2013 Call for Nominations - deadline August 1st, 2013 Contact: Nominations Committee Chair - Estrella Cramer - [email protected]
Asian Pacific American Peace officer of the year
MIKE GRANT
SPECIAL AGENT (RET.)- FBI ATLANTA DIVISION
With 25 years of experience with the FBI, Mike Grant is a Special Agent of Japanese-American heritage who has held a broad range of leadership and operational roles at three FBI Divisions - Oklahoma City, Miami and Atlanta, prior to retiring from the FBI in May 2013. During his FBI career, Grant worked and supervised numerous investigations involving organized crime, national security, terrorism, foreign counter-intelligence, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and public corruption.
Grant served as a SWAT team leader, Special Weapons and Tactics trainer and is an expert marksmen and certified sniper, who has led missions that provided enhanced manpower, training, site surveys, and resources to confront the most complex threats involving hostage rescue, barricaded subjects, undercover operations, high-risk arrests, and surveillance operations. Grant led rescue and hostage negotiation operations. He worked in undercover capacities on various types of investigations. He was case agent on investigations of a criminal enterprise of motorcycle gangs involved in a large-scale, multi-jurisdictional distribution of methamphetamine throughout the southeastern United States, which was also involved in other violent crime, including bombings and arson. He was one of the case agents on the City of Atlanta Public Corruption investigation. Grant was deployed to Afghanistan and investigated terrorism, sensitive site exploitations, kidnappings, hostage matters, and general criminal activity, and also provided support to the U.S. Armed Services Special Operations Units. He also handled responsibilities for dignitary protection missions and for several major special events, including the 2013 Presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C.
Mike Grant is a founding board member of the Asian American Peace Officers of Georgia (AAPOG), a non-profit professional association for peace officers of Asian Pacific American (APA) heritage who are affiliated with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in Georgia. AAPOG is affiliated with the National Asian Peace Officers Association (NAPOA). Grant serves as AAPOG Vice President of Community Outreach, drawing upon his 25 years with the FBI to lead programs promoting the safety & well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in Georgia. AAPOG Community Outreach programs include hands-on self-defense seminars, firearms safety, Q & A Panel sessions with APA law enforcement officers in diverse community settings. Grant is committed to building a pipeline of young Asian Pacific Americans who pursue careers in law enforcement and/or public service.
Grant served in the U.S. Marines. He has a Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF).
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN OF THE YEAR Marilyn Z. O. Doromal
Southeast Regional Chair National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA)
Marilyn Z.O. Doromal is a Filipino American immigrant who traveled to the United States to educate America's next generation of leaders. For over 20 years, Marilyn has demonstrated leadership in the Southeast region as an educator and in diverse professional and community service capacities.
Doromal is a passionate advocate for educational equity which is an extension of her years as a teacher, particularly from her experience working with underachieving students. Doromal has received the ”Who's Who Among America's Teachers” recognition. Doromal established the KMTLC2000 K-12 Academic Tutorial Center which became a Georgia State-Approved Center for students in Title 1 programs and No Child Left Behind. She also served in a number of key leadership positions including President of Club Filipino USA, Chairman of the Federation of Filipino American Organization, and since 2007, Doromal has served as Southeast Region Chairman, National Federation of Filipino American Association.
She draws upon her experience as an educator, to inform her role as Southeast Chairman for the National Association of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA), the only recognized national organization of Filipino American associations. Doromal works closely with numerous Filipino American organizations in eleven states in the Southeast region to advance critical issues important to the community, including Filipino veteran pension equity, women's rights, and culture & heritage preservation and education.
In 2013, Doromal served as Co-Chair of the “Discovering the Filipino American Experience Symposium” at the National Archives at Atlanta, which brought over 250 attendees from the southeastern region, including dignitaries from Washington, D.C. - Honorable Jose L. Cuisia, Jr., Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States of America; Rozita Lee, Commissioner on President Obama's Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Affairs; Ray Donato, Honorary Consulate General of the Philippines and many more Filipino American community leaders and families to learn about the early role of Filipino Americans in the United States. Doromal is currently working on an effort to recognize Ft. Benning's Filipino-American military servicemen/women and civilian workers from early heroes, veterans, and the active duty personnel. NaFFAA Southeast Region will celebrate the 2nd Annual Filipino-American History Month in October at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia. Doromal will be speaking at the 2013 NaFFAA's Summit Conference about the Southeast region's initiative on Mentoring Future Leaders.