2oftheConfirmationActof1978,effectiveMarch3,1979(D.C.Law2-
142;D.C.OfficialCode§ 1-523.01),andpursuanttosection305oftheOfficeofAsianandPacific
IslanderAffairsEstablishmentActof2001,effectiveOctober3,2001(D.C.Law 14-28;D.C.
OfficialCode§2-1374),Iam pleasedtonominatethefollowingindividual:
Ms.SinaUipiQuincyStreet,NWWashington,DC 20011(Ward4)
forreappointmentasapublicmemberoftheCommissiononAsianandPacificIslanderCommunity
Development,foratermtoendApril17,2028.
Enclosed,youwillfindbiographicalinformationdetailingtheexperienceoftheabove-mentionednominee,togetherwithaproposedresolutiontoassisttheCouncilduringtheconfirmationprocess.
IwouldappreciatetheCouncil’searliestconsiderationofthisnominationforconfirmation.Pleasedonothesitatetocontactme,orStevenWalker,Director,Mayor’sOfficeofTalentandAppointments,shouldtheCouncilrequireadditionalinformation.
Sincerely,
MyrielBhwserMdyor
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at the request of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To confirm the reappointment of Sina Uipi to the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander
Community Development.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the "Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community
Development Sina Uipi Confirmation Resolution of 2026".
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the reappointment of:
Sina Uipi
Quincy Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
(Ward 4)
as a public member of the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community Development,
established by section 305 of the Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs Establishment Act
of 2001, effective October 3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official Code§ 2-1374), for a term to
end April 17, 2028.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Mayor.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
Sina Uipi
WORK EXPERIENCE
DirectorofNationalPolicyandAdvocacyEmpoweringPacificIstanderCommunities(EPIC),D.C.
July2019toPresent
CulturalConsultant
IWGroupInc.,LosAngeles
September2024toNovember2024
Consultant
KahakuleiInstitute;VaccinateAll58Campaign
‘CommunityofPracticeCircles,D.C.
March2022toJuly2022
SeniorCivilRightsFellow
(OCA-AsianPacificAmericanAdvocates,D.C.
December2017toJune2019
‘CommunityLiaison
‘TonganCommunityServiceCenter,CA
September2016toAugust2017
ProjectSpecialist,
‘APIForwardMovement,CA
September2014toAugust2016
DataCollector
ClaremontGraduateUniversity,CA
July2013toNovember2013
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
SanFranciscoStateUniversity,CABAPoliticalScience
MinorCounseling
‘MinorWomen&GenderStudies
2012
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A collaborativenon-profitprofessionalwith
‘over15yearsofexperience,|amseekingto.
expandmy professionalimpactin
meaningfulandpurposefulways.
SKILLS & PROFICIENCIES
+ Commissioner,OCMayor'sOfficeon
AsianPacificIslanderAffairs
+ Policy& advocacyanalysis
* Strategicplanning& implementation
+ Leadershipdevelopment
+ Communitytransformation
+ Systemsandtransformationalchange
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SinaUipi
Ms.SinaUipiistheDirectorofNationalPolicyandAdvocacyforEmpoweringPacificIslanderCommunities(EPIC).Inthisrole,Ms.UipileadsEPIC'snationalpolicyandadvocacyeffortstowardsthe
organization'smissiontoadvancesocialjusticeandincreasethepoliticalpowerofNHPIcommunities.
PriortojoiningEPIC,SinawasaSeniorCivilRightsFellowatOCA -AsianPacificAmericanAdvocates,whereshefocusedon policyprioritiessuch as Education,Immigration,Census,and
Technology/WorkforceDevelopment.
Ms.UipiwasbornandraisedintheLosAngelesarea,acommunitythathashelpedshapetheadvocatesheistoday.Sheisthefirst-generationTonganAmericandaughtertoherparentsandtoacommunitywhohashelpedshapetheadvocatesheistoday.
‘AWard4resident,Ms.UipiearedherBachelorofArtsinPoliticalSciencefromSanFranciscoStateUniversity.
GOVERNMENTOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA.
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KimberlyA.Bassett,StevenWalkerBetsyCavendishMay4,2026LegalsufficiencyreviewofMayor'sOrderappointingmemberstotheCommissiononAsianandPacificIslanderCommunityDevelopment
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ittobelegallyunobjectionable.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsinthisregard,pleasedonothesitatetocallKimberlyUlan,AssociateGeneralCounsel,ExecutiveOfficeof theMayor,at202-727-
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