Washington (state) Washington (state) Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it
California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs appointed by the California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Commissioner of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs Commission. She has been serving as an executive management for First Vietnamese American Bank, Sanwa Bank, Cathay Bank, and Center Bank since 1980. Dianne Yamashiro-Omi, Secretary <br>Yamashiro-Omi joined The California Endowment as a program officer in 2000. On December 19, 2005 Dianne Yamashiro-Omi was appointed as senior program officer for Culturally Competent Health Systems. The California Endowment is a private, statewide health foundation with a mission to build a stronger state by expanding access to affordable, quality health care to underserved communities