Faaluaina Pritchard is the Executive Director since May 2010 and has been with APCC since early 1997. She is the executive leader of operations for APCC. She hails from the village of Amouli in American Samoa. She came to America in 1966 at the age of ten and landed in San Francisco, CA. There she was educated from elementary to graduating from Carson High School in Southern California and attended Pepperdine University in Malibu. Faaluaina has over 35 years of non-profit management experience. She was the Executive Director of Korean Women's Association from 1996 to 2009; and was with KWA for 19.5 years. Under her leadership there - they developed close to $100 million valued housing and community projects.



Her community work is very extensive and speaks to her talents and skills as a community organizer. To name a few she is the Chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition of Pierce County, board member of Washington State Arts Commission, Multicare Advisory Board, ARCORA Fluoridation Advisory Board, Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium, Pierce County Arts & Culture Coalition, Tacoma Urban League Board, KBTC TV-BATES College Board, Washington State Department of Transportation Board, Governor Council on Environmental Justice and Commissioner of the Pierce County Arts Commission.



She’s been honored with many awards including: Civil Rights Award from Martin Luther King Community Association; Liberty Bell Award from Pierce County Bar Association; Lifetime Achievement Award from Asian Weekly Northwest; First Vanguard Award from Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs; Office of Chinese American Golden Circle Award for Leadership & Service; this is just a few.



Faaluaina is fluent in the Samoan and English languages. Faaluaina is an individual with a great passion for helping others and she takes pride and joy in being a part of community development.