Georgia Asian Times Names 25 Most Influential Asians The Georgia Asian Times has come out with its annual list of the 25 most influential Asians in the state.

Atlanta listees include:

Ted Boonthanakit, story board artist
Charlice Byrd, state congresswoman (Cherokee county)
Rajeev Dhawan, Prof & Director of Economic Forecasting Center, GSU
An Goh, VP of Malaysian Assoc of GA
Sam Sook Jung, Principal of Korean American School of Atlanta
Rena Golden, Senior VP News, CNN
Chaiwon Kim, Exec Dir, Center for Pan Asian Community Services
Charlie Yoon Kim, 2006 President, Asian/Pacific American Council of Georgia Inc.
Sangki Kwon, Senior Vice PresidentHanahreum Group / Super H-Mart
Yuann L. Kuo, Businesswoman and Principal, Tzu Chi Academy
Duong Le, Community Activist
Akira Morishita, Partner, Suno Dessert
Kim Moore, President Korean Women’s Business Association
Nack Y. Paek, Chairman, Metro City Bank
Shuming Nie, Prof & Director of Emory-Ga Tech Nanotechnology Center
R.C. Patel, Chairman, Diplomat Hotels Corporation
Varinee Sangmalee, President, Thai Association World Center
Mitesh “Mit” Shah, President & CEO, Noble Investment Group
Josephine Tan, Chairperson, Asian American Commission For A New Georgia
Wei-Siong Tan, President, Accusentry Inc.
Alex Wan, President, Optima Inc.
Li K. Wang, Patent Attorney
Lani Lee Wong, Chairwoman National Association of Chinese Americans
Henry Yu, Managing Director, Global Trade Solutions SunTrust Bank
Bettina Yip, Counsel, Labor & Employment, AT&T

Oh wait, all these people are Atlanta-based. What does that say about the rest of Georgia??  ¶ 10:35 PM