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SPOTLIGHT EXPRESS
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JOANNE
C.
SOKOLSKI
Chief
of
Protocol,
County
of
Orange
Born and raised in Rochester, Minnesota, and now a resident of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California. I have extensively traveled internationally and lived and studied abroad. Graduate of the School of Musical Art; Graduate School of Bank Marketing, University of Colorado
Minnesota: Two terms appointee Governor's Human Rights Commission; Officer and Director of Marketing and Advertising Olmsted County Bank (Marquette Bank); President, Business and Professional Women's Club
Washington,
D.C.
Executive
Secretary
to
the
Director
of
Airline
Tariff
Association
Publishing
Company
California:
Orange
County's
Chief
of
Protocol;
Consumer
Marketing
Specialist,
Southern
California
First
Bank;
Founding
Partner,
Mayo
Medical
International.
Credentials:
Certified
as
Corporate
Etiquette
and
International
Protocol
Consultant
by
The
Protocol
School
of
WashingtonŽ
Honorary
Investment
and
Trade
Representative
of
the
Republic
of
the
Philippines
Boards:
Orange
County
Protocol
Foundation
and
Protocol
Commission;
Trustee,
West
Coast
University;
Master
Chorale;
Center
Stars
of
Orange
County
Performing
Arts
Center;
Center
Club
Executive
Board
and
Board
of
Governors;
Spa
at
the
Center;
Advisor,
Opera
Pacific
Founders;
Advisor,
BenchMark
Publishing
Company,
"Orange
County
Annual
Report",
Vietnam
Trade
and
Information
Office;
Blue
Ribbon
Advisory
Committee
for
the
Asian
American
Senior
Citizens
Service
Center
Winter
Blossom
Ball
2001,
Jordanian
Trade
and
Information
Office.
Member:
UCI
Humanities
Foundation;
UCI
Clinical
Cancer
Center;
Bowers
Museum;
Past
Docent,
Bowers
Museum
and
Sherman
Library
and
Gardens;
The
Visiting
Nurse
Association
of
Orange
County;
Salvation
Army;
Founding
Member
and
past
Chair
Center
Club
Garden
Circle;
Past
Chair
of
the
Center
Club
Public
Affairs;
Founding
Member
of
the
Center
Club's
BB&L
Investment
Club;
Past
Chairman,
Opera
Pacific
"Prologues",
Past
Chairman
of
the
Opera
Pacific
Ball;
Past
Program
Chairman
of
Crescendo
Chapter,
Orange
County
Performing
Arts
Center;
Associate
Member
of
the
American
Association
of
University
Women.
Awards:
County
of
Orange
Tourism
Council
1998
Service
Excellence
Award
in
the
category
of
Visitors
&
Conventions
Bureaus,
and
the
first
Walter
Knott
Award
for
Service
Excellence.
Shining
Star
Award
from
the
Orange
County
Chinese
American
Chamber
of
Commerce
June
9,
2001
Personal:
Married
to
Michael
Sokolski,
B.S.M.E.,
Co-founder
Scantron
Corporation.
Three
Children:
Jodi
Mayo,
M.S.
Genetics;
She
and
Dr.
Alan
Kremen,
a
surgeon,
and
Stanford
University
Hoover
Institution
Scholar;
have
two
children.
Dr.
Joseph
Mayo,
Orthopedic
Surgeon,
married
to
a
M.S.
nutritionist;
two
children.
Dr.
Chester
Mayo,
Orthopedic
Surgeon,
married
to
a
pediatrician;
four
children.
I wish to assist Orange County in creating global good will among local and foreign businesses as well as fostering mutual respect among cultures.
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