October 16, 2016

Dear Board Member Smondrowski,

On behalf of the executive board of the Coalition of Asian Pacific American Democrats of
Maryland (CAPAD-MD)1, and as agreed in our September 12 endorsement meeting, our
organization is pleased to endorse you for the Montgomery County Board of Education.
We recognize your track record as Board of Education Member in ensuring the State of
Maryland and Montgomery County offers high quality education and services and embraces
the diverse interests and needs of our communities. CAPAD-MD particularly appreciates
your commitment to promoting diversity as well as recognizing and addressing the special
needs of multi-cultural communities, including the Asian Pacific American community which
now make up well over 5 percent of the State's populace and is the fastest growing minority
group in the nation. CAPAD-MD also believes that your demonstrated and proven leadership
and policies would continue to ensure the State and County continue to offer a top notch
educational system and accommodate the needs of our immigrant communities including
language access through programs such as ESL and the presenceof bilingual/multilingual
staff in MCPS, among others. We look forward to working with you to make Montgomery
County the best school system in the nation and for all working families.
Congratulations and we look forward to working with you as a member of the Montgomery
County Board of Education.
Very best regards,
Martin Ma and Stan Tsai, Co-Chairs, CAPAD-MD and
Man Cho, Chung Pak, and Paul Tiao, CAPAD-MD Candidate
Endorsement Committee

1 *Established in 1996, the Coalition of Asian Pacific American Democrats of Maryland

(CAPAD-MD) is the first and only state-wide Asian Pacific American Democratic Organization
whose charter is recognized by the State of Maryland's Democratic Party. CAPAD-MD's
mission is to help promote, support, and advance the interests of the Democratic Party in
Maryland by conducting activities and programs to encourage and promote the education
and participation of primarily Asian Pacific Americans in the affairs, activities, programs, and
endeavors of the Democratic Party. CAPAD-MD's leadership is composed of a representative
group of top community leaders across the diverse Asian-Pacific American and other ethnic
communities in the State of Maryland and Greater Washington DC area, who serve as
critical liaisons to respective multiplier community and grassroots organizations.