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Tofoitaufa Sandra King Young
Executive Director
Mrs. Sandra King Young founded PICED in 2001 and as the Executive Director, oversees and manages PICED’s overall operational and financial development. King received her Juris Doctorate from the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. and her Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.
King served as Legislative Counsel to the Speaker of the American Samoa House of Representatives prior to founding PICED. Under the Clinton administration in 1999, she achieved the highest civil service appointment ever of any native Samoan when she was appointed to the position of Deputy Director for the Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs. King was a staff member for the Gore/Lieberman campaign in the 2000 elections and previous to that, a professional staffer on the U.S. Senate Rules Committee, where her oversight responsibilities included security, technology and information services, and strategic planning. Prior to serving in the Legislative and Executive branches, King worked full-time as a federally registered lobbyist while concurrently earning her law degree. She also has experience as a non-profit consultant.
Sandra holds the taupou title of Tofoitaufa in the Mailo family from Fagatogo. She is married to Mr. Peter Young of Nu’uuli and has one son.
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Moe Masoe
American Samoa Parent Information Resource Center Coordinator
Mr. Moe Feliuai Masoe is the American Samoa Parent Information Resource Center (ASPIRC) Coordinator, a project of PiCED. He coordinates trainings and activities for parents to increase parental involvement in children’s education. He also teaches SAT Math, as well as Algebra & Geometry for PiCED’s summer school program.
Mr. Masoe joined the PICED staff in May 2007, after working in the LDS Church Educational System in Samoa as a classroom teacher and administrator for more than 20 years. He received his Masters degree in Educational Leadership from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and his Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from BYU-Hawaii Campus, Laie, Hawaii.
While taking up the Country Director position for the LDS Church Educational System in Samoa, including American Samoa, from 1999 to 2004, Moe also served as a member of the National University of Samoa Council. He was also a member of the Le Amosa o Savavau University Council in Samoa for 3 years. He has extensive regional experiences having served as a member of the Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Islands Area Council for the LDS Church Educational System during the time he was Country Director for Samoa.
Mr. Masoe is married to Makerita Taala of Saasaai, Savaii, and they have two children, a boy and a girl.
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Gary King
Director of Outreach and Marketing
PICED’s most recent addition, Gary has an extensive background in design and marketing and is based out of Los Angeles. He is responsible for alumni outreach, building the online PICED community, helping the Executive Director to plan and execute the first PICED endowment campaign and to lay the foundation for the first of several PICED centers in the mainland U.S.
Gary was most recently the Manager of the Media Services Group for CataList Homes, where he specialized in corporate branding, public relations, identity design, advertising, graphic design, and media buys in the Southern California region. He was previously the Senior Designer for Bay Windows newspaper in Boston, MA, and prior to that, was a Senior Designer for the Harbus News, the student newspaper for Harvard Business School.
King graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the American University in Washington D.C.
